Russian Film Symposium in Pittsburgh (6-9 May 1999)

Vladimir Padunov padunov+ at pitt.edu
Fri Apr 9 10:50:51 UTC 1999


ANNOUNCEMENT:
FIRST ANNUAL RUSSIAN FILM SYMPOSIUM in PITTSBURGH

The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, and the University of
Pittsburgh are co-sponsoring the first annual Russian Film Symposium,
which will be held from 6-9 May 1999.  The Symposium will consist of three
major parts:

1. "New Russia/New Cinema"                      Carnegie Museum of Art

A series of recent Russian films that will be screened with English
subtitles.  Each film will receive a brief introduction and will be
followed by a general discussion.

Thursday, 6 May*                7pm     Valerii Todorovskii's
  (and Sunday, 23 May)                          _Land of the Deaf_(1998)

Friday, 7 May                   7pm     Aleksei Balabanov's
  (and Friday, 21 May)                          _Of Feaks and Men_ (1998)

Saturday, 8 May                 7pm     Kira Muratova's
  (and Sunday, 16 May)                          _Three Stories_ (1997)

Sunday, 9 May*                  2pm     Sergei Ovcharov's
  (and Friday, 14 May)                          _Drumiad_

* Sign-interpreter will be present.

Admission: $5.00 ($4.00 for students and CMA Cineclub members; free to
participants of the academic symposium).

Location: The Carnegie Museum of Art
          4400 Forbes Avenue
          Pittsburgh, PA

Information: 412-622-3212       http://www.clpgh.org/cma/films
                                http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/newruss.html
_____________________________________________________________________________
2. "New Russian/New Experiments"        Pittsburgh Filmmakers

Thursday, 6 May                 4pm     New Russian Experimental Shorts:
                                                Cine Fantom Club

Friday, 7 May                   4pm     New Russian Animations: SHAR
                                                Studios, Ivan Maksimov,
                                                Lleonid Tishkov

Sunday, 9 May                   4pm     New Russian Experimental Videos:
                                                Vladimir Kobrin and his
                                                students, Leonid Tishkov,
                                                Aleksandr Molodkin &
                                                Vitalii Bashmolkin

Saturday, 8 May                 4pm     Press interviews and discussions
                                                with the directors:
                                                Aleksandr Bashirov and
                                                Larisa Sadilova

The series is open to the general public.  Each part of the series will be
introduced by film scholar Maria Godovannaya.

The PITT ARTS program will provide a number of free passes to
undergraduate students.  Please get in touch with Jen Saffron at

saffron+ at pitt.edu

Location: Pittsburgh Filmmakers
          477 Melwood Avenue
          Pittsburgh, PA

Information: 412-681-5449       http://www.pghfilmmakers.org
                                http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/newexper.html
                                http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/newdirect.html
_____________________________________________________________________________

3. "New Russian/New Directors"          David Lawrence Hall

This series is open to the academic participants of the first annual
Russian Film Symposium.  Each panel session will focus on a first feature
film by a new Russian director.  Each film will receive a brief formal
introduction and be followed by two formal responses, as well as a general
discussion.

Please note: the working languages of this part of the Russian Film
Symposium are Russian and English.

Friday, 7 May           9:00-11:30      Petr Lutsik's _Borderland_ (1998)

                        1:00-3:30       Aleksandr Bashirov's _The Iron
                                                Heel of the Oligarchy_
                                                (1998)

Saturday, 8 May         9:00-11:30       Nikolai Lebedev's _Snake Source_
                                                (1998)

                        1:00-3:30       Larisa Sadilova's _Happy
                                                Birthday!_ (1998)

Sunday, 9 May           10:00-1:00      Closing Roundtable for all
                                                participants (Beehive)

Introducers, respondents, directors, and symposium participants include:
Aleksandr Bashirov (St. Petersburg), Birgit Beumers (University of
Bristol, UK), Michael Brewer (University of Pittsburgh), Katerina Clark
(Yale University), Nancy Condee (University of Pittsburgh), Evgenii
Dobrenko (Amherst College), J. Hoberman (_Village Voice_), Mikhail
Iampol'skii (New York University), Marcia Landy (University of
Pittsburgh), Moya Luckett (University of Pittsburgh), Vladimir Padunov
(University of Pittsburgh), Aleksandr Prokhorov (University of
Pittsburgh), Elena Prokhorova (University of Pittsburgh), Larisa Sadilova
(Moscow), Irina Shilova (Institute for Cinema Studies, Moscow), Maia
Turovskaia (Institute for Cinema Studies, Moscow), Neia Zorkaia (Institute
for the Study of Art, Moscow).

David Lawrence Hall is located on the campus of the University of
Pittsburgh in Oakland.  Entrance to the hall is from Forbes Avenue.

For additional information on the academic part of the Symposium, please
get in touch with the organizer, Vladimir Padunov:      padunov+ at pitt.edu.

Additional information about the events of the Symposium can be found at

http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/symposium.html


University co-sponsors of the Russian Film Symposium include the Office of
the Provost, the Deans' Offices of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and
the College of Arts and Sciences, the University Center for International
Studies, the Center for Russian and East European Studies, the Department
of Slavic Languages and Literatures, the Film Studies Program, and the
Graduate Program for Cultural Studies.

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Vladimir Padunov                                            padunov+ at pitt.edu
Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
1421-A Cathedral of Learning                            voice: 1-412-624-5713
University of Pittsburgh                                  FAX: 1-412-624-9714
Pittsburgh, PA 15260



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