24 NOVEMBER
01 DECEMBER 2019
London, Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh
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RUSSIAN FILM WEEK IN THE UK London, Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh 24 November – 1 December, 2019
CONTENTS WELCOME LETTERS 4 PATRONS 6 VENUES AND MAP 8 SCREENING SCHEDULE (LONDON) 10 FEATURE FILMS 13 DOCUMENTARY FILMS 31 SHORT FILMS 37 VR-MOVIES 47 EVENTS 51 PARTIES 57 PARTNERS & SPONSORS 60 TEAM 61 CONTACTS 62 SPECIAL THANKS 64
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WELCOME LETTER WELCOME LETTER
no doubt become tomorrow’s stars and household names. The Russian fi lm in- dustry is blooming with new content and talent; it is an exciting time. The Russian countries. Another important goal of the Film Week has also transformed over the festival is to support young fi lmmakers. years and achieved some incredible mile- Screening at the Russian Film Week is a stones. great start for them, a chance to present their work to the international audience 2019 is the fi rst year that we are hosting and to talk about what is really important our fi rst world premiere, the fi rst ever for them. public screening of “Servant (a.k.a. The Peasant)“, as our opening fi lm. Moreover, This year the festival will be even larger we are hosting our opening night at the and more interesting both for the public iconic Odeon Leicester Square, where and professionals from the fi lm industry. international premieres and festival are We are waiting for the world premieres held. It was always my dream to open of feature fi lms, short fi lms and VR fi lms, the Russian Film Week at this venue. We the traditional Golden Unicorn Awards have also continued to put on VR events, Ceremony, an industry forum, creative Filip Perkon masterclasses, exhibitions and industry Vadim Lobov meetings, masterclasses and many other Founder and General Producer events, working tirelessly to create value Co-producer of the Russian Film events. In the program of documentary Russian Film Week and for attendees, fi lmmakers and cast alike. Week, Executive Director of Synergy fi lms you would see the incredible Kam- The Golden Unicorn Awards University chatka landscapes, learn the history of Just to check and reward the few who the cult Russian musician — the leader actually read this far of my welcome par- of the DDT group Yuri Shevchuk, get to agraph, do message me on facebook to know more about life and work of the fa- get a complimentary invitation to events. In 2019, Synergy University will become mous writer Vladimir Sorokin, as well as We are excited to bring you the 4th edi- We have also focused on putting on a di- the general partner and co-organizer of discover people whose fates were close- tion of the Russian Film Week, that has verse programme of fi lms this year from the Russian Film Week for the fourth time. ly connected with our country’s historical now solidifi ed its place as the most prom- many genres, balanced between themes, Over the years the festival has grown into events. This is a new amazing experience inent Russian fi lm culture event outside of debutants, prominent fi lmmakers and the largest cross-cultural event in Europe that I advise everyone to live through in Russia. This year we received more than unusual motion pictures. There is now and a big celebration for all lovers of good the cinemas of the Russian Film Week 430 fi lm submissions to participate in the something for everyone and the best that cinema. 2019. Russian Film Week panorama and our Russian cinema has to off er. I thank our Golden Unicorn Awards, but what is re- small team for their tremendous work, our The main goal of the festival is to draw at- I am sure the festival will open many inter- markable is the amount of debut directors sponsors and partners for making it all tention to the Russian cinema and culture. esting directors, actors and screenwriters and cast in this year’s programme. Many possible, and all our attendees and audi- We want the fi lms of our talented directors to the world and will bring great pleasure of the debutant directors, actors and ac- ences for joining us in celebrating crea- to be seen by as many people as possi- to everyone who, like our team, is in love tresses that you will see in our fi lms will tivity, culture and cinematographic talent. ble, not only in Russia but also in other with cinema. See you at the festival!
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PATRONS PATRONS
Ralph Fiennes Alexey Uchitel Ralph Fiennes is an English actor, producer (co-produced Award winning Russian fi lm director, producer and Onegin) and fi lm director (Coriolanus). A noted Shake- screenwriter. He is the founder of fi lm studio Rock. Win- speare interpreter, he fi rst achieved success at the Royal ner of Nika, Russian Film Academy Award for best fea- National Theatre. Made his fi lm debut in 1992 as Heath- ture fi lm in 2000. cliff in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. Nominated for the Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Schindler’s List and for The English Patient. Known for his roles in major fi lm franchises such as the Harry Potter and James Bond. Studied Russian to perform in the Russian-Brit- ish-French co-production Two Women. He is a UNICEF Eduard Pichugin UK ambassador. General Director of Lenfi lm Studios. Board member of the Union of Cinematographers in Russia; President of Kinoalliance, the National Association of the Cinema Pro- fessional Organizations. Engaged in promoting movie Brian Cox presentations and building cinema theaters since 1999. Brian Cox, CBE, is a Scottish actor best known for ap- pearing in The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, Braveheart, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Troy, Doc- tor Who. He is an accomplished Shakespearean actor, Valeriy Todorovskiy spending seasons with the RSC and the National Theatre; Film Director, screenwriter, Made his name with Country taught Shakespeare in Russia for the Moscow Art Thea- of the Deaf, Hipsters and the gangster TV series Brigada tre actors. Nominated for Scottish BAFTA 2016 for Best which achieved cult status. Nominated for and received Actor and for Golden Globe for Best Actor – Miniseries awards at a number of prestigious fi lm festivals, such as or Television Film; winner of Primetime Emmy Award for Cannes, Geneva, Chicago. Winner of Russian awards: Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie. Kinotavr, TEFI, Golden Eagle, Nika.
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VENUES AND MAP (LONDON)
Pushkin House 5A Bloomsbury square, London, WC1A 2TA
Regent Street Cinema 307 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW
Odeon Luxe Leicester Square 22-24, Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LQ
Curzon Mayfair Cinema BFI Southbank 38 Curzon St, Mayfair, Belvedere Rd, South Bank, London W1J 7TY London SE1 8XT
Russia Culture House 37 Kensington High St, Bulgari Hotel London W8 5ED 171 Knightsbridge, London SW7 1DW
Cine Lumiere 17 Queensberry Pl, South Kensington, London SW7 2DT
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SCREENING SCHEDULE (LONDON)
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 24 NOV 25 NOV 26 NOV 27 NOV 28 NOV 29 NOV 30 NOV 1 DEC 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 5:00 PM 6:30 PM 1:30 PM 11:30 AM The Peasant + Q&A Break + Q&A Shorts-1 + Q&A The Kettle + Q&A Sheep and Wolves: Sheena667 + Q&A Magician + Q&A Public Talk: Danila Odeon Leicester Regent Street Cinema Regent Street Cinema Regent Street Cinema Pig deal Regent Street Cinema Regent Street Cinema Kozlovskiy Square Russia Culture House The Haymarket Theatre 6:30 PM 9:00 PM 7:00 PM Yuri the Musician Womens Day + Q&A BEEF: Hip-Hop 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 3:00 PM 12:00 PM Cine Lumiere Regent Street Cinema Russia Culture House High Above Masterclass Vladimir Sorokin trip + Q&A Abigail + Q&A Regent Street Cinema Khotinenko Curzon Mayfair Regent Street Cinema 8:30 PM 8:15 PM 7:00 PM Pushkin House Brotherhood The Balkan Line + Nothing Personal Regent Street Cinema Q&A Pushkin House 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 4:00 PM 2:00 PM Curzon Mayfair Kamchatka Bears. Shorts 3 + Q&A Another woman + Ecology documentary Live Begins Russia Culture House Q&A fi lm (winner) + Q&A 8:50 PM 7:30 PM Cine Lumiere Regent Street Cinema Pushkin House The Conquest Russian Five + Q&A, of Siberia + Q&A Bulgari Hotel 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 4:30 PM 2:30 PM Curzon Mayfair Shorts-2 + Q&A Text + Q&A Sabre Dance In the Port of Cape Pushkin House Bulgari Hotel Cine Lumiere Town + Q&A 8:30 PM Bulgari Hotel Great Poetry + Q&A, Cine Lumiere 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 6:00 PM 3:00 PM The Lenin Factor + A Russian Youth + The Snow Queen Love them all + Q&A 8.50 PM Q&A Q&A Mirrorlands Regent Street Cinema The Factory + Q&A, Bulgari Hotel Cine Lumiere Cine Lumiere Curzon Mayfair 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 6:30 PM 4:00 PM 9:00 PM T-34 + Q&A Van Goghs + Q&A My Little Sister The Case + Q&A The Battle + Q&A Regent Street Cinema Regent Street Cinema Regent Street Cinema Pushkin House Regent Street Cinema 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 4:30 PM The Humorist + Q&A Success + Q&A Barabbas + Q&A Cine Lumiere Regent Street Cinema Cine Lumiere 6:00 PM Сonvoy 48 + Q&A Regent Street Cinema 6:30 PM The End of Season + Q&A BFI Southbank 8:00 PM Through a black glass + Q&A Curzon Mayfair
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FEATURE FILMS
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A Russian Youth / Мальчик русский Another woman / Давай разведёмся DEBUT Abigail / Эбигейл Barrabas/ Варавва Friday, 29 November 2019 / 08:30 PM Sunday, 1 December 2019 / 12:00 PM DEBUT DEBUT Cine Lumiere, 17 Queensberry Pl, South Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London Saturday, 30 November 2019 / 04:00 PM Sunday, 01 December 2019 / 04:30 PM Kensington, London SW7 2DT W1B 2HW Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London Cine Lumiere, 17 Queensberry Pl, South Q&A with producer Eduard Pichugin, director Q&A with actress Ravshana Kurkova W1B 2HW Kensington, London SW7 2DT Alexander Zolotukhin 6+ Q&A with actress Svetlana Kamynina Q&A with director Evgeny Emelin ALSO: Monday, 25 November 2019 / 7:00 PM Year: 2019 12+ 12+ Lecture Theatre, Trinity Hall, Trinity Lane, CB2 1TJ, Country: Russia Year:2019 Year: 2019 Cambridge Running time: 1 h 50 min Country: Russia Country: Russia 12+ Screenplay: Dmitri Zhigaglov, Alexander Running time: 1 h 32 min Running time: 1 h 56 min Year: 2019 Boguslavsky, Alexandra Primachenko, Screenplay: Anna Parmas, Maria Screenplay: Evgeniy Emelin, based on Country: Russia Aleksei Sluzhev, Iliya Ipatov Shulgina, Elizaveta Tikhonova the novel «Barabbas» by Marie Corelli Running time: 1 h 12 min Director: Alexander Boguslavsky Director: Anna Parmas Director: Evgeny Emelin Screenplay: Alexander Zolotukhin Produсers: Evgeny Melentiev, Victor Produсers: Sergei Silianov, Natalia Drozd, Produсers: Anton Kirillov, Evgeniy Emelin Director: Alexander Zolotukhin Denisjuk, Alexander Kurinsky, Vladimir Konstantin Ernst, Natalia Smirnova, Sergei Cast: Pavel Kraynov, Albert Filozov, Produсers: Eduard Pechugin, Andrei Denisjuk, Natalia Frolova Kasatov Regina Khakimova, Elena Podkaminskaya, Lebedev Cast: Tinatin Dalakishvili, Eddie Marsan, Cast: Anna Mikhalkova, Anton Filipenko, Zalim Mirzoev, Konstantin Samoukov Cast: Mikhail Buturlov, Filipp Dyachkov, Artem Tkachenko, Ravshana Kurkova, Svetlana Kamynina Genre: Drama Sergey Goncharenko Marta Timofeeva Genre: Comedy In Russian with English subtitles Genre: Drama, history Genre: Fantasy In Russian with English subtitles In Russian with English subtitles In English The fi lm is based on the biblical story of Masha, a gynaecology doctor, is so ab- Christ’s death and resurrection, which we The First World War was a tragedy that The town that Abigail lives in has been sorbed in her work that she doesn’t imme- see through the eyes of brigand Barab- launched a series of hardships for the closed for years due to a mysterious ep- diately realise that her husband is about ba s who escaped death on the cross, re- Russian people: revolution, civil war, idemic. Abby’s father was taken away to leave her. Her life is shattered: Masha leased by the crowd in honour of Easter. famine, political repression, the Second from her when she was a child due the is overloaded with work, and her kids are But long awaited freedom brings only pain World War. What courage and patience disease. In the attempt to fi nd her father. demanding constant attention. Masha, and doubts. Acquaintance with mysteri- that generation must have had in order to Abigail sets on a journey that will com- who is used to winning, isn’t ready to let ous Melchior and further events change survive all the upheavals of the 20th cen- pletely overturn everything she thought her beloved husband go to a young and his life completely. Barabbas is constantly tury? These questions are asked by the she knew about herself and the world stunning-looking fi tness trainer. Masha being tortured by the only question – is authors of the fi lm “A Russian Youth”. surrounding her. won’t stop at anything to get him back. the man from Nazareth the Son of God?
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Great Poetry / Большая поэзия DEBUT Wednesday, 27 November 2019 / 08:30 PM Cine Lumiere, 17 Queensberry Pl, South Break / Отрыв Brotherhood / Братство Kensington, London SW7 2DT Q&A with actor Alexander Kuznetsov, director DEBUT Monday, 25 November 2019 / 08:30 PM Convoy 48 / Коридор Alexander Lungin Monday, 25 November 2019 / 06:00 PM Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London ALSO: Thursday, 28 November 2019 / 06:30 PM W1B 2HW бессмертия Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London Screening Room 50 George Square, 50 George DEBUT W1B 2HW ALSO: Saturday, 30 November / 03:00 PM Square, EH8 9JU, Edinburgh Q&A with director Tigran Sahakyan Oxford Curzon Westgate Shopping Centre, Oxford Sunday, 01 December 2019 / 06:00 PM Q&A with director Alexander Lungin 15+ OX1 1NZ Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London 18+ Year: 2019 15+ W1B 2HW Year: 2019 Country: Russia Year: 2019 Q&A with director Fedor Popov Country: Russia Running time: 1 h 25 min Country: Russia 12+ Running time: 2 h Screenplay: Olga Rud, Denis Kosyakov, Running time: 1 h 53 min Year: 2019 Screenplay: Alexander Lungin, Sergei Tigran Sahakyan, Alexander Nazarov, Screenplay: Pavel Lungin, Alexander Country: Russia Osipiyan Oleg Smagin, Evgeni Uranov, Artur Lungin Running time: 2 h 05 min Director: Alexander Lungin Astvatsatryan Director: Pavel Lungin Screenplay: Dmitriy Karalis, Fedor Popov Produсers: Violetta Krechetova, Artem Director: Tigran Sahakyan Produсers: Pavel Lungin, Evgeni Panfi lov Director: Fedor Popov Vasiliev, Sergei Osipiyan, Sergei Stern, Produсers: Artur Astvatsatryan, Sergei Cast: Mikhail Kremer, Aleksandr Produсers: Fedor Popov, Alexander Pavel Lungin, Evgeni Panfi lov, Dmitri Selyanov, Oleg Yakovlev, Tigran Kuznetsov, Kirill Pirogov, Yan Tsapnik Brovarets, Victoria Lezhenko, Lala Gorelik, Ivan Gradetsky, Sofi a Kvashilava Sahakyan, Olga Rud, Denis Kosyakov, Genre: Drama, action, history Rustamova Cast: Alexander Kuznetsov, Aleksey Alexander Karpov In Russian with English subtitles Cast: Igor Yasulovich, Artyom Melnichuk, Filimonov, Fyodor Lavrov, Evgeniy Sytyy, Cast: Ingrid Olerinskaya, Denis Kosyakov, Anastasia Tsibizova Elena Makhova Irina Antonenko, Mikhail Filippov, Andrei The end of the Soviet-Afghan war: 1988- Genre: Drama, history Genre: Drama Nazimov 1989. The USSR begins its withdrawal In Russian with English subtitles In Russian with English subtitles Genre:Thriller from Afghanistan. General Vasiliev’s son - In Russian with English subtitles a pilot, named Alexander gets kidnapped Based on a true story the fi lm is about sev- Great Poetry is about two men who live on by the mujahideen after his aeroplane eral young women in the setting of one of the outskirts of Moscow and work as cash A group of friends goes up to the top of crashes. As a result, the 108th motorised the most large-scale and vital battles of collectors. The fi lm tells a story about a mountain in a cable car on New Year’s infantry division has one last mission: to the Second World War – the defence of friendship and betrayal in our vicious and Eve. They plan to go down at midnight bring Alexander back. Based on actual Leningrad. Recent high school graduates, alien world in which anyone who tries to celebrating New Year and viewing spec- events, the previously untold story of the they survived the horrible blockade win- be honest and consistent ends up looking tacular fi reworks from above. Their ad- courageous and tragic withdrawal cam- ter of 1941-1942 and were assigned to the naive and cruel. It’s about the ever-pres- venture turns into a real nightmare when, paign (through the Salang pass) reveals 48th Convoy of the newly built secret rail- ent and incomprehensible force that, no in the middle of the celebration, the rick- danger, horror and complexity of human way, operation of which was even more matter what, makes our life so frantic, ety carriage gets stuck over the abyss. nature during wartime. dangerous than fi ghting at the front. strange and lonely.
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In The Port Of Cape Town / Love Them All / Люби их В Кейптаунском порту всех High Above / Выше неба Sunday, 01 December 2019 / 02:30 PM VIP screening, Bulgari Hotel, 171 Knightsbridge, DEBUT Magician / Волшебник Thursday, 28 November 2019 / 06:00 PM London SW7 1DW Sunday, 1 December 2019 / 03:00 PM DEBUT Q&A with director Alexander Veledinsky Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW 16+ W1B 2HW Saturday, 30 November 2019 / 1:30 PM ALSO: Tuesday, 26 November 2019 / 06:30 PM Year: 2019 Q&A with director Maria Agranovich, actress Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London Lecture Theatre G3, 50 George Square, 50 Country: Russia Alena Mikhailova W1B 2HW George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JU Running time: 1 h 47 min 18+ Q&A with director Mikhail Morskov 18+ Screenplay: Alexander Veledinsky Year: 2019 12+ Year: 2019 Director: Alexander Veledinsky Country: Russia Year: 2019 Country: Russia Produсers: Vladimir Polyakov, Vladimir Running time: 1 h 42 min Country: Russia Running time: 1 h 44 min Ignatiev, Ruben Dishdidyan, Evgei Screenplay: Maria Agranovich Running time: 1 h 27 min Screenplay: Ekaterina Mavromatis Ulushkin Director: Maria Agranovich Screenplay: Mikhail Morskov Director: Oksana Karas Cast: Evgeniy Tkachuk, Vladimir Steklov, Produсers: Sergey Seliyanov, Dmitry Director: Mikhail Morskov Produсers: Ruben Dishdishyan, Nikolai Alexander Robak, Yuri Kuznetsov, Dobuzhinsky, Anna Bochkareva Produсers: B. Anisimov, I. Magomedov, Larionov, Anastasia Kazankova, Maksim Svetlana Khomich Cast: Alena Mikhailova, Sergei Garmash, V. Maslov, M. Omarov, A. Tarknaev, Korolev Genre: Drama Alexander Kuznetsov, Alexander Tronov F. Nesterov Cast: Taisia Vilkova, Polina Vitorgan, In Russian with English subtitles Genre: Drama, thriller Cast: Maksim Sukhanov, Semen Viktoriya Tolstoganova, Filipp Avdeev, In Russian with English subtitles Treskunov, Irina Kupchenko Daria Jovner, Aleksey Agranovich Their nicknames are Sailor, Pahan and Genre: Drama, comedy Genre: Drama Salazhonok. They met only once with She always has a plan, an individual plan In Russian with English subtitles In Russian with English subtitles weapons in their hands and with serious for each one of them. Everyone knows intentions in summer of 1945 in the Far her under a diff erent name. One needs Once popular rock-musician Fima drags A young girl spends her summer in a East of Russia. Each of the participants is Vera (Faith), another Nadezhda (Hope) pitiful existence by squandering his tal- country resort under the vigilant supervi- sure that he killed the other two. Howev- and almost all need Liuybov (Love). She ent and indulging in revelry lifestyle. sion of her mother. There her attention is er, they all had been living a long event- leaves every one of them at her own time. Everything changes when he begins drawn to a guy whose past is shrouded ful life. More than half a century will pass, They always pay, either to be with her or to give guitar lessons to the boy Roma in a secret. The girl does not suspect that and one day events, related to that fate- to get rid of her. But who can distinguish who has cerebral palsy and desperately after this meeting her life will change for- ful 1945 meeting, will occur in diff erent between the deceit driven by money and wants to win the heart of Masha, Roma’s ever, and her feelings can fl y high above… parts of the Earth. the moment genuine feelings begin? classmate.
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Sabre Dance / Танец с саблями Sheep and Wolves: Pig Saturday, 30 November 2019 / 04:30 PM Deal / Волки и Овцы: Ход Cine Lumiere, 17 Queensberry Pl, South Kensington, London SW7 2DT свиньей ALSO: Wednesday, 27 November / 09:00 PM Sheena667 Thursday, 28 November 2019 / 05:00 PM Oxford Curzon Westgate Shopping Centre, Oxford Russia Culture House, 37 Kensington High St, 06:30 PM My Little Sister / Сестрёнка OX1 1NZ Friday, 29 November 2019 / London, W8 5ED Saturday, 30 November 2019 / 06:30 PM 16+ Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London 6+ W1B 2HW Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London Year: 2019 Year: 2019 W1B 2HW Country: Russia Q&A with director Grigory Dobrygin Country: Russia 6+ Running time: 1 h 33 min 18+ Running time: 1 h 15 min Year: 2019 Screenplay: Yusup Razykov Year: 2019 Screenplay: Alexey Tsitsilin, Vladimir Country: Russia Director: Yusup Razykov Country: Russia Nikolaev, Robert Lence, Anton Timofeev, Running time: 1 h 34 min Produсers: Ruben Dishdishyan, Karen Running time: 1 h 37 min Kate Bristol Screenplay: Aidar Akmanov, Mustai Karim Kazaryan, Tigran Manasyan, Arsen Screenplay: Grigory Dobrygin, Alexander Director: Vladimir Nikolaev Director: Aleksandr Galibin Melikyan, Zara Angulbieva Rodionov, Iliya Nosochenko Produсers: Sergey Seliyanov, Vladimir Produсers: Timerbulat Karimov, Mikhail Cast: Abartsum Kabanyan, Aleksandr Director: Grigory Dobrygin Nikolaev, Yuri Moskvin Kurbatov, Dmitry Fiks, Sergei Orlov Kuznetsov, Sergey Yushkevich Produсers: Grigory Dobrygin, Tatiana Cast: Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Maksim Cast: Arslan Krymchurin, Marta Timofeeva Genre: Drama, history, biography Ochinskaya, Nora Sharif Matveev, Galina Korneva, Anton Yuriev, Genre: Drama, history In Russian with English subtitles Cast: Vladimir Svirsky, Yulia Peresild, Alexey Sigaev In Russian with English subtitles Jordan Rose Frye Genre: Animation The fi lm tells the story of Khachaturian Genre: Drama In Russian with English subtitles The fi lm is a screen adaptation of the writing his most performed creation “Sa- In Russian with English subtitles never-ageing classics of Soviet litera- bre Dance”. It is 1942. The Leningrad Ac- A village of sheep and wolves leads its ture, the novel “The Joy of Our House” ademic Theatre of Opera and Ballet after First impression of the town of Vyshny steady and peaceful life when two unex- by Mustai Karim. As long as Yamil can Kirov is evacuated to Molotov city (now Volochyok are broken roads, snow and pected guests suddenly arrive – a Polar remember himself, the War has always Perm) while preparing for the premiere fog. There is a car service in the suburbs fox and a small ewe. No one has expect- been here. Yamil is waiting for the War to of the Gayane ballet. The world of a the- where Olya and Vadim live, work and love ed them to bring along any mortal danger. be over so his father would return home. atre in evacuation is mysterious. Perfor- each other. Both are in their early thirties; Grey, the new leader of the tribe, has to One day Yamil’s mother came back with mances in hospitals, defense factories they are devoted and straightforward convince the sheep and wolves that they a girl named Oksana. Mother has passed and endless rehearsals combined with people; they share the ups and downs in can cope with any big problems and se- father’s wish to Yamil: to take care of Ok- the fi nal eff orts to create Gayane and 2nd their lives until a third party intrudes their rious challenges only by working togeth- sana like of his sister. symphony. lives: the Internet. er – because the power is in unity!
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The Balkan Line/ T-34 Балканский рубеж Thursday, 28 November 2019 / 08:30 PM Tuesday, 26 November 2019 / 08:15 PM Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London Text / Текст Curzon Mayfair, 38 Curzon St, Mayfair, London W1J 7TY W1B 2HW Friday, 29 November 2019 / 07:30 PM Success / Успех Q&A with actor Aleksander Petrov Q&A with actress Ravshana Kurkova VIP screening, Bulgari Hotel, 171 Knightsbridge, Saturday, 30 November 2019 / 09:00 PM 12+ London SW7 1DW ALSO: Wednesday, 27 November 2019 / 07:00 PM Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London Year: 2019 Q&A with director Klim Shipenko, King’s College, King’s Parade, CB2 1ST, Cambridge W1B 2HW Country: Russia actor Alexander Petrov 15+ Q&A with actress Maria Lobanova Running time: 2 h 19 min 16+ Year: 2019 12+ Screenplay: Aleksey Sidorov Year: 2019 Country: Russia Year: 2019 Director: Aleksey Sidorov Country: Russia Running time: 2 h 31 min Country: Russia Produсers: Ruben Dishdishyan, Anton Running time: 2 h 12 min Screenplay: Andrey Anaikin, Ivan Running time: 1 h 35 min Zlatopolsky, Leonard Blavatnik, Nelli Screenplay: Dmitry Glukhovsky Naumov, Nataliya Nazarova Screenplay: Pavel Ruminov, Sergei Bobza Yaralova, Nikita Mikhalkov, Leonid Director: Klim Shipenko Director: Andrey Volgin Director: Pavel Ruminov Verezhagin, Julia Ivanova, Nikolai Produсers: Edouard Iloyan, Denis Produсers: Gosha Kutsenko, Vadim Produсers: Sergei Bobza, Georgy Malkov, Larionov, Mikhail Kitaev Zhalinsky, Vitaliy Shlyappo, Alexei Birkin, Vasil Shevts, Tatiana Kuranova Vladimir Polyakov, Mikhail Kuchment, Cast: Aleksandr Petrov, Viktor Trotsjuk, Vadim Verezhagin, Rafael Cast: Anton Pampushnyy, Gosha Sergei Stegniy Dobronravov, Irina Starshenbaum, Manasbekyan Kutsenko, Milos Bikovic, Milena Radulovic, Cast: Julia Snigir, Roman Kurtsyn, Maria Vintsents Kifer, Cast: Alexander Petrov, Kristina Asmus, Ravshana Kurkova Lobanova Genre: Drama, history Dmitry Glukhovsky, Ivan Yankovskiy Genre: Action, drama Genre: Comedy, melodrama In Russian with English subtitles Genre: Drama, thriller In Russian with English subtitles In Russian with English subtitles In Russian with English subtitles In the times of the greatest catastrophes Yugoslavia, 1999. The Russian task force Lisa, who’s been dreaming of becoming in the history of humanity, when the lives A 27-year-old Ilya Goryunov spent seven receives an order to take control of the a rock star since childhood, leaves her of loved ones depend on every step of an years in prison on false charges of drug Slatina airport in Kosovo and hold it until family when off ered a career opportu- action, two sworn enemies will meet in trafficking. Although he does not intend to the arrival of the reinforcements. Howev- nity in America. Playing rock-music was a battle. Being held as a prisoner, young take revenge on the man who framed him, er, both the Albanian warlord and NATO a common goal for Lisa and her husband. lieutenant Ivushkin is planning a daring there is no other way out. After meeting generals also want to control this strate- Now Artem is raising their daughter on escape. He assembles a crew and chal- face to face with his offender, Ilya gets gic location. The task force is squaring off his own. Suddenly a video clip of Vita and lenges the German tank aces led by access to Peter’s smartphone, and with it with the terrorists in an uphill battle while him singing collects millions of views on Jager. For the sake of his beloved and his the life of the young man. For a while, Ilya Russian peacekeepers and NATO forces the internet. Artem and Vita have to de- country, Ivushkin is ready to fi ght till the becomes Peter for everyone — through are rushing to support. Once again, the cide whether to embark on a new journey. end. text on the phone screen. world is on the verge of a big war.
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The Factory/ Завод The Conquest of Siberia/ Wednesday, 27 November 2019 / 08:50 PM Curzon Mayfair, 38 Curzon St, Mayfair, London Тобол W1J 7TY Monday, 25 November 2019 / 08:50 PM Q&A with director Yury Bykov, actor Andrey The Battle / Битва Smolyakov Curzon Mayfair, 38 Curzon St, Mayfair, London The End Of Season / Конец Wednesday, 27 November 2019 / 09:00 PM W1J 7TY сезона ALSO: Friday, 29 November / 08:30 PM Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London Q&A with actor Dmitriy Dyuzhev Oxford Curzon Westgate Shopping Centre, Oxford Sunday, 01 December 2019 / 06:30 PM W1B 2HW ALSO: Sunday, 1 December / 08:15 PM OX1 1NZ Q&A with producer Alexey Uchitel, actress BFI Southbank, Belvedere Rd, South Bank, Q&A with director Yury Bykov, editor-in-cheif Anastasia Somova Oxford Curzon Westgate Shopping Centre, OX1 1NZ London SE1 8XT of Kinopoisk Liza Surganova 6+ ALSO: Friday, 29 November / 07:00 PM Q&A with director Konstantin Khudyakov 15+ Year: 2019 Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, 16+ Year: 2019 Country: Russia Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1AG Year: 2019 Country: Russia Running time: 1 h 25 min Q&A with actress Agata Mutsenietse Country: Russia Running time: 1 h 49 min Screenplay: Annar Abbasov, Oleg 15+ Running time: 1 h 35 min Screenplay: Yury Bykov Denisov, Andrei Kureichik Year: 2019 Screenplay: Elena Raiskaya Director: Yury Bykov Director: Anar Abbasov Country: Russia Director: Konstantin Khudyakov Produсers: Charles-Evrard Tchekhoff , Produсers: Aleksei Uchitel, Kira Running time: 1 h 48 min Produсers: Stanislav Govorukhin, Edward Iloyan, Yury Bykov Saksaganskaya, Filip Pastuhov, Elena Screenplay: Aleksei Permyakov, Aleksei Ekaterina Maskina Cast: Denis Shvedov, Vladislav Abashine, Bistrova, Elena Shamovskaya Ivanov Cast: Yuliya Peresild, Yulia Snigir, Anna Andrey Smolyakov, Alexander Bukharov Cast: Rinal Mukhametov, Ekaterina Kukui, Director: Igor Zaytsev Chipovskaya, Evgeniy Tsyganov Genre: Drama, thriller Anna Isaeva, Ilya Antonenko, Anastasia Produсers: Eduard Iloyan, Oleg Urushev, Genre: Drama, thriller In Russian with English subtitles Somova Denis Zhalinskiy, Vitaly Schlyappo, Alexey In Russian with English subtitles Genre: Drama Trotsyuk A dilapidated industrial building stands In Russian with English subtitles Cast: Ilya Malanin, Dmitriy Dyuzhev, The director Konstantin Khudyakov tells in the outskirts of a provincial Russian Dmitriy Nazarov, Pavel Tabakov, Andrey a story of three sisters, daughters of a town. Many of its workers have been A street dancer Anton is making a remark- Burkovskiy, Agata Mutsenietse, Ekaterina Soviet general. They found themselves employed there before the change from able career: his team wins all the battles, Guseva, Ivan Kolesnikov, Evgeniy Dyatlov caught up in the turmoil when the USSR state regulation to capitalist privatisation. he is a recognised choreographer, and all Genre: Drama, history collapsed, due to the tragic turn of events When owner Kalugin, a well-connected his future depends on dance. However, In Russian with English subtitles they had to settle down in a small Baltic local oligarch, announces that the facto- an accident destroys all his plans. Anton town. Just like Chekov’s three sisters they ry is bankrupt, a group of workers who loses his hearing and all hopes with it. The Story of Ivan Demarin, the offi cer of are stuck in the province while dreaming haven’t been paid for months kidnap him Finding himself in an empty and strange the Imperial Guard who gets send by Pe- of a big city. They are convinced their des- for ransom. Led by the mysterious Alex- world of silence, Anton gradually realises ter the Great to Siberia to develop the set- tiny is to come back to Russia and its cap- ei whose motives are far from clear, the that this is not the end. tlement of Tobol. ital, Moscow. heist goes awry.
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The Lenin Factor / Ленин. Неизбежность Servant (The Peasant) / Thursday, 28 November 2019 / 07:30 PM Холоп The Humorist / Юморист VIP screening, Bulgari Hotel, 171 Knightsbridge, Sunday, 24 November 2019 / 06:00 PM London SW7 1DW Thursday, 28 November 2019 / 08:30 PM Odeon Luxe Leicester Square 22-24, Leicester Q&A with director Vladimir Khotinenko Cine Lumiere, 17 Queensberry Pl, South Square, London WC2H 7LQ Kensington, London SW7 2DT The Kettle / Котёл 16+ Q&A with director Klim Shipenko and actress Q&A with director Michael Idov, actress Alisa Year: 2019 Mariya Mironova Khazanova Wednesday, 27 November 2019 / 06:30 PM Country: Russia 12+ 16+ Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London Running time: 1 h 53 min Year: 2019 Year: 2019 W1B 2HW Screenplay: Kirill Zhurenkov, Nadezhda Country: Russia Country: Russia Q&A with director Eva Bass Vorobieva Running time: 1 h 30 min Running time: 1 h 40 min 18+ Director: Vladimir Khotinenko Screenplay: Daria Gratsevich, Anton Screenplay: Michael Idov, Lilia Idova Year: 2019 Produсers: Sergei Melkumov, Artem Morozenko, Dmitry Permyakov Director: Michael Idov Country: Russia Zlatopolski, Alexander Rodnyansky, Director: Klim Shipenko Produсers: Artem Vasiliev, Andrei Running time: 1 h 36 min Vladimir Khotinenko, Dmitry Litvinov, Vera Produсers: Eduard Eloyan, Taimuraz Saveliev, Aija Berzina, Alise Gelze, Screenplay: Eva Bass, Nikita Kasimtsev Malisheva Badziev, Vaycheslav Dusmukhametov, Artemio Benki Director: Eva Bass Cast: Evgeniy Mironov, Fedor Vitaly Shlayppo, Denis Zhalinsky, Aleksei Genre: Comedy Produсers: Oleg Bibergan, Eva Bass, Bondarchuk, Maxim Matveev, Alexander Trotsuk, Alexander Kushaev, Vadim Cast: Yuriy Kolokolnikov, Aleksey Aysel Lyatifova, Liliya Mathewson Valuev, Victoriya Isakova, Paulina Verezhagin, Rafael Minasbekyan Agranovich, Alisa Khazanova, Polina Aug Cast: Alexander Kuznetsov, Alexandra Andreeva Cast: Milos Bikovic, Aleksandra Bortich, Genre: Comedy Revenko, Vasiliy Butkevich Genre: Drama, history, biography Ivan Okhlobystin, Aleksandr Samoylenko, In Russian with English subtitles Genre: Drama In Russian with English subtitles Mariya Mironova In Russian with English subtitles Genre: Comedy Boris Arkadiev, a fi ctional Soviet stand- Having dedicated his life to the prepara- In Russian with English subtitles up comedian, is tormented not only by Savva is a misfi t, intellectual, and nihilist tion of the revolution in the Russian Em- external oppression and censorship but from the Hood who owns the computer pire, Vladimir Lenin, living in exile in Swit- Servant (The Peasant) is a film about also by his own insecurities that poison club ‘The Kettle’. He is twenty-fi ve, and zerland, desperately seeks a way back love, values and modern life. A typical all his relationships. Fame, combined with he is tired of life. He is bored of drinking, to Russia to take control. Options are representative of the “golden youth” a lack of personal freedom, is driving him doping, and going with the fl ow. Savva’s few when Lenin receives an off er from Grisha brings his rich father to the brink crazy — especially when the same people existential crisis deepens after his old Alexander Parvus, revolutionist who also of despair, who sends him to be re- who dictate his work keep summoning friend Roman commits suicide. The last worked for Germans, to smuggle Lenin educated in an unusual village. Not only Arkadiev to their villas as a kind of court hope for him is a mysterious meeting in into Russia. Aware such deal could cost does the young man have to work in jester. Finally, the comedian snaps and — the City. He believes it сan help him to him everything, Lenin knows he must out- the stable — but he is also forced to live armed with the exotic American notion of break through the boundaries of the old smart and outmaneuver Parvus and the according to the peasant traditions of the “insult humor” — takes his revenge. world. Germans at any cost… 19th century.
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Through A Black Glass/ Van Goughs / Ван Гоги The Snow Queen: Сквозь чёрное стекло Friday, 29 November 2019 / 09:00 PM Mirrorlands / Снежная Sunday, 01 December 2019 / 08:00 PM Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London Королева: Зазеркалье W1B 2HW Curzon Mayfair, 38 Curzon St, Mayfair, London Saturday, 30 November 2019 / 06:00 PM W1J 7TY Q&A with director Sergey Livnev Cine Lumiere, 17 Queensberry Pl, South Q&A with producer Andrey Sigle and actress 15+ Kensington, London SW7 2DT Vasilisa Denisova Year: 2019 6+ 18+ Country: Russia Year: 2019 Year: 2019 Running time: 1 h 43 min Country: Russia Country: Russia Screenplay: Sergey Livnev Running time: 1 h 27 min Running time: 2 h 19 min Director: Sergey Livnev Screenplay: Robert Lence, Aleksey Screenplay: Konstantin Lopushanskiy Produсers: Sergei Bobza, Igor Pronin, Tsitsilin, Aleksei Zamislov, Vladimir Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy Julia Zaitseva, Maksim Pavlov, Andrei Nikolaev, Andrei Korenkov Produсers: Andrey Sigle Korobov, Daniel Gitman Tadevosyan, Director: Robert Lence, Aleksey Tsitsilin Cast: Maxim Sukhanov, Vasilisa Denisova, Elena Kozhanova Produсers: Yuri Moskovin, Vladimir Nadezhda Markina Cast: Aleksey Serebryakov, Daniel Nikolaev, Boris Mashkovtsev, Pavel Genre: Drama, thriller Olbrychski Stepanov, Vadim Verezhagin In Russian with English subtitles Genre: Drama Genre: Animation, comedy In Russian with English subtitles In Russian with English subtitles The fi lm could be viewed as a modern in- terpretation of the classic story of Cin- Mark Ginzburg is a talented artist who is A powerful king nearly lost his family due derella. It also might be considered as a always depressed. Victor Ginzburg, his fa- to the Snow Queen’s evil deeds. He fi nds tragic melodrama or a religious drama. ther, is a famous conductor. His work is his a way to withdraw all the magic from the It’s vaguely reminiscent of Fyodor Dos- life. He never cared about Mark’s feelings world – they who master the magic pow- toevsky’s short novel “A Gentle Spirit” and tried to mould his son in his image. ers get trapped in the Mirrorlands. The with its confl ict of concepts: it centres on Their highs and lows turned long ago into only one who can stop him and keep the the collision of the two mindsets — reli- a love-hate relationship: more hate than fairytale in our world is Gerda – as her gious and atheist. Finally, it is a love story, love. After Viktor is diagnosed with a fatal own superpower is not sorcery but her with the emotional temperature close to illness, the father and son set off on a dif- faith in kindness and friendship. boiling. fi cult journey.
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The Russian Five / Русская пятёрка Wednesday, 27 November 2019 / 07:30 PM VIP screening, Bulgari Hotel, 171 Knightsbridge, London SW7 1DW Q&A with hockey player Igor Larionov, director BEEF: Russian Hip-Hop / Joshua Riehl, producer Jenny Feterovich 12+ BEEF: Русский хип-хоп Year: 2018 Wednesday, 27 November 2019 / 07:00 PM Nothing Personal / Ничего Country: USA Russia Culture House, 37 Kensington High St, Kamchatka Bears. Life Running time: 1 h 42 min London, W8 5ED Begins / Медведи личного Screenplay: Keith Gave, Joshua Reihl, 15+ DEBUT Jason Wehling Year: 2019 Камчатки. Начало жизни Director: Joshua Riehl Country: Russia Thursday, 28 November 2019 / 06:30 PM Wednesday, 27 November 2019 / 07:00 PM Produсer: John Aldrich, Steve Bannatyne, Running time: 1h 31 minutes Cine Lumiere, 17 Queensberry Pl, South Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London Raisa Churina, John Dean, Jenny Screenplay: Roma Zhigan Kensington, London SW7 2DT WC1A 2TA Feterovich, Keith Gave, Daniel Milstein, Director: Roma Zhigan 12+ 15+ Jason Wehling Produсers: Roma Zhigan, Andrei Year: 2019 Year: 2019 Cast: Sergei Fedorov, Igor Larionov, Alekseev, Andrei Zubov, Alena Mareeva, Country: Russia Country: Russia Vayeslav Fetisov, Vayeslav Kozlov, Alexey Petruhin, Andrey Medvedev, Yuri Running time: 55 min Running time: 37 min Vladimir Konstantinov Dushin, Alexander Serzhantov Screenplay: Vladislav Grishin, Irina Director: Evgeniy Milykh Genre: Documentary Cast: Basta, Miron Fedorov, ST, Kirill Zhuravleva Produсer: Evgeniy Milykh In Russian with English subtitles Tolmatsky, L’One, Timati, Khaski, Guf, Director: Irina Zhuravleva Genre: Documentary Seven Hills, Kirill Trifonov Produсers: Irina Zhuravleva In Russian with English subtitles In the late 1980s, the Detroit Red Wings Genre: Documentary Genre: Documentary worked to fi nally break their decades long In Russian with English subtitles In Russian with English subtitles Evgeny is a specialised locksmith. For the Stanley Cup drought by extracting players past 10 years he has been trying to open from the Soviet Union, and in the process, The complete history of hip-hop in Rus- The fi lm is meditative. Music, the sounds one stubborn lock in his free time, the changed the way North American hockey sia, from its underground period to hitting of nature and the absence of a human only lock that hasn’t give in to him yet. An- is played. The Russian Five is a true story huge stadiums, is seen through the eyes voice allow the viewer to plunge into the drey is an employee of a bank, who seizes of the Russian immigrants that became of the brightest and most iconic repre- beauty of wild nature as much as possible, houses for debts from people. In his spare American heroes and teammates that sentatives of the movement. This fi lm to feel its presence among volcanoes, riv- time he refl ects on the topic “whether or became champions twice. The names looks beyond the state of Russian rap, ers and wild animals, and simultaneously not he lives according to God’s law” … Fedorov, Larionov, Fetisov, Kozlov, and exposing all the confl icts and clashes, experience an important boundary, be- From time to time they meet through work Konstantinov are now legendary and their showing the genre’s true colors and an- yond which a person should not interfere. where each of them is striving to perform infl uence is recognised throughout the swering the question on how it managed The fi lm shows the world that is friendly to the best of their abilities. But with each NHL of today. The award-winning fi lm has to capture this generation’s attention and to those who enter it with respect and an new assignment the work becomes more been growing in views around the world become their anthem. open heart. personal provoking deeper self-analysis. accompanied by the best reviews.
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The Case / Дело Собчака Sunday, 1 December 2019 / 04:00 PM Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA Q&A with director Vera Krichevskaya 18+ Year: 2019 Country: Russia Running time: 1h 57 min Idea and narration: Ksenia Sobchak Screenplay: Vera Krichevskaya, Ksenia Women’s Day Sorokin Trip / Сорокин трип Sobchak Tuesday, 26 November 2019 / 09:00 PM Director: Vera Krichevskaya Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London Saturday, 30 November 2019 / 03:00 PM Produсer: Nino Maisaia W1B 2HW Yura The Musician / Юра Curzon Mayfair, 38 Curzon St, Mayfair, London Cast: Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Q&A with director Dolya Gavanski W1J 7TY Victor Zolotov, Anatoly Sobchak, 18+ музыкант Q&A with writer Anton Zhelnov Alexander Korzhakov, Tatiana Yumasheva Year: 2019 Monday, 25 November 2019 / 06:30 PM Genre: Documentary 15+ Country: Russia, the UK, Germany, Cine Lumiere, 17 Queensberry Pl, South Year: 2019 In Russian with English subtitles Bulgaria Kensington, London SW7 2DT Country: Russia Running time: 1 h 24 minutes 15+ The story of Anatoly Sobchak, Vladimir Running time: 1h 30 min Putin’s patron. The central fi gure of The Screenplay: Dolya Gavanski Year: 2018 Author of the fi lm: Anton Zhelnov Case is Anatoly Sobchak. He was a dem- Director: Dolya Gavanski Country: Russia Director: Ilya Belov ocrat of the fi rst wave in Gorbachev era Produсers: Dolya Gavanski, Tania Running time: 1 h 27 minutes Produсer: Nataliya Golodova and the fi rst mayor of St.-Petersburg Georgieva, Martichka Bozhilova, James Screenplay: Pavel Selin Cast: Vladimir Sorokin who ironically brought Vladimir Putin into Norton Director: Pavel Selin Genre: Documentary power. Ksenia Sobchak, a daughter of Cast: Svetlana Alexievich, Natalya Produсers: Anna Kupa, Dimitr Todorov, In Russian with English subtitles Anatoly Sobchak, is a protagonist. In the Kaspersky, Elena Krygina, Dina Grigoreva Irina Kalinina beginning of the documentary, Ksenia Genre: Documetary, history Cast: The DDT Group, Yuri Shevchuk At the end of the Soviet era Vladimir So- describes the fi lm as an attempt to re- In Russian with English subtitles Genre: Documentary rokin blew up the traditions of Russian construct the events of the last 10 years In Russian with English subtitles literature turning it into the cruel and sub- of her father’s life when she was just a Astonishing stories by women from the versive phantasmagorias. During Putin’s kid. Ksenia tries to answer the questions USSR who reveal their lives from the The fi lm is about the legend of Russian fi rst term he was the target of attacks by why pro-democracy activist Sobchak 1917 revolution to the present day. Inti- rock Yuri Shevchuk and the DDT group. right-wing organisations. Now Sorokin is brought Vladimir Putin, a KGB offi cer, into mate, surprising, funny, eccentric, painful Eleven years of fi lming, dozens of cities: often perceived as a prophet who pre- power and why Boris Yeltsin chose Putin and contradictory — this is the unknown from Ufa to St. Petersburg, from Tallinn dicted the weird and whimsical features as his successor. We uncover the events history of Russian feminism. They were to Karaganda. The fi lm contains frag- of modern Russia. In the documentary the of the power succession, untold special brought up in a culture that had offi cially ments of the DDT concert performances writer refl ects on his life and works, the agent Putin’s operation and Sobchak’s proclaimed women equal to men. They in diff erent years at various venues and Soviet artistic underground, and the aes- pivotal role in it and the eff ect of the crim- were told they could achieve it all. So Shevchuk’s thoughts about life and “what thetics of totalitarian regimes. inal case against him. what was their reality? will happen to the Motherland and us”.
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SELECTION #1 Euthanasia / Эвтаназия An experienced inspector suspects a car- SHORT FILMS diologist of murder. However, he has Year: 2019 doubts, as he does not understand why a RFW SHORT FILMS PROGRAMME Country: Russia kind, intelligent woman would commit the Running Time: 10 min cold, planned murder of her rival, for whom Tuesday, 26 November 2019 / 06:30 PM Director: Elena Brodach her husband left her long ago. Jealousy? Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW Cast: Olga Sutulova, Timofey Tribuntsev A sense of ownership? In exchange for Q&As with directors Elena Brodach (Euthanasia) and Iliya Sherstobitov (S) the truth he off ers information which may ALSO: Saturday, 30 November 2019 / 07:00 PM change the view of the potential criminal. Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1AG All films are in Russian with English subtitles
Delivery Service / Служба доставки Year: 2019 Country: Russia Running time: 13 min Director: Vladimir Koptsev, Elena Koptseva Cast: Andrey Kondratyev, Galina Filimonova, Daria Rumyantseva, Andrey Shimko, Vasilisa Ruchimskaya, Alexander Dummy / Болванка Koptsev Year: 2019 Country: Russia A messenger of the special delivery Running time: 12 min service does his usual job: delivers orders Director: Nikita Vlasov to people’s houses. It’d be an ordinary Cast: Svetlana Kamynina, Ivan Mulin, Farewell / Прощание story, if it wasn’t for the unusual nature of Evgeniya Weiss, Evgeni Sangadzhiev the deliveries themselves which are pure Year: 2019 This is a story about the death of relation- emotions. Any person can send a real joy, Timofey’s fi ance fi nds herself on a land- Country: Russia ship. About how close people can be- love or any memory to the addressee — mine. Now the only person who can help Running Time: 5 min come completely alien to each other. The the messenger will deliver anything at her is Timofey’s mother — a military engi- Director: Maria Fomina story of a misunderstanding. one’s command. But will it make someone neer who does not quite agree with her Cast: Anna Chipovskaya, Egor Koreshkov feel better after receiving it? son’s choice.
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SWAP / Обмен Year: 2019 Country: Russia Running Time: 20 min Director: Aksinya Gog Cast: Fyodor Lavrov, Yuriy Borisov, Vitas Eisenach, Alexey Filatov, Yakov Tikhomirov
1990s. Moscow. Winter. Kingdom of Swe- den Embassy. One terrorist. One hostage.
Goodbye, Amsterdam! / Sveta and Oleg are a modern young Прощай, Амстердам! couple: they eat organic food, exercise White Mark / Белым regularly and are dreaming of moving to по чёрному Year: 2019 Europe. All their plans turn to ruin one Country: Russia day at the supermarket as Sveta gets Year: 2019 Running Time: 15 min bitten by a woman in leopard leggings. Country: Russia Director: Natalia Shinelyova Soon Sveta begins to notice new exotic Running Time: 15 min Cast: Natalia Anisimova, Alexander desires: for leopard print in particular Director: Anton Mamykin Dmitriev, Marina Gaizidorskaya, Valeria and for other habits in general. Oddly Cast: George Marishin, Anna Marlioni, Yakovleva, Ksenia Khudoba, Alexandra enough, the infection that is threatening Svetlana Kolpakova, Yuri Loparev, Sergey Kabanova, Maria Vardenga, Olga Zaitsev, their modern lifestyle can also spark new Shanin Alexander Koltsov passion in couples. The miner confesses to his wife of trea- son. And after that, strange things start to happen. The hero works in the mine, but the dirt does not stick to him, he remains perfectly clean. Colleagues cease to trust a clean miner, the boss removes him from the brigade, the wife makes a scandal. The hero does not withstand such pres- sure and gives up. Looking for a solution S he comes up with an idea. Year: 2019 Country: Russia Running Time: 9 min Director: Ilya Sherstobitov Cast: Vlada Erofeev, Feruza Ruzieva
This story can happen in any city in the world. There are no main characters and life is passing through the fi lm like it would through an hourglass. Fear permeate every second of the fi nale.
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SELECTION #2 Spare / Запаска SHORT FILMS Year: 2019 RFW SHORT FILMS PROGRAMME Country: Russia Running Time: 12 min Thursday, 28 November 2019 / 7:00 PM Director: Vitaly Shepelev Cast: Maxim Gromov, Anastasia Tsoy, Ivan Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA Latushko, Ilya Kiporenko Q&As with director Radda Novikova (Dark like the Night. Karenina) All films are in Russian with English subtitles A three glamorous characters have or- dered a taxicab with an autopilot naviga- tion to get to a fashion show on time. The smart system has chosen the route away from the dangerous districts with criminal gangs. But there is a temptation to make the route shorter, and so the antagonists are in a tight corner: the wind screen is going to break under a head of metal bar and aggressive gangs. What should they do, where to go and who to call for help? Fortunately, the transport company pro- vides a “spare.”
Dark like the night. Karenina/Тёмная как ночь. Каренина Year: 2019 Country: Russia Running Time: 8 min Director: Radda Novikova Cast: Yulia Peresild, Maxim Sukhanov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Konstantin The End of War / Конец Khabenskiy, Matvey Lykov, Mikhail Gorevoy войны Allegro Moderato Year: 2019 Year: 2019 Love and betrayal, faith and treason — Country: Russia Country: Russia nothing has changed in our world since Running Time: 20 min The Future is Here / Running Time: 16 min ‘Anna Karenina’ by Leo Tolstoy. The ques- Director: Sergey Ramz Director: Zurab Dzhidzhiilava tion is, will a modern woman be willing to Cast: Mikhail Troynik, Filipp Dyachkov, Будущее. Рядом Cast: Darya Moroz, Larisa Udovichenko, become a victim of circumstances and Ivan Lapin, Nikita Loginov Running Time: 5 min Grigory Nekrasov, Ekaterina Panasyuk public opinion or will she be standing up Director: Igor Verstov for her life? Alexander Tsypkin, an author While returning from war, the captain of Cast: Egor Shevtsov, Igor Kolesnikov The story of the musician Vasiliy who is and script-writer, has his own view of Anna the Soviet army falls into an abandoned following his dream. Not only does he Karenina of modern times, together with well. A random criminal wants to kill and A well-to-do young man comes to see have to audition in front of the world- the producer Radda Novikova they have rob him, but a doomed captain must re- a psychiatrist for a mental check-up. Word renowned maestro, but also he has to created a gloomy but very beautiful world port this crime even after his death in or- by word, and the character fi nds himself unravel the opponent’s scheme. of the gossip media and so-called friends. der not to be listed as missing. in some kind of a dreadful dream …
42 RUSSIAN FILM WEEK 2019 43 SHORT FILMS SHORT FILMS SHORT FILMS SELECTION #3 RFW SHORT FILMS PROGRAMME
Friday, 29 November 2019 / 7:00 PM Russia Culture House, 37 Kensington High St, London, W8 5ED Q&As with director Sergey Tselikov (Adjika Extreme Team) Arkady / Аркадий Our times. The time of tolerance, total All films are in Russian with English subtitles equality and fraternity. An intern, a trial for Year: 2019 the experimental all-national programme Country: Russia “Tolerant Russia”, joins the police station Action Running Time: 12 min of the N city. Arkadiy Chizhikov, the young Director: Ekaterina Stashevskaya Year: 2019 and law-abiding Russian brown bear who Cast: Grigory Chaban, Ilya Lovky, Yuriy Country: Russia speaks Russian and walks like a human. Safarov, Yakov Tikhomirov, Alexander Running Time: 3 min The humble and silent intern does his best Pronkin, Nikolay Zhuravlev Director: Karimova Railya to blend into the team and earn trust and Cast: Karimova Railya respect. But the team doesn’t accept the newcomer. Synopsis: Life is a drama, but nobody cares. Fucktower / Фактауэр Year: 2019 Country: Russia Running Time: 18 min Director: Vitali Dudnik Cast: Ilya Malanin, Uliya Khlynina, Isa Novikov, Adam James
Viktor and Olga are fi ghting in court for the guardianship of their son, Kyrill. In secret from her ex-husband, Olga is go- ing to move abroad with her son and her new boyfriend, Ben. But Victor fi nds out about her intentions.
My Name is Petya / Меня зовут Петя Adjika Extreme Team / A training session of extreme sport ac- Running Time: 15 min. tivists “ADJIKA” is interrupted by the ar- Director: Daria Binevskaya «Аджика» экстремальный rival of a stranger. He off ers them money Cast: Nadia Slavezkaya, Peter Del, клуб and promises them instant fame. All they Svetlana Bolshakova, Ekaterina Finevich, Year: 2019 have to do for him in return is one simple Sophia Bazhenova and Sofi a Belova Country: Russia favour… Running Time: 20 min On a late winter night, a mother with two Director: Sergey Tselikov young children gets into an isolated room Cast: Dmitriy Trusov, Alexander of an infectious disease hospital. Strange Golodiskiy, Ivan Orlov, Alexander Puris, events begin to happen there that would Sergey Bazarov, Yuriy Gumirov turn her life upside down.
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EVENTS EVENTS
VR-MOVIES
46 RUSSIAN FILM WEEK 2019 47 EVENTS EVENTS VR-Movies Thursday, 28 November — 1 December 2019 For exact times please refer to our website The Exhibitionist Hotel, 8–10 Queens- berry Pl, South Kensington, London SW7 2EA / Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW
For the second time Russian Film Week presenting the selection of various Russian VR and 360 projects as a part of Russian VR Seasons program. This time guests and visitors of the festival will have a chance to see animation, documentary and fiction works produced mostly by independent creators as well as by professional studios specialising on 360 video production. Our goal is to present an overview of different genres and styles in which these kind of projects might be produced. However, for those who are interested in Russian nature, culture and history there would be plenty of emotions to experience! Russia: Immersive adventure VReadings — Bezhin Meadow Special Events Curator — VR Georgy Molodtsov Planetpics Mediahouse is proud to 3603D version of Oculus Quill anima- present an 8-minute documentary in- tion made for “VReadings” projects. People who join the search and res- spiring to travel around the biggest Yuri Kolokolnikov (Game of Thrones) cue squad have completely diff erent country in the world. Addressing to a reads Russian classic I. Turgenev in fates, but one common challenge — dweller of a modern metropolis, the a special project VR Readings dedi- to help the lost people no matter movie represents notes from a trav- cated to the popularisation of read- what. This VR 360 fi lm, created by eler’s diary, and through personal ing and visiting libraries in Russia. students of the Moscow Film School, experience seeks to inspire each of will allow viewers to look at both sides Project initiated by the Central City us to study the geography and travel of Liza Alert volunteers’ live. Youth Library “Svetlovka” as a tribute more. Filming was carried out in 9 re- to Ivan Turgenev’s 200 anniversary. Lisa Alert — The Search Uncapitals — Поморы 360 gions of Russia. Planetpics crew has A short fi lm about the search and In September 2017 Northern artists managed to capture the most viv- VReadings — Torrents of Spring rescue volunteer organisation “Liza and curators visited Arkhangelsk id masterpieces of Russia’s nature 3603D version of Oculus Quill anima- Alert” — http://lizalert.org. The story region to research Pomor history tion made for “VReadings” projects. of a young girl who participates in and culture. In one of the oldest and which even an experienced trave- Aglaya Tarasova (“Ice”, “Interns”) a search and rescue operation for unique Pomor places untouched by ler is not always lucky to witness: the fi rst time. As a result, she not time — Vorzogory, locals are trying to nesting guillemots on the Kola Pen- reads Russian classic I. Turgenev in only fi nds the missing boy, but also save the heritage. insula, cloud formation on Ai-Petri a special project “VR Readings” ded- like-minded people. Mountain, swimming of a ringed seal icated to the popularisation of read- Qumi-Qumi — Hocus-Pocus Lisa Alert — Ordinary Heroes Hocus Pocus is a multi-ending plot and singing of gray whales in Kam- ing and visiting libraries in Russia. This fi lm is about everyday work story. Huppy up! Fantastic adven- chatka. The project was commis- Project initiated by the Central City of volunteers of the search and res- tures in the magical world of Kumi-Ku- sioned by the Russian Geographical Youth Library “Svetlovka” as a tribute cue squad “Liza Alert”. mi are waiting for you! Society in 12K-resolution. to Ivan Turgenev’s 200 anniversary.
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Immersive Combat: Tesla Punk The Dawn VR In a post-dystopia an android defends The plot of the fi lm touches on the her outpost of high technology. When topic of lucid dreaming and sleep pa- her Kung Fu moves fail to beat her ralysis. In the main character, under sword-wielding steampunk oppo- mysterious circumstances, the older nent, she must escalate the fi ght and brother dies. Immediately after that, unleash the deadly energy weapons extremely realistic nightmares begin built into her own body. to haunt her. The girl goes to the In- stitute of Somnology, where she, together with other patients, is im- mersed in a joint lucid dream. Howev- er, after waking up, they all fi nd them- selves in a reality that is worse than any nightmare. The Nominal Empire In “The Nominal Empire” we’ve com- bined Quill animation and the con- cept of “physical theatre”. Putting on the Oculus headset, a participant fi nds himself as a citizen of the total- itarian theatrical country, where the stage director has become a dictator. EVENTS To run the story, a participant needs to take correct “physical theatre” pos- es in reality and in VR. Elbrus VR The fi rst documentary fi lm in the for- Other People’s Trouble mat of virtual reality about the ascent Most of us would walk away if they to Elbrus — the highest point of Eu- saw a trouble happening. Will you rope. Every year hundreds of people do it now? The fi lm is comprised of come to Elbrus to climb to the top of the three novellas bounded by the this volcano. What causes them to en- current issues of the urban socie- dure fatigue and pain, lack of comfort ty: separation, lack of social unity, and severe weather? Why, despite all lack of communication and compas- the diffi culties that travelers are wait- sion. By immersing yourself into this ing for at every step, do people still 360 VR fi lm you are confronted with aspire to the summit, even if they stay a question, Should I do something or there only a few minutes, after hours should I stay in my comfort zone? You of a long, exhausting journey? To an- are the one to choose. The project is swer these questions the viewer must aimed at increasing social awareness go all the way to the top together with and empathy. the fi lm group.
50 RUSSIAN FILM WEEK 2019 51 EVENTS EVENTS Events Danila Kozlovsky is a renowned European INDUSTRY FORUM and Russian actor, director and producer. 28 November 2019,10:30 AM — 7:30 PM make sure that the Forum is packed with RFW FILM TALK: DANILA He starred in the latest season of MGM’s Vi- 29 November 2019, 10:30 AM — 5:00 PM panel-discussions, workshops, pitching and kings series, as well as BBC distributed Mc- casting sessions. KOZLOVSKY — FROM ACTOR Mafi a, as well as critically acclaimed Russian TO DIRECTOR, FROM RUSSIA BFI Southbank, Belvedere Rd, South The great number of topics is covered at fi lms like Alexey German Jr’s «Dovlatov» Bank, London SE1 8XT the Industry Forum starting from fi lming TO EUROPE and Ilya Naishuller’s «Hardcore Henry». opportunities and independent fi lm distri- Sunday, December 1 / 11:30 AM - 01:30 PM In 2019 he debuted as a Director with the The RFW brings together top decision mak- bution in Russia and the UK to fi nancing of sports drama «The Coach» and is currently ers from the Russian fi lm industry and their Theatre Royal Haymarket, 18 Suff olk fi lms through private and public sources. directing and producing a number of fi lms UK counter partners to open possibilities of Street , London SW1Y 4HT set to launch in the next two years. As well as for organised talks and case working together and producing new pro- The Russian Film Week is proud to bring you Filip Perkon, who will act as the host of the jects. To make the networking as benefi cial studies, there is always an opportunity for the valuable one-on-one meetings with key another public talk with an esteemed inter- talk, is the Founder and General Producer as possible we have invited fi lm profession- national fi lmmaker, Danila Kozlovsky. The of the Russian Film Week and the Golden als from various parts of the industry includ- decision-makers, an essential part in forging new relationships. talk will be hosted by the RFW’s General Pro- Unicorn Awards, through Perkon Produc- ing producers, casting directors, distribu- ducer, Filip Perkon at the Haymarket Thea- tions. He has been producing events since tors, screenwriters, investors and actors to Refreshments will be off ered. tre in an interactive talk show format. The talk the age of 16 and now boasts a portfolio will be focused on Danila’s journey of fi rst of more than 50 completed projects. He is becoming a successful actor in Russia and also a frequent speaker on event produc- then embarking on an acting career abroad, tion and startup investing. Filip is part of whilst simultaneously pursuing directing, and the World Economic Forum’s Global Shap- the associated challenges and decisions that ers community and a board member of the he faced during these transitions. Russian Community Council in the UK.
VLADIMIR KHOTINENKO’S About Vladimir Khotinenko MASTERCLASS Born in 1952, Altai region, town of Slavgo- POSTERS ACROSS BORDERS: PRODUCTION AND MODERN rod. He graduated from The Highest Cours- BRITISH FILM POSTERS TECHNOLOGIES es of Directors and Screenwrites in 1981. OF RUSSIAN FILMS on the world of cinema, giving the world the Friday, 29 November 2019 / 7:00 PM Khotinenko produced a number of fi lms and 24 November — 02 December 2019 Stanislavsky method and talents like Eisen- TV series recognised internationally and in Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, stein, Tarkovsky and Zvyagintsev. In times of Russia, including Mirror for a Hero (1987), The Exhibitionist Hotel, 8–10 Queensber- political tensions and barriers, Russian fi lms London WC1A 2TA Patriotic Comedy (1992), Makarov (1993), ry Pl, South Kensington, London SW7 2EA have screened around the world, acting as Musulmanin (1995) (Gran Prix at The Mon- In Russian language a medium to build bridges and cultural un- treal World Film Festival), 72 Meters (2003). Accompanied by a VR experience derstanding in their host countries. The best Director, screenwriter and producer, Vladimir TV mini-series The Fall of the Empire were The Lumiere brothers fi rst screened a fi lm in Russian fi lms have been released in the UK Khotinenko has been teaching at the acting awarded TEFI. His other TV mini-series Dos- Russia in May 1896 and then their camera- since the inception of the industry. This ex- school VGIK and Mikhalkov Academy from toevsky (2010) and Besy (2014) were given man, Camille Cerf, shot the fi rst fi lm in the hibition explores the phenomenon of Rus- 1995 and 2015. During The Russian Film The Golden Eagle award. Week he will be presenting his new fi lm The country depicting the coronation of Tsar sian fi lm distribution in the UK as evidence Film Benefi ciaries (2015) refl ected on prob- Nicholas II at the Kremlin, paving the way of cross-cultural dialogue. The works in this Lenin Factor and giving the masterclass on lems in modern Russia, it was rewarded production and modern technologies. Khoti- for a unique and extraordinary motion pic- exhibition are original British quad posters Gran Prix at The International TV Film Forum ture industry in the Russian Empire, inherited of Russian Film, produced and distributed in nenko will share his valuable experience on “Together”. stages of production and new technological by the Soviet Union, developed and passed the UK. They are borrowed from the private methods in fi lmmaking. on to the modern Russian Federation. Russia collection of Filip Perkon, the General Pro- fi lmmakers have had a fundamental impact ducer of the Russian Film Week in the UK.
52 RUSSIAN FILM WEEK 2019 53 THE GOLDEN UNICORN AWARDS THE GOLDEN UNICORN AWARDS
competing with bears for Fateich and the Sea Screening for The Best Film on centuries and practically Year: 2018 eliminating them as a Director: Alina Ecology, winner of The Golden species. But humans don’t Rudnitskaya and Sergey become stronger when Vinokurov Unicorn Awards 2019 they are in battle but Duration: 73 min rather when they are in Country: Russia, Finland, love, and by taking care Poland of the bears. ‘The Land of Bears’ is a fi lm about The fi lm transports us to Sunday, 1 December 2019 / 2:00 PM a place where the love the Russian Far East, to Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA of humans and bears is the uninhabited island The goal of The Best Film on Ecology award is to increase awareness about various mutual. You have never of Rikord, in the Gulf of ecological issues by bringing them to the attention of the foreign audience. This seen this side of bears Peter the Great. The main initiative is a result of a collaboration between Sibur and the Golden Unicorn Awards, before. character, Fateich, takes whose main goal is to support talented directors and fi lm makes in creating good quality care of his underwater content on environmental issues in Russia. This year selection covers various topics The Poisonous farm and gathers seafood starting from tackling the ecological catastrophe of Baikal lake to cleaning Arctic islands Waters of Indonesia delicatessen with his from waste and observing the water contamination in Indonesia. Year: 2019 family. While showing Director: Ekaterina the incredible nature and Kozhakina underwater landscapes of NOMINATION FILMS Duration: 25 min the Far East, the fi lm tells The Wounded Island Country: Russia and a story of a man who is Year: 2018 Indonesia deeply connected to the of Dashi are well-known Director: Pavel Handorin internationally, they are Many fi shermen can be world that surrounds him. Duration: 37 min seen on this river even bought in Britain, New Country: Russia Zealand, France, Finland, though there is no fi sh A vacation on the North to be found. They are, in Taiwan, China, Spain, Ita- Pole. And not just any ly, Russia and Kazakhstan. fact, fi shing for garbage. vacation – hard work The Citarum river in the His works are purchased in the name of a better by philanthropists all over Indonesian province future. This is the of West Java is the the world and his exhibi- preferred type of getaway tions are being held in the most polluted river on from civilisation of the the planet. Businesses best museums. Modern volunteers of ‘Green scientists confi rm that the dump over 280 tonnes Arctic’, an ecological of waste in it on a daily Father Baikal state of the Baikal lake is and socially responsible an ecological catastrophe. basis, meanwhile the Year: 2018 The Land of Bears organisation in Russia. The sculpture ‘Father Bai- locals use it at a sewage Director: Marina Maria Year: 2018 As soon as they fi nish kal’ and the documentary and a garbage bin even Mel’nik Director: Daria Hrenova working on one island, aims to shine light on the though they then use Duration: 84 min Duration: 52 min they move to another one. ecological problems in it for everyday life and Country: Russia Country: Russia Pavel Handorin, as one agriculture. As a result, Siberia. A documentary about The bear is a petrifying of the participants of the the river has become a a sculptor, Dashi Namda- giant, a symbol of power expedition, directed a fi lm serious health hazard and kov, and about the work and might. Humans about the legacy of the every year it is getting of his lifetime – ‘Father dreamt of having an past and the struggle for worse. Baikal’. The sculptures ancestor like that, making history.
54 RUSSIAN FILM WEEK 2019 55 JURY MEMBERS
Olga Michi Travel blogger, photographer and fi lm producer.
Sergey Apresov Journalist, science popularizer, Chief Editor of Vokrug Sveta magazine.
Irina Zhuravlyuova The director and producer of Kamchatka Bears. Life begins — multi-award movie, laureate of Zolotoy Oryol Award as Best Documentary, 2018. PARTIES Alexander Tsypkin The writer, scriptwriter and director.
Alexander Melnik The director, scriptwriter, member of the Guild of Filmmakers of Russia.
Irena Ponaroshku TV host, journalist, blogger, eco-activist.
Vasily Akkerman The writer, publicist
57 PARTIES PARTIES Opening Premiere and Party Closing Premiere and After Party
Sunday, 24 November 2019 / 06:00 PM Odeon Luxe Leicester Square 22-24, Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LQ Red Carpet World Premiere of Servant (The Peasant) (12+ Advisory Age Rating) in Russian with English subtitles Sunday, 1 December 2019 / 6:30 PM BFI Southbank, NFT1, Belvedere Rd, South Bank, London SE1 8XT 06.00-07.00 Arrivals; photos and red carpet Closing UK Premiere screening of The End of Season 07.00-08.30 Opening Ceremony and Film Screening (16+Advisory Age Rating) in Russian with English subtitles 08.30-09.00 Q&A with Director Klim Shipenko and actress Mariya Mironova 06.30-07.00 Arrivals; photos and red carpet
09.00-01.00 RFW Kaspersky Opening Party at the W Hotel 07.00-08.35 Film Screening and Closing Ceremony (add on ticket required) 08.35-09.00 Q&A with Director Konstantin Khudyakov The Film: Klim Shipenko, the Director behind the acclaimed “Salyut 7” fi lm, brings a 09.00-12.00 After Party BFI Southbank with Director Konstantin romantic comedy to the big screen. A comedy about love, values and modern Khudyakov (add on ticket required) life. Synopsis: A typical representative of the “golden youth” Grisha brings his rich The Closing After Party, from 9.00 pm until 12.00 am, will include champagne, father to the brink of despair, who sends him to be re-educated in an unusual drinks and canapés (included in ticket price). village. Not only does the young man have to work in a stable - but he is also forced to live according to the peasant traditions of the 19th century. The fi lm is going to be released in Russia at the end of December 2019.
The Cinema: The iconic Odeon Leicester Square has recently been refurbished into a 800 seat cinema theatre with luxury reclining seats, bars and state of the art sound and picture.
The RFW Kaspersky Opening Party: The red carpet premiere and screening will be followed by the offi cial opening party of the Russian Film Week at the W Hotel. Expect good food, drinks and a lot of fi lm discussions.
58 RUSSIAN FILM WEEK 2019 59 Partners & Sponsors
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