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"Gorbachev. Heaven" is a documentary film about changes that reverberated throughout the world wrought by one man. A film summing-up the life of a man who changed the world in the 20th century. Gorbachev’s short time in power was marked by the collapse of this empire. He was the architect of Glasnost and Perestroika, policies that gave the citizens of the Soviet Union – what Ronald Reagan called “the Evil Empire” – a chance to be free. He tore down the Berlin Wall. But at the same time, under his rule, the Chernobyl nuclear facility exploded and its destruction was concealed. Citizens demanding independence in the Baltic states died. Soldiers wielding shovels brutally suppressed protesters in Tbilisi. And Soviet tanks menaced, and killed, peaceful demonstrators in Baku. The Soviet empire collapsed under him – and he is condemned by his own people. With this burden of the past, this lonely old man is living the last days of his life in an empty house in the suburbs near Moscow.

Detailed information about the film, reviews, articles, interviews and photos are available on the official website of Vitaly Mansky Manski-doc.com.
Gorbachev. Heaven
10
Vitaly Mansky
Latvia, Czechia, 2020
100 min
English
When Danish filmmaker Lea Glob first portrayed Apolonia Sokol in 2009, she appeared to be leading a storybook life. The talented Apolonia was born in an underground theater in Paris and grew up in an artists’ community leading the ultimate bohemian existence. In her twenties, she studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, one of the most prestigious art academies in Europe. Over the years, Lea Glob kept returning to film the charismatic Apolonia, and a special bond developed between the two young women. The result is a fascinating portrait, spanning 13 years, of a young woman trying to find her place in the art world.
Apolonia, Apolonia
10
Lea Glob
Poland, Denmark, 2022
116 min
English
The events of the film begin on December 31, 1999 when Russia was acquainted with its new president. The film is based on unique and strictly documentary testimonies of the true causes and consequences of the operation "successor", as a result of which Russia ended up with the president who still rules the country. The protagonists of the film are Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian nation, as always being a silent witness of its own destiny.

Internet-premiere of the film took place on the 12th December 2018 at the Artdoc.Media online movie theatre.
Putin's Witnesses
10
Vitaly Mansky
Switzerland, Latvia, Czechia, 2018
104 min
English
The acclaimed documentary ALMOST HOLY tells the story of Gennadiy Mohknenko, a Ukrainian pastor who has taken up the fight against child homelessness by forcibly abducting street kids and bringing them to his private rehabilitation center. Gennadiy's ongoing efforts and unabashedly tough love approach to his city's problems has made him a folk hero to some, and a lawless vigilante to others. Using gripping footage that follows the self-appointed savior's mission over the course of fifteen years, interspersing imagery from a popular Soviet animated TV show; ALMOST HOLY is a bold and captivating portrait of a man fighting to change Ukraine for the better, as its place in a tense political landscape hangs in the balance.
Almost Holy
10
Steve Hoover
USA, 2015
97 min
English
The film is dedicated to the outstanding Russian engineer, inventor, scientist Vladimir Shukhov. Under his leadership, about 500 bridges were designed and built, the first oil pipeline in Russia, the Kievsky railway station in Moscow. The callsigns of the first Soviet radio station, and later the first television programs, were transmitted from antennas installed on the Shabolovskaya radio tower in Moscow, built according to Shukhov's design. In Samarkand, after the earthquake, a beautiful monument of medieval architecture, the minaret of the Ulugbek Madrasah, was restored according to his project. 63 years of engineering work, and more than ten projects completed each year.
Hyperboloid of engineer Shukhov
9
Yuriy Malyugin
Russia, 2003
38 min
A documentary series filmed in the reality show mode and aired on the STS channel in 2004. The goal of the creators is to convey the real atmosphere within the group and show the life of the Tatu group in all its manifestations.
t.A.T.u. in the Middle Kingdom
9
Vitaly Mansky
Russia, 2004
44 min
What is real life? This is when even death you can turn a part of life. That is exactly what Igor Alekseev, a doctor and writer from Saratov, did. In the face of imminent death from cancer, he began to keep an online diary and share with readers the experience of struggling and dying.
Blood seller
9
Elena Pogrebizhskaya, Mikhail Solovyov
Russia, 2007
48 min
A story about the unknown pages of the largest victories of Russian science and technology, about brilliant inventions and strong people.
Secrets of forgotten victories
9
Boris Golovnya, Konstantin Orozaliev, Boris Smirnov
Russia, 2002
156 min
The heroes of the film are the pathologist and his work. This is a favorite job, where everything is arranged for life. Bookshelves, selection of music gourmet CDs: Tom Waits, The Rolling Stones, etc. On the walls are oil paintings with views of the morgue. No cynicism, only professionalism, humor and a dream come true of a person who, from childhood, dreamed of understanding why a person actually dies.
Morphology
9
Inna Lesina
Russia, 2013
35 min
One of the parts of Leonid Parfyonov's project called "Russian Empire". The cycle is dedicated to Emperor Nicholas II and consists of three series. It fully covers the reign of Nicholas II, from the coronation in 1896 to his abdication and death in 1917.
The Russian Empire. Nicholas II
9
Leonid Parfenov
Russia, 2003
195 min
Zhzhenov's activities in the cinema began before the age of 22. Then there was an arrest with interrogations and prisons, then camps. The artist talks about his life in Russian prisons and those places where he was imprisoned, in Crosses, in Vladivostok, in Magadan. Excerpts from the films in which Georgy Zhzhenov starred surprisingly reveal his own life.
Georgy Zhzhenov. Russian cross
9
Sergey Miroshnichenko
Russia, 2004
260 min
Anton was born in April 1985. Doesn't know the father. The mother wanted to leave him in the hospital. Anton was raised by a blind grandmother. Now Anton is graduating from the Conservatory and writing music.
April man
9
Dmitriy Lavrinenko
Russia, 2006
39 min
“To get up, you have to fall down,” the legendary boxer Kostya Tszyu understood this from his own experience. During his career in professional boxing at the time of filming, he suffered one defeat. But it turned out to be more important than all his victories.
Kostya Tszyu. To be first!
9
Arkadiy Kogan, Nataliya Gugueva
Russia, 2004
52 min
About the life of two Russian village workers, farmers who have come a long way through the "dashing 90s" and are now building life anew.
Smoke of the fatherland
9
Andrey Ananin
Russia, 2016
36 min
Russian, English
In this film, five great Russian actresses, stars of Soviet cinema. Nonna Mordyukova, Tatyana Samoilova, Tatyana Okunevskaya, Lidia Smirnova, Vera Vasilyeva answer the questions of the film director Renata Litvinova.
No death for me
9
Renata Litvinova
Russia, 2000
52 min
The film is dedicated to the first and last president of the Soviet Union, Nobel laureate Mikhail Gorbachev. The film was shot in Moscow, Berlin and Rome, at a reception with the Pope in the Vatican and in the homeland of Gorbachev in the Stavropol Territory.
Gorbachev. After Empire
9
Vitaly Mansky
Russia, 2001
104 min
In the spring of 2017, after the release of the film by Alexei Navalny and FBK “He is not Dimon to you” about Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, many young people and schoolchildren joined the next protests. Young people have become the driving force behind Navalny's presidential campaign. It was they who actively participated in the creation of a regional network of political headquarters, subjected to pressure from the state. In the first episode of the film "The Age of Dissent" there are stories of three young supporters of Navalny, whom the local authorities have declared war on.
Age of disagreement
9
Andrey Loshak
Russia, 2018
35 min
On July 30, 2018, documentarian Alexander Rastorguev was killed in the Central African Republic. He left a unique mark on Russian cinema, but managed to do much less than he could. "Rastorguev" is a portrait of one of the brightest and freest filmmakers of our time; direct speech and fragments of films that form a single statement about the meaning of art, homeland and pain.
Rastorhuev
9
Evgeniya Ostanina
Russia, 2021
127 min
Russian, English
The film tells about the fate of one of the brightest political adventurers in the history of Russia, the priest Gapon. Paid agent of the Security Department and at the same time the real leader of the working people, Georgy Gapon turned out to be a provocateur of History. It was "Bloody Sunday" that became the turning point, which was inevitably followed by the collapse of the Romanov dynasty and the revolution. On the basis of previously unused documents, the inseparable connection between the fate of one person and the fate of Russia is recreated.
Captured Catcher
9
Yuly Lurie
Russia, 2001
51 min
For several years, the author has been making film observations of his heroes, peasants from two neighboring villages in the Lipetsk region. One of them, Uncle Vanya, is a poet, a local Kulibin, who builds a starship. The second, Uncle Kolya, wandered through life in an alcoholic stupor, but one day, having experienced a severe shock, he got out onto the “sober” highway. The most remarkable thing about the film is the author's point of view.
We wait, we hope, we do not believe
9
Mikhail Pavlov
Russia, 2010
78 min
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