Documentary film screening: Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer

On Feb. 21, 2012, members of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot, donning their colorful trademark balaclavas, or ski masks, participated in a 40-second “punk prayer protest” on the altar of Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral before being detained. Arrested and tried for trespassing, wearing “inappropriate” sleeveless dresses and disrupting social order, Nadia, Masha and Katia were accused of religious hatred in a trial that reverberated around the world and transformed the face of Russian society.

An official selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Punk Spirit, PUSSY RIOT: A PUNK PRAYER tells their story with exclusive interviews and unprecedented access to courtroom footage.

Screening time will be announced in official POINT 3.0 program

Awards and Festivals:

Sundance Film Festival 2013 – World Cinema Documentary
Sydney Film Festival 2013
Motovun Film Festival 2013

Director: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin
Producer: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin
Production: Roast Beef Production
Photography Director: Antony Butts
Montage: Esteban Uyarra
Musik: Simon Russell, Pussy Riot

Russia, UK

Year: 2012.
Length: 88′