Where the World Ends
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Dir. Anna Savchenko - 52min - 2021 - Belgium, Croatia, Norway, Latvia
One hour drive from Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, everyone has to pass a strict border control, when leaving the “Free West” towards Belarus, “the last dictatorship in Europe”. Crossing this border is a time consuming and almost absurd performance. However, there are people who are confronted with this border on a daily basis, where the border literally cuts through their backyard.
What used to be a daily routine of paying a visit to relatives or friends, going to church or to the cemetery, has became a complicated process involving cross point schedules, visas and complicated bureaucratic procedures. A great example of forgotten 'European outskirts', the paradox of the free Schengen region which here is dividing communities, families and lives.
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