{"id":19586,"date":"2021-12-01T08:04:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T07:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/?p=19586"},"modified":"2026-07-13T20:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:14:07","slug":"kostya-proletarsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/en\/kostya-proletarsky\/","title":{"rendered":"Kostya Proletarsky &#8211; The Animated Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The animated documentary is based on the true story of Kostya Proletarsky, a drug user and HIV activist who died as a result of mistreatment and torture at a Russian prison. The animation features original audio interviews with Kostya and his mother Irina, and aims to commemorate Kostya and many others who have not survived prisons around the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-story\">The Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group dr-wide-content\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VawlSHCFfs4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-story-0\">The Story<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1463\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/kostya-proletarsky-poster-eng-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14132\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/kostya-proletarsky-poster-eng-scaled.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/kostya-proletarsky-poster-eng-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/kostya-proletarsky-poster-eng-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/kostya-proletarsky-poster-eng-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/kostya-proletarsky-poster-eng-1097x1536.jpg 1097w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1463px) 100vw, 1463px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 19 June 2009 Kostya Proletarsky, a drug user and HIV activist, died of tuberculosis meningitis at the Botkin Hospital in St. Petersburg, Russia. His death was the result of three years of mistreatment and torture at the prison facility No. 4 in Karelia, Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Russia, where drug treatment is barely available, imprisonment becomes the main \u201csolution\u201d to the problem of drug addiction. But unfortunately, these institutions don\u2019t cure. Instead, prisons kill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The animated hand drawn documentary, featuring the original audio interview with Kostya and his mother, Irina, aims to commemorate Kostya Proletarsky and many others who have not survived prison systems around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film is produced by the Rights Reporter Foundation, narrated by Anya Sarang, directed by Istv\u00e1n G\u00e1bor Tak\u00e1cs, and is hand drawn frame by frame by Lili Ront\u00f3. The documentary film has been screened at 7 film festivals around the world, and won the main prize at the 65th Hungarian National Independent Film festival and the Madrid Film and Human Rights Film Festival in 2020.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/kostya-proletarsky-documentary-press-kit.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can download the press kit by clicking here! <\/a>(It includes pictures, press release, directors statement, additional information, poster and bios.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-trailer\">The Trailer<\/h2>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T9Jt-or0_wc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-story-of-kostya-in-details\">The Story of Kostya in Details<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/kostya-proletarsky-portrait-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14189\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/kostya-proletarsky-portrait-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/kostya-proletarsky-portrait-1-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 19 June 2009 at 6 o\u2019clock in the evening, Kostya Proletarsky, a drug user and HIV activist died of tuberculosis meningitis at the Botkin Hospital of Infectious Diseases in St. Petersburg, Russia. His death was the result of three years of mistreatment at the prison facility No. 4 in Karelia, close to the Arctic Polar Circle in Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the prison camp, Kostya was denied the right to continue his HIV medication. Inmates, locked up at the so called Turbo-HIV ward (where HIV positive people who were infected with Tuberculosis were isolated) were regularly beaten and tortured. As punishment and to teach them \u2018who\u2019s the boss,\u2019 guards often spilled 30 litres of bleach mixed with ammonia onto the floor of the closed cell, to suffocate people. For giving someone the address of the HIV clinic in St. Petersburg, Kostya was punished severely. Guards put a gas mask on his head, with 1.5 litres of ammonia attached to the bottom. These are just a few examples of the cruel and degrading treatment he and his fellow inmates had to suffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Russia, where methadone substitution is banned, drug treatment is ineffective, and rehabilitation is barely available to poor people, imprisonment becomes the main \u201csolution\u201d to the problem of drug addiction. But unfortunately, prisons don\u2019t cure. They cannot replace the quality drug treatment and social support that help people to deal with the problems behind their drug dependency. Instead, prisons kill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon Kostya\u2019s release in 2008, harm reduction and human rights expert Anya Sarang recorded an audio interview with Kostya in the hospital, in which he provided testimony of the unimaginable horrors occurring at the prison camp. Later in 2009 the Drugreporter team interviewed Irina Proletarsky, Kostya\u2019s mother, in which she talked about the life of her son, and about their fight to beat Kostya\u2019s addiction to heroin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then our plan has been to produce an animated documentary, using the original audio interviews of Kostya and Irina, to raise awareness and to commemorate Kostya Proletarsky and many others who hadn\u2019t survived the Russian prison system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now we have finished the 30 minute long film with Hungarian artist Lili Ront\u00f3. She has hand-drawn the animated film frame by frame.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-1&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#c6c6c6\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-1\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">Festival Screenings (Click and it opens up)<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-1\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f7f7f7\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 August 2022 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/atlas2018.org\/atlas-docs-2022-3\/\"><strong>ATLAS DOCS 2022, the 1st International HIV Documentary Festival<\/strong><\/a> in Cin\u00e9ma du Mus\u00e9e and Cin\u00e9ma du Parc, Montreal, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11 June 2022. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/mozgokepfesztival.hu\/film\/kosztya-proletarszkij\"><strong>Hungarian Motion Picture Festival<\/strong><\/a>, Veszpr\u00e9m<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">15 February &#8211; April 30 2021. &#8211; The film is available in this time frame for free online, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/festival.verzio.org\/film\/kosztya-proletarszkij-kostya-proletarsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at the Re:Verzi\u00f3<\/a><\/strong>. The film is only available from Hungary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10-14 December 2020. &#8211; <strong>Madrid Film and Human Rights Festival<\/strong> &#8211; Best short documentary award given to our film!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10-22 November 2020. &#8211; <strong>Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival<\/strong>, Budapest. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verzio.org\/hu\/2020\/filmek\/kosztya-proletarszkij?fbclid=IwAR0PTnowhcmBnA2hNizTyO93_yqEIbOS6tn2M4UKCfkx4ql5PhqPuOei2pI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Held online<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9-15 November 2020. &#8211; <strong>Bucharest International Animation Film Festival 2020<\/strong>, Bucharest, Romania. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animest.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Held online<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">23-26 October 2020.&nbsp; &#8211; <strong>Szczecin Film Festival<\/strong>, Castle Cinema in Szczecin, Poland (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.szczecinfilmfestival.com\/pl\/event\/403\/konkurs_europejski_blok_5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Held online<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1-4 October 2020. &#8211; 65th <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mafsz.hu\/index.php\/65-orszagos-fuggetlenfilm-fesztival-es-konferencia\/\">Hungarian National Independent Film festival<\/a><\/strong>, 17:00 MeDoRa Park Ag\u00e1rd, Balaton \u00fat 50. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mafsz.hu\/index.php\/65-orszagos-fuggetlenfilm-fesztival-eredmeny\/?fbclid=IwAR27-yxNOmFzaJAS-JagRklFk0fh7fzMagfYO627jBnvE2RaU-YC9LkwntM\">M<\/a>ain prize awarded!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">24\u201326 September 2020. &#8211; <strong>Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/morehousefilmfestival.eventive.org\/welcome\">Online festival, click here to enter.<\/a>) Nominated for award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5 September 2020. &#8211; <strong>Busho Budapest Short Film festival<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/busho.hu\/hu\/program\/hungarian\">Saturday 10:00 Puskin Cinema, Amarcord Hall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">22-23 July 2020. &#8211;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/afew.org\/headlines\/a-screening-of-the-animated-documentary-kostya-proletarsky-in-amsterdam\/?fbclid=IwAR1qiLl8AQaVZamfI5iDL_L5Nr2fJ3HGj2o3JvlKS74X-Z7EjK9fLwsTtDE\">AFEW International Movie Screening<\/a>, Vrijpaleis Amsterdam\u2028Paleisstraat 107, 1012 ZL Amsterdam (Non Festival Screening)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(After the festival screenings the film will be published online)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-2&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#c6c6c6\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-2-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-2\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">Press, Downloadable Contents and Resources  (Click and it opens up)<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-2\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-2-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f7f7f7\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/filmvilagfolyoirat\">The broken oath<\/a>&#8221; article by Guszt\u00e1v Schubert about our film in the February 2021 episode of Filmvil\u00e1g (in print format).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discussion with the Authors in Hungarian at the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.tilos.hu\/cache\/tilos-20201125-183100-193100.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vosztok Show at Tilos R\u00e1di\u00f3<\/a> on 25 November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dotandline.blog.hu\/2020\/11\/17\/magyar_animacios_dokumentumfilm_az_orosz_drogpolitika_aldozatarol?fbclid=IwAR3QWpobI3Ov5jzxNkhHsrQb9GRydEpZbn64mN1tLnXP8ZSesEmESf6J_6g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dot and Line blog post<\/a><\/strong> about our movie on the occasion of the Verzi\u00f3 2020 Festival, on 2020 November 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/1XM0Fmsc3T\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online discussion<\/a> <\/strong>with the director on the occasion of Verzi\u00f3 2020 festival, on November 15, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Article on our movie on the occasion of the Verzi\u00f3 2020 festival in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/magyarnarancs.hu\/mikrofilm\/oroszorszagban-fegyenctelepeken-kezelik-a-kabitoszerfuggoseget-134955?fbclid=IwAR0xxAD-0vtQGhABqAYbWRURhqI2q7f79J6dRYEtiudTiAcV05z_YroCHEE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magyar Narancs<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Article on HVG-hu, <a href=\"https:\/\/hvg.hu\/kultura\/20201108_Verzio_2020_filmfesztival_dokumentumfilmek\">opinion piece on the best films at the <strong>2020 Verzi\u00f3<\/strong><\/a>, including our film!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A discussion with the director at the Szczecin Film Festival 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SzczecinFilmFestival\/videos\/371084547576829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Streamed live on Facebook on October 25, 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RSzF39IU_WM\">Discussion with Anya Sarang<\/a>, narrator of the film at the first international screening, organised by AFEW international in Amsterdam on the 22nd of July, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2017, the European Court of Human Rights decided that Russia violated the human rights of Kostya by not providing him HAART (HIV treatment) while he was imprisoned. The court ordered Russia to pay a compensation of 20000 EUR to Irina and another inmate&#8217;s sister. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hudoc.echr.coe.int\/eng#{%22fulltext%22:[%22%22CASE%20OF%20SERGEYEVA%20AND%20PROLETARSKAYA%20v.%20RUSSIA%22%22],%22respondent%22:[%22RUS%22],%22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22JUDGMENTS%22,%22DECISIONS%22],%22itemid%22:[%22001-174401%22]}\">You can read the court decision here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aidshilfe.de\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Interview%20Proletarsky%20Eng_8_20_2009.pdf\">You can read the full interview<\/a><\/strong> with Kostya, recorded and transcribed by Anya Sarang in 2009.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-pictures-from-the-film\">Pictures from the Film<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"tb-image-slider\" data-toolset-blocks-image-slider=\"e71412bf62dead2b6f0dd083edf83d07\"><div 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https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-4-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/li><li class=\"glide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12387\" src=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12387\" tabindex=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-3-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/li><li class=\"glide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12384\" src=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12384\" tabindex=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/kostya-proletarsky-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-production-team\">The Production Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LILI RONT\u00d3<\/strong><br>Animation, background and character design, music<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ISTV\u00c1N G\u00c1BOR TAK\u00c1CS<\/strong><br>Directing, screenplay, camera, editing, sound design and music<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ANYA SARANG<\/strong><br>Narrator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>P\u00c9TER S\u00c1ROSI<\/strong><br>Producer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>D\u00c1NIEL HUSZ\u00c1R<\/strong><br>Animation advisor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BENCE D\u00d3CZI, TAM\u00c1S BOH\u00c1CS<\/strong><br>Audio and music mastering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ANDR\u00c1S KISS, P\u00c9TER WAGNER-PUSK\u00c1S<\/strong><br>Pilot audio mastering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DARYL SULLIVAN<br><\/strong>English language proofreading<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GERG\u0150 TISZA<\/strong><br>End credit song guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MAGDA MAJOR<\/strong><br>Head of administration, rights reporter foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ANASTASIYA APEKHTINA<\/strong><br>Interpreter and logistics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KATALIN S\u00d3S, ALEXANDRA GURINOVA, FERENC HERCZEG, IGOR KUZMENKO, KARINA WORKU<\/strong><br>Translation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ALEXEY KURMANAEVSKII, KATHERINA ZINGER<\/strong><br>Saint petersburg location support<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-graphic-artist\">The Graphic Artist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/rontolili.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/rontolili.jpg 600w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/rontolili-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lili Ront\u00f3<\/strong> is a Hungarian graphic artist. She earned her diploma at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 2003. She produces graphic art for the Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development and the Academy Publishing House and other book publishers. She produces album covers, poster designs, animation clips, logos and many more. Her unique style of drawing and painting has been recognized at several exhibitions. She also produces the music with Istv\u00e1n G\u00e1bor Tak\u00e1cs for the animated documentary. <a href=\"https:\/\/rontolili.blogspot.hu\/\">You can find a selection of her art here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-director\">The Director<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/takacsistvangabor.jpg\" alt=\"Istv\u00e1n G\u00e1bor Tak\u00e1cs\" class=\"wp-image-14200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/takacsistvangabor.jpg 600w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/takacsistvangabor-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Istv\u00e1n G\u00e1bor Tak\u00e1cs<\/strong> is a human rights activist, videographer and trainer. He ran the Video Advocacy Program of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union between 2007-2015. He worked as a needle exchange program counselor for 5 years. He is author of several articles on harm reduction and cameraman, editor, director and co-director of more than 700 online videos, among them longer documentaries, such as \u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adayinthelifemovie.com\/\">A Day in the Life: The World of Humans Who Use Drugs<\/a>\u201d (2016), \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/8156929\">Without Rights<\/a>\u201d (2009), \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/86407938\">Without a Chance<\/a>\u201d (2014), \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CfzcKHBz_kM\">Room in the 8th District<\/a>\u201d (2014) and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=2&amp;v=Yxp-nKIG5qc\">The Invisible<\/a>\u201d (2011). His works have been awarded first prize multiple times at the Kreat\u00edv Webvideo Award for best online documentary, he and his colleagues received the H\u00e9get\u0151 Honorka Award acknowledging online and television work for marginalised populations in 2013, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/en\/award\/\">International Rolleston Award<\/a> in 2017 for achievements in international harm reduction advocacy. Since 2016 he works at the Rights Reporter Foundation, where besides producing films, he is training activists in video advocacy. <strong>CONTACT: takacsistvangabor@rightsreporter.net<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-narrator\">The Narrator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/anyasarang.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/anyasarang.jpg 600w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/anyasarang-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Anya Sarang<\/strong> is a public health activist from Moscow, Russia. She is a founder of the Russian Harm Reduction Network (currently ESVERO) (2004) and Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice (ARF) (2009) \u2013 the main advocacy groups fighting for the rights and health of people who use drugs in Russia. She is currently the President of the ARF. For the past 18 years, Anya\u2019s work has focused on developing and supporting the emerging harm reduction movement in Russia and Eastern Europe \/ Central Asia (EECA) through training and networking activities. Anya has received MSc in Drugs and Drug Policy from the University of London and her research interest in sociology and anthropology focuses on the qualitative research in human rights, structural violence and access to prevention and treatment of HIV, HepC, tuberculosis, and overdose for drug users and other key affected populations in Russia and EECA region. Anya has been recognized as a courageous and effective advocate for human rights and evidence-based public health: in 2004 she has been awarded International Rolleston Award (for outstanding contribution to Harm Reduction) in 2011 a Crystal of Hope Award for ARF efforts to advocate for humane and effective HIV services, despite the government opposition; and in 2012 the Human Rights Watch\/Canadian HIV\/AIDS Legal Network award for action in HIV and Human Rights. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/projects\/harm-reduction-services-for-1000-moscow-drug-users\/\">Please support the Andrey Rylkov Foundation here!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-producer\">The Producer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/sarosip.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/sarosip.jpg 600w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/sarosip-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>P\u00e9ter S\u00e1rosi<\/strong> is the Executive Director of the Rights Reporter Foundation. He is a human rights activist and drug policy expert, the founder and editor of the Drugreporter website since 2004, the author of countless articles, co-author of books and director of films about harm reduction and drug policy reform. He was the Director of the Drug Policy Program at the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union between 2004 and 2015. He is experienced in working at international drug policy forums such as the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. He was twice elected to the Core Group of the EU Civil Society Forum on Drugs. He is the co-chair of the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network. He has been representing the Hungarian Harm Reduction Network at the government\u2019s drug advisory body in Hungary since 2007. Peter also contributed to building a network of advocacy NGOs in Europe: the European Drug Policy Initiative. He provided technical assistance to several NGOs, and launched several campaigns on drug policy reform. As a member of the Drugreporter video advocacy team, he has produced videos about drug policy issues in a number of countries. These videos are now part of a unique online drug policy video library.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-rights-reporter-foundation\">The Rights Reporter Foundation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/rrf-logo-web.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/rrf-logo-web.png 533w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/12\/rrf-logo-web-300x152.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightsreporter.net\/\">The Rights Reporter Foundation<\/a><\/strong> (RRF) is a non-profit organisation founded by Hungarian activists to advocate for the human rights of vulnerable populations. We use the power of video for community mobilisation and advocacy campaigning. Our vision is of a society where policies affecting vulnerable communities are evidence-informed and respect human rights, as well as developed and implemented with the meaningful involvement of these communities. The main focus of our work is on people who use drugs, sex workers and people who live with HIV, but we are glad to work with other stigmatised communities, such as LMBTQ people, ethnic minorities, migrants, refugees and homeless people. Our mission is to educate the public about the role of evidence in policy formulation, to provide a voice for vulnerable communities, and to improve the advocacy efforts of NGOs by providing technical assistance and training.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-donors-of-the-film\">Donors of the Film<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/osf-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/osf-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/osf-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/osf.png 600w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/osf-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/osf-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/afew-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/afew-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/afew-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/afew.png 600w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/afew-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/afew-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/jes-1-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/jes-1-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/jes-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/jes-1.png 600w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/jes-1-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/jes-1-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-individual-donors\">Individual Donors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">ADAM STASIAK<br>ADRIANO BRIASCO<br>ALEKSANDRA BARTOSZKO<br>ALEXANDER BOTASHEV<br>ANDRASSEW D\u00c1VID<br>ARNAUD SIMON<br>BAL\u00c1ZS L\u00c1SZL\u00d3 KRIST\u00d3F<br>BARNA M\u00c1RIA<br>B\u00c9RES M\u00d3NIKA<br>BERNHARDT MARIANN<br>FEDORK\u00d3 BOGL\u00c1RKA<br>CSIK\u00d3S ILL\u00c9S<br>CZIGLER FERENC<br>D\u00c9NES BAL\u00c1ZS<br>DIANE SAINT-R\u00c9QUIER<br>DONALD MACPHERSON<br>DR. 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