{"id":210108,"date":"2026-11-02T18:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/210108\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T18:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:51:13","slug":"documentary-on-reprisals-in-belarus-awarded-2026-golden-dove-in-leipzig","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/210108\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary on reprisals in Belarus awarded 2026 Golden Dove in Leipzig"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Letters1128-752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Letters1128-752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Letters1128-752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Letters1128-752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Letters1128-752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Letters1128-752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Festival&#039;s website)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 2, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dok-leipzig.de\/film\/letters-silenced-country\/programm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Letters from the Silenced Country<\/a><\/em>, a documentary by Andrej Kuci\u0142a about resistance in Belarus, was awarded the Golden Dove Prize at the 69th edition of DOK Leipzig film festival in Germany on October 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film follows several Belarusians, whose lives have been disrupted by state violence and politically-motivated repression, offering a portrait of life in contemporary Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each story in the film shows a different experience of reprisals. The characters include a father who hides from surveillance to avoid arrest and separation from his daughter; a former criminal investigator who fled Belarus; a student convicted for participating in protests; and 50-year-old dissident Vitold A\u0161urak, who died in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The jury praised Kuci\u0142a for combining various forms of cinematic storytelling to create a multi-layered documentary language, reveal the invisible and give a voice to people forced into silence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September the film was awarded the Impact Golden Globes Prize for Documentary at the Venice International Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuci\u0142a, born in Baranavi\u010dy in 1983, holds academic degrees in journalism and fine arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kutilo_pisma_dok_leipzig_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kutilo_pisma_dok_leipzig_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kutilo_pisma_dok_leipzig_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kutilo_pisma_dok_leipzig_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kutilo_pisma_dok_leipzig_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kutilo_pisma_dok_leipzig_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Documentary about Belarusian resistance wins award at DOK Leipzig<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 1, Pozrik. Letters from the Silenced Country, a film by Andrej Kuci\u0142a about resistance in Belarus, was awarded the MDR prize at the DOK Leipzig documentary film festival in Germany on October 31. MDR award, established in 1995 by &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/209993\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 2, Pozirk. Letters from the Silenced Country, a documentary by Andrej Kuci\u0142a about resistance in Belarus, was awarded the Golden Dove Prize at the 69th edition of DOK Leipzig film festival in Germany on October 31. 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