Nashi

Fifteen years ago Daya Cahen was the only outsider allowed to film extensively inside the summer training camp of Vladimir Putin’s radical and patriotic youth movement 'Nashi' ('Ours'), known for breaking up anti-Putin demonstrations and using violence against Putin’s opponents.

In this summer camp 10.000 Russian boys and girls were preparing themselves for a heroic future. They spent two weeks in lockdown, while red banners and loudspeakers hanging from the dome tents in the woods told them what their future should be, while Putin was looking down on them from behind the trees. They are the chosen ones of Russia.

In the present time we look at the work in a different light and can see how a generation of young Russians in a seemingly innocent summer camp were being carefully prepared to perceive Russia as “the global leader of the 21st Century”.

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The proceeds of this screening will be donated to the Support Filmmakers at War campaign for Babylon'13, a documentary filmmakers’ collective in Ukraine. The income from the tickets will enable makers to bring reports from the front lines in Ukraine to global audiences.