PUTIN'S KISS

Dokumentarfilm, Dänemark 2011 (82/58 min.)
Regie: Lisa Birk Pedersen
Produktion: Monday Productions, Made In Copenhagen and Kloos & Co. Medien

Masha Drokova is a rising star in Russia's popular nationlistic youth movement, Nashi. A smart, ambitous teenager who - literally - embraced Vladimir Putin and his promis of a greater Russia, her dedication as an organizer is rewarded with a university scholarship, an apartment and a job as a spokeperson. But her bright political future falters when she befriends a group of liberal journalitst who are critical of the government, including blogger Oleg Kashin, who calls Nashi a "group of hooligans", and she's forced to confront the group's dirty - even violent - tactics.

FESTIVALS:
IDFA 2011, Sundance 2012

AWARDS:
World Cinema Cinematography Award/Sundance