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Film Letters on repression in Belarus awarded prize at Leipzig festival

The filmmaking team of Letters, with director Andrei Kutilo holding the diploma in the center, October 31, 2026. Photo: lettersdocu / Instagram
The filmmaking team of Letters, with director Andrei Kutilo holding the diploma in the center, October 31, 2026. Photo: lettersdocu / Instagram

The documentary film Letters by Belarusian director Andrei Kutsila has been awarded the MDR Film Prize for an outstanding Eastern European documentary film at the DOK Leipzig festival in Germany. The film chronicles political repression in Belarus.