Film Talk with Hanna Badziaka, Director of MOTHERLAND

Moderation: Florian Schwarz


MOTHERLAND, NO, SE, UA 2023 , Hanna Badziaka, Alexander
Mihalkovich


National service in Belarus lasts 18 months. Nikita gets called
up and has one last party with his friends before he dons his
uniform and starts his duties. Svetlana’s son Sascha returned
from his barracks in a coffin covered with bruises and with
strangulation marks on his neck. After the rigged elections in
2020, the militarised violence is unleashed on
protestors. Silvia Bauer


Biography


Hanna Bedziaka has an MA in Philology and worked as an
independent video and TV journalist in Minsk.
Belarusian-Ukrainian filmmaker Alexander Mihalkovich has a PhD in
library science and subsequently studied directing.