Fwd: Russian Film Festivals

Wed Sep 14 18:24:43 UTC 2011

In answer to the post about Russian film festivals, I'm passing on this information about a Russian film festival in New York at the end of this month.
Enjoy!
Best,
Dassia Posner
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Dassia N. Posner, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre, Northwestern University

The Fourth Annual Russian Documentary Film 
Festival in New York will be held at Tribeca 
Cinemas September 30 through October 2, 2011. 

This year the festival will include a varied program of new 
documentaries by filmmakers in Russia and the Russian 
Diaspora in the US. 

A selection of films of different genres dealing with the 
modern human condition, as well as those documenting 
the lives of prominent artists and writers, and films about 
daily life in Russia will be shown. 

The Russian Documentary Film Festival in New York was founded by 
The New Review, Inc. (USA). The festival is being held with the help 
of a generous grant from the Russkiy Mir Foundation (Russia), as 
well as financial and logistical support from Russian Nobility Association in America, Inc.; the 
Consulate General of the Russian Federation in New York; Global Advertising Strategies, Inc.; 
Panorama Travel (Brooklyn); VK Studio; Princess Diana Bagrationi; Mr. & Mrs. Alex Soldier; 
Countess Tatiana Bobrinskoy; Mr. & Mrs. Peter Oudolsky; American Russian Aid Associations 
ìOtradaî, Inc.; ShoreFront YM-YWHA of Brighton-Manhattan Beach; COJECO; Mr. & Mrs. Sergei 
Pushkarev (NTS, USA); The Knights of the Orthodox of St. John Russian Grand Priory; 
International Society for Salvation of Russian Monuments and Landscapes; ZARYA, Association 
of Russian Youth Abroad. Media Sponsors: RTVi, NTV-America, RUNYweb.com, RACC, Media 
Holding ´Nash Domª. 

Partners of the Fourth Russian Documentary Film Festival in New York: Documentary Program 
´Free Thoughtª at the Moscow International Film Festival (Russia); American Russian Aid 
Associations ìOtradaî, Inc.; ShoreFront YM-YWHA of Brighton-Manhattan Beach; Russian 
Cultural Center (Washington DC), VK Studio (USA) and Princess Diana Bagration-Moukhranskyís 
Fund. 

For information please visit WWW.RUSDOCFILMFEST.ORG 

Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick Street, New York / at Laight Street, one 
block below Canal Street) 

TICKETS: www.tribecacinemas.com (Under events go to Russian 
Documentary Film Festival) Or go directly to: 

http://www.tribecacinemas.com/more-
info/Russian_Doc_Film_Festival.html 

THEATER BOX OFFICE: 1-212-941-2001 

The Russian Documentary Film Festival is organized annually by Noviy Zhurnal/ The New Review Inc. 

www.newreviewinc.com www.rusdocfilmfest.org 

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TRIBECA CINEMAS 

(54 Varick Street, NYC) 

Friday, September 30th 

7:00 pm 

Festival Opening ceremony. 

Opening film. ´The weather outside is 
beautifulª This story is a confession of one of the 
most wonderful writers in modern Russia - Lyudmila 
Petrushevskaya . Director Marina Razbezhkina will be 
available for Q&A after the film. The screening is 
sponsored by Panorama Travel (USA). World premiere. 

20.30-22.00 pm 

Presentation of Marina Razbezhkina's Masterís 
program. Marina Razbezhkina, one of the leading 
documentary filmmakers in Russia today, will introduce 
works of her students as well as speak about her 
documentary film program and discuss modern Russian 
documentary film. 

Saturday, October 1st 

2.00-4.00 pm Films about the Russian provinces: 

´The swampª. Winner of ìTeleProfiîFestival 

´Running the country pathª, Winner of ìSalt of 
the Earthî festival 

´Kamchatkaª, film by an American documentary 
filmmaker on the subject of ecological and economical 
problems of Russian Far East. 

4.00-6.00 

´River of Life. Valentin Rasputinª, film by 
filmmaker S. Miroshnichenko. Eminent writer Rasputin 
enlightens the problems of modern Russia. 

6.00-7.00 

´Victor Astafyev. The Merry Soldierª, Winner 
the Golden Eagle award 2010, ìLaurel Branchî 
(for best feature documentary film), Audience 
award at Flaertiana film festival 

7.00-8.00 

´Nekrasov. Life in the trenchesª, film is about 
dissident famous writer Victor Nerkasov (without 
English subtitles) 

8.00-9.00 

´An unfinished conversationª, film is about the 
actor Mikhail Kazakov, the last interviews of the great 
artist who passed away in 2011 

9.00-10.00 

´Lyric. Andrey Vozkesenskyª, film is about poet 
Andrey Voznesensky, the last footage of the poet reading 
his works before his death. Q & A with Petr 
Shepotinnik, film-director. 

Sunday, October 2nd 

2.00-3.10 

´Points of Tendernessª, Winner of festivals 

ìMessage to Manî, ìARTKinoî (Main Prize), 
ìRossiaî (Special Jury Prize). 

´Anna Netrebko ñ West-Eastern Divaª, a film 
about one of the stars of Metropolitan Opera. 

3.20-4.20 

´Artists of Odessaª, a nostalgic look from New York 
director Dmitry Khavin at the homeland of his ancestors. 

4.20-5.30 

´The Arithmetic of Freedomª, a story of the only 
successful rebellion of prisoners in a concentration camp 
(Sobibor, Poland) during World War II. 

5.30-6.40 

´Pray to God for Us. The Butovo firing rangeª, 
Winner of ìZolotoy Vityazî film festival. 

The screening is sponsored by NTS (USA) 

6.40-8.00 

Closing film. ´The Enthusiastís Demarcheª, 
dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Sergei Dovtatov. 

The screening is sponsored by The New Review 
Corporation (USA). Q & A with Sergei Kokovkin, 
director; Elena Dovlatova, Solomon Volkov, Vitaly 
Komar, and other contributors of the film. 

Closing ceremony. 

at the Cultural Center ´Otradaª,NYS 2:00 pm 

ìLemnos Island. Russian Golgothaî, dedicated to 
the 90th anniversary the Russian exodus; 

ìHitch the wagon to the stars...î, a cinematic story 
about Churaevka - a Russian town in Connecticut. In the 
1930s-40s Churaevka was a lively place, visited by S. 
Rakhmaninov, M. Chekhov, N. Roerich, I. Sikorsky. 

otrada385 at gmail.com 

at ShoreFront YM-YWHA, Brooklyn 5:00 pm 

ìSergey Yursky: The Game of Lifeî, film is about 
one of the brightest actors and directors of Russian 
theater and film. (without English subtitles) 

´Victor Nekrasov. Life in the Trenchesª. 

718-646-1444 ext. 326;volkovi at shorefronty.org 

Tickets 

$12 General admissions ($7 Senior Citizens) 

Special Combo Tickets 

$20 Opening at Tribeca Cinemas 

$20 Closing at Tribeca Cinemas 

(includes screening of ´The Enthusiastís 
Demarcheª and the Special Event) 

$35 Closing Ceremony at American Veteransí 
Club (includes screening of ´The Enthusiastís 
Demarcheª and the Special Event at Tribeca) 

To order tickets: 212-941-2001, or 

http://www.tribecacinemas.com/more-
info/Russian_Doc_Film_Festival.html 

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