Manon Loizeau

Directing

Manon Loizeau

London, United Kingdom

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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NR

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La malédiction de naître fille

2005

Politzek, the voices that challenge the Kremlin poster
NR

In Russia, criticizing the war in Ukraine or Vladimir Putin’s regime has become a crime. Thousands of ordinary citizens are being arrested, tried, and imprisoned. They are called “Politzek”: political prisoners. Filmed clandestinely over the course of more than a year, Politzek gives a platform to those who, despite the fear, continue to speak out against Putin’s repressive Russia. Through the intersecting stories of a teenager sentenced to five years in prison for criticizing the government on social media, a young artist jailed for placing anti-war stickers, a human rights activist, and two theater directors facing Kafkaesque trials, the film unveils the machinery of state repression in Russia. With rare footage, broken yet unyielding voices, this is a story of silenced resistance.

Politzek, the voices that challenge the Kremlin

2026

Politzek, the voices that challenge the Kremlin poster
NR

In Russia, criticizing the war in Ukraine or Vladimir Putin’s regime has become a crime. Thousands of ordinary citizens are being arrested, tried, and imprisoned. They are called “Politzek”: political prisoners. Filmed clandestinely over the course of more than a year, Politzek gives a platform to those who, despite the fear, continue to speak out against Putin’s repressive Russia. Through the intersecting stories of a teenager sentenced to five years in prison for criticizing the government on social media, a young artist jailed for placing anti-war stickers, a human rights activist, and two theater directors facing Kafkaesque trials, the film unveils the machinery of state repression in Russia. With rare footage, broken yet unyielding voices, this is a story of silenced resistance.

Politzek, the voices that challenge the Kremlin

2026

Chechnya: War Without Trace poster
7.0

A look at the rebuilding of Chechnya since the end of the Second Chechen War in 2009.

Chechnya: War Without Trace

2015

Chechnya: War Without Trace poster
7.0

A look at the rebuilding of Chechnya since the end of the Second Chechen War in 2009.

Chechnya: War Without Trace

2015

Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship poster
6.8

It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by fear. Disappearances, political assassinations, waves of repression and mass arrests are all regular occurances. But while half of Belarus moves closer to Russia, the other half is trying to resist…

Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

2018

Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship poster
6.8

It’s the last dictatorship of Europe, caught in a Soviet time-warp, where the secret police is still called the KGB and the president rules by fear. Disappearances, political assassinations, waves of repression and mass arrests are all regular occurances. But while half of Belarus moves closer to Russia, the other half is trying to resist…

Belarus: An Ordinary Dictatorship

2018

Silent War poster
10.0

Since the beginning of the conflict in Syria, rape has been used as a tool of war by the Syrian regime against thousands of women: a crime against humanity. The women who speak in this film have decided to break the silence. Their testimonies are rare, exceptional and heartbreaking. They are the voices of the untold crimes of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Silent War

2017

Life Ahead of Her poster
8.0

La vie devant elle is the diary of the exile of Elaha, a 14 year old Afghan girl, who films herself with a small camera to tell her story. Through her story, the film portrays the reality of children growing up on the road, tossed from place to place to flee conflicts in the hope of finding a normal life.

Life Ahead of Her

2023

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Syrie, le cri étouffé

2017

Ukraine - Sur les traces des bourreaux poster
8.6

After the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Ukrainian towns of Butscha, Irpin and Isjum, the horror was revealed to the world. Is Russia committing genocide in order to wipe out the Ukrainian nation? What are Moscow's intentions in this conflict? An analysis of the atrocities of this war reveals the planned approach to the crimes and the methods of occupation.

Ukraine - Sur les traces des bourreaux

2023

USA: The Conquest of the East poster
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The conspiracy film focuses on the youth movements that overthrew governments in countries such as Georgia, Ukraine, Serbia, Kyrgyzstan and other former socialist countries of Eastern Europe, and shows how, in places where political parties were discredited, student movements financed by U.S. organizations such as the NED, USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy, the International Republican Institute, the International Democratic Institute, Freedom House, and others received the support that helped overthrow their governments, have received the aid that has allowed them to overthrow their governments.

USA: The Conquest of the East

2005

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7.0

From 2009 till 2011, Manon Loizeau succeeded in clandestinely collecting testimonies from inside Iran about the two years of revolt and repression.

Letters from Iran

2011

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7.0

From 2009 till 2011, Manon Loizeau succeeded in clandestinely collecting testimonies from inside Iran about the two years of revolt and repression.

Letters from Iran

2011