Locations: BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center 199 Chambers Street, New York NY Tel: 212.220.1460
School of Visual Arts Theatre 333 West 23rd Street, New York NY Tel: 212.592.2980
Lighthouse International Theater 111 East 59th Street, New York NY Tel: 212.821.9427
New York Film Academy 100 East 17th Street, 4th Fl./ Screening Room 212.674.4300
Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch 1 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 718.230.2100
Columbia University, Schermerhorn Hall 1190 Amsterdam Ave. New York, NY 212.854.4900
Millenium Theater 1029 Brighton Beach Ave, Brooklyn, NY 718.615.1500
SCHEDULE: Friday, November 13th BMCC Tribeca Performing Art Center 199 Chambers Street, New York NY 7:00PM - Opening Night. Anna Karenina (160 min)
Saturday, November 14th Lighthouse International Theater 111 E 59th Street, New York NY 2:00PM - Pete on the way to heaven (Petya po doroge v tsarstvie nebesnoe) (97 min) 4:30PM - Miracle (Chudo)(100 min) 7:30PM - Bury me behind the baseboard (Pohoronite menya pod plintusom) (117 min)
Millenium Theater 1029 Brighton Beach Ave, Brooklyn, NY 12:00PM - Once upon a time in the provinces (Odnazhdi v provintsii) (100 min) 2:00PM - Tambourine, Drum (Buben, Baraban) (105 min)
Sunday, November 15th Lighthouse International Theater 111 E 59th Street, New York NY 4:30PM - Once upon a time in the provinces (Odnazhdi v provintsii) (100 min) 7:00PM - Tale in the darkness (Skazka pro temnotu) (76 min)
Millenium Theater 1029 Brighton Beach Ave, Brooklyn, NY 12:00PM - Miracle (Chudo) (100 min) 9:00PM - Bury me behind the baseboard (Pohoronite menya pod plintusom) (117 min)
Monday, November 16th School of Visual Arts Theatre 333 East 23rd Street, New York NY 6:30PM - Tsar (99 min)(small auditorium) 6:30PM - Believe! (big auditorium) 8:30PM - Advancement of Russian films abroad. Roundtable Discussion (small auditorium). 9:00PM - Tsar (big auditorium) (99 min)
Tuesday, November 17th New York Film Academy 100 East 17th Street, 4th Fl. Screening Room 6:00PM - Melody for a Street Organ (Melodiya dlya Sharmanki) (153 min) 9:00PM - Independent post-Soviet cinema. Roundtable Discussion.
Brooklyn Public Library 1 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 6:00PM - Gift to Stalin (Podarok Stalinu) (99 min)
Wednesday, November 18th Columbia University 12:00PM - Tambourine, Drum(Buben, baraban) (105 min) 4:15PM - Tale in the darkness (Skazka pro temnotu) (76 min) Columbia University, Schermerhorn Hall 1190 Amsterdam Ave. New York, NY 8:00PM - Everybody dies but me (Vse umrut, a ya ostanus) (77 min) 9:30PM - New Barbarians in Russian cinema – a new generation of Russian film directors. Roundtable Discussion.
Friday, November 20th NYU Cantor Film Center 36 East 8 Street New York City, New York 10003 7:00PM - Black spot (Chernaya Metka)
Sunday, November 22th Millenium Theater 1029 Brighton Beach Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11:00 am - Tale in the darkness (Skazka pro temnotu) (76 min) 1:30PM - Miracle (Chudo) (100 min) 4:00PM - Gift to Stalin (Podarok Stalinu) (99 min) 6:30PM - Pete on the way to heaven (Petya po doroge v tsarstvie nebesnoe) (97 min) 8:30PM - Tsar (99 min) 11:00PM - Everybody dies but me (Vse umrut, a ya ostanus) (77 min)
FILMS:
Anna Karenina Russia, 2009, 160 min.; Director: Sergei Solovyov Starring: Tatyana Drubich, Oleg Yankovskiy, Yaroslav Boyko Anna Karenina is a film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novel. It’s a tragic story of love and betrayal, the fate of a woman who, in the heat of passion, decides to completely change her life. Anna Karenina, unable to stop her feelings for Vronsky, repudiates the morals of high society in an attempt to save her right to love. Anna’s husband takes away her son, and everyone turns their back on her. This is one of the last films starring Oleg Yankovskiy and Aleksandr Abdulov. Schedule: Friday, November 13 - BMCC Tribeca Performing Art Center 7:00 pm
Tsar Russia, 2009, 116 min.; Director: Pavel Lungin Starring: Pyotr Mamonov, Oleg Yankovskiy The year 1565 – the time of Ivan the Terrible’s reign, known as the Dark Ages. Russia is torn apart by hunger and the Livonian war. The ruler sees betrayal and treachery everywhere. His loyal subjects, the Oprichniki, have shed lots of blood of those they deemed to enemies of the Tsar. The only one who opposes the tsar’s orders is Metropolitan Phillip, a longtime friend of Ivan IV, who sacrifices his life for the good of the people. The story of this moral opposition demonstrates Russia’s capacity of reachable extremes of both good and evil. Schedule: Monday, November 16 - School of Visual Arts 6:30 pm Monday, November 16 - School of Visual Arts 9:00 pm Sunday, November 22 - Millenium Theater 8:30 pm
Pete on the Way to Heaven (Petya po doroge v tsarstvie nebesnoe) Russia, 2009, 97 min.; Director: Nikolai Dostal Starring: Egor Pavlov, Mariya Zvonareva The year is 1953, in the small northern town of Kandalaksha. A lot of construction is going on near the GULAG camp. The town’s fool, Petya, likes to pretend that he is a real militiaman serving and guarding, and that he is the real inspector of the traffic police. He has a formal baldric and militiaman’s cap, and in his real holster there is a gun – it makes no difference that it is made out of wood. Nobody wants to talk him out of this harmless encroachment for power. When a convict escapes from the camp, Petya, together with alarmed soldiers and guards, set out for the chase. Schedule: Saturday, November 14 - Lighthouse Intnl Theater 2:00 pm Sunday, November 22 - Millenium Theater 6:30 pm
The Gift to Stalin (Podarok Stalinu) Kazakhstan, Russia, Poland, Israel, 2008, 99 min.; Director: Rustem Abdrashev Starring: Nurzhuman Ikhtymbayev, Bakhtiar Khoja Kazakhstan, 1949. A military train full of ethnic minorities, forced to live in exile under Stalin’s regime, hauls through the endless steppe. Among the passengers is a Jewish boy, Sasha, whose grandfather dies on the journey. It seems death is imminent for Sasha as well, but he is saved by Kasym, a Kazakh railroad worker. A small aul, where a lot of Russian and Polish exiles live, becomes a place of refuge for Sasha, who now goes by the name Sabyr. While the first nuclear bomb is about to be tested at a nearby firing ground in celebration of Stalin’s 70th birthday, the little boy is also planning a surprise for the “Father of Nations.” The film is based on the memories of writer David Markish, who portrays the elderly Sasha-Sabyr in the film. Schedule: Tuesday, November 17 - Brooklyn Public Library 6:00 pm Sunday, November 22 - Millenium Theater 4:00 pm
Bury Me Behind the Baseboard (Pohoronite menya pod plintusom) Russia, 2009, 117 min.; Director: Sergei Snezhkin Starring: Aleksei Petrenko, Svetlana Kryuchkova Based on the scandalous autobiographical bestselling book by Pavel Sanayev, grandson of an actor Vsevolod Sanayev, the film is a ‘domestic horror’ story about the unbelievably tough childhood of a young boy, Sasha Saveliev. Sasha is tormented by the complicated relations of his family and is torn—almost literally, at one point—between his mother and the grandparents who raise him. A series of tragic events leaves its mark on the fragile mind of the boy. Schedule: Saturday, November 14 - Lighthouse Intnl Theater 7:30 pm Sunday, November 15 - Millenium Theater 9:00 pm
Everybody Dies But Me (Vse umrut, a ya ostanus) Russia, 2008, 77 min.; Director: Valeriya Gai Germanika Starring: Polina Filonenko, Agniya Kuznetsova One Monday morning Katya, Vika and Zhanna, three teenage school girls from Moscow's suburbs, learn that there will be a dance at their school on Saturday. The girls start feverishly preparing for the event. But Katya is rude to a teacher and the dance might be cancelled. The girls try to resolve their issues with their parents, their teachers, and even each other. Once the dust of the dance has settled, they are no longer friends, but they are also no longer who they were before. Schedule: Wednesday, November 18 - Columbia University, Schermerhorn Hall 8:00 pm by invitation only Sunday, November 22 - Millenium Theater 11:00 pm
Miracle (Chudo) Russia, 2009, 100 min.; Director: Aleksandr Proshkin Starring: Konstantin Khabensky, Polina Kutepova, Sergei Makovetsky The film is based on real events that took place in Samara in 1956, which became known as the “Standing of Zoya”. At a local feast the heroine of the film fails to wait for her fiancée and instead decided to dance with the icon of Nikolas the Wonderworker. As she picks up the icon, she suddenly freezes where she stands. The residents of the provincial town are frightened by this bizarre event, which immediately gives rise to gossip and speculation. A journalist from a regional newspaper comes to Samara to investigate the mysterious situation. Schedule: Saturday, November 14 - Lighthouse Intnl Theater 4:30 pm Sunday, November 15 - Millenium Theater 12:00 pm Sunday, November 22 - Millenium Theater 1:30 pm
Once Upon a Time in the Provinces (Odnazhdy v provintsii) Russia, 2008, 100 min.; Director: Katya Shagalova Starring: Elvira Bolgova, Aleksandr Golubev, Aleksandr Skotnikov Nastia, the star of a popular TV series comes to a sleepy provincial town. She is disillusioned by life and disappointed in herself; and looks for a fresh start in life. The only person for her to turn to is her sister, so she moves in with her. Nastia’s arrival heightens the tension in relationships between friends, secrets are no longer secrets, and mysteries stop being mysteries. The provincial town is swept over with love fever. And then, when it seems that everything can be changed, accidental tragedy turns things back. Schedule: Saturday, November 14 - Millenium Theater 12:00 pm Sunday, November 15 - Lighthouse Intnl Theater 4:30 pm
Melody for a Street Organ (Melodiya dlya Sharmanki) Ukraine, 2009, 153 min.; Director: Kira Muratova Starring: Lena Kostyuk, Roma Burlaka, Oleg Tabakov, Renata Litvinova This is a story of a boy named Nikita and his stepsister Alyona who, orphaned by the death of their mother, set out to the big city to find their dads. In their journey they encounter a lot of different people: good and bad, poor and rich, smart and unintelligent – yet, no one can be bothered by them, as everybody has their own concerns, especially since it’s Christmas Eve. Schedule: Tuesday, November 17 - New York Film Academy 6:00 pm by invitation only
Tambourine, Drum (Buben, Baraban) Russia, 2009, 105 min.; Director: Aleksei Mizgiryov Starring: Natalia Negoda, Dmitry Kulichkov This is a story about limitless human patience that eventually runs out. For Katya, a 45-year old librarian, life has always been a struggle. All she has is a small room in a hostel, which she rents along with a friend, and her miserable librarian’s wage – which is always late. Katya’s dull life is brightened when she falls in love with a visiting sailor, and she inherits an apartment from her father. But when the sailor leaves her for her best friend, her life, which has just started to show some promise, again takes a turn for the worse. Katya’s mind turns to vengeance. Schedule: Saturday, November 14 - Millenium Theater 2:00 pm Wednesday, November 18 - Columbia University 12:00 pm by invitation only
Tale in the Darkness (Skazka pro temnotu) Russia, 2009, 77 min.; Director: Nikolai Khomeriki Starring: Alisa Khazanova, Boris Kamorzin Angelina lives in a seaport town in the Far East of Russia and works in the juvenile delinquents’ department. She’s sweet, charming and intelligent, yet can’t find happiness in love. Still waiting for Prince Charming, she persistently turns down her co-worker. But when one of the delinquents calls her a lonely old hag, she sees it as a wakeup call and decides to completely change her life. Schedule: Sunday, November 15 - Lighthouse Intnl Theater 7:00 pm Wednesday, November 18 - Columbia University 4:15 pm invitation only Sunday, November 22 - Millenium Theater 11:00 am
Believe! (Veruyu!) Russia, 2009, 93 min.; Director: Lidiya Bobrova Starring: Aleksandr Aravushkin, Yuri Zhigarkov, Irina Osnovina Believe! is based on the literary work of Vasily Shukshin. The main characters of three of Shukshin’s short stories are brought together to address the questions of faith and loyalty. The lead character, Maksim Yarikov, goes on a voyage of spiritual renaissance to move away from depression, disbelief and hard-drinking, in a quest to find God and the meaning of his existence. The journey has its ups and downs: comical situations with his wife and drinking buddy, Ilya, as well as the tragic encounters with Sergei, the painter. Believe! was shot in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia. Schedule: Monday, November 16 - School of Visual Arts Theatre 6:30 pm
Black Spot (Chernaya Metka) Russia, 2009, 78 min.; Documentary; Director: Vadim Ostrovsky The documentary film ”Black Spot” explores modern piracy taking place in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia. A film crew traveled to the region to talk with the parties directly involved in the events. The president of Puntland (the autonomous part of Somalia) granted the Russian filmmakers unique permission to shoot in his jurisdiction, in particular, inside the prison where many of the captured pirates now reside. Using a wealth of factual material, the filmmakers explore the various aspects of contemporary piracy from both sides, including the wide range of outside forces and groups that use piracy for their dubious political and commercial purposes. Schedule: Friday, November 20 - NYU Cantor Film Center 7:00 pm
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