The Last Relic

Aspirited 20-year-old Left Block activist navigates Russia’s opaque political machine as he fights for change beside opposition groups and activists. Filmed over four years in the provincial city of Yekaterinburg, The Last Relic is a stark cinematic portrait of the absurdity of life in Russia where the majority dreams of restoring imperial glory and a handful of dissidents resist Putin’s relentless march towards a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

DIRECTOR MARIANNA KAAT

Award-winning director and producer

Marianna Kaat has produced and directed documentary series and TV shows for various broadcasters. Her main professional interest stays with the production of creative non-fiction films with strong focus on East-European subjects. Among others, her documentary credits include:

14 Cases (2017), Pit No 8 (2011), The Last

Phantoms (2006). The most successful ducumentary Pit No 8 was filmed in Eastern Ukraine Donetsk region before Russian full-scale invasion and has been screened at more than forty festivals and won a big number of awards. Marianna is also Associate Professor at Tallinn University for Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, where she teaches documentary history and practice.

Film Info

Original title: Viimane reliikvia

Theme: human rights, putinism

Language: Russian

Director: Marianna Kaat

Screenwriter: Marianna Kaat

Cinematographer: Kacper Czubak P.S.C.

Editor: Jesper Osmund, DFK

Composer: Lauri-Dag Tüür

Sound: Israel Bañuelos, M.P.S.E.

Producer: Marianna Kaat

Co-producers: Mette Cheng

Munthe-Kaas, Tobin Auber

Produced by: Baltic Film Production (EE), Ten Thousand Images (NO)

World Premiere: Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2023 106 min / DCP / 2.39:1 / 5.1

CONTACT

Baltic Film Production

Marianna Kaat +372 502 7509 info@bfp.ee bfp.ee

SALES

Rise and Shine World Sales

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