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Showing 1 - 10 of 74 titles with a criteria of Subject is Russia and the former Soviet Union

Afghanistan 1979: The War That Changed the World

The Soviet troops' intervention in Afghanistan was a pivotal event in the history of the 20th century. It launched Bin Laden and Al Qaeda.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 52 minutes

All Different, All Equal

Examines progress in women's rights globally.

Bullfrog Films | 2000 | 24 minutes

Amateur Photographer

The story of a German soldier and the photographs that he took, while serving on the Eastern Front during WWII.

Icarus Films | 2004 | 26 minutes

Art and Oligarchs

Newly-minted Russian art collectors have many reasons for investing in fine art, some more sleazy than others.

Icarus Films | 2010 | 52 minutes

Artists & Love: Gabriele Münter and Vassily Kandinsky

Münter and Kandinsky's idyll is the story of a romance between two artists linked to the avant-garde of modern German painting.

Icarus Films | 2020 | 26 minutes

Before Flying Back to the Earth

Building on the long earned trust of the children towards the camera, the filmmaker skilfully applies a simple but highly effective narrative and thus manages to create an extraordinary film that avoids sentimentality but stays deeply moving.

First Hand Films | 2005 | 52 minutes

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

The first film about the Kyrgyz tradition of bride kidnapping takes viewers inside families, to talk with kidnapped brides who have managed to escape as well as those who are making homes with their new husbands.

Icarus Films | 2004 | 51 minutes