Disco and Atomic War
Synopsis:
Disco and Atomic War tells the story of a strange kind of information war, where a
totalitarian regime stands face to face with the heroes of popular culture. And
loses. Western popular culture had an incomparable role shaping Soviet children's world-views in those days - in ways that now seem slightly odd. Finnish television was a window to a world of dreams that the authorities could not block in any way.
Though Finnish channels were banned, many households found some way to access the forbidden fruit. Disco and Atomic War offers its own version of recent history, mixing spy games into a human tragicomedy.
original title: Disko & Tuumasóda
director: Jaak Kilmi
script: Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma
genre: History
length: 78 min.
format: DigiBeta
languages: Estonian, Finnish, Russian, English with English ST
year of production: Estonia 2009
producer: Kiur Aarma
production company: Eetriüksus
co-producers: Aleksi Bardy, Annika Sucksdorff, Helsinki Filmi
festivals: 2009 - IDFA, Dok Leipzig, Sheffield doc/fest, Jihlava, Warsaw FF, Filmtage Hamburg, Leeds FF awards: Best Documentary award @ Warsaw FF 2009, New Vision Award 2010 at Rome Independent Film Festival 2010
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