Poland, 2010, 50 min., documentary

Director:	Magdalena Pieta
Producer:	Krzysztof Kopczynski

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is a not-so-subtle autocratic ruler of the Republic of Kalmykia and President of the World Chess Federation. Dalgan Niudleev, a chess prodigy and a student at the Moscow University views the President as his role model. Magdalena Pieta's Planet Kirsan explores the creeping, chess-obsessed totalitarianism that permeates all aspects of the Kalmyk society.