The New Greatness Case

Anya was an ordinary teenager who dreamed of making life in Russia better. In March 2018 she was arrested and incarcerated on charges of forming an extremist group with the aim to violently overthrow the government. During three following years her mother Julia desperately struggles to prove her daughter’s innocence. Fighting for justice and learning the real state of affairs step-by-step, Julia has been transformed from an apolitical citizen into a passionate human rights activist.

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Awards

IDFA Forum Award 2021 for Best Rough Cut
Special Mention, Human Rights Dox, :DOKUFEST Prizren 2022
Best Documentary Award, Rab Film Festival 2022
Special Mention, Golden Eye Award, Zurich Film Festival 2022
Special Mention, International Documentary Competition, Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival, Tel Aviv, 2022
Main Award, Feature Length Competition, Be Free section, Budapest International Documentary Festival 2023
Grand Prize, Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente, 2023

Festivals

2022
Human Rights Watch Film Festival New York
Sheffield DocFest
Human Rights Dox, :DOKUFEST Prizren
Sarajevo Film Festival
Rab Film Festival
The Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund
Nobel Peace Center / Oslo Pix Film Festival
Kapittel, Stavanger
Zurich Film Festival
Taiwan International Human Rights Film Festival
Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival, Washington DC
Bergen International Film Festival
KåKåNomics Festival, Stavanger
IDFA, Amsterdam
Nordic/Docs, Fredrikstad
Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival, Tel Aviv

2023
Budapest International Documentary Festival
ReFrame Film Festival, Canada
Trieste Film Festival
European Parliament, Brussels
ArtDocFest, Latvia
Independent East European Documentary Film Festival, USA
One World International Film Festival, Czechia
ACT Human Rights Film Festival, USA
One World Romania
Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente
ArtDocFest, France

Credits

This film is dedicated to all who don’t want to live in fear
and who made this film possible.

directed by
ANNA SHISHOVA

produced by
VLAD KETKOVICH
IIKKA VEHKALAHTI
SINIŠA JURIČIĆ
TORSTEIN GRUDE

writer
ANNA SHISHOVA

research and script assistance
DMITRY BOGOLUBOV

story editor
IIKKA VEHKALAHTI

executive producer
INA FICHMAN

cinematography
ALEXANDRA IVANOVA
Dmitry Bogolubov
Zosia Rodkevich
Anna Shishova

editors
WALTTERI VANHANEN
Una Gunjak
Joelle Alexis/RCS
Dmitry Bogolubov
Torstein Grude

trailer editor
Kyrre Hervik Larsen

original music by
KARLIS AUZANS

additional music
“There is nothing but love”
Nemnogo Nervno

“Unicorn Freedom”
Pussy Riot

sound designer
TIHOMIR VRBANEC

assistant sound designers
Klara Sovagovic
Nina Džidić-Uzelac

foley artist
Heikki Kossi

additional camera
Julia Vinogradov
Marusya Syroechkovskaya
Askold Kurov
Beata Bubenec (Bashkirova)
Artur Sokolov
Fedor Bakulin
Anastasia Zhuvaga

assistant producer
Satu Majava

associate producer
Oddleiv Vik

post production coordinator
Joakim Hauge Vocke

colorist
Tom Chr. Lilletvedt

graphic design
Tom Chr. Lilletvedt

online editor
Fredrik Klæth Eriksen

post production facilities
Hinterland

Transcription
Maria Chuprinskaya

special thanks to
TV Rain – Vasily Polonsky
Current Time TV – Natalia Arshavskaya and Kenan Aliyev
OVD-info project team – Aleksei Miniailo
Memorial Human Rights Center, Memorial International
For the Human Rights public movement – Lev Ponomarev and Oleg Yelanchik
Maria Chuprinskaya · Yulianna Tsiruleva · Evgeny Reznitsky
Pussy Riot · Alla Frolova · Olga Nikolaenko · Vitaly Mansky · Yan Shraifel
Joshua Faudem · Natasha Dudinski · Filip Remunda · Sofia Tocar · Yuval Barel
Dahlia Sheindlin · Vanessa Bollestad · Finn Gjedebo · Sara and Sofia Juričić

the project was developed and pitched at
Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries
East European Forum
Hot Docs Forum
IDFA Forum

developed with the support of
Creative Europe
Roast Beef Productions
American Film Showcase Equipment Grant
HBO Europe Development Award
Baltic to Black Sea Documentary Network
Revolver Amsterdam – Germen Boelens
Intuitive Pictures – Ina Fichman

impact campaign supported by
The Future of Russia Foundation

produced with the support of
HAVC (Croatian Audiovisual Centre) – artistic advisor Miljenka Čogelja
Hinterland
Filmkraft Rogaland – Lars Skorpen
Mediefondet Zefyr
Fritt Ord
AVEK (The Finnish Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture) – Mikko Peltonen
SES (Finnish Film Foundation) – Eero Tammi
EO Docs – Margit Balogh
RTS – Steven Artels and Bettina Hofmann
YLE - Erkko Lyytinen
VGTV
Al Jazeera Documentary Channel – Muhammad Refaat
ZDF/ARTE – Türkan Schirmer and Martin Pieper

world sales
Autlook Filmsales

www.newgreatnesscase.com

© 2022 Vlad Ketkovich, IV Films OY, Nukleus Film DOO & Piraya Film AS