Under the Grey Sky

Under the Grey Sky

dir.

Mara Tamkovich

2024, 1 h 22 min

Belarus, 2020. Ongoing protests after the presidential election rigged by Lukashenko. An anti-regime journalist, Lena, is reporting from a peaceful demonstration being brutally pacified. A police drone targets her, but Lena continues her broadcast, and she gets detained. Her husband, Ilja, is doing everything to save his wife, whereas the authorities are determined to break them both. The film is inspired by the story of Belarussian journalists Igor Iljash and Katsyaryna Andreeva who was arrested in November 2020.

The film is the director’s feature-length debut.

written by: Mara Tamkovich
director of photography: Krzysztof Trela
production design: Katarzyna Pawelec
costume design: Anna Pietrzak
make up: Natalia Schabowska, Anna Romaszko
sound: Joanna Napieralska
edited by: Katarzyna Leśniak
cast: Aliaksandra Vaitsekhovich, Valentin Novopolskij
producer: Katarzyna Ocioszyńska
production: Media Corporation
production manager: Katarzyna Kępa-Pawlińska
co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
distributed by: Loco Films