The film was made in the days of the August 1991 coup in Leningrad, USSR . Respecting the manner of a proprietary parallel cinema with the use of hand-held camera . Subsequently, Lars von Trier in his " Dogma " went on the same way , using a handheld camera without a tripod or placing special light. The soundtrack of the film is the soundtrack Emergency Committee appeal for the All-Union Radio August 19, 1991 . The film captured the moment of change red tricolor flag on the roof of the Mariinsky Palace on August 20, 1991.

Two screens of film about - and sometimes shot by - Claes Oldenburg, detailing his inspiration, his ...

Anne Bean, John McKeon, Stuart Brisley, Rita Donagh, Jamie Reid and Jimmy Boyle are interviewed abou...

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: A bet is placed on the outcome of the Trial of the S...

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: Congress of the "Living Church" / Opening of the hor...

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: International Youth Day and demonstrations / All-Rus...

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: All-Russian Congress of Trade Unions / Delegations a...

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: IV. Congress of the Comintern / Congress of the Prof...

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: Arts and crafts exhibition / Actions against hunger ...

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Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Ro...

In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starri...

Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) explores Video Art, revealing how different generations ‘hacked’ the tools...

A Landscape documentary about the silent voids the living inhabit after everyone they love has gone.

An experience of a camera swinging in different gestures facing the optical distortion of the Sun. T...

March/April 1917. The first world war is already a couple year to pace. A sealed train with Russian ...

An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of...

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