Victory day



About the film

Title: Victory day
Title in Russian: День победы
Production company: 317 Film
Country of production: Russia
Year of Production: 2014
Duration: 29 min.
Web-site of the film: www.festivalscope.com

Film crew

Scriptwriter: Sergey Vinokurov
Film director: Alyna Rudnitskaya
Producer: Sergey Vinokurov
Director of photography: Fedor Bakulin

Logline

The Russian Victory Day Parade held on May 9 is a harsh symbol. On a day, that should be all about celebrating peace and freedom, it seems that the land of tightening laws wants to run over its minorities with tanks. On TV, people discuss burning or burying the hearts of gay people.

Synopsis

The Russian Victory Day Parade held on May 9 is a harsh symbol. On a day, that should be all about celebrating peace and freedom, it seems that the land of tightening laws wants to run over its minorities with tanks. On TV, people discuss burning or burying the hearts of gay people. 

This short documentary by Alyna Rudnitskaya steps into the living rooms of gay couples and shows them in the gentle light of their everyday life. The stories these couples tell give the film a threatening tone; the gay propaganda law, passed in 2013, has developed into absurd policies. Teachers and superiors are being fired for breaking the law, and being allowed to visit your partner in the hospital is not for granted. 

Within the imagery of the documentary, the couples have no other refuge but their homes. A potential threat can lurk in the window, on television, on the street or at the front door. The love conveyed by these images remains in a visual cell. “Victory Day” has become more than ironic as the nation seems to be following the will of its politicians towards the dusk of human rights. That is when the tanks show up to the square like dark clouds on the sky.

Festival and awards
Date Festival Form of participation Award
29.10.2014 Doc Leipzig Competition
22.11.2014 One World Berlin film festival Out of Competition
09.12.2014 ArtDocFest Out of Competition
22.01.2015 Trieste Film Festival Out of Competition
29.01.2015 DocPoint, Helsinki Out of Competition

Distributor

Anastasia Lobanova; cinedoc@mail.ru; +7 981 7119115

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