2007 RUSSIAN RESURRECTION FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
August 11th 2007 04:50
With the Russian Film Festival returning once again for its fourth (4th) year touring Australia and presenting some of the finest Russian Cinema from past and present, including the epic War and Peace, winner of the best foreign film at the 1969 Academy Awards and at 505 minutes probably the greatest epic film ever made.
The 2007 program will feature ten of the best and finest new Russian films, including the highly anticipated Day Watch, sequel to the 2004 smash hit vampire fantasy Night Watch, and the internationally critically acclaimed and multi-award winning drama The Island. The black comedy Beat the Enemy looks at the swelling atrocities of the Stalin regime film as it follows the journey of a hastily assembled propaganda unit composed of exiled artists and actors in the waning months of the Second World War. From the sword and sorcery of Wolfhound to the heartbreaking war drama of Franz and Polina, to the modern day Moscow fast set of Heat, the Russian Resurrection Film Festival in 2007 certainly delivers.
An incredible line up of retrospective cinema, featuring three classic adaptations of arguably the best loved Russian novels, War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, Brothers Karamazov (nominated -1970 Best Foreign Language Film) and one many cinema historians rate as one of, if not the greatest version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.(nominated for the 1966 BAFTA for Best Film).
Film Schedule:
Day Watch (2006) Director: Timur Bekmambetov
The Island (2006) Director: Pavel Lunghin
Wolfhound (2006) Director: Nikolai Lebedev
Franz and Polina (2006) Director: Michael Segal
Russian Money (2006) Director: Igor Maslennikov
Euphoria (2006) Director: Ivan Vyrypaev
Ellipsis (2006) Director: Andrei Eshpai
Heat (2006) Director: Rezo Gigineishvili
Beat the Enemy (2007) Director: Vitali Melnikov
Relations (2006) Director: Avdotya Smirnova
Retrospective - Classic Literature in Film. (Courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive).
War and Peace (1968) Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Crime & Punishment (1969) Director: Lev Kulidzhanov
Hamlet (1964) Director: Grigori Kozintsev
Brothers Karamazov (1969) Director: Kiril Lavrov
The Festival will also welcome three acclaimed directors who have agreed to introduce their films and attend audience Q&A’s. This may be the only chance you ever get to hear from such distinguished guests. And the star of Ellipsis, Evgeniya Simonova, who plays the leading role of Kira Georgievna will also attend the Sydney and Canberra sessions to answer questions.
Nikolai Lebedev -Director Wolfhound (Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane)
Andrei Eshpai -Director Ellipsis (Sydney and Canberra)
Pavel Lunghin -Director The Island (Brisbane and Melbourne(TBC))
Stolichnaya Russian Vodka as usual will host the opening night screening of the highly anticipated vampire thriller Day Watch, and as usual shots will be served prior to the screening
National Tour dates:
Melbourne Palace Cinema Como (30 August – 5 September)
Adelaide Palace Nova Eastland (31 August – 2 September)
Sydney Chauvel Cinema (6 – 16 September)
Canberra Greater Union Manuka (7 – 9 September)
Brisbane Palace Centro Cinema (13 – 17 September)
Perth Cinema Paradiso (13 – 16 September)
And the final word comes from Nicholas Maksymow, Festival Director:
See you there if you live in Sydney! And check out the website!
www.russianresurrection.com
The 2007 program will feature ten of the best and finest new Russian films, including the highly anticipated Day Watch, sequel to the 2004 smash hit vampire fantasy Night Watch, and the internationally critically acclaimed and multi-award winning drama The Island. The black comedy Beat the Enemy looks at the swelling atrocities of the Stalin regime film as it follows the journey of a hastily assembled propaganda unit composed of exiled artists and actors in the waning months of the Second World War. From the sword and sorcery of Wolfhound to the heartbreaking war drama of Franz and Polina, to the modern day Moscow fast set of Heat, the Russian Resurrection Film Festival in 2007 certainly delivers.
An incredible line up of retrospective cinema, featuring three classic adaptations of arguably the best loved Russian novels, War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, Brothers Karamazov (nominated -1970 Best Foreign Language Film) and one many cinema historians rate as one of, if not the greatest version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.(nominated for the 1966 BAFTA for Best Film).
Film Schedule:
Day Watch (2006) Director: Timur Bekmambetov
The Island (2006) Director: Pavel Lunghin
Wolfhound (2006) Director: Nikolai Lebedev
Franz and Polina (2006) Director: Michael Segal
Russian Money (2006) Director: Igor Maslennikov
Euphoria (2006) Director: Ivan Vyrypaev
Heat (2006) Director: Rezo Gigineishvili
Beat the Enemy (2007) Director: Vitali Melnikov
Relations (2006) Director: Avdotya Smirnova
Retrospective - Classic Literature in Film. (Courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive).
War and Peace (1968) Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Crime & Punishment (1969) Director: Lev Kulidzhanov
Hamlet (1964) Director: Grigori Kozintsev
Brothers Karamazov (1969) Director: Kiril Lavrov
The Festival will also welcome three acclaimed directors who have agreed to introduce their films and attend audience Q&A’s. This may be the only chance you ever get to hear from such distinguished guests. And the star of Ellipsis, Evgeniya Simonova, who plays the leading role of Kira Georgievna will also attend the Sydney and Canberra sessions to answer questions.
Nikolai Lebedev -Director Wolfhound (Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane)
Andrei Eshpai -Director Ellipsis (Sydney and Canberra)
Pavel Lunghin -Director The Island (Brisbane and Melbourne(TBC))
Stolichnaya Russian Vodka as usual will host the opening night screening of the highly anticipated vampire thriller Day Watch, and as usual shots will be served prior to the screening
National Tour dates:
Melbourne Palace Cinema Como (30 August – 5 September)
Adelaide Palace Nova Eastland (31 August – 2 September)
Sydney Chauvel Cinema (6 – 16 September)
Canberra Greater Union Manuka (7 – 9 September)
Brisbane Palace Centro Cinema (13 – 17 September)
Perth Cinema Paradiso (13 – 16 September)
And the final word comes from Nicholas Maksymow, Festival Director:
The quality and variety of films in 2007 is proof that the Russian Federal Agency for Cinematography values Russian Resurrection as an integral showcase for Russian cinema on the international film festival calendar. This year’s installment of Russian Resurrection will definitely entertain you; it will move you, will make you cry and laugh at the same time, plus at times might even make you jump with fright. Russian cinema is unlike any cinema in the world. Let the Resurrection continue!
See you there if you live in Sydney! And check out the website!
www.russianresurrection.com
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