XX International Documentary
Film Festival Flahertiana
| ONLINE
11 December – 17 December 2020
11 December, Friday
11 December 14:00 MSK
Live!
Northern Wind Can Be Warm
ShowRUS! Philosophical parable from the very heart of the arctic taiga in Yakutia
Language: Russian, Yakut
11 December 15:00
11 December 15:30 MSK
Live!
Wilfred and Alexandra
A double portrait on the background of the last war
Language: Russian
11 December 16:30
11 December 17:00 MSK
Live!
Holding It In
An intimate observation of ordinary people who have chosen to participate in something as large as life itself
Language: Hebrew; russian subtitles
Registration required.
11 December 20:00 MSK
Live!
Talking about Trees
A film about a true and never ending love of cinema
Language: Arabic, English; russian subtitles
Registration required.
11 December 21:30 MSK
Live!
Not So Genetically | The Villager
A bright attempt to look into the eyes of a contemporary theater artist | Observation film about human life and nature
Language: Russian; russian subtitles
11 December 22:50
12 December, Saturday
12 December 12:30 MSK
Live!
Stand-up is Pain | Dead Season
Sad documentary comedy about Ural stand-up comedians | A documentary film about a broken heart and finding oneself by the sea
Language: Russian; russian subtitles
12 December 13:50
12 December 14:30 MSK
Live!
Handmade
A bright and dynamic film about people who create the world with their own hands
Language: Russian
15 December 15:40
12 December 16:30 MSK
Live!
Bitter Love
A bitter comedy about a ship with broken hearts and shattered illusions
Language: Russian
Registration required.
12 November 17:50
12 December 18:30 MSK
Live!
King of the Cruise
The absurd story of a lonely Scottish baron
Language: English, Russian; russian subtitles
Registration required.
12 December 20:30 MSK
Live!
Strip and War
An unexpected collision of two characters and two worlds in the very center of Belarus
Language: Russian
Registration required.
12 December 21:40
12 December 22:20 MSK
Live!
Lenchik | One
From America with love! An unusual story of homecoming | A film about finding a place in a new devastated world
Language: Russian
12 December 23:30
13 December, Sunday
13 December 12:30 MSK
Live!
Sockeye Salmon. Red Fish
Eco-movie with amazing landscapes of Kamchatka
Language: Russian
13 December 13:20
13 December 14:00 MSK
Live!
Hey! Teachers!
A story of young teachers full of faith and self-irony
Language: Russian
Registration required.
13 December 15:30
13 December 16:00 MSK
Live!
Merry Christmas, Yiwu
A film about the other side of Christmas
Language: Mandarin; russian subtitles
Registration required.
13 December 17:25
13 December 18:00 MSK
Live!
Love Child
A poignant portrait of an Iranian couple outlawed for their love
Language: Azerbaijani, English, Turkish; russian subtitles
Registration required.
13 December 20:30 MSK
Live!
Lekcja miłości
The most sincere, poignant and admirable picture of 2020!
Language: Polish; russian subtitles
Registration required.
13 December 21:50
13 December 22:30 MSK
Live!
Alfaromeo | The Golden Buttons | Paper Worlds of Latif Kazbekov
A film sketch about the power to be weak | The brightest student premiere of 2020! | Film-guide to the world of the artist
Language: Russian; russian subtitles
13 December 23:40
14 December, Monday
14 December 14:30 MSK
Live!
Embarcaderoes
A hypnotizing, meditative film about life by the water
Language: Russian
14 December 15:45
14 December 16:30 MSK
Live!
A Mom For Julia
Seven years from the life of a little girl that fly by before our eyes
Language: Russian
14 December 17:50
14 December 18:30 MSK
Live!
The Secretary of Ideology
ShowRUS! A documentary comedy about a young confused communist
Language: Russian
Registration required.
14 December 19:20
14 December 20:00 MSK
Live!
School of seduction
Tragicomic film of gender roles and femininity
Language: Russian
Registration required.
14 December 21:30
14 December 22:30 MSK
Live!
Winter Twerk | Restless Nastya
An important social statement and real director's luck | Explosive film about a woman and love
Language: Russian; russian subtitles
14 December 23:30
15 December, Tuesday
15 December 14:00 MSK
Live!
Doctor Clown | To See Piter
The honest story of the hospital clown | A story for those who are not afraid to dream
Language: Russian; russian subtitles
15 December 15:00
15 December 16:00 MSK
Live!
Where’s Matryona
A documentary drama about the growing up of an ordinary Russian girl
Language: Russian
15 December 17:20
15 December 18:00 MSK
Live!
Kombinat
Swiss director's perspective on the dreams and torments of Magnitogorsk residents
Language: Russian
Registration required.
15 December 19:20
15 December 20:00 MSK
Live!
Jawline
An honest look at the world of social media and its accidental victims
Language: English; russian subtitles
Registration required.
15 December 22:00 MSK
Live!
15 days | Kids | The First Word
A Christmas story about childhood and growing up | A touching and intimate observation of the smallest and the oldest | Love-hate relationships – who wins?
Language: Russian; russian subtitles
15 December 23:20
16 December, Wednesday
16 December 14:00 MSK
Live!
Rodina Trip
A sincere road movie about a trip to the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Language: Russian
16 December 14:50
16 December 15:30 MSK
Live!
Born in the North
A unique opportunity to experience the everyday life of medical aviation doctors
Language: Russian
16 December 16:15
16 December 17:00 MSK
Live!
Estoy feliz
Shamans, jungle, difficult mother-daughter relationship. Explosive cocktail!
Language: Russian, Spanish; russian subtitles
16 December 18:15
16 December 19:00 MSK
Live!
Butterfly's Dream
The happy-ending story of a brave sick girl. The best example of Polish cinema!
Language: Polish; russian subtitles
Registration required.
16 December 20:30
16 December 21:00 MSK
Live!
Alone Together
Feminist drama about a big heart and a difficult choice for an adult woman
Language: Hebrew; russian subtitles
Registration required.
16 December 21:55
16 December 22:30 MSK
Live!
Don't Hesitate To Come For a Visit, Mom | Novoshino | Ninety First
Gadgets and motherly love | The most optimistic film of the student competition | An inspirational story for those on the way to their dreams
Language: Russian
16 December 23:20
17 December, Thursday
17 December 13:30 MSK
Live!
Moth
A walk through forgotten places of childhood
Language: Russian
17 December 14:25
17 December 15:00 MSK
Live!
Froth
A dark but addictive story about the north of Russia. Can't stop watching!
Language: Russian
17 December 16:25
17 December 17:00 MSK
Live!
Sing Me A Song
The brilliant work by the documentary classic Thomas Balmes
Language: Dzongkha, Layap; russian subtitles
Registration required.
XX International Documentary
Film Festival Flahertiana
| ONLINE
Flahertiana is one of the largest documentary film events in Russia.
The 20th anniversary festival will be held in a new format: screenings and discussions of films in competition will take place online.
The competition program is the heart of Flahertiana. There are 47 amazing documentary film stories that have been waiting for a whole year to meet their audience.
You will go on a cruise with a real Scottish baron in King of the Cruise, escape from Iran with a young family to meet love in Love Child, learn Christmas secrets that are kept in the Chinese town in Merry Christmas, Yiwu. These and other stories from all over the world – in the International Competition of “Flahertiana-2020”.
The National Competition brings together small stories and epic documentaries from the life of Russians. Ural stand-up comedians (Stand-up is Pain), a philosophic reindeer herder from Yakutia (Northern Wind Can Be Warm), young idealistic teachers (Hey! Teachers!) and witnesses of the Second World War (Wilfred and Alexandra) – each film hero of "Russian Flahertiana" has a story to tell.
Diversity and versatility are the main distinguishing features of the Student Competition. Traditionally, уoung directors are not afraid of difficult topics: with talent and honesty, they film emigration (Lenchik), ageing (Kids), relationships within the family (The First Word), love and death (One).
All films of the festival correspond to the aesthetics of Robert Flaherty, the filmmaker whose name was given to Flahertiana. The main method of Flahertiana’s films is a long-term observation, "habitual camera". The main character lives on the screen a part of his life, and it is captured the way it is. Films of Flahertiana line up in a gallery of portraits of contemporaries and thus draw a line under the outgoing year of world documentary cinema.
