Overview Two sides of the bridge - 10 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, 2011, Director: Artem Somov, Author: Artem Vorobey (The Republic of Kosovo is a self-declared independent state and has de facto control over most of the territory, while North Kosovo, the largest Kosovo Serb enclave, is under the control of institutions of the Republic of Serbia. The long-term severe ethnic tensions between Kosovo's ethnic Albanian and Serb populations are still the number one issue in the region and no one knows when it...

Overview Albino Africa - 26 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, 2014, Author Artyom Vorobey, Director Aleksandr Avilov (People fear them. They are outcasts, treated with contempt. They are frequently beaten and murdered simply because they are not like other people. Their skin is a different colour. This is not a film about the African-American civil rights movement in the mid-20th century. These twenty six minutes tell the story of those with the misfortune to be born an albino in Africa today. In Tanzania, on...

Overview Happy Never After - The couples battling UK visa laws to save their families - 26 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, 2016, Director Artyom Vorobey, Presenter James Brown (Former Prime Minister David Cameron wrote in 2014 that ‘When people’s love is divided by the law, it is the law that needs to change’. But there are a set of laws in the United Kingdom that do precisely this. If you’re a Brit married to a non-EU citizen, you must earn over £18,600 a year if you want them to live with you and work in...

Overview Inferno Village - When leaving a land of fiery coal pits is scarier than burning alive - 27 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, 2017, Director Artyom Somov, Author Artyom Vorobey (Jharia in India is like a hellish scene from a demonic horror movie: perpetually wreathed in suffocating smoke from an underground fire that has been burning for 100 years. Jharia’s coal fields represent the country’s richest reserves but the people forced to live here remain steeped in poverty. For many, pilfering and...

Overview She is My Son - Afghanistan’s Bacha Posh, when girls become boys - 26 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, 2016, Director Alexander Avilov, Author Artyom Vorobey (In patriarchal Afghanistan, women’s rights are severely restricted. Female family members are expected to stay at home and take care of the children. They have little access to education, and are discouraged from getting a job. It’s a society that condemns women who play sports, and even leaving the house without a male relative by her side can...