Eastern Europe

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Unlock is back and better than ever before!

The post-Cold War order cannot be taken for granted anymore. With Russia spearheading brutal alliances of convenience, all pretence of following the rules has evaporated. The global geopolitical landscape has changed dramatically and democracies have so far been unable to stand against the tide. Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia are in the crosshairs of a revanchist Russia, and civil society in these countries is under unprecedented pressure.

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Future Lands: Call for short documentary film ideas

The Prague Civil Society Centre, in cooperation with WATCH DOCS IFF and Current Time TV, is launching a call for story ideas to be developed into short documentary films by young documentary and video makers from Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia. Story ideas should offer reflections and perspectives of societies as they are today and how they could be tomorrow in the context of post-imperialism: the discoveries, re-discoveries, transformations, and imagination of identities of those societies.

Case studies

Ukradené volby: Bělorusko čtyři roky poté

Od brutálního potlačení masových protestů v Bělorusku uplynou v srpnu čtyři roky. Statisíce Bělorusů v roce 2020 vyšly do ulic v reakci na zfalšování výsledků prezidentských voleb. Jejich vítězem úřady opět prohlásily autokrata Aljaksandra Lukašenka, jenž Bělorusku vládne už 30 let. Jak na tehdejší události a současnou situaci v zemi nahlíží Bělorusové a experti zabývající se politickým vývojem v Bělorusku?