{"id":209993,"date":"2026-11-01T18:08:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T15:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/209993\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T18:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T15:08:07","slug":"documentary-about-belarusian-resistance-wins-award-at-dok-leipzig","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/209993\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary about Belarusian resistance wins award at DOK Leipzig"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kutilo_pisma_dok_leipzig_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kutilo_pisma_dok_leipzig_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kutilo_pisma_dok_leipzig_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kutilo_pisma_dok_leipzig_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kutilo_pisma_dok_leipzig_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kutilo_pisma_dok_leipzig_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Film&#039;s Instagram account)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 1, <em>Pozrik.<\/em><\/strong> <em>Letters from the Silenced Country<\/em><em>,<\/em> a film by Andrej Kuci\u0142a about resistance in Belarus, was awarded the MDR prize at the DOK Leipzig documentary film festival in Germany on October 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MDR award, established in 1995 by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, the public broadcaster of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Turingia, is &nbsp;presented for an outstanding Eastern European documentary. In 2026, the prize amounted to \u20ac3,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September the film was awarded the Impact Golden Globes Prize for Documentary at the Venice International Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuci\u0142a, born in Baranavi\u010dy in 1983, holds academic degrees in journalism and fine arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kutsila_fb-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kutsila_fb-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kutsila_fb-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kutsila_fb.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Documentary on reprisals in Belarus awarded at Venice International Film Festival<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 13, Pozirk. Belarusian filmmaker Andrej Kuci\u0142a\u2019s documentary Letters from the Silenced Country won the Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. The film follows five Belarusians, whose lives have been disrupted by state &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/203521\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 1, Pozrik. Letters from the Silenced Country, a film by Andrej Kuci\u0142a about resistance in Belarus, was awarded the MDR prize at the DOK Leipzig documentary film festival in Germany on October 31. MDR award, established in 1995 by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, the public broadcaster of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Turingia, is &nbsp;presented for an outstanding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":209952,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-209993","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Documentary about Belarusian resistance wins award at DOK Leipzig | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 1, Pozrik. 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