The Accidental President
Jun 19, 2025, 8.30 PM @ Nomadenkino
Nomadenkino turns Berlin’s courtyards, rooftops, and hidden corners into open-air cinemas. Since 2010, it has brought atmospheric screenings with offbeat, carefully curated films to unique urban locations under the stars.
In 2020, Tsikhanouskaya’s life changed irrevocably. First, her husband was arrested and made a political prisoner. Then, in protest, she stood against Lukashenko in the elections. He allowed her name to remain on the ballot as a joke. But then she won. Tracing her tense and electrifying journey over the course of the year, this impassioned political portrait profits from the unfettered access directors Mike Lerner and Martin Herring were given during Tsikhanouskaya’s campaign, her subsequent exile from Belarus and her navigation through the EU and global political landscape as her country’s leader. It’s a testament to strength, courage and stubborn resistance, and of Tsikhanouskaya’s love for her husband. And it asks us: in the bleakest moment what would we do for our loved ones?
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Nomadenkino
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