2025 | Netherlands, Russia | Documentary

The Radiant Screen (2025)

  • Russian, English - 47 mins
  • Director | Ine Lamers
  • Writer | Saskia de Jong, Steve Rushton, Ine Lamers
  • Producer | Rob de Vree

STATUS: Completed

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The Russian model city Ж has been completely shielded from change and reality. A poetic film-essay, The Radiant Screen explores this Soviet utopia which is cloaked behind a smokescreen of plutonium waste. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, it has consciously – and unconsciously – remained closed.

Documentary Poetic Essay Film Soviet Union Utopia Isolation Change Plutonium Waste Urban Exploration Post-Soviet Reflection Social Commentary Environmental Issues
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IFFR 54 (Jan 30-Feb 9, 2025)