TUE 02 SEPTEMBER
Westbourne Studios


A NIGHT OF RUSSIAN FILMS




6–11pm

Last Port Amsterdam
Ante Kustre 30mins 15
Seven last days of former junky before checking into
rehab. At the same time and in the same town,three
Buddhist priests create a mandala of compassion due
to arival of Dalai Lama. In parallel montage-process of
revealing all lies and ugliness of addict's life and
gradual forming of mandala as a symbol of beauty,
truth and harmony. In one point those two courses
come across and life of former junkie gets a new
direction. Art Documentaries, Croatia


6:30

Sputniks Kristina Miechinski 17mins U
Sputnik unravels simultaneously in Saint Petersburg
(Russia) and London. The film observes life of two
characters over the course of one day. Sputniks is a
tale of modern life, about people living next to one
another yet separated by walls, space and time.
Drama, London

Victory Renger van den Heuvel 50mins U
A view on Moscow in 1980, the year of the Olympics
by portraying six former Soviet citizens. Everything
seems under control until the most popular ‘not
officially allowed’ singer dies during the games.
Documentary, Holland


7:30

SELECTION FROM THE OPEN
CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL IN
ST.PETERSBURG

Ratio-Emotio Pavel matveev 6mins
Animation, Russia

In Scale Tatyanna Moshkova 7mins
A little bird, which leaves in draw’s scale, have to
struggle for her baby bird survival. Animation, Russia

Woman’s Alphabet
Andrey Cherpin & Irma Komladze 21mins
3 women are talking about love, alienation, exile,
birth and death. What is the most important in their
lives? 5 questions and only one answer. A poetic
attempt to understand their monologues provoked the
director to create a film-synthesis of documentary plot
and video-art. Documentary, Russia

The Black The White
Andrey Bakurin 5mins
Animation, Russia

Heal Me Edward 209 5mins
Music Video “Heal Me” by In Strict Confidence.
Art, Russia

Air Stas Bulov 9mins
Film - joke, film - surprise, film-talk.
The teacher and his disciple are walking through the
forest, with the intention to do something. What are
they going to do? It clarifies only in the very end of
the film. The main idea is that the miracles, however,
happen. The film is made without cutting. Drama,
Russia

Head-leg Pavel Muntyan 4mins
Animation, Russia

Loop Maxim Luschuk 2mins
Animation, Russia

Tango “Camisa”
Saya Kurpesheva 3mins
Nothing can prevent a girl from dancing- nor the
absence of a partner. Drama, Russia

Head Of Paul Klee
Nastya Golovan 7mins
Animation, Russia

Allowed Limits
Natalya Mihailova 19mins
This film tells about the new tendencis in contemporary
art and analyses it’s development’s negative
consequences. As art-experts - Boris Grenenshikov,
Andrey Barten’ev, Vladislav Malishev-Monro, Merlyn
Manson, Mikhail Trofimenko, Sergey Debizhev. “Art is
the only thing, excusing men’s presence on the Earth”
- but what kind of art and where are “allowed limits?”
- Author asks. Documentary, Russia


9:00

Veronika Will Not Come
Elina Suni 115mins 12A
Veronkia is an editor of a Soviet Newspaper. She is
successful and beautiful woman. But in Soviet society
successful people couldn’t be independent or even free
in their private lives. But Veronika lives her life as it is
gambling. She stakes a lot and wins a lot. She makes
one “wrong” step - to freedom, and loses everything...
Drama, Russia


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