Festival 2009Alyosha

ALYOSHA ALIOŞA
Documentary Specifications	Biography / Biografie
View Trailer / Official Website ALYOSHA ALIOŞA Alioja Meelis Muhu Estonia 2008 67 min. Director: Meelis Muhu Photography: Erik Norkroos Editor: Kersti Miilen, Erik Norkroos Group Plus Zero Inc Production Company: Meelis Muhu / In-Ruum World Distribution & Sales: Meelis Muhu / In-Ruum Address: Meelis Muhu / In-Ruum, Gonsiori 21, Tallinn 10147, Estonia Tel./ Fax: 003725078163 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Webpage: www.youtube.com/user/Mehune	MEELIS MUHU Directing course at the Tallinn Pedagogical University. Producer and director of documentaries and fiction films. Curs de regie la Universitatea Pedagogică din Tallinn. Producător şi regizor de film documentar şi de ficţiune.
	Filmography / Filmografie
	2005 - Buy the Elephant 2004 - By the Bus 2003 - The Opinionator

Synopsis / Sinopsis

Most Soviet memorials in Estonia have been destroyed after 1991, the year when this Baltic country regained its independence. However, the „Bronze Soldier”, with his rifle and the chest full of medals, dominates from his high pedestal one of the main squares in Tallinn. For the Estonian nationalists, „Alyosha” is the symbol of the bloody Stalinist repression. For the Russian residents of Tallinn, the statue represents one of the few links they still have with Mother Russia. Every year, on May 9th – Victory Day, they congregate around Alyosha, who becomes a catalyst of the Russian community’s collective memory. Between 2005 and 2007, the author followed thoroughly the conflict around the Soviet bronze soldier.

Cele mai multe dintre monumentele ridicate în Estonia în timpul regimului sovietic au fost dărâmate după 1991, când ţara şi-a recâştigat independenţa. Totuşi, Soldatul de Bronz a rămas să străjuiască, de la înălţimea sa impunătoare, cu pieptul plin de medalii şi puşca pe umăr, una dintre pieţele centrale ale capitalei Tallinn. Pentru naţionaliştii estoni, „Alioşa” este acel simbol al ocupaţiei sovietice care a marcat începutul sângeroaselor represiuni staliniste. Pentru rezidenţii ruşi, însă, monumentul reprezintă unul dintre puţinele lucruri care îi mai leagă de patria-mamă, de aceea se adună în jurul său în fiecare an, de „Ziua Victoriei” (9 mai); atunci, „Alioşa” devine un pretext pentru desfăşurarea unor ceremonii ce ţin de memoria şi identitatea unei colectivităţi. Între 2005-2007, autorul a urmărit cu abnegaţie conflictele, deseori violente, dintre cele două tabere rivale.

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2009

Programming / Programare
Wednesday 28 - Hall B - 13h10 / Miercuri 28 - Sala B - 13h00
Friday 30 - Hall B - 12h40 / Vineri 30 - Sala B - 12h40

Films in Europa Competition / Filme in Competitie - Europa
AGAINST BLOOD JUSTICE , Nathalie Rossetti & Turi Finocchiaro, France
ALYOSHA , Meelis Muhu, Estonia
AT HOME ANYWHERE , Judith Vrerinks, The Netherlands
BACK PASSING , Jaro Vojtek, Slovakia
BERLIN, KREUZBERG 36 , Angeliki Aristomenopoulou, Greece
THE FLOWER BRIDGE , Thomas Ciulei, Romania
IVETKA AND THE MOUNTAIN , Janecek Vit, Czech Republic
LOOK AT THE LIFE THROUGH MY EYES , Marija Dzidzeva, Croatia
LOST IN TRANSITION , Thom Vander Beken, Belgium
LOST WORLD , Gyula Nemes, Hungary
MY CLASS - FROM RUSSIA WITH RELATIVITY , Ekaterina Eremenko, Germany
PEACE FOR ALL , Elizabeta Koneska, Macedonia
PEOPLE DREAMS ACTIONS , Andreas Stiglmayr, Germany
ROUGE NOWA HUTA , Blandine Huk & Frederic Cousseau, France
SHADOW OF THE HOLY BOOK , Arto Halonen, Finland
SINGING , Rossella Schillaci, Italy
SOUL , Marina Anedda, Italy
YOU LIVE AND BURN , Iiris Harma, Finland

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

film screenings

AFF09 Film Program (.pdf)

Mo.26 | Tu.27 | We.28 | Th.29

Fr.30 | Sa.31 | Su.01

events

Mo.26 - Su.01

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