Handbook

Synopsis

After the presidential election in Belarus in August 2020, numerous protests erupt throughout the country. The special police take brutal action against demonstrators. Almost 7000 people are arrested. Hundreds of victims recount their experiences in interviews, revealing a system of repression, which is reconstructed in the director’s room in Berlin.

Director Biography

Pavel Mozhar born in 1987 in Minsk and based in Berlin. Mozhar has a Bachelor in Philosophy & Economics (University of Bayreuth, 2012). After graduating he had various film industry internships and jobs. In 2015 he started his Master in Directing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, majoring in documentary forms.