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| Name | Director | Starring | Ganre | Raiting | Duration | Subtitles | Friday January 22 |
Saturday January 23 |
Sunday January 24 |
Monday January 25 |
Tuesday January 26 |
Wednesday January 27 |
Thursday January 28 |
Friday January 29 |
Saturday January 30 |
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| Tsoy |
Alexey Uchitel |
Yevgeny Tsyganov, Marina Spivak, Paulina Andreeva, Igor Vernik |
Drama |
PG (12+) |
98 min. |
English |
8:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
Tsoy | |||||||
| VGIK Shorts Collection |
Short films by students of the Gerasimov Institue of Cinematography (VGIK) |
Films by Yana Chizh, Anton Ermolin, Sofya Meledina and Mira Akirova |
Short films |
PG (13+) |
English |
6:00 PM |
12:00 PM |
VGIK Shorts Collection | ||||||||
| Streltsov |
Ilya Uchitel |
Alexander Petrov, Stasia Miloslavskaya, Victor Dobronravov |
Drama, Sports |
PG (6+) |
101 min. |
English |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
Streltsov | |||||||
| Mara (The Side Effect) |
Alexey Kazakov |
Alexandra Revenko, Marina Vasilieva, Semyon Syorzin |
Horror |
R (18+) |
93 min. |
Eng. Sub |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
Mara (The Side Effect) | |||||||
| Deeper! |
Mikhail Segal |
Alexander Pall, Liubov Aksyonova, Oleg Gaas |
Comedy |
R (18+) |
109 min. |
English |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
Deeper! | |||||||
| Space Dogs: Tropical Adventure |
Inna Evlannikova |
Evgeny Mironov, Irina Pegova, Yulia Peresild |
Kids & Family, Animation |
PG (3+) |
84 min. |
English |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
Space Dogs: Tropical Adventure | |||||||
| Shtetlers |
Katya Ustinova |
Documentary |
PG (6+) |
79 min. |
English |
6:00 PM |
Shtetlers | |||||||||
| Hypnosis |
Valeriy Todorovsky |
Maxim Sukhanov, Sergey Giro, Ekaterina Fedulova |
Thriller |
PG (13+) |
112 min. |
English |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
Hypnosis | |||||||
| Goodbye America |
Sarik Andreasyan |
Leanka Grâu; Dmitry Nagiev; Yuri Stoyanov; |
Comedy |
PG (12+) |
101 min. |
English |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
Goodbye America | |||||||
| The Conference |
Ivan Tverdovsky |
Natalya Pavlenkova |
Drama |
R (18+) |
129 min |
English |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
The Conference | |||||||
| The Man from Podolsk |
Semen Syorzin |
Victoria Isakova, Vadik Korolyov |
Comedy |
R (18+) |
92 min. |
English |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
The Man from Podolsk | |||||||
| In Deep Sleep |
Marina Ignatenko |
Vadik Korolyov |
Drama |
R (18+) |
67 min. |
English |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
In Deep Sleep | |||||||
| Sententia |
Dmitriy Rudakov |
Alexander Ryazantsev, Pavel Tabakov, Fyodor Lavrov, Ivan Krasko |
Drama |
PG (12+) |
90 min. |
English |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
Sententia | |||||||
| This is Edik |
Ivan Proskuryakov |
Documentary, Animation |
PG (12+) |
113 min. |
English |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
This is Edik | ||||||||
| The Time Guardians |
Alexey NIkolaev |
Ksenia Alekseeva, Pavel Trubiner, Liubov Tolkalina |
Kids & Family, Adventure |
PG (12+) |
94 min. |
English |
6:00 PM |
9:00 PM |
The Time Guardians | |||||||
| Slava’s Journey |
Steve Haisman and Clive Howard |
Slava Polunin |
Documentary |
PG (6+) |
64 min. |
English |
6:00 PM |
12:00 PM |
Slava’s Journey | |||||||
| All About my Sister |
Anna Tchernakova |
Yelisey Mysin, Yevgenia Scherbinina |
Kids & Family, Adventure |
PG (6+) |
90 min. |
English |
6:00 PM |
6:00 PM |
All About my Sister | |||||||
| Stanislavsky |
Yulia Bobkova |
Documentary |
PG (12+) |
English |
6:00 PM |
12:00 PM |
Stanislavsky | |||||||||
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| EVENT NAME | SCREENING DATE START/END | SUMMARY |
| Tsoy | OPENING NIGHT: Friday, Jan 22 – Monday, Jan 25 |
This highly controversial release from renowned director Alexei Uchitel imagines the aftermath of the fateful 1990 car accident that killed Soviet rock idol Victor Tsoy. A surreal road trip ensues as Pavel, the other driver in the collision, must transport Tsoy’s remains back to Saint Petersburg. The film spans the private pain felt by Tsoy’s loved ones and the tragic impact on an entire generation. Tsoy’s death, months before the fall of the Soviet Union, was an auger of change to come. |
| Mara (The Side Effect) | Saturday, Jan 23 – Tuesday, Jan 26 |
In this thrilling horror film, a home invasion disrupts the happy life of Andrey and Olya. Now, Andrey’s only dream is to erase this horrific night from Olya’s memory. A desperate search leads Andrey to a house on an embarkment, where the mysterious healer Mara, played by the sinister Aleksandra Revenko, supplies a special cure… with some disturbing side effects. |
| Streltsov | Saturday, Jan 23 – Tuesday, Jan 26 |
Heartthrob Alexander Petrov is 20-year old Eduard Streltsov, the rising star of Soviet soccer. About to face Pelé in the World Cup, he loses everything when he’s accused of a heinous crime. With his future looking hopeless, Streltsov must earn back the love of the nation. Based on true events, this is 27-year old director Ilya Uchitel’s feature film debut. |
| Deeper! | Saturday, Jan 23 – Tuesday, Jan 26 |
In this outrageous comedy, a young film director, known for his psychologically profound work, finds himself in the pornography industry and makes everyone play by his rules. Porno has never been so deep! |
| Space Dogs: Tropical Adventure | Saturday, Jan 23 – Tuesday, Jan 26 |
Space Dogs Belka and Strelka are sent on a special mission when a mysterious anomaly occurs off the coast of Cuba and a huge water tornado starts draining the ocean. As the two old friends experience the beauty of Cuban nature and its azure waters, they find an underwater world full of secrets. An exciting and dangerous adventure will test Belka and Strelka’s friendship as they unravel this tropical mystery. |
| Goodbye America | Monday, Jan 25 – Thursday, Jan 28 |
There’s an old saying, revised, that you can take the émigré out of Russia, but you can’t take Russia out of the émigré. Dmitriy Nagiev is Grigoriy, a teacher who has “made it” in America but can’t quite part with Russian culture. In a series of interconnected vignettes, recent transplants, assimilated professionals and hopeful immigrants navigate life in America with Grigoriy’s help, as their individual relationships with the “motherland” are transformed on-screen. |
| The Conference | Monday, Jan 25 – Thursday, Jan 28 |
Years after the 2002 terrorist attack inside the Dubrovka Theater shook Russia and the world, Natalya, gathers others who lived through the attack for a memorial that reconstructs the events that shattered their lives. An emotional film about moving on from tragedy, individually and as a people. |
| The Man from Podolsk | Monday, Jan 25 – Thursday, Jan 28 |
This thought-provoking cinematic adaptation of a cult play by the groundbreaking Teatr.DOC begins with an everyman who dreams of escaping his mundane existence for life in the West. Simple events lead to his arrest and he prepares to be beaten and humiliated by the police–who instead turn out to be experts on European and American philosophy, music and pop culture. This absurd comedy, a hit in Russia, examines whether grass is really greener on the other side. |
| In Deep Sleep | Tuesday, Jan 26 – Friday, Jan 29 |
Victor is a deep-sea fisher, onboard a ship when he learns his wife has died. He rushes home but finds the entire city entranced in a deep sleep. He walks the streets, trying to find the only person who is still awake. This surreal, poetic, feature is the directorial debut of Marina Ignatenko, who also wrote the script. |
| Sententia | Tuesday, Jan 26 – Friday, Jan 29 |
In 1980 USSR, Varlam Shalamov, author of the notorious Kolyma Tales, is warned to stop writing as he experiences his final days. Meanwhile, two other men are on an obsessive search for Shalamov’s handwritten account of life in the labor camps—and nothing will stop them from publishing the scandalous masterpiece. |
| The Time Guardians | Tuesday, Jan 26 – Friday, Jan 29 |
An exciting phantasmagorical mystic tale set in classical St. Petersburg. A girl Ksyusha is adopted into a family of a writer and an artist. She finally got fortunate. But having been in a car accident, the girl finds herself in the Dark City, where along with her magical assistant Paramon, she must overcome evil witchcraft and rewind the city clock to stop the Witch and her dark army from taking over the city. Will the girl succeed in finding the Time Key and rewind the clock? Will happiness return to her new family? |
| This is Edik | Tuesday, Jan 26 – Friday, Jan 29 |
A documentary about Eduard Uspensky, author and creator of Cheburashka and other characters that shaped the childhoods of generations. |
| All About my Sister | Wednesday, Jan 27 – Saturday, Jan 30 |
A warm family film based on short stories by Mikhail Zoshhenko. Minka recalls his and older sister’s Lyolya’s childhood, and realizes something he never has before. |
| Slava’s Journey: Secrets of Snow | Wednesday, Jan 27 – Saturday, Jan 30 |
SLAVA POLUNIN, globally renowned Russian philosopher clown, packs the fake snow of his stage spectacular “SNOWSHOW” and his messy gaggle of clowns onto a train that takes them on a peculiar mission – deep into the real snow of the Russian arctic in the middle of the coldest winter for 1,000 years! Featuring an atmospheric and beautiful original score from BAFTA composer Kevin Sargent, Russian narration by Nargiz Zakirova, and inspiring magic from Slava himself. |
| Stanislavsky: a Hunger for Life | Wednesday, Jan 27 – Saturday, Jan 30 |
The inner drama and ascent of an outstanding artist, whose famous “Stanislavsky system” is used by outstanding actors around the world. The documentary features interviews with theater greats, including Yuri Butusov, Lev Dodin, Declan Donellan, Kiril Serebrennikov and others. |
| VGIK Shorts Collection | Saturday, Jan 23 – Saturday, Jan 30 |
Short films by students of the Gerasimov Institue of Cinematography (VGIK) |