Handbook
Handbuch
Pavel Mozhar

In the days following the presidential election in Belarus in August 2020, numerous protests erupted throughout the country. The special police, OMON, took particularly brutal action against demonstrators, even spilling over onto passers-by. In total, almost 7000 people were arrested throughout Belarus. Hundreds of victims recounted their experiences in interviews. Their accounts reveal a system of repression, which is reconstructed in detail in the director's room in Berlin Neukölln in the form of a cinematic guide.
Screenplay : Pavel Mozhar
Image : Adam Graf, Jonas Römmig
Sound : Ganna Gryniva
Editing : Florian Seufert, Pavel Mozhar
Image : Adam Graf, Jonas Römmig
Sound : Ganna Gryniva
Editing : Florian Seufert, Pavel Mozhar
Production : Kolja Wolle, Pavel Mozhar
Distribution: Square Eyes
Distribution: Square Eyes

Pavel Mozhar was born in 1987 in Minsk and has lived in and around Berlin since the age of ten. In 2012, he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy Economics. During this time, he was involved in student film projects and attended seminars at the Media Studies faculty. After graduation he had various internships and jobs in the film industry. In 2015 he started his Master's degree in Directing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, majoring in documentary forms. Handbook is his first produced film.