▁Serge i ▁L oz n its a , ▁Br ill ante ▁M endo za , ▁K ira ▁Mur at ova , ▁Or n ella ▁M uti ▁and ▁Alexander ▁S ok uro v . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁Bel arus ian ▁film ▁festival ▁“ List ap ad ” ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁Bel arus ▁had ▁just ▁gained ▁independence ▁and ▁had ▁fallen ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁and ▁post - so vi et ▁film ▁industry . ▁ ▁Ser he y ▁Art im ov ich , ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁“ T ele - AR S ” ▁studio , ▁came ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁idea ▁for ▁the ▁festival . ▁“ List ap ad ” ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁un ite ▁the ▁best ▁films ▁of ▁post - so vi et ▁states ▁and ▁bring ▁them ▁back ▁on ▁the ▁screen ▁in ▁Min sk . ▁The ▁particip ating ▁films ▁had ▁already ▁passed ▁through ▁the ▁more ▁radical ▁film ▁festiv als ▁of ▁“ K in ot av r ” ▁and ▁“ K inos ho ck ”. ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁first ▁year ▁of ▁existence , ▁the ▁festival ▁was ▁called ▁“ Post - so vi et ▁Film ▁festival ▁“ List ap ad ”. ▁Russian ▁direct ors ▁made ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁films , ▁presented ▁there . ▁Later ▁works ▁of ▁Ukrain ian , ▁Kaz akh ▁and ▁A zer ba ij ani ▁direct ors ▁joined ▁the ▁program ▁of ▁the ▁festival . ▁ ▁R ating ▁system ▁was ▁established ▁since ▁the ▁first ▁year . ▁View ers ▁give ▁their ▁rate ▁to ▁the ▁film ▁in