Putin's Patriots (2021)

1999년 정초, 러시아는 역사적인 변화를 경험하기 직전이다. 노쇠한 보리스 옐친 대통령은 사임을 하면서, 대중에게 잘 알려져 있지 않던 블라디미르 푸틴을 자신의 후계자로 지명한다. 이 영화는 푸틴이 권좌에 오르기까지의 비하인드 스토리에 대한 흥미로운 개별 증언들로 이루어져 있다.

A 2017 Russian documentary film about alleged corruption by Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. The film claims that Dmitry Medvedev has embezzled an estimated $1.2 billion.

The documentary project The Term was conceived in May 2012. When the directing trio commenced mapping the Russian sociopolitical landscape, Vladimir Putin had just settled into the Kremlin for his third term. The original experimental format of “documentary bulletins,” which were published daily online, allowed for wide-ranging content; in the feature film version, however, the filmmakers focused solely on the members of various opposition groups. Nevertheless, the work’s neutral position remains and viewers have to interpret the objectively presented situations for themselves. The main characteristics of this strongly authentic movie include close contact with the protagonists, precise editing, and an effectively controlled release of information.

Masha Drokova is a rising star in Russia's popular nationalistic youth movement, Nashi. A smart, ambitious teenager who – literally – embraced Vladimir Putin and his promise of a greater Russia, her dedication as an organizer is rewarded with a university scholarship, an apartment, and a job as a spokesperson. But her bright political future falters when she befriends a group of liberal journalists who are critical of the government, including blogger Oleg Kashin, who calls Nashi a "group of hooligans," and she's forced to confront the group's dirty – even violent – tactics.

Traces the new Cold War between Russia and the West from the ban on American citizens adopting Russian children to the Kremlin’s anti-LGBTQ campaign, which positions the international marriage equality movement as a national threat.

Based on investigations by independent journalists, the film documents the origins of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s private wealth and subsequent rise to power, demonstrating his ascension to the Russian presidency after an alliance built in the early 1990s between himself, certain friends from Leningrad’s KGB, and mafia groups.

In 2012 two members of anarchistic female band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in a Mordovian labor camp for "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred". Russian film collective Gogol’s Wives follow each step of the feminist punk band’s battle against Putin including their first disruptive performances on a trolley bus, shooting a video about transparent elections, a controversial performance in a Red Square cathedral, and footage shot in a jail cell. Support comes from many corners including Madonna who painted the words "Pussy Riot" on her back and wore a balaclava during her Moscow show. The documentary portrays the grim state of present-day Russia, a country starkly divided between conservatism and anarchy. Pussy Riot believes that art has to be free and they're willing to take it to extremes. "Pussycat made a mess in the house," they say, and the house is Russia. The filmmakers do not seek to moralize, they simply edit events and leave viewers to draw their own conclusions.

The multiple, award-winning television author Hubert Seipel, accompanied Vladimir Putin in Russia, over a period of many weeks. He not only conducted several interviews with him, but was also present when Putin shouldered judo opponents, or challenged his bodyguards during a game of ice hockey.

This documentary will provide the first authoritative account of who Vladimir Putin actually is. What drives him, what does he fear, who does he love and hate?

A look at the Alexander Litvinenko affair

A look at the power of President Putin

For months, the FBI have been investigating Russian interference in the American presidential elections. ZEMBLA is investigating another explosive dossier concerning Trump’s involvement with the Russians: Trump’s business and personal ties to oligarchs from the former Soviet Union. Powerful billionaires suspected of money laundering and fraud, and of having contacts in Moscow and with the mafia. What do these relationships say about Trump and why does he deny them? How compromising are these dubious business relationships for the 45th president of the United States? And are there connections with the Netherlands? ZEMBLA meets with one of Trump’s controversial cronies and speaks with a former CIA agent, fraud investigators, attorneys, and an American senator among others.

As Russia faces growing international isolation, loyalists within the 30 million-strong Russian diaspora are dedicated to defending, supporting and promoting Putin overseas. Vladimir Putin has made it clear that he wants Russia to reclaim its former glory: across the globe, Russians echo his sentiment, shutting down critics of the Kremlin. From jeering newspaper articles, to counter-protestors staring down protestors who condemn the jailing of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Putin's international supporters are a force to be reckoned with.

Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson--almost solely from the perspective of the man himself. TYSON alternates between the controversial boxer addressing the camera and shots of the champion's fights to create an arresting picture of the man.

남극에 서식하는 황제 펭귄들은 짝짓기 시기인 겨울이 올 무렵 그들은 각자 바다에서 나와 조상 대대로 새로운 생명을 탄생시켜온 ‘오모크’라는 신비한 장소를 찾아 몇 날 며칠을 길고 긴 대상의 무리를 이루며 그들만의 은밀한 짝짓기 장소로 여행을 시작한다. 신기하게도 같은 날 같은 장소에 전부 집합한 황제 펭귄들은 암컷과 수컷은 곧 1부 1처로 짝짓기를 한 후 귀한 알을 낳는다. 알을 낳느라 지친 어미는 알을 수컷에게 맡긴 후 자신의 영양 보충과 태어날 새끼에게 먹일 먹이를 구하러 다시 바다로 떠나고, 수컷은 아무 것도 먹지 못한 채 3~4개월 동안 굶주리며 동면상태로 알을 품는다. 그리고 알이 부화되면 다시 아비는 먹이를 구하러 떠나고 어미는 돌아와 알에서 나온 새끼를 키운다. 어미와 아비가 번갈아 가며 먹이를 구해오는 동안 혹독한 추위와 눈보라, 그리고 외부의 적을 이기며 살아남은 새끼들이 독립하게 되면, 이제 모든 펭귄들이 오모크를 떠나 다시 바다로 돌아가는 마지막 여정에 오른다. 그들은 대양 여기 저기에 흩어져 4년을 보내다가 다시 짝짓기 계절이 오면 어김없이, 마치 마법에 이끌린 듯 한 날 한 장소에 모여 셀 수 없이 반복됐던 긴 여정을 다시 시작한다.

1969년, 뉴욕의 시골 마을 베델에서는 50만 명에 이르는 사람들이 사흘 동안 당대의 가장 중요한 순간을 경험하였다. 규모와 영향력 면에서 전무했던 콘서트, ‘평화와 음악’이라는 공통된 목표를 가진 각양각색의 사람들이 모였다. 음악의 정수와 공연의 강렬한 에너지를 포착한 다큐멘터리.

For a book project, photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders took photographs of 30 stars of adult movies, each pair of photographs in the same pose, clothed and nude. This film records the photo shoots and includes interviews with the performers and commentary from eight writers (and John Waters). The actors and writers discuss economics, nudity and exhibitionism, careers, and private lives.