24 Nov - 1 Dec 2019 GUIDE THIS IS A CURATED GUIDE NOT THE WHOLE PROGRAMME Family Abigail + Q&A The Regent Street Cinema, 1 Dec, 12 pm 1 h 50 min | Fantasy The town that Abigail lives in has been closed for years due to a mysterious epidemic. Abigail’s journey in search of her father will completely overturn everything she thought she knew about magic, herself and the world surrounding her. Director: Alexander Boguslavsky Stars: Tinatin Dalakishvili, Eddie Marsan, Artem Tkachenko, Ravshana Kurkova, Marta Timofeeva Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q My Little Sister The Regent Street Cinema, 30 Nov, 6.30 pm 1 h 34 min I Drama, History The film is a screen adaptation of the never-ageing classics of Soviet literature, the novel “The Joy of Our House” by Mustai Karim. As long as Yamil can remember himself, the War has always been here. Yamil is waiting for the War to be over so his father would return home. He is asked to take care of the little girl Oksana as of his sister. Director: Aleksandr Galibin Stars: Arslan Krymchurin, Marta Timofeeva Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q Magician + Q&A The Regent Street Cinema, 30 Nov, 1.30 pm 1 h 27 min | Comedy, Drama Once popular rock-musician Fima drags pitiful existence. Everything changes when he begins to give guitar lessons to the boy Roma who has cerebral palsy. Director: Mikhail Morskov Stars: Maksim Sukhanov, Semen Treskunov, Irina Kupchenko Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q Documentary Kamchatka Bears. Life Begins Cine Lumiere, 28 Nov, 6.30 pm 55 min I Documentary The film is meditative. Music, the sounds of nature and the absence of a human voice allow the viewer to plunge into the beauty of wild nature and simultaneously experience an important boundary, beyond which a person should not interfere. The film shows the world of nature that lives in line with its laws — one that is friendly to those who enter it with respect and an open heart. Director: Irina Zhuravleva Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q Women’s Day + Q&A The Regent Street Cinema, 26 Nov, 9 pm 1 h 24 min I Documentary, History Astonishing stories by women from the USSR who reveal their lives from the 1917 revolution to the present day. Intimate, surprising, funny, eccentric, painful and contradictory - this is the unknown history of Russian feminism. Director: Dolya Gavanski Stars: Svetlana Alexievich, Natalya Kaspersky, Elena Krygina, Dina Grigoreva Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q Sorokin Trip + Q&A Curzon Mayfair, 30 Nov, 3 pm 1 h 30 min I Documentary, Biography During the Soviet era Vladimir Sorokin blew up the traditions of Russian literature turning it into the cruel and subversive phantasmagorias. During Putin’s first term he was the target of attacks by right-wing organisations. Now Sorokin is often perceived as a prophet who predicted features of modern Russia. Authors: Anton Zhelnov, Yuri Saprykin Director: Ilya Belov Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q History The Conquest Of Siberia + Q&A Curzon Mayfair, 25 Nov, 8.50 pm 1h 48 min I Drama, History Ivan Demarin is a young officer of the Imperial Guard during the rule of Peter the Great. He follows the Tsar’s order and goes to Tobolsk, the frontier town located deep in Siberian forests. Director: Igor Zaytsev Stars: Ilya Malanin, Dmitriy Dyuzhev, Dmitriy Nazarov, Pavel Tabakov Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q Т-34 + Q&A The Regent Street Cinema, 28 Nov, 8.30 pm 2 h 19 min I Drama, History In the times of the greatest catastrophes in the history of humanity, when lives of loved ones depend on every step of an action, two sworn enemies will meet in a battle. Being hold as a prisoner, young lieutenant Ivushkin is planning a daring escape. He assembles a crew and challenges the German tank aces led by Jager. Director: Aleksey Sidorov Stars: Alexander Petrov, Viktor Dobronravov, Irina Starshenbaum, Vintsents Kifer Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q Convoy 48 + Q&A The Regent Street Cinema, 1 Dec, 6 pm 2 h 05 min I Drama, History Based on a true story the film is about several young women in the setting of one of the most large-scale and vital battles of the Second World War – the defence of Leningrad. Director: Fedor Popov Stars: Igor Yasulovich, Artyom Melnichuk, Anastasia Tsibizova Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q Comedy The Humorist + Q&A Cine Lumiere, 28 Nov, 8.30 pm 1 h 40 min I Comedy, Drama The Humorist is a film about a week in the life of Boris Arkadiev, a fictional Soviet stand-up comedian. Boris is tormented not only by external oppression and censorship but also by his own insecurities that poison all his relationships. Director: Michael Idov Stars: Yuriy Kolokolnikov, Aleksey Agranovich, Alisa Khazanova, Polina Aug Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q The Peasant + Q&A Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, 24 Nov, 6 pm Opening premiere, 1 h 30 min I Comedy A typical representative of the “golden youth” Grisha brings his rich father to the brink of despair, who sends him to be re-educated in an unusual village where he is forced to live according to the peasant traditions of the 19th century. Director: Klim Shipenko Stars: Milos Bikovic, Aleksandra Bortich, Ivan Okhlobystin, Aleksandr Samoylenko, Mariya Mironova Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q Another Woman The Regent Street Cinema, 30 Nov, 4 pm 1 h 32 min I Comedy, Romance Masha, a gynaecology doctor, is so absorbed in her work that she doesn’t immediately realise that her husband is about to leave her. Masha won’t stop at anything to get him back. Director: Anna Parmas Stars: Anna Mikhalkova, Anton Filipenko Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q Romance and drama High Above + Q&A The Regent Street Cinema, 28 Nov, 6 pm 1 h 44 min I Drama, Romance A young girl spends her summer in a countryside resort under the strict supervision of her mother. A young guy with a secret past draws her attention. The girl does not foresee that her life will change forever after meeting him, and her feelings will lift her high above. Director: Oksana Karas Stars: Taisia Vilkova, Polina Vitorgan, Viktoria Tolstoganova, Filipp Avdeev, Daria Jovner, Aleksey Agranovich Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q The End Of Season + Q&A The BFI, 01 Dec, 6.30 pm Closing premiere, 1h 35 min I Romance, Drama The film tells a story of three sisters, daughters of a Soviet general. They live in Baltic provincial city but dream to move back to Russia. However, the fate has its own plans about the sisters. Director: Konstantin Khudyakov Stars: Yuliya Peresild, Yulia Snigir, Anna Chipovskaya, Evgeniy Tsyganov Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q Love Them All + Q&A The Regent Street Cinema, 01 Dec, 3 pm 1 h 42 min I Thriller, Romance She always has a plan, an individual plan for each man. They always pay, either to be with her or to get rid of her. But who can distinguish between the deceit driven by money and the moment genuine feelings begin? Director: Maria Agranovich Stars: Alena Mikhailova, Sergei Garmash, Alexander Kuznetsov, Alexander Tronov Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q Action The Balkan Line + Q&A Curzon Mayfair, 26 Nov, 8.15 pm 2 h 31 min I Action, Drama, Thriller Yugoslavia, 1999. The Russian task force receives an order to take control of the Slatina airport in Kosovo and hold it until the arrival of the reinforcements. Director: Andrey Volgin Stars: Anton Pampushny, Gosha Kutsenko, Milos Bikovic, Milena Radulovic, Ravshana Kurkova Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q Brotherhood The Regent Street Cinema, 25 Nov, 8.30 pm 1 h 53 min I Action, History The end of the Soviet-Afghan war: 1988-1989. Based on actual events, the previously untold story of the courageous and tragic withdrawal campaign (through the Salang pass) reveals danger, horror and complexity of human nature during wartime. Director: Pavel Lungin Stars: Mikhail Kremer, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Kirill Pirogov, Yan Tsapnik Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q The Factory + Q&A Curzon Mayfair, Nov 27, 8.50 pm 1 h 49 min I Action, Drama When owner Kalugin, a well-connected local oligarch, announces that his factory is bankrupt, a group of workers who haven’t been paid for months kidnap him for ransom. Director: Yury Bykov Stars: Denis Shvedov, Vladislav Abashine, Andrey Smolyakov, Alexander Bukharov Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q Text + Q&A Bulgari Hotel, 29 Nov, 7.30 pm VIP screening, 2 h 12 min I Thriller A 27-year-old Ilya Goryunov spent seven years in prison on false charges of drug trafficking. Although he does not intend to take revenge on the man who framed him, there is no other way out. Director: Klim Shipenko Stars: Alexander Petrov, Kristina Asmus, Dmitriy Glukhovskiy, Pavel Golubev, Ivan Yankovskiy Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q Break + Q&A The Regent Street Cinema, 25 Nov, 6 pm 1 h 25 min I Action, Thriller A group of friends goes up to the top of a mountain in a cable car on a New Year’s Eve. Their adventure turns into a real nightmare when, in the middle of the celebration, the rickety carriage gets stuck over the abyss. Director: Tigran Sahakyan Stars: Ingrid Olerinskaya, Denis Kosyakov, Irina Antonenko, Mikhail Filippov, Andrei Nazimov Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q In The Port Of Cape Town + Q&A Bulgari Hotel, 1 Dec, 2.30 pm 1 h 47 min | Action, Thriller Three of them met only once in the Far East of Russia in 1945.