After its premiere in Palanga, “The Swan Song of Fiodar Ozerau” toured cities across Lithuania. The Vilnius screenings sold out. Most importantly, the audiences included not only Belarusian- and Russian-speaking viewers but also Lithuanian audiences: critics, filmmakers and people from the cultural community.

Meanwhile, Nasha Niva highlighted the film’s defining feature: in it, cinema “speaks the language that real Belarusians speak, not the bookish one” (Mikola Buhai).

📰 Review (in Belarusian): https://nashaniva.com/404005