Completed - RUSSIAN - Documentary - 70 minutes
How free are the half million inhabitants of a country in the heart of Europe for which most europeans never heard of?
Year of production : 2012 Director(s) : Lukás KOKES, Klára TASOVSKÁ
Just a few kilometers east from the European Union border, right between Moldova and Ukraine, lies Pridniestrovian Moldovan Republic. Thin strip of a land on the left bank of the Nistru river with 518 000 citizens is not recognized by any other country. On this officially non existing territory a professional film has never been shot. Framed by the time of presidential election, Fortress focuses on a couple of characters being stuck in this Geopolitical gap, in between European Union and Russia, in between capitalist present and soviet past, crime and decency, decadence and hope for change.
Country(ies) : CZECH REPUBLIC