Mansky's Close Relations, on post-Maidan Ukraine, also looks like an easy pick. Glad the fest is doing a tribute to his work #tdf19
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Other than a heated Skype convo btn 2 estranged cousins, what strife is there on screen is mostly civil/quiet, but heartrending nonetheless.
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There's perspective on all sides of the Ukraine conflict, though most time is spent in the director's maternal city (/s/the Ukraine/Ukraine)
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People hoping for the conflict & crisis to end soon have their hopes dashed quickly. Not Syria, but they see coffins on the street everyday
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Insight from a civil engineer on Yanukovych's Mezhyhirya palace: "you're stepping on dollars, I spent 1k for 2 planks of this rosewood."
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Close Relations director Mansky: "I'm the only one in my family still on speaking terms w all. They all agree I was right to film it"
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Mansky said at the Q&A that he left Russia b/c he couldn't work w.o govt ties, asphyxiated by the atmosphere (but he wasn't silenced)
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Looking fwd to the rest of Mansky's films I haven't seen. Like Eyal Sivan, has a talent for earnestly documenting polarized societies
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