6th Russian Film Festival Programme
This year's Russian Film Festival will take place at the Apollo Cinema Piccadilly, along with screenings at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Aubin Cinema. For the first time, the festival will also encompass venues outside of London in partnership with the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh.
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TILL NIGHT DO US PART / ПОКА НОЧЬ НЕ РАЗЛУЧИТ >>>
2 November, Friday, 7 pm7 November, Wednesday, 6 pm
Dir. Boris Khlebnikov
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 intrigues of the staff >>>
WINTER, GO AWAY! /ЗИМА УХОДИ >>>
3 November, Saturday, 5 pm | 4 November, Sunday, 3:45 pm5 November, Monday | 6 November, Tuesday
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 >>>
SHORT STORIES / РАССКАЗЫ >>>
3 November, Saturday, 8 pm4 November, Sunday, 2:30 pm | 8 November, Thursday, 6 pm
Dir. Mikhail Segal
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 >>>
LIVING / ЖИТЬ >>>
5 November, Monday, 8 pm9 November, Friday, 6 pm | 6 November, Tuesday
Dir. Vasily Sigarev
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 >>>
CONVOY / КОНВОЙ >>>
6 November, Tuesday, 8 pm | 9 November, FridayDir. Alexei Mizgirev
It is the story of an army captain commissioned to escort two deserters back to their unit. After the suicide of one of the deserters, the remaining soldier and the commander spend the day in Moscow. As their friendship blossoms, the cynical Captain's attitude to life is changed forever >>>
KOKOKO / КОКОКО >>>
7 November, Wednesday, 8 pm10 November, Saturday, 6 pm
Dir. Avdotia Smirnova
Town and country collide in this quirky and tale of contrasts: Lisa and Vika seem to live in different worlds until a chance meeting shows them how much they have in common and how much they can learn from each other >>>
ME TOO / Я ТОЖЕ ХОЧУ >>>
8 November, Thursday, 8 pmDir. Alexei Balabanov
Four passengers rush in a huge black jeep along an empty road in search of the “Bell Tower of Happiness”. 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 >>>
THE CONDUCTOR / ДИРИЖЕР >>>
9 November, Friday, 8 pmDir. Pavel Lungin
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? >>>
CHAPITEAU-SHOW / ШАПИТО-ШОУ >>>
Chapiteau-show part 1 - 11 November, Sunday, 4 pmChapiteau-show part 2 - 11 November, Sunday, 8 pm
Dir. Sergey Loban
Four groups of eccentric outsiders converge on a Crimean resort in this intricate multi-story narrative from Sergei Loban. A prize winner at last year's Moscow International Film Festival, Chapiteau Show exudes a unique and magical style that will simply leave you spellbound >>>
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