Fico in Moscow, Slovaks in the Streets
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, the only EU leader to attend Moscow’s Victory Day celebrations, marks a symbolic alignment with Putin. Nearly half of Slovakia’s population succumbed to some form of Russian propaganda. On the same day, an opposition- led protest took place in the streets of Bratislava. With a camera in hand, I joined […]
Vitaly Mansky: There’s something wrong, and I want to understand what it is.
When the filmmaker has an answer to everything, he only presents his certainty. I’m being vague about the film I’m making, I feel that there’s something wrong, and I want to understand what it is. That’s Real Cinema- when the filmmaker is experiencing a certain life process in parallel with the viewer. Interview with Vitali […]
A City in Darkness: My Winter in Wartime Kyiv
I’m from Slovakia — a country that borders Ukraine, yet nearly half of its population believes in Russian propaganda. During the first winter of the full-scale war, I saw images in The New York Times of Kyiv in total darkness — no light, no electricity. It looked brutal. But also strangely peaceful.I had this odd […]