My motherland is checkered
2026
Documentary / Animation / Drama / War
13 min
Russian
... through the bar of a police van
$600
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In a mix of 2D animation and live action, through their voices and acting, two actresses recount the lives of imprisoned women that opposed the Russian Regime and their emotional stories of suffering and anguish.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Keywords
- prison
- trauma
- violence against women
- human rights
- prison brutality
- russia
- women in prison
- war
- violence
- opposition against russia
Top Cast
Irma Rerikh as Prisoner 1
Mariia Amelenkova as Prisoner 2
Top Crew
Polina Prokofeva · Director, Writer
Johannes Beese · Cinematographer
Hanna Stuhlmann · Editor
André Devime · Producer
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