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THE SHARDS

Directed by: Masha Chernaya

Documentary – Georgia, Germany – 2024 – 90 min

Section: Exist to Resist

In Spring 2022 Masha prepares to leave Russia — her homeland that has changed. It turns into chain of unexpected farewells: her mom dies of cancer, her lover flees army conscription, everything including her own old self is falling apart. Her way to cope with the grief is to fixate everything with her camera. Her anger guides her to inner emigration to the local underground scene, which became an escape for young russians. This kaleidoscope of shards chronicles not only spirit of the time, but the director's personality crumbling against the backdrop of global turmoil.

EXIT THROUGH THE CUCKOO'S NEST

Directed by: Nikola Ilić

Documentary – Switzerland – 2024 – 19 min

Section: Exist to Resist

This essayistic personal short documentary tells the story of a soldier who never wanted to be one. Choosing never to pull the trigger, his defiance leads to military prison. Faking mental illness he detours away from the front line, through a lunatic asylum back home to Belgrade on the day that NATO begins bombing the entire country.