Manifesto

Available in Docs for Sale after the world premiere at IDFA.

Children are our future. Therefore, in order to see what the future holds for our country and society, it is necessary to support the life of adolescents in school. The film is made of videos that were shot and posted on the Internet by teenagers born in the 21st century who live in Russia. From a good morning and school gatherings with their innocent chatter for YouTube or Tiktok, to large-scale evacuations and Columbine: it is just one step. The film shows the overflow of cruelty: those who only yesterday were innocent victims of the actions of a teacher, of the family or the state, quickly adapt and learn to transmit that cruelty tomorrow. This is the social phenomenon that is a result of the imposed norm for the 'ideal citizen (through school, government, parents).'