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IRON Latvia-Czechia-Ukraine, 2024, 40 min, color, documentary

As armed conflict flares up at the edges of Europe, the commemoration of the Second World War is used to prepare people for renewed conflict. In Azerbaijan, the recent expulsion of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh is presented as a national success. And in Russia, with much flag-waving, bombastic language and tank parades, the invasion of Ukraine is equated with the victory over fascism in 1945.

Meanwhile, the Polish army displays its latest acquisitions, and the residents of Kyiv—between air-raid sirens—view the destroyed tanks that their own army has captured from the Russians. It’s only in Berlin that the public pays little attention to the Soviet memorial in Tiergarten Park, close to the once-defeated Reichstag, and dances as if there’s no tomorrow at an open-air techno party.

Vitaly Mansky

Vitaly Mansky

Director Vitaliy Manskiy was born in 1963 in Lviv, Ukraine. He graduated from VGIK in 1989 and established himself as one of the most successful contemporary Russian and world documentary filmmakers. He has directed more than 30 films, presented at festivals around the world and awarded many times, including Motherland or Death, Under the Sun and Putin's Witnesses. In 1996, he launched a project aimed at archiving amateur video files of private individuals shot during the former Soviet Union. Manskiy has been living in Latvia since 2014.

 

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

1992 Lenin's Body / short, doc.

2015 Under the Sun / doc.

2018 Putin's Witnesses / doc.

2020 Gorbachеv. Heaven / doc.

2023 Eastern Front / doc.

2024 Iron / short, doc.

2025 Time to the Target / doc.

DIRECTOR
Vitaly Mansky
SCRIPT
Vitaly Mansky
CAMERA
Valdis Celmiņš
PRODUCERS
Natalia Manskaia
PRODUCTION
Vertov

IRON Latvia-Czechia-Ukraine, 2024, 40 min, color, documentary

PROGRAM

VLAIKOVA CINEMA
16:00 h

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