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Igor Myakotin

Welcome to Chechnya

Logline
The searing documentary WELCOME TO CHECHNYA chronicles the current anti-LGBTQ
persecution raging in the Russian republic of Chechnya and shadows the LGBTQ activists who
risk unimaginable peril to rescue victims from a targeted campaign of torture and brutality.
Talent
Igor Myakotin
Role of participant
Producer
Director
David France
Producer
Igor Myakotin, Alice Henty, Askold Kurov, Joy Tomchin
Status
finished
Year of production
2020
Running time
107 min
Genre
Documentary
Country of Production
United States
Production Company
Public Square Films
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Festivals and Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2020, Berlinale 2020, True/False, Human Rights Watch NY, IDFA, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival.