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Waiting For Invasion is now available on the Sheffield Doc/Fest Player!
Waiting For Invasion is a great example demonstrating how helpful the Sheffield Doc/Fest Meet Market is in getting films commissioned. The film is now available on the festival's docplayer
Waiting For Invasion is also still available on Youtube and the Al Jazeera website
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Waiting for Invasion – Watch our latest feature documentary on Al Jazeera HD at 8pm on 15th February 2017
“This film is a timely reminder of just how much is at stake in Eastern Europe as tensions rise between Russia and the West. This is a story of innocence lost for a generation of young Europeans.” - James Rogan, executive producer
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As global axis of power shifts, a cold wind blows through the Baltic states
After 25 years of independence, Lithuania worries that Nato splits and US isolationism might open the door to Russian aggression. Donald Trump appeared overnight on a wall in the Lithuanian capital this spring – larger than lifesize and locked in a kiss with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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British troops get training from Lithuanian forces on how to counter Russian propaganda as tensions with Moscow rise
British troops are getting training from Lithuania on how to combat Russian propaganda, it has been revealed. A special unit from the Baltic state has been teaching UK forces about Moscow's tactics for manipulating public opinion. Lithuania is on the front line between Russia and the West, and has extensive experience of Vladimir Putin's information warfare...
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Sweden seeks to bring back conscription in 2018 - The Guardian reports
Sweden plans to reintroduce compulsory military service from 2018, eight years after it was abolished. The Scandinavian country, which has not seen armed conflict on its territory in two centuries, ended conscription after it was deemed an unsatisfactory way of meeting the needs of a modern army...
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The Making of Waiting for Invasion
An Interview with Neringa Medutyte, Director
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Waiting for Invasion to be televised by Al Jazeera
Rogan Productions are pleased to announce Waiting for Invasion will be televised by international broadcaster Al Jazeera. Stay tuned for an announcement about the film's TX date!
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'West and Russia on course for war, says ex-Nato deputy commander' The Guardian reports
A startling claim that the west is on course for war with Russia has been delivered by the former deputy commander of Nato, the former British general Sir Alexander Richard Shirreff. In a book published on Wednesday, 2017 War With Russia, Shirreff argues that the events in Crimea have destroyed the post-cold-war settlement and set the stage for conflict, beginning next year..
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'Spooked by Russia, Lithuania spares no money for defense' - Reuters reports
The town doesn't have a name yet, but its buildings are nearly finished and its roads are all laid out. Yet nobody will ever call it home. Worried by an increasingly militarist Russia next door, Lithuania is putting the finishing touches to the dummy settlement in the Pabrade training area so it can teach its soldiers how to fight in towns and villages...
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TV apperance on public broadcaster LRT
A busy week for the Waiting for Invasion production team: Director Neringa Medutyte & is joined by Sebastian Cort (camera-man) and Matt Forrester (Sound Technician) on LRT (Lithuanian National Radio and Television) to talk about the film. You can watch their appearance by following the link below (Appearance begins at 20.10min)
Watch the TV Clip