THE FOUNDATION PIT

KOTLOVAN

By Andrey GRYAZEV

TASKOVSKI FILMS - as SALES

Social issues - Completed 2020

A found footage film compiled from countless YouTube videos in which the people of Russia make a direct appeal to president Putin. A kaleidoscope of the mood in the country – from submissive pleas to pure rage about injustice and rampant corruption.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2020
Panorama
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Social issues, Documentary
    • Countries
    • RUSSIA
    • Languages
    • RUSSIAN
    • Duration
    • 71 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Andrey GRYAZEV
    • Producer(s)
    • Andrey GRYAZEV
    • Synopsis
    • Ever since Putin's government curbed freedom of the press in Russia, criticism has been unwelcome. And yet, all over the country, there are the disaffected and dissatisfied, local citizens' groups and generally disillusioned people who want to make their specific requests for help, their anger and their despair heard. For even in the most remote villages there are dash-cams, mobile phones and video cameras, and just enough internet connections to upload these self-made tirades to YouTube. These clips are at the heart of Andrey Gryazev's found-footage documentary.