Vitaly Mansky

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vsevolodovich and the family name is Mansky.

Vitaly Mansky
Виталий Манский
2010
Born	Віталій Всеволодович Манський (1963-12-02) 2 December 1963 (age 61) Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Alma mater	Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Occupation(s)	Filmmaker, producer
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Natalya Manskaya
Children	2

Vitaly Vsevolodovich Mansky Ukrainian: Віталій Всеволодович Манський; born 2 December 1963 in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union^[1]) is a Russian^[2] and Ukrainian^{[citation needed]} documentary film director.^[3] He is the founder of a festival of documentary movies, ArtDocFest^[4] and has resided in Riga since 2014.^[5] Artdocfest has since collaborated with the Riga International Film Festival.^[6]

Political stance

Vitaly Mansky in February 2023, speaking at a Ukraine solidarity rally in Berlin

In March 2014, Mansky signed an open letter "We are with you!" to support Ukrainian filmmakers.^[7]

In 2018, he supported the European Film Academy's appeal in defense of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was imprisoned in Russia.^[8]

In December 2020, Mansky went for a solitary manifestation outside the Federal Security Service building at the Lubyanka Square, holding men's underpants. The manifestation took place after the publication of the Alexei Navalny's conversation with his alleged poisoner.^[9]

In February 2022, Mansky spoke out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In April the same year, he expressed his anti-war views at a rally in Riga.^[10][11]

Following Nikita Mikhalkov's request, the Russian Interior Ministry added Vitaly Mansky on the wanted list in September 2022 for slander.^[12]

Selected filmography

Mansky in North Korea filming Under the Sun

• Vladimir & Oksana in Love Country (2022, TV series)
• Gorbachev. Heaven (2020)
• Putin's Witnesses (Свидетели Путина, Putina liecinieki, Svědkové Putinovi) 2018
• Rodnye [uk] (Close Relations) 2016
• Under the Sun (В лучах солнца; V paprscích slunce) 2015^[13][14]
• Pipeline (Tруба; Die Trasse) 2013
• Patria o Muerte / Motherland or Death 2011
• Gagarin's Pioneers (Our Motherland) 2006
• Anatomiya TATU (Anatomy of t.A.T.u.) 2003
• Etyudy o Lyubvi (1994)
• Srezki Ocherednoy Voyny (1993)
• Yevreyskoe Schaste (1991)

References

1. Vitaly Mansky^[usurped] Russian Film Festival in London 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
2. "Все переругались из-за фильма «Русские на войне». Его сняли на российской стороне фронта и показали в Венеции Разбираемся с экспертами «Медузы» — военными аналитиками и Антоном Долиным, — как относиться к этой картине". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-09-12.
3. Манский Виталий (Archived in Archive.org)
4. Russian documentary film festival fights censorship with 'Zapovednik' by Deutsche Welle
5. Spriņģe, Inga; Jemberga, Sanita; Jaunalksne, Ilze (25 February 2015). "Putin's middle class is fleeing to Latvia". Re:Baltica.
6. "Mansky's arrival energises Riga International Film Festival". The Baltic Times. 4 November 2015.
7. "Документалист Виталий Манский: "Мы вступили в эру новой инквизиции"". newprospect.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-01-23.
8. "European Film Academy : Free Oleg Sentsov". 2018-06-14. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
9. "Режиссера Манского задержали в Москве за пикет у ФСБ". РБК (in Russian). 22 December 2020. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
10. "Видео ⟩ В Риге прошел антивоенный митинг русскоязычных Латвии. RUS TVNET побывал на мероприятии". Общество (in Russian). 2022-04-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
11. "Самое страшное утро в жизни Россия напала на Украину. Чтобы описать происходящее, не хватает слов. Вот что говорят об этом Земфира, Иван Дорн, Юрий Шевчук и другие". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-01-23.
12. "Виталия Манского объявили в розыск после жалобы Никиты Михалкова". BBC News Русская служба (in Russian). 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
13. Brian Todd; Dugald McConnell (June 23, 2016). "Propaganda film project backfires on North Korea". CNN World.
14. "Interview: Vitaly Mansky on "Under the Sun"". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 13 April 2016.

External links

• Mansky's personal website (in English, Russian, and Latvian)
• Vitaly Mansky at IMDb