Vlada Senkova represents a young generation of filmmakers in Belarus, who are increasingly rejecting traditional career paths involving the state film school and studio ‘Belarusfilm’. She is currently based in Warsaw, where she has just finished Film School of Andrzej Wajda. Her film “II” was released last year and screened in solidarity with Belarus during fifth edition of Ukraïna film festival, which took place in Warsaw at the end of October. We talked with Vlada about the state of the film industry in Belarus, political influence in the creative industries and her expectations for the future.
New Eastern Europe: Belarus has to become its own country
Belarus opposition supporters wearing face masks attend a rally to protest against alleged election fraud and the killing of an opposition activist in Minsk on Nov. 15, 2020
