RT will open the II International Documentary Film Festival on Defender of the Fatherland Day

Attendance at all events is free, with pre-registration on the website

The festival in Moscow will open on Defender of the Fatherland Day with the premiere of RT documentary author Klim Poplavsky. The film “Military Correspondents-3: He Prays in the Language of God” is dedicated to the work of RT Arabic correspondent Sargon Hadai, who regularly films reports from the front lines. The festival will host several more premiere screenings. Viewers will see the film by documentarian Olga Kiriy and director Oleg Nekishev “Front-line diary of an American officer”, the work of military correspondent Semyon Pegov “Gorlovka special forces of housing and communal services”, the film by director Dmitry Zadorozhny “War and Peace” and other films.

“The festival’s films are a chronicle of what has happened over the past two years, these are stories from the front lines, filmed by fearless military officers about our heroes, fighters risking the most valuable thing - their own lives,” shares the general producer of “RT.Doc: Time of Heroes”, director documentary broadcasting RT Ekaterina Yakovleva.

The festival will feature business program events - meetings with the creators and characters of the films, discussions and round tables with journalists, experts and public figures, including TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, general director of the SPAS TV channel Boris Korchevnikov, former American officer Scott Bennett, pranksters Vovan and Lexus and others.

Viewers will enjoy a poetry and music program with the participation of singer Yulia Chicherina, theater and film actor, poet Anton Shagin, leader of the rock group “Va-Bank” Alexander F. Sklyar, singer Django, the group “Zveroboy” and other poets and performers.

A new work by neoclassical composer Igor Skvortsov, “Forgiveness,” will also be presented.

More information about the program and registration can be found on

In February 2023, the RT channel launched the 1st International Documentary Film Festival “RT.Doc: Time of Heroes” in Moscow. After the premiere, the festival went to the cities of Russia - Krasnodar, Kazan, St. Petersburg, Irkutsk, Kursk, Volgograd. In addition, the festival visited the Donbass - screenings took place along the front line in units of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as in a hospital.

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