This programme is part of Artists Against the Kremlin, a showcase of anti-war, anti-authoritarianism art presented by The Moscow Times, All Rights Reversed gallery and De Balie in Amsterdam from August 3 to September 3.
The documentary The Age of Disagreement: 2024, filmed on the eve of the latest presidential ‘election’, follows young supporters of Navalny who have been involved in his campaign for years. Filming was nearly complete when the news of Navalny’s death broke. How do activists maintain hope in their fight for a better Russia? After the screening, we will speak with director and journalist Andrey Loshak.
The Age of Disagreement: 2024 is a sequel to The Age of Disagreement, which was filmed on the eve of the 2018 presidential election in Russia and focused on opposition politician Aleksei Navalny and the young supporters who helped him with his unofficial campaign. Although Navalny was denied registration as a candidate, he campaigned as if he were on the ballot.
Fast forward six years to 2024, another Russian presidential election, held in March and once again won by Vladimir Putin with a state-reported 87.3 percent of the vote. Loshak’s new film explores how the lives of the same activists, who once dreamed with Navalny of a ‘beautiful Russia of the future’ have changed dramatically.
About Andrey Loshak
Andrey Loshak is a Russian journalist and film director, known for his uncompromising reporting on tv and his critical documentaries such as Deti Koridorov (2006), Broken Ties (2022) and Russian Hackers (2022).
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