Cineuropa exclusively brings you the trailer for Alexander Mihalkovich and Hanna Badziaka's documentary about institutional violence in the Belarusian military, Motherland [+lee también:
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The film has been acquired by Hamburg-based déjà vu film and will start its theatrical distribution in Germany on 31 August. Some of the screenings will be accompanied by discussions organised by RAZAM, a non-profit association of people from Belarus living in Germany. It will also screen at the upcoming Sarajevo Film Festival (11-18 August), as part of its Kinoscope programme.

Mihalkovich and Badziaka bring the frontline home when they expose the consequences of staying silent in the face of a tide of autocratic violence within the military system that is bleeding over on to the streets of Belarus. A journalist and former military conscript join forces to expose both the personal and the global consequences of autocratic and institutional violence when it is used as a societal tool of suppression. Are we, ask the filmmakers, responsible for the state of our world by remaining silent against it?

Motherland is a co-production by Sweden's Sisyfos Film Production, Norway's Folk Film and Ukraine's Voka Films. Lightdox has the international rights.

Watch our exclusive trailer for Motherland below: