АРХИВ - Фестиваль Российского Кино II

OPENING NIGHT: "Anna Karenina" with Sergey Solovyov and Tatyana Drubich in the audience. Isabel Bader Theater, 93 Charles St. West ("Museum" Subway St). $20 - adults $12 - students, seniors. That includes a glass of wine and reception. Film starts at 7.00 PM -------------------------------------------------- MAIN PROGRAM Price of tickets per show: $12 - adults $10 - students, seniors. Friday, November 6, 2009: 5 p.m. – Feature Film “We are From the Future.” (Screening @UofT, Slavic Department) The action takes place in sunny, groovy present day St.Petersburg and during the fierce defence of the city in 1942. Four friends, a student, a skinhead, a geeky gamer and a rapper make their cash looking for Nazi relics from WWII. Motivated by greed they are hip, cynical and have no respect for the past. During a dig they stumble upon a bombed out bunker full of valuable treasures but also something strange. Among the documents belonging to a Red Army officer they find a photograph of themselves. Trying to come to their senses they dive into a nearby lake and surface… to a spray of gunfire in 1942. This rite-of-passage time travel drama was a box office hit with its fantastical recreation of the War from the perspective of today’s youth, a dynamic modern soundtrack, robust performances and a romance that blossoms under fire. REGENT Theater 555 Mount Pleasant Road 7 p.m. – Documentary “Metro.” North American Premiere. History of the Moscow Subway System revealed through a combination of unique and never before seen archival footage as well as contemporary shots. The film recounts the role the Moscow subway played during World War II. It shows the subway’s evolution from a grand underground palace to a modern-day transport hub. 9.p.m.- Feature film “Yuriev Den.” Grand Prix at Warsaw International Film Festival (2008). A famous opera singer decides to bid farewell to her provincial hometown before she leaves for Western Europe. This nostalgic trip radically alters the life of her son as well as her own. Saturday, November 7, 2009. 12.30 p.m. – “From Canada With Love”: Russian-Canadian directors. Two documentaries to be screened at UofT. Slavic Department – Allumni Hall 100 REGENT Theatre 555 Mount Pleasant Road 3.30 PM – Feature film “Morphine.” Renowned Russian director Alexei Balabanov offers his interpretation of Bulgakov’s A Country Doctor’s Notebook. The film’s screenplay was written by another famous Russian director Sergei Bodrov, Jr. This joint effort recounts the events of the turbulent year of 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution. 5.30 PM – Feature film “Shultes.” Grand Prix at Kinotavr, Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (2008). An existential voyage to the heart of Russia’s capital city, Moscow, shown through the eyes of an ordinary Muscovite. The main character lives in an ordinary apartment building, somewhere on the outskirts of Moscow. He’s alone in this city, although he has a family. His only connection to reality is his notebook. 8 PM – Feature film “Taras Bulba.” North American Premier. The highly controversial screen adaptation of Gogol’s short story Taras Bulba by a renowned director Vladimir Bortko. Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine’s Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies. The film was criticized by Ukrainian audiences for being Russian political propaganda. The director chose to use a later edition of Taras Bulba which indeed is “pro Russian” by and large. Sunday, November 8, 2009. 11:30AM – Documentary film “Process.” Co-presented by the Jewish Film Festival. Followed by Q+A. (Perhaps should be moved to UofT) 1:30 PM – Feature Film “Assa.” In 1987 Solovyov directed “Assa” and it instantly became a cult movie of the late 80’s. The film gave voice to underground Russian rock music. The leading part is played by the famous rockmusician Victor Tsoy. The film’s soundtrack features a number of songs performed by Russian rock-singers. 4:30 PM – Feature Film “Assa 2.” North American Premiere. Twenty years later, after the enormous success of ASSA, Solovyov makes a sequel portraying the new generation. In this film, the director looks at contemporary Russia in an attempt to find its true face and voice. The film’s structure is further complicated by its numerous references to Solovyov’s adaptation of “Anna Karenina,” the same film being screened on the festival’s opening night.