Directed by
Anna Winzer
Country of Origin
Germany
Runtime
53:08
Category
The film documents the first two weeks after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The main protagonist, Egor Lesnoy, is an environmental activist, blogger and influencer from Irkutsk in Siberia.
Director Biography – Anna Winzer
The name Anna Winzer is a pseudonym, used for safety reasons. The real name of the film director is Anastasia Vinokurova
Anastasia Vinokurova was born 1977 in Moscow, Russia. She studied laser physics at Moscow State Lomonosov–University and after moving to Germany also audio-visual media at TFH Berlin.
Since 2008 she is a freelance author and director for radio and documentary film. 2009 she founded production and service company Osteuropa Medien (now east media) with focus on Eastern Europe.
As a bicultural author, she wants to mediate between East and West and tell authentic stories from Eastern Europe.
BILDERJUNKIES (5 min, 2002) director, camera
THE PROJECTIONIST (14 min, 2003) co-director
NADEZHDA (HOPE) (26 min, TV Kultura, Russia 2005) director
MEINE VERBOTENE VERWANDTSCHAFT (radiofeature, 45 min, DLF 2009)
IN LANGEN SCHÜRZEN WÜRDE MAN UNS NICHT BEACHTEN (Radiofeature, 45 min, DLF 2010)
A PLUMBER FOR EVERY NEED (60 min, BR 2011) director
RUSSLANDS PFERDE (5×45 min, ZDF/ARTE 2016) co-director
ALTERNATIVE RUSSIA (Web-Serie, 6×6 min, MDR/ARTE 2017) co-author
RUSSISCHE GARAGENWIRTSCHAFT (Radiofeature, 30 min, MDR 2017)
MEIN PAPA, DER MÖNCH (52 min, MDR/ARTE 2018) director
Awards:
Grimme Preis nomination for A PLUMBER FOR EVERY NEED 2013
Dokumentarfilmpreis LAVR / Russland for HOPE 2006
Internationaler Medienkunstpreis ZKM for BILDERJUNKIES 2002
Festivals:
DOK.fest München, ARTDOCFEST Moskau, MESSAGE TO MEN St. Petersburg, etc.