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Organisers
F estival G uests
Elena Romanova
Russian Cinema Fund,
International
Marina Razbezhkina
Director
WINTER, GO AWAY!
Vitaly Mansky
Director
Festival Programme
Director
Pavel Lungin
Director
CONDUCTOR
Mikhail Segal
Director
WINTER, GO AWAY!
Andrei Plakhov
Critic
Festival Programme Director
Renata Litvinova
Director, Screenwriter,
Actress, Producer
RITA’S LAST FAIRY TALE
Alexander Proshkin
Director
REDEMPTION
Elena Plakhova
Film Critic
Avdotya Smirnova
Director
KOKOKO
Vasily Sigarev
Director
LIVING
Natalia Manskaya
Producer
ICONOSCOPE
Raisa Fomina
Film Distributor
Maria Shalayeva,
actress
Anna Parmas
Screenwriter
KOKOKO
Sergei Loban
Director
SHAPITEAU-SHOW
Yana Troyanova
TILL NIGHT DO US PART,
I WILL BE AROUND
Actress
LIVING, KOKOKO
special guests
W elcome
Dear Friends,
Welcome to the 6th London Russian Film Festival!
As usual, the Festival brings to London some of the best Russian
films of the year. Many of them have already won numerous awards
at prestigious national and international film festivals. The London
Russian Film Festival is a unique chance to see them all together
during the 10 days of the festival, and to immerse yourself in the rich
diversity of Russia’s cinematic culture.
Film director and President of ArtDocFest Vitaly Mansky has curated
the Festival documentary programme and we are honoured to present
the UK premieres of Lyubov Arkus’ Anton is Right Here, Vitaly Mansky’s
Iconoscope and the collective work of Marina Razbezhkina’s students
Winter, Go Away! – a documentation of rising social activism in today’s
Russia.
Many of the screenings will be receiving their UK premieres! We are
thrilled and delighted to open the Festival with the UK premiere of Till
Night Do Us Part by Boris Khlebnikov. This film is very special not only
because it is made by one of the leaders of the New Russian Wave, but
also because it a collective self-portrait of Moscow’s most illustrious
film and media stars – presented here with a characteristic sense of
self-irony.
We are delighted to welcome to London a host of prominent film
directors, actors and producers, who are joining us to present their films
and to enlighten London audiences with a series of fascinating Q&A
sessions. Our special guests include Mikhail Segal, Marina Razbezhkina,
Vasily Sigarev, Yana Troyanova, Alexander Proshkin, Avdotya Smirnova,
Renata Litvinova and Sergei Loban.
Other UK premieres include the award-winning films Me Too by Alexei
Balabanov, Rita’s Last Tale by Renata Litvinova, Conductor by Pavel
Lungin, Redemption by Alexander Proshkin, I Will Be Around by Pavel
Ruminov, Kokoko by Avdotya Smirnova and Convoy by Alexei Mizgirev.
Between them, these films offer a dazzling range of emotions, settings
and styles, portraying Russian culture in all its multifaceted glory.
This year, the Russian Film Festival will be hosting the 2nd RussoBritish Co-Production Forum. Organised in partnership with the Russian
Cinema Fund and the British Film Institute, this event will bring
together leading Russian producers with their British counterparts, with
the aim of establishing a strong relationship between our two great
film industries.
Join us to celebrate Russia in film!
See you at the festival!
Andrei Plakhov, Festival Programme Director
Svetlana Adjoubei, Director
Till Night Do Us Part
Пока Ночь Не Разлучит
a go od-h earted satire on Rus s ia’s high s o c iety...
Russia, 2012, 72 min
Comedy
Director Boris Khlebnikov
Scriptwriter Alexander Rodionov
Director of photography Pavel Kostomarov
Music Sergei Shnurov
Cast: Alexander Yatsenko, Yevgeni Syty, Alena Doletskaya, Agniya Kuznetsova,
Sergei Shnurov, Alexander Rebenok, Anna Mikhalkova, Avdotya Smirnova, Darya
Yekamasova, Grigori Kalinin, Sonatas Grudovich, Alexei Yudnikov,
Liubov Tolkalina, Oksana Fandera, Vasili Utkin, Tatiana Tokareva, Sonia Uritskaya,
Vasili Barkhatov, Anna Kotova, Maxim Semeliak, Vladimir Korobeinikov, Klavdia
Korshunova, Alisa Khazanova
Producers: Yelena Stepanischeva, Zaur Bolotaev, Alexander Plotnikov, Yevgeni
Semin, Petr Gudkov, Vlad Ogai
Production First Creative Union, Look Film
Distibution Utopia Pictures
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In Moscow’s most extravagant restaurant, anything can happen. Based on real overheard
conversations, this satirical comedy lifts the lid on the scandalous lives of Muscovites and the
passions and intrigues of the staff: a unique experiment in film crowdsourcing, and an expose of
metropolitan ways with an all-star cast. This innovative and exhilarating comedy with dozens of A-list
movie-stars is not to be missed.
Boris Khlebnikov, director
Boris Khlebnikov is one of the most eminent directors and screenwriters of the New Wave of Russian
cinema. Starting out in the industry as a film critic, he went on to make a name for himself as a
director with the feature films Koktebel (2003, alongside Aleksei Popogrebsky) and Free Floating
(2006), winning multiple major awards including the Special Jury Prize at the 2003 Moscow
International Film Festival and the 2006 Best Film award from the Russian Guild of Film Critics.
Short Stories
Рассказы
2012, Russia, 105 min
Drama / Comedy
Director and scriptwriter Mikhail
Segal
Photography Eduard Moshkovich
Cast: Vladislav Leshkevich, Darya
Nosik, Andrei Merzlikin, Igor
Ugolnikov, Konstantin Yushkevich,
Andrei Petrov, Liubov Novikova,
Tamara Mironova
Producers: Anastasia Kavunovskaya
Be st Sc r e e n p l a y a t 23rd K i notavr Fe sti va l , 2012
Sp e c i a l J u ry P ri z e a t Am u r Au tu m n Fe sti val , 2012
Foc u s O n Worl d Ci n e m a at Montré al Fe stival,
2012
Award-winning director Mikhail Segal presents his latest film, Short Stories. The film, divided into four
separate stories, takes off when the manuscript of a young writer is sent to a publishing house and
begins to influence the life of everybody who opens it and reads even a single page. Segal displays
his talent as a writer as well as director as he delves deep into the lives of the individuals at the
publishing house. In an inexplicably amazing feat, Segal manages to entwine the genres of comedy,
satire, thriller and erotica, taking his audience on an exhilarating and witty ride of social commentary.
Mikhail Segal, director
Mikhail Segal has written a directed a dazzling range of projects, from feature length dramas to
pop videos, as well as short films and advertisements. He began his career by directing clips for
popular rock and hip-hop artists, gaining nominations for Best Music Video at the MTV Russian Music
Awards. His first feature film Franz+Polina (2006) was premiered at the 28th Moscow International
Film festival.
I Will Be Around
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Я Буду Рядом
Russia, 2011, 93 min
Drama
G ra n d P ri x a t the 23rd K i notavr Fi l m Fe sti val
Director Pavel Ruminov
Scriptwriters Pavel Ruminov, Tikhon
Kornev
Director of photography Fedor Lyass
Cast: Maria Shalaeva, Roma Zenchuk,
Maria Semkina, Ivan Volkov, Alisa
Khazanova
Production Studio Kvartal 95,
Company Enjoy Movies,
Rock Films
Pavel Ruminov’s I’ll Be Around is the deeply moving story of a single mother’s struggle to secure a
future for her son. The life of a young and successful restaurant manager, Inna, comes suddenly and
unexpectedly crumbling down around her when she is diagnosed with an incurable illness.
Determined not to leave her six-year-old son Mitya an orphan, Inna seeks for him new parents. This
endearing, yet tragic story of friendship between mother and son shows how love can overcome
mortality.
Pavel Ruminov, director
Declared to be the “future of Russian cinema” by Afisha magazine, Ruminov started his career directing
music videos for various Russian artists and groups including Zemfira and Mumiy Troll. He first came to
prominence with the release of his third feature film Dead Daughters (2007), an homage to Japanese
horror films which became the subject of a great deal of internet-based hype. He followed this up with
the dark romantic comedy Circumstances (2009).
Anton Is Right Here
А н то н Т у т Р я д о м
Russia, 2012, 110 min
Documentary
Director Lyubov Arkus
Producers Aleksandr Golutva,
Sergei Selianov, Konstantin
Shavlovsky
Camera Operators Aleksandr
Demianenko, Sergei Ermolenko,
Khamidkhodzhaev, Pavel
Kostomarov, Nikita Pavlov
Composer Max Richter
Be st De bu t P ri z e a t Abu Dha b i In te rna ti ona l
Fi l m Fe sti val , 2012
M o u se d’ a rge n te P ri z e of i n te rne t f i l m cri ti cs at
6 9 t h V e n i ce In te rna ti ona l Fi l m Fe sti va l , 2012
How is it possible to feel someone else’s pain? This film is a debut of a leading Russian film critic,
Lyubov Arkus. The film follows the life of an autistic boy, Anton, for 3 years. His life is divided between
an apartment with peeling walls on the outskirts of a large city, and a mental hospital. The author, the
camera, the hero. The distance between them shrinks with every passing minute, and the author has
to enter the shot and become a character in the story. However, it is not a story about how one person
helped another, but about how one person recognised herself in another. The film received a standing
applause at the 2012 Venice International Film Festival.
Lyubov Arkus, director
Founder and editor-in-chief of the Séance, Russia’s leading journal on film and associated series of
publications. Since 2006, co-author of TV programme Private Screening (Zakrytyi pokaz) on Channel
One (Russia). From 2006 to 2011, lecturer at Saint Petersburg State University of Film and Television.
Originator and compiler of the 7-volume film encyclopaedia A Modern History of Russian Film, 1986–
2000. Winner of numerous professional awards.
Winter, Go Away!
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Зима Уходи
Directors: Denis Khlebleev, Elena
Khoreva, Dmitry Kubasov, Askold
Kurov, Nadezhda Leonteva, Anna
Moiseenko, Madina Mustafina,
Zosia Rodkevich, Anton Seregin,
Aleksei Zhiriakov.
Lo c a rno Inte rna ti ona l Fi l m Fe sti va l , 2012
This documentary was filmed by the graduates of Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov’s
Documentary Filmmaking and Theater School, on the initiative of Novaya Gazeta, an independent
Russian newspaper. Ten young directors did not part from their cameras for two months. The result
was a chronicle of Russia’s winter protests – a chronicle of those who make the political climate and
those who are dissatisfied with the makers. A living camera interacts with living heroes.
documentaries
Russia, 2012, 79 min
Documentary
Marina Razbezhkina
Marina Razbezhkina is one of the most instrumental figures involved in raising a new generation of
documentary filmmakers in Russia today. Her first feature film, Harvest Time, was released in 2004
to critical acclaim, winning multiple awards at major film festivals including the Gold Plaque for
Best Feature Film at the Chicaco International Film Festival and the FIPRESCI prize at the Moscow
International Film Festival. In 2008 she also served a member of the jury at the Kinotavr Film
Festival. The Marina Razbezhkina School of Documentary Films and Theatre is now one of the most
popular film schools in Russia, the graduates of which have gone on to win prizes at Russian and
international film festivals.
Redemption
Искупление
Russia, 2012, 123 min
Historical Drama
Director Alexander Proshkin
Scriptwriter Elga Lyndina, Fridrikh
Camera Gennadi
Music Eduard Artemiev
Cast Victoria Romanenko, Rinal
Mukhametov, Andrei Panin, Tatyana
Yakovenko, Viktor Sukhorukov
Producers Tatiana Yakovenko, Dmitri
Pirkulov, Yuri Stolyarov
Be st A rt isti c Contri bu ti on P ri z e at Montre al
I n t ern a t ion a l Fi l m Fe sti va l 2012
On the eve of the first New Year after the war: the father of 16-year-old Sasha heroically died at the front,
and her mother steals goods from the police dining room to feed the family, but is this really important for
an ideologically grounded, young komsomol? Finding her mother in the arms of another man, Sasha feels
betrayed. She goes to the police and writes a denunciation of her closest relation. Her cold heart knows
no love and is unable to forgive. Everything changes with the arrival in her life of a young man, August,
who has come to Sasha’s native city with one aim: to bury the bodies of his parents. Redemption is found
through loss, and through feeling pity; Sasha learns to forgive and to love.
Alexander Proshkin, director
Alexander Proshkin worked for many years in television, directing literary and dramatic programs for
Central Television. His second feature film. A cold summer of ‘53 (1987) earned him a NIKA nomination
in the ‘Best Film’ category, and it immediately became a classic of Russian cinema. His subsequent works
include To See Paris and to Die, Black Veil, The Captain’s Daughter, and a successful TV adaptation of
Pasternak’s masterpiece Doctor Zhivago.
Living
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Жить
Russia, 2012, 119 min
Drama
Director and scriptwriter Vasili
Sigarev
Director of photography Alisher
Khamidkhodzhaev
Cast: Olga Lapshina, Yana
Troyanova, Alexei Filimonov,
Yevgeni Syty, Anna Ukolova, Dmitri
Kulichkov
Producers Roman Borisevich,
Alexander Kushaev, KOKTEBEL
Distribution Utopia Pictures
G ra n d P ri x a t Wi e sba d e n Inte rna ti ona l Fi l m
Fe st i v a l , 2012
Be st Di re ctor P ri z e a t 23rd K i notavr Fi l m
Fe st i v a l , 2012
Loc a rn o In te rna ti ona l Fi l m Fe sti va l , 2012
Life is more than just existence. A person can feel, suffer, love, and live out his destiny, even when this
means losing that which is most precious: those he loves. Following the lives of the film’s characters, we
watch as Fate takes their loved ones swiftly and brutally, removing any reason to live, even the desire to
stay alive; snatching up their entire world. The film’s characters do not surrender; they stand up in defiance
and declare war on Fate, struggling to the limits of human endurance — and beyond. They reach their own
victories.
Vasily Sigarev, director
Vasily Sigarev is an award-winning playwright, director and screenwriter. His third play, Ladybird, was
produced by the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2004. Sigarev won the 2002 Evening Standard Charles
Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright. His plays often deal with the reality of decay in post-Soviet
Russia.
Convoy
Конвой
Russia, 2012, 81 min
Drama
Director and scriptwriter Alexei
Mizgirev
Director of photography Janis Eglitis
Production design Kirill Shuvalov
Cast: Oleg Vasilkov, Azamat
Nigmanov, Dmitri Kulichkov,
Ruslana Doronina, Ivan Akhadi,
Daniela Stoyanovich
Producers Pavel Lungin, Yevgeni
Panfilov
Be st A c t o r P ri z e a t 23rd K i notavr Fi l m Fe sti val,
2 0 1 2 t o Az a m at Ni gm an ov
FI PR E SCI P ri z e at Eu ra si a Fi l m Fe sti va l , 2012
G ra n d Pr i x at S a kha l i n Fi l m Fe sti va l , 2012
Be rl i n I n te rna ti ona l Fi l m Fe sti va l , 2012
Alexei Mizgirev’s Convoy, set in an apocalyptic Russia, is the story of an army captain commissioned
to escort two deserters back to their unit. After the suicide of one the deserters, the remaining soldier
and the commander spend the day in Moscow, where they are confronted with the realities of life in
the metropolis. As their friendship blossoms, the cynical captain’s attitude to life is changed forever.
Alexei Mizgirev, director
Born in the small Russian town Myski in 1974, Alexey Mizgirev graduated with a philosophy degree
from the Tomsk State University in 1998 and studied film directing under Vadim Abdrashitov at the Film
Institute VGIK in 2005. His first feature, The Hard-Hearted, won the award for Best Debut at the Russian
Film Festival in Sochi.
Iconoscope
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Иконоскоп
Russia, 2011, 100 min
Documentary
It is said that an average human spends about 10 years in front of a TV screen. It does not make
sense to inquire if they are the lost years, for it is impossible to imagine our civilization without
television, even though it was invented less than 100 years ago. Nevertheless, television is not
the only protagonist of this film, for there are two more principal characters, both of them TV stars,
Dan Rather and Igor Kirillov. For the audiences in the U.S. and the Soviet Union their names were
synonymous with the television. Iconoscope is your chance to grasp the entire history of television in
100 minutes of enthralling and paradoxical spectacle.
Vitaly Mansky, director
Vitaly Mansky is known as Russia’s master of documentary films. His works have been presented at
more than 400 international film festivals. Vitaly Mansky is the publisher of the oldest web-magazine
on documentary films “VERTOV.RU”, and the Author of the Reality Cinema Manifesto. He also founded
the Artdocfest festival for independent films.
documentaries
Director: Vitaly Mansky
Conductor
Дирижер
Russia, 2012, 86 min
Drama
Director Pavel Lungin
Scriptwriter Pavel Lungin, Valeri
Pecheikin
Camera Igor Griniakin, Aleksandr
Simonov
Music Ilarion Alfeev
Cast Karen Badalov, Vladas Bagdonas,
Sergey Barkovskiy, Sergey Koltakov
Producers Pavel Lungin, Evgeny
Panfilov
Pri z e f or Be st Actor at 15th S h a n g h a i Fi l m
Fe st i v a l , 2012
From acclaimed director Pavel Lungin (Tsar, The Island) comes The Conductor - his most ambitious
work to date. A leading conductor takes his orchestra to Jerusalem to perform the Matthew Passion:
but what happens there forces him to reevaluate his entire life. Perhaps it is never too late to change?
The Conductor has been a hit with critics thanks to its thought-provoking treatment of the role of art
and religion in human tragedy.
Pavel Lungin, director
Internationally celebrated director, producer and screenplay writer Pavel Lungin’s often provocative
work offers remarkable insights onto human relations. He has directed a number of critically
acclaimed films, including his debut Taxi Blues (1990), The Wedding (2000) and The Island (2006). In
2004 he set up his own studio, which creates arthouse television dramas and documentaries, as well
as feature length films.
Kokoko
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Кококо
Russia, 2012, 90 min
Drama/Comedy
Director Avdotia Smirnova
Scriptwriters Avdotia Smirnova,
Anna Parmas
Photography Maxim Osadchy
Music Sergei Shnurov
Cast: Anna Mikhalkova, Yana
Troyanova, Anna Parmas,
Yulia Snigir, Konstantin Shelestun,
Yevgeni Muravich, Liubov Arkus
Producers Sergei Selyanov (CTB),
Natalia Smirnova
Pri z e f or Be st Actre ss a t 23rd K i notavr Fi l m
Fe st i v a l , 2012 to An n a Mi kha l kova an d Y an a
T roya n o va
Cot t b u s In te rna ti ona l Fi l m Fe sti va l , 2012
Town and country collide in this quirky and amusing tale of contrasts: Lisa and Vika seem to live in
different worlds until a chance meeting brings them together and shows them how much they have in
common and how much they can learn from each other. Lisa and Vika are two sides of the same coin,
just like Russia itself. Kokoko is a never-ending comedy of Russian life!
Avdotya Smirnova, director
Smirnova, known for her work as an actress, TV presenter, scriptwriter and director, graduated from
the literature faculty of the Moscow State University, after which she joined Sergei Soloviev as part
of the Mosfilm “Circle” group. Her directing debut came with 2006’s Relations, and her latest feature
Kokoko has been critical hit, winning awards at multiple festivals including Kinotavr and the Moscow
International Film Festival.
Me Too
Я Тоже Хочу
Russia, 2012, 89 min
Crime/Drama
Director Alexei Balabanov
Scriptwriter Alexei Balabanov
Camera Alexander Simonov
Music Leonid Fyodorov
Cast Alexander Mosin, Oleg
Garkusha, Yuri Matveev, Alisa
Shitikova, Alexei
Balabanov
Producer Sergei Selyanov, CTB
Distribution Nashe Kino
Com p e t iti on at 69th Ve ni ce Fi l m Fe sti va l , 2012
Be st Di re ctor P ri z e at S t P e te rsbu rg Fi l m
Fe st i v a l , 2012
Four passengers rush in a huge black jeep along an empty road in search of the “Bell Tower of Happiness.”
According to old beliefs it is hidden somewhere between St. Petersburg and the town of Uglic, not far from
an old nuclear power station which has been deserted. The Bell Tower makes people disappear. But it does
not accept everyone. Each of the four passengers believes that he or she will be chosen.
Aleksei Balabanov, director
Aleksei Balabanov is a popular Russian filmmaker. Balabanov is best known for the 1997 crime film Brat
(English title: Brother), and its more action-oriented sequel, Brat-2 (Brother 2), both of which starred the
late Sergei Bodrov Jr. as a novice hit man. Recently, he has become better known for his shocking and
controversial films Gruz 200 (2007) and Morphine (2008).
Rita’s Last Tale
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Последняя Сказка Риты
Russia, 2012, 100 min
Fantasy/Drama
K o m m ersa n t We e ke n d P ri z e at 34th Mos co w
I n t e rn a ti ona l Fi l m Fe sti va l , 2012
Director: Renata Litvinova
Producers: Renata Litvinova
Scriptwriter: Renata Litvinova
Photography: Anastasia Zhukova
Music: Zemfira Ramazanova
Cast: Tatyana Drubich, Olga Kuzina,
Renata Litvinova, Nikolay Khomeriki
Production: Studio Zapredelye
Renata Litinova’s latest film is a haunting fairytale far beyond the world of the Brothers Grimm. Rita’s
Last Tale takes the audience on a surreal journey in exploration of the universal themes of love, hate,
and the search for happiness, as the turbulent lives of three women surrounded by darkness culminate
in a decrepit hospital, its disintegrating walls the setting of an inescapable end for one...
Renata Litvinova, director
Renata Litvinova is a cult figure of contemporary Russian cinema, and is one of the most enigmatic
and fashionable actresses around today, as well as being a talented screenwriter, producer and director.
Behind the camera, Litvinova has directed documentaries such as There Is No Death For Me and Green
Theatre in Zemfira, as well as feature films including her latest project Rita’s Last Tale.
Chapiteau-Show
Ш а п и т о -Ш о у
Russia, 2011, 107 min
Comedy
Director: Sergey Loban
Scriptwriter: Marina Potapova
Music: Jacques Polyakov
Cast: Vera Strokova, Aleksey
Podolskiy, Aleksey Znamenskiy,
Sergey Kuzmento, Petr Mamonov
Producers: Ekaterina Gerasicheva,
Aleksey Ageev, Mikhail Sinyov
Si l v er Ge orgy S pe ci a l J u ry P ri z e at 33rd
M o s c o w Fi l m Fe sti val
G ra n d P ri x at 20th K i nosh ok Fi l m Fe sti va l , 2011
G ol d en Eag l e P ri z e nom i n a ti ons f or th e Be st
Fi l m , Be st S cre e n p l a y a n d Be st S ou nd , 2012
N i k a Pri z e n om i n a ti ons f or th e Be st Fi l m ,
Be st Di re ctor, Be st S cre e n p l a y a n d Be st
Ci n em a tograp h y a n d Be st Mu si c, 2012
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Love (part 1)
Friendship (part 2)
Respect (part 3)
Cooperation (part 4)
A film of four novellas – Love, Friendship, Respect and Cooperation – that can be watched in any order,
Sergei Loban’s Chapiteau-Show tells the tale of a circus of outsiders whose lives are as chaotic and
carnivalesque as the show that brings them together. The main characters of each of the short stories
arrive at a seaside town at a turning point in their lives. The fragments of their stories develop almost
synchronously – one person goes mad with love, another suffers as cannot be understood by friends, one
tries to win their father’s respect, and another tries to enter into cooperation with partners. As in life, when
everyone sees themselves as the center of their own drama, the characters of Chapiteau-Show are the heroes
of their own story. This film exudes a unique and magical style that will leave you spellbound, as a shouldbe-tragedy becomes a riotous comedy where the show must go on.
Sergey Loban, director
Sergey Loban was educated at the State Institute for Electronics and Maths in Moscow. In 1995, after a
variety of occupations, he started a club that became a centre for underground culture in Moscow. Loban
worked for several TV stations and started a group that made independent films. His film Dust (2005), made
on a minimal budget, won the Russian film critics’ award at the Moscow Film Festival.
Milana
Милана
G ra n d P ri x a t ArtDocFe st, 2011
Russia, 2012, 105 min
Drama/Comedy
Director Madina Mustafina
Milana lives with her mother and stepfather among the bushes on the banks of a small river. She
is seven years old, and every day is a joy to her, no matter what. Milana is the story of what is left
when people have lost everything — family and family values, good friends, job, property, home. Their
language is a mixture of taboo words and obscene language. The film shows a profound degradation
of social relations; however, despite its clear social context, it is foremost a story about a mother and
daughter.
Madina Mustafina, director
Mustafina was born in 1987 in Kazakhstan. She graduated from the Marina Razbezhkina Studio in
2011. Milana is the debut film of this young and promising film director
The Ceiling / Потолок
Two-time free diving world record holder Natalia Avseenko’s greatest dream is to dive with Beluga whales. Completely naked at water temperatures
around zero degrees. An experiment in the Arctic Ocean.
Natalia Uglitskikh, director
Inside a Square Circle / Внутри квадратного круга
5000 children return from a Christmas party and look for their parents. A seemingly banal premise is turned into a humorous and intelligent
reflection on the archaic forces of parental love, state authority, succumbing to chaos and cell phones as the modern form of the umbilical cord.
Valery Shevchenko, director
How I Have Eaten My Student Allowance / Как я съел свою стипендию
A second year student decides to live for a month on his scholarship only. It is 2200 roubles. What was his life like?
Pavel Afanasiev, director
documentaries
Real Russia Documentaries
Best Kids Animation
Анимация
Masha and the Bear
Маша и Медведь
No 18, 19, 21
We will show the newest series of
this world-famous Russian cartoon
that manages to encompass the best
of Russian folklore and contemporary
world animation. Great humour
and witty stories will be enjoyed by
children and adults alike.
Berry Pie
Ягодный пирог
A Christmas Tree Fairy Tale
Сказка про елочку
My Mum is an Airplane
Моя мама - самолет
A friendly family of cows is travelling
to the countryside. There piglet Kolya
is waiting for his friends calves Zo
and Bo. All of them go to the forest
to pick berries, where they find not
only berries, but also new friends and
adventures.
This puppet Christmas fairy tale
with music, dance and a moral is
made in the best traditions of Soviet
animation, yet adapted for modern
children and adults.
Some mums are doctors, others are
sportswomen, others are ballerinas.
But there is also a mum who is an
airplane.
Best Kids Animation
Анимация
animation
The Sparrow Who Kept His
Word
Воробей, который умел
держать слово
An honest little sparrow braves the
cold, wind and rain in order to hold
true to his noble and kind-hearted
promise.
The Snowflake
Снежинка
Green Teeth
Зеленые зубы
An African boy gets a present from
his Russian friend - a snowflake that
brings a beautiful white winter to his
hot African country.
This cartoon is about a small boy
who doesn’t want to study and
the new school headteacher who
manages to change the boy’s mind
with some strange methods.
Lucky! Kit Is In Love!/Lucky!
Black Holes
Везуха! Китовая любовь/
Везуха! Черная дыра
Everyone’s favourite dog Kit has
fallen in love and has given birth to
8 puppies. They nearly tear the house
to pieces and everything seems set
to end in disaster if it were not for
Uncle Eugene. A friend of the family
with extraordinary abilities.
One day Timothy drew a cosmic
black hole in his notepad. He became
interested in what black holes could
swallow and what they could spit out
… What are they capable of?
Best Arts Animation
Анимация
Sweetheart
Сизый голубочек
Where Dogs Die
Где умирают собаки
Out of Play
Out of Play
My Strange Grandad
Мой странный дедушка
This story is about a man who, year
by year, passes the same house by
train. He follows the lives of those
who live there and how it changes
year after year. He feels close to them
and seems like there is something he
can’t decide for himself.
A man grows up and leaves his
home. All his life he tries to go
back... to his past. But he can’t
change what happens - his mother
gets old, his house collapses and his
dog dies. It happens to everybody.
Everything turns into memory, a
dream or a film.
A film about the relationship between
the three orphan toys in a closed
space of an attic.
Creative people often seem
ridiculous, absurd and a bit crazy.
Even their relatives often don’t
understand them and feel ashamed
of them. But sometimes they can
create a true miracle out of a pile
of rubbish.
Best Arts Animation
Анимация
animation
Umba-Umba
Умба-умба
The Snowy Rider
Заснеженный всадник
The story is about miners whose
lives are like the light bulbs on their
helmets: they may glow brightly one
moment and then abruptly go out
the next.
The cartoon is about one boy’s love
towards his father, shown through
childhood fantasies and real events.
Chinti
Чинти
Pishto goes away
Пишто уезжает
This story is about one small ant’s
big dream.
Once upon a time in autumn, Pishto
got so fed up that he decided to
leave forever.
Andrey Konchalovsky
Retrospective
Andrei Konchalovsky has come to be regarded as one of the leading Russian directors in world cinema. Often
collaborating with his brother, director Nikita Mikhalkov, Konchalovsky has developed a career spanning
six decades, featuring a dazzling range of projects. Although originally planning to pursue a musical career,
Konchalovsky’s love for cinema took over and he entered VGIK - the major state film school where he
studied under Mikhail Romm. At VGIK he met Tarkovsky, and they collaborated on Ivan’s Childhood and
Andrei Rublev. For his feature-length debut The First Teacher (1961), he chose to adapt Chingis Aitmatov’s
book about the post-1917 Revolution period in southern Russia. His career soon became more international
in scope, pleasing critics and cinema-goers worldwide with English-language feature films such Maria’s
Lovers (1984), the award-winning Runaway Train (1985), and Homer and Eddie (1989), starring Whoopi
Goldberg. More recent works include the Russian-French co-production House of Fools (2002) and a bold
new musical vision of The Nutcracker (2010).
House of Fools
features
Д о м Д у ра к о в
Win n e r o f t h e G ra n d Sp ec i a l J u ry P ri z e an d the
U N I C EF A w a rd a t t h e V e n i c e Fi l m Fe sti val 2002
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
Screenplay by Andrei
Konchalovsky
Music by Eduard Artemyev
Cinematography by Sergei Kozlov
Cast Yuliya Vysotskaya, Yevgeni
Mironov, Sultan Islamov, Stanislav
Varkki, Elena Fomina
The setting is a mental hospital on the border of Chechnia and Russia. There is a war somewhere
near, but the psychiatric patients are living a separate life with their own values and complicated
relationships. One day the medical staff vanishes and the patients can finally enjoy the freedom by
turning the house upside down. Soldiers take over the asylum twice. The insanity of war enters the life
of the patients. Yuliya Visotskaya plays the leading part of a young sick woman called Zhanna who is in
love with her imaginary fiancé Bryan Adams (who appears in the film a couple of times). The only way
for her to survive is to love.
retrospective
Russia, 2002, 104 min
Drama
Runaway Train
П о е з д - б е гл е ц
USA, 1985, 100 min
Drama
W i n n er o f th e Gol de n Gl obe f or Be st Actor, 1986
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
Screenplay by Paul Zindel, Akira
Kurosawa , Djordje Milicevic and Edward
Bunker
Cinematography by Alan Hume
Produced by Menahem Golan and
Yoram Globus
Music by : Trevor Jones
Film editing by : Henry Richardson
Cast Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca
De Mornay, Kyle Heffner and John P.
Rayan
Set in Alaska, the film stars Manny, a dangerous recidivist (Jon Voight), and his cellmate Buck (Eric Roberts)
who escape from a maximum security prison across the icy wilderness. To complete their break for freedom
the fugitives hop on board a freight train. However, when the train driver drops dead from a heart attack, they
find themselves trapped, hurtling at a crazy speed towards disaster...
The Nutcracker
и
Крысиный
король
features
Щелкунчик
UK/Hungary/Russia, 2010, 110 min
Fantasy/Drama
Cast Julia Vysotskaya, Elle Fanning,
John Turturro, Richard Grant, Nathan
Lane, Frances de la Tour, Shirley
Henderson, Aaron Michael
Drozin and Charlie Rowe
Executive producer: Moritz Borman
Goldcrest
Post Production London (postproduction), HCC Media Group.
Produced by Andrei Konchalovsky
and Paul Lowin
Based on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, a novelette by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann.
It’s 1920s Vienna. Nine-year-old Mary (Elle Fanning) lives in a house which is filled with lovely things but is
also very lonely. She is continually bothered by her bratty brother Max (Aaron Michael Drozin) and neglected
by her well intentioned but extremely busy parents. On Christmas Eve, her beloved Uncle Albert (Nathan Lane)
presents her with a gift: a wooden nutcracker doll. Mary’s imagination brings the doll to life and together they
embark on a wonderful journey to a world of children’s dreams, miracles and adventures. But an army of rats,
led by the cunning Rat King and his evil mother the Rat Queen, capture the city and enslave its people as they
plan to wipe humanity off the face of the Earth. The Nutcracker (Shirley Henderson) gathers his friends and
they prepare to fight the rats, but he is captured by the enemy. Defeating the rats and freeing the Nutcracker
will not be easy...
retrospective
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
Screenplay by Andrei Konchalovsky
and Chris Solimine
Cinematography by Mike Southon
Original music by Eduard Artemyev
Costume design by Louise
Stjernsward and Rustam Khamdamov
THE RUSSIAN CINEMA FUND
The Russian Cinema Fund, the Federal
Fund for the Social and Economic Support
of National Cinematography, supports the
production and distribution of Russian
film both in Russia and abroad. The
Russian Cinema Fund was established by
the Russian Federation in 1995 with the
following aims:
•
To assist the development
and implementation of socio-economic
programmes which support and
encourage Russian cinematography
•
To provide financial support
to Russian film/video production and
distribution
•
To attract Russian and foreign
investors for financing the production of
Russian film/video
The Russian Cinema Fund also
focuses on the integration of Russian
cinematography into the global film
industry, providing support to producers
and international sales agencies for the
release of Russian Films abroad. It also
supports collaborative international film
projects, as well as the participation of
Russian film in national and international
film festivals and the representation of
Russian films on major international film
markets.
www.fond-kino.ru
Building on the success of the inaugural
Russo-British Co-production Forum last
year, the Cinema Fund and British Film
Institute in collaboration with Academia
Rossica hold another meeting of leading
Russian and British filmmakers.
This one day event will be dedicated
to creative collaboration as well as cofinancing of films.
The aim of this day is to explore
opportunities of creative collaboration
and partnership between leading film
industry figures of both countries. Taking
place at the ICA on 8 November, Russia’s
foremost film production companies,
including CTB, Metronom Film, Khorosho
Production, RUmedia and others, will
be presenting their new projects to key
UK film industry members for future coproduction.
These projects will be preceded by
a presentation by Elena Romanova,
Head of the International Department
of the Russian Cinema Fund, on
the opportunities for international
collaboration offered by the Cinema
Fund’s extensive co-production
Programme. Isabel Davis, Head
International Department of the BFI Film
Fund will chair discussion from the UK
side.
Strictly by prior accreditation.
If you are a film producer and would like
to take part in this event, please email
David White at
[email protected]
film forum
T he R ussian -B ritish C o -P roduction
F ilm F orum
PA rogramme E
ll films are shown with
nglish subtitles
FRIDAY, 2 NOVEMBER
APOLLO PICCADILLY
APOLLO PICCADILLY
6.00 pm
OPENING RECEPTION with Festival special guests
2.00 pm
ANIMATION
7.00 pm
UNTIL NIGHT DO US PART / ПОКА НОЧЬ НЕ
4.00 pm
ANTON IS RIGHT HERE / АНТОН ЗДЕСЬ РЯДОМ dir.
Lyubov Arkus, 110 min, documentary
5.30 pm
HOUSE OF FOOLS / ДОМ ДУРАКОВ dir. Andrei
Konchalovsky, 105 min
8.00 pm
I WILL BE AROUND / Я БУДУ РЯДОМ dir. Pavel
Ruminov, 93 min, followed by Q&A with actress Maria
РАЗЛУЧИТ dir. Boris Khlebnikov, 72 min, followed by
Q&A with actress Maria Shalaeva
SATURDAY, 3 NOVEMBER
ICA
TBC
ICONOSCOP / ИКОНОСКОП dir. Vitaly Mansky, 100 min,
followed by Q&A with director Vitaly Mansky
MONDAY, 5 NOVEMBER
APOLLO PICCADILLY
APOLLO PICCADILLY
5.00 pm
ANDREY PLAKHOV, RFF programme director about
Russian film today
6.00 pm
REDEMPTION / ИСКУПЛЕНИЕ dir. Alexander Proshkin,
120 min, followed by Q&A with director Alexander Proshkin
6.00 pm
WINTER, GO AWAY! 79 min, documentary
8.00 pm
8.00 pm
SHORT STORIES / РАССКАЗЫ dir. Mikhail Segal, 105
min, followed by Q&A with director Mikhail Segal
LIVING / ЖИТЬ dir. Vasily Sigarev, 117 min, followed
by Q&A with director Vasily Sigarev and actress Yana
Troyanova
SUNDAY, 4 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY, 6 NOVEMBER
ICA
3.45 pm
WINTER, GO AWAY! / ЗИМА, УХОДИ! 79 min,
documentary, followed by Q&A with dir. Marina
Razbezhkina
AUBIN CINEMA
3.00 pm
SHORT STORIES / РАССКАЗЫ dir. Mikhail Segal, 105
min, followed by Q&A with director Mikhail Segal
APOLLO PICCADILLY
6.00 pm
ICONOSCOP / ИКОНОСКОП dir. Vitaly Mansky, 100
min, followed by Q&A with director Vitaly Mansky
8.00 pm
CONVOY / КОНВОЙ dir. Alexei Mizgirev, 81 min
APOLLO PICCADILLY
APOLLO PICCADILLY
REAL RUSSIA DOCUMENTARIES:
6.00 pm
KOKOKO / КОКОКО dir. Avdotya Smirnova, 90 min
THE CEILING : dir. Natalia Uglitskikh, 30 min
6.00 pm
NUTCRACKER / ЩЕЛКУНЧИК dir. Andrei Konchalovsky,
110 min
8.00 pm
RITA’S LAST TALE / ПОСЛЕДНЯЯ СКАЗКА РИТЫ dir.
Renata Litvinova, 100 min
INSIDE A SQUARE CIRCLE dir Valery Shevchenko, 20 min,
HOW I HAVE EATEN MY STUDENT ALLOWANCE dir. Pavel
Afanasiev, 30 min
6.00 pm
8.00 pm
UNTIL NIGHT DO US PART / ПОКА НОЧЬ НЕ РАЗЛУЧИТ
dir. Boris Khlebnikov, 72 min
KOKOKO / КОКОКО dir. Avdotya Smirnova, 90 min,
followed by Q&A with director Avdotya Smirnova and
screenwriter Anna Parmas
special guests
SATURDAY, 10 NOVEMBER
features
5.00 pm
WEDNESDAY, 7 NOVEMBER
SUNDAY, 11 NOVEMBER
AUBIN CINEMA
3.00 pm
ARTS ANIMATION
APOLLO PICCADILLY
APOLLO PICCADILLY
2.00 pm
ARTS ANIMATION
4.00 pm
CHAPITEAU-SHOW (1-2) / ШАПИТО-ШОУ dir. Sergei
Loban, 100 min
6.00 pm
RITA’S LAST TALE / ПОСЛЕДНЯЯ СКАЗКА РИТЫ dir.
Renata Litvinova, 100 min
8.00 pm
FRIDAY, 9 NOVEMBER
CHAPITEAU-SHOW (3-4) / ШАПИТО-ШОУ dir. Sergei
Loban, 107 min, followed by Q&A with director Sergei
APOLLO PICCADILLY
Lobanfollowed by Q&A with the director
6.00 pm
RUNAWAY TRAIN / ПОЕЗД-БЕГЛЕЦ dir. Andrei
Konchalovsky, 100 min
6.00 pm
SHORT STORIES / РАССКАЗЫ dir. Mikhail Segal, 105
min
8.00 pm
ARTS ANIMATION
ME TOO / Я ТОЖЕ ХОЧУ dir. Alexei Balabanov, 89 min
5.00 pm
MILANA / МИЛАНА dir. Madina Mustafina, 60 min,
documentary
6.00 pm
I WILL BE AROUND / Я БУДУ РЯДОМ dir. Pavel Ruminov,
93 min
6.00 pm
LIVING / ЖИТЬ dir. Vasily Sigarev, 117 min
8.00 pm
CONDUCTOR / ДИРИЖЕР dir. Pavel Lungin, 89min
animation
VENUES
APOLLO PICCADILLY CINEMA, 19 REGENT STREET, London SW1Y
4LR. Tickets / Information 0871 224 0242.
To book tickets, visit www.russianfilms.org
ICA (INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS), The Mall, London SW1Y
5AH, www.ica.org.uk. Tickets / Information 020 7930 3647
AUBIN CINEMA, 64-66 Redchurch Street London E2 7DP, www.
aubincinema.com. Tickets / Information 0845 604 8486
retrospective
1.00 pm
documentaries
THURSDAY, 8 NOVEMBER
film forum
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