Anya Pavlikova was an ordinary teenager who dreamed of making life in Russia better. In March 2018 she was arrested and incarcerated on charges of forming an extremist group with the aim to violently overthrow the government.
During three following years her mother Julia desperately struggles to prove her daughter’s innocence. Fighting for justice and learning the real state of affairs step-by-step, Julia has been transformed from an apolitical citizen into a passionate human rights activist.
Content Advisory: This film contains descriptions of abuse, rape, and torture. There is a scene where self-harm is depicted and described.
SPONSORED BY:
Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign for human rights as embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed in 1948.
- Year2022
- Runtime93 minutes
- LanguageRussian
- DirectorAnna Shishova-Bogolyubova
- ScreenwriterAnna Shishova-Bogolyubova
- ProducerTorstein Grude, Iikka Vehkalahti, Siniša Juričić, Vlad Ketkovich
- Executive ProducerIna Fichman
- CastAnya Pavlikova, Julya Pavlikova
Anya Pavlikova was an ordinary teenager who dreamed of making life in Russia better. In March 2018 she was arrested and incarcerated on charges of forming an extremist group with the aim to violently overthrow the government.
During three following years her mother Julia desperately struggles to prove her daughter’s innocence. Fighting for justice and learning the real state of affairs step-by-step, Julia has been transformed from an apolitical citizen into a passionate human rights activist.
Content Advisory: This film contains descriptions of abuse, rape, and torture. There is a scene where self-harm is depicted and described.
SPONSORED BY:
Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign for human rights as embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed in 1948.
- Year2022
- Runtime93 minutes
- LanguageRussian
- DirectorAnna Shishova-Bogolyubova
- ScreenwriterAnna Shishova-Bogolyubova
- ProducerTorstein Grude, Iikka Vehkalahti, Siniša Juričić, Vlad Ketkovich
- Executive ProducerIna Fichman
- CastAnya Pavlikova, Julya Pavlikova
