Le Doc
en Scène
The "Le Doc en Scène" festival features theatrical and artistic performances, films inspired by stories of resistance and exile, as well as music performances and an art exhibition exploring the impact of war and totalitarianism on artistic creation.
Founded in 2024 by the collective VERBA, this year’s edition unfolds over three weeks — from November 27 to December 19 — celebrating voices of freedom, resilience, and creative defiance.November
THURSDAY 27
19H - “The Hague”
by Sasha Denisova
CPA Jacques Bravo
SATURDAY 29
19H - “Unknown soldier” by A. Materinskiy and opening of THe ‘anti war’ art exhibition
Atelier des Artistes en Exil
free entry
December
FRIDAY 5
19H - “Frau” Rehearsal
Maison Fraternelle
37 rue Tournefort, 75005 Paris
SATURDAY 6
20H - “Prisoners” Part 1 & 2 by Yevgeniya Chirikova
Cinéma Saint-André des Arts
FRIDAY 12
19H - “How (Not) to offend a Partisan” BY Ekaterina Wagner
Atelier des Artistes en Exil
free entry
SATURDAY 13
18H - “Neighbors” written by Sergueï Guindilis
Atelier des Artistes en Exil
free entry
SUNDAY 14
19H - Musical & poetic Performance directed by Andrei Stadnikov
Atelier des Artistes en Exil
free entry
TUESDAY 9
19H - 20 Days in Mariupol by Mstyslav Chernov
Mairie du 9ᵉ - salle Rossini
monday 15
Closing of the ‘HOMELAND’ art exhibition
Atelier des Artistes en Exil
free entry
THURSDAY 18
20H - “Home” directed by Dmitry Vasyukov
Cinéma Saint-André des Arts
Poster by: Gosia Piaskowska
THE HAGUE. THE TRIAL OF PUTIN
A play by Sasha Denisova
A staged reading. Director — Sasha Denisova
The famous play by Sasha Denisova, shown on leading stages across Europe, is a tribunal for Putin, where a Ukrainian girl from Mariupol imagines a worthy punishment for the murderers. It’s a mix of satire and grotesque, tragedy and documentary truth — in this performance, actors, journalists, and musicians who fled the war play the main Russian criminals; a French actor portrays the head of the KGB, and a Russian TV presenter plays Putin.
Scenography: Aglaya Shulzhenko
Music: Evgeny Kukoverov
Director of production: Gosia Piaskowska
Producers: Vlad Ketkovich & Maria Chuprinskaya
Cast:
Zhanna Agalakova
Denis Lavant
Alexey Yudnikov
Maria Chuprinskaya
Irina Vilkova
Gladston Makhyb
Iulia Loboda
Vadik Korolyov
Andrey Loshak
Artyom Bannikov
Vlad Ketkovich
Slava Kornichenko
Ishtvan Shadri
Valery Voronetsky
Khristina Chernyauskaya
About The Hague — from Le Figaro
“Like Adolf Hitler mocked by Chaplin, we must laugh mercilessly at Putin, because satire weakens him,” says Sasha Denisova.
“If we cannot see the Hague trial in reality, let’s watch it in the theater,” she says about her play.
27 november, 19:00
CPA Jacques Bravo
18 rue de la Tour des Dames, 75009 Paris
“UNKOWN SOLDIER”
A reading (work in progress). A story of a small soldier who fell in love with his lieutenant.
Written by: A. Materinskiy
Staged by: Oleg Khristoliubskii
Read by: Tatiana Grishko
Line produced by: Gosia Piaskowska29 november
atelier des artistes en exil
106 Rue Brancion, 75015 Paris
“HOW (NOT) TO OFFEND A PARTISAN”
This play exposes the absurdity of contemporary Russian society. A blogger accused of insulting a 95-year-old former partisan faces a trial that descends into farce as witnesses contradict themselves and the roles of accuser, accused, and victim blur. Beneath the chaos, the “villains” appear less as monsters than as frightened “little men” trapped in an inhuman system. Ultimately, only the elderly partisan and her Kyrgyz nurse emerged as the rare voices of reason and justice.Written by: Ekaterina Wagner
12 December
atelier des artistes en exil
106 Rue Brancion, 75015 Paris
“FRAU. REHEARSAL”
A documentary performance, mono-play, about war, guilt and responsibility based on real events and lives of two women whose fates were connected with the tragic pages of history. It draws parallels between 1930s-40s German fascism and Russia today. One of the heroines is an elderly German woman, a witness of the Second World War. Her story is a path from blind faith in the Nazi regime to the realization of the horror of what was done. The second heroine is Olga Romanova herself, a well-known journalist, human rights activist and public figure, whose biography is inextricably linked to the history of Russia.Written by Arthur Solomonov
Staged by Dima Zitser
Starring human rights activist Olga Romanova.
5 december, 19:00
Maison Fraternelle
37 rue Tournefort, 75005 PariS
“NEIGHBORS”
Reading of a play written about the fraudulent re-election of president Alexander Lukashenko in August 2020 that sparked a wave of peaceful protests in Belarus. Opponents of the regime were violently repressed. The play Les Voisins (The Neighbors) recounts the testimonies of men and women who were imprisoned, abused, or forced into exile by the Belarusian security forces.
Written by Sergei Guindilis
Staged by Sergei Guindilis
Produced by Gosia Piaskowska
Scenography by Aglaya Shulzhenko
13 December, 18:00
atelier des artistes en exil
106 Rue Brancion, 75015 Paris
“20 days in mariupol”
Directed by Mstyslav Chernov, the Academy Award–winning documentary follows an Associated Press team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol as they document the atrocities of the Russian invasion. As the only international reporters to remain in the city, they capture what would become defining images of the war—dying children, mass graves, the bombing of a maternity hospital, and the relentless struggle of civilians under siege.
9 december, 19:00
Mairie du 9ᵉ - salle Rossini
6 Rue Drouot, 75009 Paris
“HOME”
Film screening directed by Dmitry Vasyukov explores the story of four generations of a faiy of Russian Americans, descendants of the Golitsyns, a distinguished princely family. After fleeing Russia, they made their way to France, and from there to the United States. For more than two decades now they have lived in Alaska. This former Russian territory in some mysterious way provides a link if not to their native country, then to their Fatherland, which. none of them has ever seen. Dmitry Vasyukov, Russian filmmaker and director, focuses his storymaking on sweeping, reflective film making intertwining walden-like landscapes and normal livelihoods with a commanding narrative. Vasyukov’s films focus on strong, self-sufficient people. By relying on their skills and connection to the land, they find happiness. 18 december, 20:00
Cinéma Saint-André des Arts
30 Rue Saint-André des Arts, 75006 Paris
“PRISONERS” PART 1 & 2
Activatica’s two-part documentary Prisoners, directed by Yevgeniya Chirikova, exposes Russia’s repression in occupied Ukraine. Part 1: “Fates” shares stories of civilians abducted for things like speaking Ukrainian. Part 2: “The System of Terror” reveals a vast network of torture camps, following the ordeal of activist Oleksandr Tarasov. 6 december, 20:00
Cinéma Saint-André des Arts
30 Rue Saint-André des Arts, 75006 Paris
HOMELAND EXHIBITION
The exhibition brings together imaginaries of resistance and personal narratives carried by artists from Myanmar, Palestine, and Russia. Personal archives, animated drawings, and documented performances: all forms of expression that summon identities, exile, and memory. These multiple voices rise up against injustice, war, and erasure. Exposed artists:
Fayza Al Afifi
Dëni Mustafa
Khaled Jarada
Thoe Htein
Varya Yakovleva
Yadanar Win
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10 DECEMBER - 14 December
11:-00 - 19:00
atelier des artistes en exil
106 Rue Brancion, 75015 Paris
AA-E Cinema CLUB
The film club of the agency of Artists in Exile is a space for exchange and reflection centred on films created by the organisation’s filmmakers. Our aim is to showcase diverse perspectives from all horizons, shining a light on stories that are politically and socially engaged through the art of cinema. Each screening is followed by a conversation with the filmmaker.
Chechen will be screened in the original version with French subtitles.
The director will be present for a discussion hosted by aa-e.
Free entry, donations welcome.
13 December, 20:00
atelier des artistes en exil
106 Rue Brancion, 75015 Paris
Chechen
by Beata Bubenets – 2015 – Documentary, 75 min, Russia/Ukraine
VOSTfr – with the director in attendance
The Euromaidan movement (the Ukrainian revolution) and the beginning of the Donbass war (2014) seen through the eyes of a Chechen fighter.
From 2013 to 2015, director Beata Bubenets follows, camera in hand, Ruslan Arsayev, a Chechen fighter. Through his gaze, she captures the events of Euromaidan, the annexation of Crimea, and the beginning of war in the Donbass. Nine years before the full-scale war in Ukraine, Beata Bubenets offers an intimate and deeply human perspective on this historic period. By filming scenes of daily life - such as conversations in the street which reveal a divide between residents aligned with Russia and those who oppose it - the filmmaker highlights the complexity of this conflict in the making.
She is one of the few documentary filmmakers to cover both sides of the conflict.
The film premiered in 2015 at IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam), in the “First Appearance Competition” category (nominated for the Alliance of Women Film Journalists’ EDA Award). It also won Best Documentary Feature at ARTDOCFEST 2015, as well as the Grand Prix at the 9th Independent Documentary FF in New York in 2016..La réalisatrice :
Born in 1987 in Yakutsk, Russia, Beata Bubenets is a writer and filmmaker. A graduate of the School of Cinema and Documentary Theatre in Moscow, she began her filmmaking career in 2013. She has directed several documentaries linked to the political and social reality of Russia and the former USSR. Her films have been shown at various international festivals, including the Brisbane International Film Festival (Australia), Artdocfest (Russia), DocuDays UA (Ukraine), and the Documentary Film Festival in New York (USA), among others.
In 2015, she directed the documentary series Russian Roulette, then in 2020 she produced the theatre piece The Tale of the Shaman. Having settled in Paris in 2022, she is now a member of the Agency of Artists in Exile.
A musical & POETIC PERFORMANCE
A musical-poetic show by exiled poets from across Europe, including Jury Smirnov, Irina Karpinos, Dmitry Vedenyapin, Alexander Kabanov, Nastya Rodionova, Naum Blik, Alexander Delphinov and others. The evening also includes a solidarity action for Zhenya Berkovich and Sveta Petriychuk (Theater Case). Directed by Andrei Stadnikov.
14 December, 19:00
atelier des artistes en exil
106 Rue Brancion, 75015 Paris