"IT CAN'T GET ANY WORSE"

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There are around 10 thousand people imprisoned for minor drug-related offences in Belarus, a post-soviet authoritarian state in Eastern Europe. Young people caught using cannabis are forced to work hard for the state in penal colonies across the country. "Generation 328" follows the mothers who live every day with a single hope: to find justice for their children and bring them home.

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TitleGeneration 328

GenreDocumentary, short

Length19 min

Production countriesUSA, Belarus

TagsAuthoritarianism, Dictatorship, Marijuana, Drugs, Activism

Director, Producer & CinematographyVeranika Nikanava

EditingVeranika Nikanava, Anice Jee

Music & Sound MixIgnacio Bonet

Color CorrectionSusi Dollnig

SVABODA.ORG7 OCTOBER 2021

Generation 328 wins a Woodstock Film Festival prize in category "Best student short"

KYKY.ORG8 MARCH 2019

"It is unclear if the film will be screened in Belarus. As practice shows, they don't like to wash one's dirty linen in cinemas"

EURORADIO.FM10 MARCH 2019

"This is a story of an almost hopeless struggle that several dozen people wage against the system"

Screenings and awards

Woodstock Film Festival, United States (October 2, 2021) — Best student Short
DOC NYC, United States (November 19, 2020) — World premiere, Official selection
Anchorage International film festival, United States (December 4, 2020) — Alaskan premiere, Official selection
Ghent Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival, Belgium (April 18, 2021) — European premiere, Official selection
St. John's International Women's Film Festival, Canada (September 6, 2021) — Canadian premiere, Official selection
Tallgrass International Film Festival, United States (October 20, 2021) — Kansas premiere, Official selection
Jacksonville Film Festival, United States (February 17, 2022) — Florida premiere, Official selection
Asti international film festival, Italy (December 14, 2021) — Italian premiere
Thomas Edison film festival, United States (February 2, 2022) — Global Insights Award
Brussels Independent film festival, Belgium (February 16, 2022) — Best documentary short film
Artdocfest, Moscow, Russian Federation (December 5, 2020)
Doc.Berlin, Germany (December 16, 2021)
Watch docs, Warsaw, Poland (December 19, 2021)
Veranika Nikanava

Veranika Nikanava was a Belarus-born actress, filmmaker, and activist. She was deeply concerned about human rights and liberties in her homeland and was an active member of the Belarusian community in New York.

“Generation 328” was the last film project of Veranika Nikanava. Veranika tragically passed away on July 25, 2019, at the age of 24.

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