Gang

Year
2015
Country
Belarus
Duration
56’
Director
Raisa Mikhailovskaia

Sixteen years ago, Belarus witnessed a string of events that had a terrifying effect on the entire society. In the span of just a few months, the Deputy Speaker of the Supreme Soviet died unexpectedly, followed by the disappearances of the Minister of Domestic Affairs, the Deputy Prime Minister, and a respected businessman. Less than a year later, a cameraman from a major television network vanished without a trace. The cases remain unsolved, under separate investigations and with multiple inconsistencies. Fifteen years later, a prominent Belarusian human rights defender meticulously examines all the materials to piece together a nuanced and unsettling picture of the case.

Production and Sales
Belarusian Documentation Center, +375296702923, [email protected], www.bydc.info
Director
Raisa Mikhailovskaia

Raisa Mikhailovskaia is a human rights advocate and head of the Belarusian Documentation Center (Vilnius, Lithuania). She graduated from the Minsk State University and the Minsk Institute of Management. She has been engaged in human rights advocacy since 1998. Raisa dedicates a significant part of her work to the problem of political imprisonments and disappearances in Belarus. She is the author of numerous publications on human rights. She won the With an Open Visor prize in 2012 for organizing the civic protection of the people involved in the Case of December 19, 2010 and her contribution to preserving the historical memory of the Belarusian people.

Selected Filmography

Gang (2015)

Cinema House, Blue Hall
Cinema House
vul. Saksahanskoho, 6
Q&A with creator and film’s producer Raisa Mikhailovskaia | Organized by NGO Zvyano, Belarus
22 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
 6 — 13 
June 2025
The Invisible City
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
The Invisible City
Year
2014
Country
Latvia
Director
Viesturs Kairišs
Duration
68’
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Solidarity According to Women
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Solidarity According to Women
Year
2014
Country
Poland
Directors
Marta Dzido, Piotr Śliwowski
Duration
113’
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Dovzhenko Centre Presents: The July Storms. Outburst
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Dovzhenko Centre Presents: The July Storms. Outburst
Year
1991
Country
Ukrainian SSR
Directors
Anatolii Karas, Viktor Shkurin
Duration
75’
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
E-Team
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
E-Team
Year
2014
Country
USA
Directors
Ross Kauffman, Katy Chevigny
Duration
88’
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Live Power
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Live Power
Year
2016
Country
Ukraine
Director
Dmytro Tiazhlov
Duration
80’
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Dovzhenko Centre Presents: The July Storms. Strike
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Dovzhenko Centre Presents: The July Storms. Strike
Year
1989
Country
Ukrainian SSR
Directors
Anatolii Karas, Viktor Shkurin
Duration
82’
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Encyclopaedia of the Maidan
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Encyclopaedia of the Maidan
Country
Ukraine
Director
Sergiy Lysenko
SPECIAL SCREENINGS