Prizes: Alpe Adria Cinema prize as the Best Documentary, 19th TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL 2008; The Award Ion Vatamanu "for love of truth and freedom", 7-th International Documentary Film Festival CRONOGRAF, Chisinau 2008.

Festivals: Input Lugano 2007;DOK.FEST München 2007; Jihlava IDF 2007; DOK Leipzig 2007;Best Documentary by Novoje Kino.21 Vek, N.Novgorod, 2007; IDFA/Reflecting Images: Best of Fest, Amsterdam 2007; Watch Docs HRFF Warsaw 2007; DocPoint Helsinki, January 2008; DocsBarcelona, January 2008; One World IFF Prague 2008; London HRWIFF 2008; The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival in Volda 2008; BUCHAREST FILM FESTIVAL 2008, SILVERDOCS, Washington June 2008.

Shortlisted for Award by the European Parliament

Biographical information on the director

YURY KHASHCHAVATSKI is well-known Belarus director. He has directed more than 20 films, both features and documentaries. Credits include: PRISONERS OF THE CAUCAUSES (2002); GODS OF HAMMER AND SICKLE (2000); AN ORDINARY PRESIDENT (1996) – "Golden Gate Award" in San-Francisco, Grand-Prix of the Human Rights Watch in New York, "Cinema Award of Peace" Berlin International Cinema Festival (Forum), Sakharov's Award of the Russian Union of Writers "April", Moscow; OAZIS (1996, co-production with Goethe Institute) – Jury Award of the International Cinema Festival of Ecological Films, Freeburg; RUSSIAN HAPPINESS (1992) - "Golden Gate Award", San Francisco; EVERYTHING'S FINE (1991) – Grand-Prix of the International Film Festival, Munich; COUNTER-CLAIM (1989) – (together with A.Ruderman ) – Grand-Prix "Zolotoi Kentavr", International Film Festival 'Message to a Man", St.Petersburg, 1989