Time of our heroes: festival of documentaries about the special military operation will be held at the RUSSIA EXPO

RT TV channel will hold an international documentary film festival "RT.Doc: Time of Our Heroes" dedicated to the heroes of the special military operation at the RUSSIA EXPO from June 28 to 30. 

"Our festival is about those people who don't consider themselves heroes. Who simply love the Motherland and are ready to serve it to the last. Who defend Russia, our truth and our Russian world. Our movies are about the right people who do the right thing. I pray for you and I am proud of you. Come watch our movies about our heroes," said RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan.

The festival program will include 13 films about the heroes of the special military operation - fighters and military medics, front and rear volunteers, war correspondents and all those who defend the Motherland. Viewers will see films by documentary filmmakers from federal channels and independent journalists.

In February 2023, RT TV channel launched the First International Documentary Film Festival "RT.Doc: Time of Our Heroes" in Moscow. After the premiere, the festival traveled to Russian cities such as Krasnodar, Kazan, St. Petersburg, Irkutsk, Kursk, Volgograd. The festival also visited Donbass — screenings were held along the front line in the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as in a hospital. Documentary films about the heroes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were seen by the audience in Argentina, Azerbaijan, Abkhazia, Belarus, China, Egypt, Italy, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Tajikistan, Turkey, South Ossetia, Zambia and Mongolia. The screenings in these countries were supported by Rossotrudnichestvo.

Attendance at the festival events is free of charge.Pre-registration is open on the website. The main screenings will take place on June 29-30.

More details about the program and registration are available on the official festival website.