Andrei Kutsiła / Forced retirement
born 1983 in Baranovichi (Belarus)
EDUCATION:
› 2007 / earned a degree in journalism from the Belarusian State University › 2009 / finished the Belarusian State Academy of Arts
› Participant of many international educational projects (f. ex. IDFAcademy, Berlinale Talents).
› Winner of Gaude Polonia, a scholarship programme of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
FILMOGRAPHY:
› 2019 – Strip and War
› Film Critic’s Award – FIPRESCI at goEast
› 2018 – Summa
› IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
› SILVER HOBBY-HORSE at Krakow Film Festival
› GRAND PRIZE at XXXIII Pärnu International Film Festival
› 2017 – King of the Hill/Krol Gory
› GOLDEN BEGGAR at 24th International Festival of Local Televisions Golden Beggar
› 2015 – “Where You Belong”
› 2015 – „Guests”
› 2013 – “Love in Belarus”
› 2012 – „Enough! To Freedom…”
› 2010 – „Kill the Day”,
› 2008 – “Focal Distance”
I wasn’t planning to shoot a film about the events during the elections in Belarus – I don’t like political topics in films – but the violence by the authorities against civilians forced me to pick up my camera. And more personally, my sister and her husband were driving along in Minsk on 11 August when the car was suddenly shot at and rammed. They were detained and spent several days in a prison with about 11 000 other peaceful people. What else could I do but pick up my camera?