Pandistan
Pandistan

Panic Button

Pandistan

Logline

What does free speech and free, independent media mean in the post-Soviet context? PANIC BUTTON (wt) follows the fight for public good and freedom at the cost of sacrificing the private life of one family.

Synopsis

What risks must one journalist take, both in his professional and private life, in order to fight for free speech and a free, independent media? This questioning is at the heart of PANIC BUTTON (WT).
Director Samara Sagynbaeva has been documenting how her husband, Ali Toktakunov, one of Kyrgyzstan’s most prominent investigative journalists, challenged the ruling nomenklatura by exposing to the public a case of corruption within the government. Both Ali and Samara took great risks with their privacy and security, and as a result received several death threats. The film discusses the value of public good, freedom and free speech at the cost of sacrificing the private life of one family.

Pandistan
Pandistan

Credits

DIRECTED BY

SAMARA SAGYNBAEVA
MONTAGE

HEDVIKA HANSALOVÁ
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

DASTAN ZHAPAR UULU, ADAM OLHA

ORIGINAL MUSIC

DZIAN BABAN

SOUND DESIGN

ŠIMON HERRMANN
PRODUCER

SAMARA SAGYNBAEVA, VERONIKA JANATKOVÁ
PRODUCED BY

MEDIAHUB & PANDISTAN s.r.o.

CO-PRODUCED BY

CZECH TELEVISION
SUPPORTED BY

CURRENT TIME, DOCS UP FUND

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