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about Voices of the New Belarus (2021), an experimental film by Oksana Mysina,

and 

Love is Stronger than Fear (2022), Oksana Mysina's short based on Voices of the New Belarus

August 18, 2024 
Oksana Mysina's full-length documentary Voices of the New Belarus, was named the Best Human Rights Film at the Berlin Shorts Award Festival. 

July 28, 2024 
Oksana Mysina's full-length documentary Voices of the New Belarus, was named a Semi-Finalist at the Berlin Shorts Award Festival. Final awards to be announced later.

August 21, 2024 
Oksana Mysina's film Love is Stronger than Fear - a short version of the feature doc Voices of the New Belarus - received two awards, Best No-Budget Film and Best Composer, at the Palma Film Festival on the island of Mallorca in Spain.

July 30, 2024 
Oksana Mysina's film Love is Stronger than Fear - a short version of the feature doc Voices of the New Belarus - received an Honorable Mention award at the Karsditsa International Short Film Festival in Greece.

May 12, 2024
Oksana Mysina's full-length documentary Voices of the New Belarus, was named an Official Selection at the Stockholm City Film Festival. Awards to be announced later.

May 11, 2024
Oksana Mysina's full-length documentary Voices of the New Belarus, was named an Official Selection at the Cinema Carnival festival in Pisa, Italy. Awards to be announced later.

April 25, 2024
Oksana Mysina's film Love is Stronger than Fear - a short version of the feature doc Voices of the New Belarus - was named a Nominee at the Tokyo International Cinema Awards.

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Voices of the New Belarus is named Best Documentary Feature Film at the Lotus International Film Festival in India, on April 2, 2024.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear
Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Voices of the New Belarus is named Best Documentary Film at the Barcelona Independent Film Festival on February 1, 2024.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear
Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear
Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

January 10, 2024
Dona Paula International Film Awards in Goa, India, declares Voices of the New Belarus winners in two categories: Best Foreign Language Documentary Film, and Best Innovative Concept.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear
Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear
Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

January 3, 2024
Black Owl Festival in Bodrum, Turkey, declares Love is Stronger than Fear a winner in two categories: Best Short Documentary, and Best Original Score. 

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear
Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Voices of the New Belarus was selected to participate in the Dona Paula International Film Festival in Goa, India, on December 7, 2023.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Voices of the New Belarus was named an Award Winner at the Experimental Awards International Film Festival in London on October 10, 2023.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Voices of the New Belarus was named an Official Selection at the Experimental Awards International Film Festival in London on August 27, 2023.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear
Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear
Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear
Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear
Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Oksana Mysina's Voices of the New Belarus, a film based on a script by Andrei Kureichik, received multiple awards at the Travancore International Film Festival in Kerala, India, on June 1, 2023.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear
Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Oksana's full-length feature Voices of the New Belarus was named Best International Feature Film at the Mayavaram International Film Festival in India on May 26, 2023.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Oksana's full-length feature Voices of the New Belarus was named an Official Selection at the Mayavaram International Film Festival in India on May 26, 2023.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear
Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

On May 25, 2023, the Travancore International Film Awards named Voices of the New Belarus an Official Selection of the festival.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear
Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Oksana Mysina's feature-length film, Voices of the New Belarus, a hybrid of documentary and performance, scripted by Andrei Kureichik, was named the winner of the Free Speech award at the Cult Critic Movie Awards in Kolkata, India.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Oksana Mysina's full-length feature film Voices from the New Belarus was upgraded to a Finalist at the Cult Critic Movie Awards in India on May 9, 2023.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Oksana Mysina's full-length feature film Voices from the New Belarus was selected on May 8, 2023, to  participate in the Cult Critic Movie Awards in India.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Laurel awarded to Oksana Mysina's film Love is Stronger than Fear at the Flowers Against Bullets film festival in Vienna, Austria. This award was made to honor Sergei Kuchmenko's brilliant musical score for the film.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Oksana Mysina's film Love is Stronger than Fear (a short version of Voices of the New Belarus) won Best Music Score at the Flowers Against Bullets festival in Vienna, Austria, on April 26, 2023. Music composed by Sergei Kuchmenko. (Another of Oksana's films, Escape, won the top Red Cross prize.)

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Oksana Mysina's film Love is Stronger than Fear (a short version of Voices of the New Belarus) was named an official selection of the Flowers Against Bullets festival in Vienna, Austria, on April 25, 2023.

Love is Stronger than Fear promo for Slovenia

Oksana Mysina's film Love is Stronger than Fear (a short version of Voices of the New Belarus) will be screened April 4, 2023, at the Week of Slovenian Drama festival in Kranj, Slovenia. Oksana, her producer husband John Freedman and screenwriter Andrei Kureichik will appear by Zoom.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

A screening of Oksana Mysina's film, Love is Stronger than Fear, a short version of Voices of the New Belarus, was hosted by the Danail Chirpansky International Student Film Festival at the Bulgarian National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, on March 22, 2023. 

Oksana Mysina's film, Voices of the New Belarus, was named an Official Selection in the Symbiotic Film Festival in Kyiv on March 12, 2023. 

Screening at Sofia Academy, Bulgaria

Grand Prix winner's diploma for Oksana Mysina's film, Love is Stronger than Fear (a short variant of the feature film Voices of the New Belarus), at the 14th Atlantis International Internet Short Film Festival in New York City, January 2023.

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

On January 5, 2023, Oksana Mysina's film, Love is Stronger than Fear (a short variant of the feature film Voices of the New Belarus), was named winner of the Grand Prix at the ATLANTIS 14th Independent International Internet Short Film Festival in a joint prize with Mysina's film Escape  in the combined CINEMA AGAINST WAR and CINEMA FOR RIGHTS/HUMAN FREEDOMS categories. 

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Atlantis International Online Short Film Festival, NY

Love is Stronger than Fear, a film short based on the feature-length film Voices of the New Belarus, was selected as a Finalist in the Atlantis International Online Cinema Fiesta on December 15, 2022. Public viewing and online voting will take place from December 17 to December 31, 2022. 

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Atlantis Cinema Fiesta, NY

Awards for Voices of the New Belarus / Love is Stronger than Fear

Love is Stronger than Fear, a film short is based on the feature film Voices of the New Belarus, was selected as a participant in the Atlantis International Online Cinema Fiesta on the morning of December 14, 2022. It is a film made in support of political prisoners. The script is based on letters written by political prisoners in Belarus. The filmmakers are an international team of actors, directors, politicians, journalists. Methods of violence, aggression, and the violations of human rights are unacceptable for us. Condemning and opposing Russia's war against Ukraine, we have no right to ignore the fate of thousands of political prisoners. These are the best of the best. People of honor and dignity. We must raise our voices for their freedom. This film features performances by two leading figures of the Russian and Belarusian opposition, Ilya Yashin and Olga Karach. It also stars the actors Konstantin Raikin, Anna Sirotina, Maxim Spivak, and Vladimir Shcherban. In Russian with English subtitles. Screenplay by Andrei Kureichik. Directed by Oksana Mysina. A Free Flight Films production. 

European Premiere, Cinema

Oksana Mysina's film Voices of the New Belarus, scripted by Andrei Kureichik, will have its European premiere on 25 Sept. 2022 at Noon, at the Analogio Festival in Athens, Greece, at the Paranassos Literary Society.

Voices Analogio Poster
Voices Chicago Poster

World Premiere,
Cinema

Oksana Mysina's film Voices of the New Belarus, scripted by Andrei Kureichik, had its world cinematic premiere at the University of Chicago Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies on May 18, 2022.

World Premiere, Internet

December 9, 2021

8:30 p.m. EEST (6:30  p.m. GMT)

Oksana Mysina's film Voices of the New Belarus, scripted by Andrei Kureichik, had its world premiere stream screening online on Olga Karach's Nash Dom (Our House) TV channel on YouTube. It also streamed as a part of a general premiere block on Andrei Kureichik's YouTube TV channel, on Facebook and other hosts. 

Russian poster published

Release of Teaser No. 2

Release of Teaser No. 1

December 1, 2021
Asher Davidson unveils his poster for Oksana Mysina's film, Voices of the New Belarus

November 27, 2021

The public unveiling of Teaser No. 2 was the second of several events that will lead to the online premiere of Voices of the New Belarus. The teaser may be watched on the homepage of this site, or on Vimeo.

November 27, 2021

The public unveiling of a teaser was the first of several events that will lead to the online premiere of Voices of the New Belarus. The teaser may be watched on the homepage of this site, or on Vimeo.

December 5, 2021
Asher Davidson unveils his English-language poster for Oksana Mysina's film, Voices of the New Belarus

English poster published

1st Sneak Peek released

December 5, 2021
Fragment of Oksana Mysina's film Voices of the New Belarus premieres on Olga Karach's Our House TV. Filmed by Asher Davidson, acted by Anna Sirotina.

2nd Sneak Peek released

December 7, 2021

Another fragment of Oksana Mysina's film Vices of the New Belarus premieres on Olga Karach's Our House TV. Featuring Konstantin Raikin.

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