''Russia 88'' (russian: Россия 88, Rossiya 88) is a 2009 Russian
mockumentary
A mockumentary (a blend of ''mock'' and ''documentary''), fake documentary or docu-comedy is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
These productions are often used to analyze or comment on c ...
film directed by Pavel Bardin about
Russian neo-Nazis
Neo-Nazism comprises the post– World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and racial supremacy (often white supremacy), attack ...
. It was screened in the Panorama section at the
Berlin International Film Festival
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. Director Pavel Bardin won the Discovery of the Year
Nika Award
The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars.
History
The award was established i ...
for the picture.
In the film, members of a gang called Russia 88 are filming propaganda videos to post on the Internet. After a while, they become accustomed to the camera and stop paying attention to it. The leader of the gang, Spike, discovers that his sister is dating a
Southern Caucasian man. This family drama develops into a tragedy.
The movie has no ending credits, but a list of people killed by skinheads in Russia in 2008 at the end, playing over silence.
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Brief description
2009 films
2000s mockumentary films
2009 crime drama films
Russian crime drama films
Films about race and ethnicity
Skinhead films
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