Belarusian Waltz

In Belarus, the totalitarian regime cracks down on all opposition. Anyone criticising the dictator risks imprisonment and torture. Belarusian Waltz is the incredible story of the performance artist Alexander Pushkin, who is one of very few who is not scared. Facing grave consequences he organizes public happenings that mock president Lukashenka. Through his art and sense of humor we take a deep dive into the soul of the Belarusian people.
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Script: Andrzej Fidyk
Cinematography: Adam Fresco
Editing: Jan Mironowicz
Music: Krzesimir Debski
Production: Piraya Film as, Norway T. +47 51116336 F. +47 51116337 torstein@piraya.no www.piraya.no
Producers: Torstein Grude
Co-production: Rafto House Foundation, MG Productions, ITVS International, TVP
Format: Digibeta Color
Production Country: Norway
Production Year: 2007
Duration: 74
Contact: Kudos Family – Oddleiv Vik T. +47 51123172 F. +47 51116337 mail@kudosfamily.com www.kudosfamily.com

Andrzej Fidyk

Andrzej Fidyk is a documentary filmmaker, director and screenwriter. He was born in Warsaw in 1953. A graduate of the Department of International Trade Relations of the Warsaw School of Economics, he started working for television in 1980. From 1991 to 1996 he worked for the BBC in the Music and Arts Department and between 1996-2004 he was the director of the Documentary Department at Polish Television. His documentaries have won numerous awards at international film festivals. One of his best known works is The Parade, which depicts the mass parades choreographed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) in 1988. The award-winning documentary Battu’s Bioscope chronicles the visit of a mobile cinema to a primitive Indian tribe that doesn’t even know that cinema exists. Fidyk returned to the subject of human rights under repressive regimes in his two most recent films, Belarusian Waltz and Yodok Stories.

Filmography

1982 Grzes Goes through the Village
1982 Optimistic Film about the Unknown
1983 Alibi for Life
1984 Oriano
1984 Their Theatre
1985 The President
1986 Night in a Palace
1986 Praga
1987 Hair in a Soup
1988 Great Chance
1989 Kapikule
1989 The Parade
1990 Shrovetide
1991 The Devil in Moscow
1993 Staszek’s Dream in Tehran
1994 Heaven of the Defamed
1994 Postcard from Japan
1994 The Russian Striptease
1995 Carnival: The Biggest Party in the World
1997 East of Eastenders
1998 Battu’s Bioscope
2000 Reed Dance
2007 Belarusian Waltz
2008 Υodok Stories