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Memory,” Vladlena Sandu’s war-themed drama that will open Venice Days, has been boarded by Paris-based Loco Films ahead of ...
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How Russia Lost the First Chechen War

Discover the dramatic story of the First Chechen War, where a small republic challenged the might of the Russian military.
An exclusive clip of Chechen documentary “Imago,” directed by Déni Oumar Pitsaev, is being debuted by Variety. The film, which is sold worldwide by Rediance and will be released by New Story ...
Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori has unveiled the line-up for its 22nd edition. The main competition, showcasing ...
The first Chechen film to screen at the Cannes Festival has won Best Documentary while a film about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has picked up a special prize.
In 1996, as the First Chechen War raged on, young Déni fled with his mother to Russia. As of today, they cannot return to Chechnya, which is part of the Russian Federation. Imago follows Pitsaev’s ...
By the time of the Second Chechen War in 1999, both Akhmad and Ramzan — who served as his father's personal driver and bodyguard — defected to the Russian side.
Blending documentary and fiction, the film explores transgenerational trauma as it revisits the director’s childhood in Chechnya and violence that shaped her life. Shot on 16mm, “Memory” follows ...
An exclusive clip of Chechen documentary “Imago,” directed by Déni Oumar Pitsaev, is being debuted by Variety. The film, which is sold worldwide by Rediance and will be released by New Story ...
An exclusive clip of Chechen documentary “Imago,” directed by Déni Oumar Pitsaev, is being debuted by Variety. The film, which is sold worldwide by Rediance and will be released by New Story ...
An exclusive clip of Chechen documentary “Imago,” directed by Déni Oumar Pitsaev, is being debuted by Variety. The film, which is sold worldwide by Rediance and will be released by New Story in France ...