On 8 September 2008, the Office for a Democratic Belarus and the Hanse Office organised the screening of “89 Millimeter” – a documentary by a young German director, Sebastian Heinzel, who embarks on a journey to Belarus to discover how a young generation of people live – and how they perceive freedom – in a country which is said to be home to “the last dictatorship in Europe”. The title of the film stems from a difference in the width of railway tracks, which are 89 millimetre wider in Belarus than elsewhere in Western Europe, and is meant to symbolise the difference between these two separate “worlds”. The director captures on film the life of a political refugee who now lives abroad, members of a youth resistance movement, a dancer, a journalist, a house painter who has recently been released from jail, and a patriotic soldier. His initial aim was to demonstrate the impact of the authoritarian regime on the everyday life of young Belarusians. However, what he finds out is how similar young people on both sides of the border are and that “it is possible to overcome limitations in life, if we have the courage to claim our own niche in this world.” The film received critical acclaim and a number of awards at international film festivals and in Germany.
The travelling exhibition of Belarusian posters, “Visual Code of the Time: Post-Soviet Art in Belarus”, has arrived in Belgium. The exhibition that features works of the country’s 19 leading masters of poster has opened in Brussels’ Aula Toots gallery on 15 January.
Dear friends,
On 24 October 2008, an exhibition of Belarusian posters, entitled “Visual Code of the Time: Post-Soviet Art in Belarus”, has opened in a Berlin gallery Für Fortgeschrittene.Berlin is the second European capital that hosts the travelling exhibition organised by the Office for a Democratic Belarus with the support of the Bratislava office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Robert Bosch Stiftung. Prior to its arrival in Germany, the exhibition was on display in 
Dear friends,
On 7 October 2008, “Visual code of the time: post-Soviet poster art in Belarus” has opened in Warsaw’s Zoya gallery. The Polish capital is the first European city that hosts the travelling exhibition, organised by the Office for a Democratic Belarus with the help of the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
The Office for a Democratic Belarus is pleased to present a travelling exhibition of the Belarusian poster art, entitled "Visual code of the time: post-Soviet poster art in Belarus", which provides comprehensive insight into a particular aspect of Belarusian history and culture of the late Soviet era. The display features the works of 16 outstanding representatives of poster art that have become symbols of the whole epoch. The main goal of the artists was to encourage the public to broaden their outlook, and to cast off the blinkers of traditional Soviet ideology. A number of posters presented in this exhibition won international contests.
On the occasion of the Europe Day, the House of Europe and of Orient, the associations