Screening June 8 at Sheffield Doc/Fest, the director has previously located his definition of 3OHA (Zona), “the Zone has come to represent the thin vapor of consumer culture that allows people to live a fantasy of their own life and to eventually become a full simulacra as they simulate different versions of themselves until the original no longer exists.” In modern Russia, it means prison. Now, it can mean the hedonistic film with a killer use of sound manipulation – see Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake warped beyond recognition. A quote in the opening sequence of 3OHA, “The vast silent majority don’t give a shit, they’re just trying to survive”, cuts to a universal truth that political engagement continues to be a privilege.