BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29428@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:IDFA x De Balie: Letters From the Silenced Country DTSTAMP:20261023T202434Z DTSTART:20261118T183000Z DESCRIPTION:Scenes of protests being brutally suppressed and testimonies fr om people\npersecuted for political reasons paint a compelling picture of the ruthlessness\nwith which Aleksandr Lukashenko’s dictatorial regime in Belarus suppresses\ndissent.\n\nBelarus has endured daily repression for 3 0 years under the regime of dictator\nAleksandr Lukashenko. In Letters fro m the Silenced Country\, a man says\, “Belarus\nis getting very quiet\, it is drowning under the ice.”\n\nUsing footage of protests being suppressed \, readings from letters by political\nprisoners to their loved ones\, sur veillance camera recordings\, and animated\nimages based on drawings made in prison\, this film highlights the experiences of\npeople who have endur ed the repression first-hand.\n\nMany of the political prisoners were sent enced to years in prison after\ndemonstrating in 2020 against the rigged p residential elections. Alongside their\nstories\, we hear from a man who h as gone into hiding for fear of arrest and a\nformer investigative officer who fled to Poland and no longer wants to be part\nof the regime. Taken t ogether\, the testimonies offer a compelling picture of the\nprice paid by those who resist oppression and refuse to give up imagining a life\nin fr eedom.\n\nIDFA x De Balie\nDe Balie has selected six of the best films fea tured at IDFA. Documentaries on a\nwide range of subjects\, that share a c ommon thread: they are auteur-driven\nworks\, created with a distinct arti stic vision. Films that use the camera as a\ntool of expression\, rather t han mere registration. Join us after each screening\nfor a conversation ho sted by De Balie\, with filmmakers and notable guests. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/idfa-x-de-balie-letters-from-the-silenc ed-country GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596 LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,documentary,film,leidseplein,stories X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Scenes of protests being brutally s uppressed and testimonies from people persecuted for political reasons pai nt a compelling picture of the ruthlessness with which Aleksandr Lukashenk o’s dictatorial regime in Belarus suppresses dissent.

Bela rus has endured daily repression for 30 years under the regime of dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko. In Letters from the Silenced Country, a ma n says, “Belarus is getting very quiet, it is drowning under the ice.”

Using footage of protests being suppressed, readings from letters by p olitical prisoners to their loved ones, surveillance camera recordings, an d animated images based on drawings made in prison, this film highlights t he experiences of people who have endured the repression first-hand.

< p>Many of the political prisoners were sentenced to years in prison after demonstrating in 2020 against the rigged presidential elections. Alongside their stories, we hear from a man who has gone into hiding for fear of ar rest and a former investigative officer who fled to Poland and no longer w ants to be part of the regime. Taken together, the testimonies offer a com pelling picture of the price paid by those who resist oppression and refus e to give up imagining a life in freedom.

IDFA x De Balie
De Bal ie has selected six of the best films featured at IDFA. Documentaries on a wide range of subjects, that share a common thread: they are auteur-drive n works, created with a distinct artistic vision. Films that use the camer a as a tool of expression, rather than mere registration. Join us after ea ch screening for a conversation hosted by De Balie, with filmmakers and no table guests.

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