Crew
Manon Loizeau
Director
Manon Loizeau
Writer
EM
Ekaterina Mamontova
Director
SK
Sacha Koulaeva
Writer
SL
Stéphanie Lebrun
Producer
HP
Hanne Phlypo
Producer
Alexei Aigui
Original Music Composer
Politzek, the voices that challenge the Kremlin
202690m
DocumentaryDrama
In Russia, criticizing the war in Ukraine or Vladimir Putin’s regime has become a crime. Thousands of ordinary citizens are being arrested, tried, and imprisoned. They are called “Politzek”: political prisoners. Filmed clandestinely over the course of more than a year, Politzek gives a platform to those who, despite the fear, continue to speak out against Putin’s repressive Russia. Through the intersecting stories of a teenager sentenced to five years in prison for criticizing the government on social media, a young artist jailed for placing anti-war stickers, a human rights activist, and two theater directors facing Kafkaesque trials, the film unveils the machinery of state repression in Russia. With rare footage, broken yet unyielding voices, this is a story of silenced resistance.
