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10th Russian Film Week in New York

For the 10th consecutive year, New Yorkers will have an opportunity to get acquainted with some of the best in modern Russian cinematography. The Russian Film Week takes place in Manhattan and Brooklyn and consists of film screenings as well as meet-and-greet sessions with the cast and the directors of the films. Throughout its decade-long run, the Russian Film Week has become a unique celebration of culture, unity and artistic expression. The event’s diverse audience is a testament to its power of transcending cultural and language boundaries – ranging from individuals interested in foreign cinema to Russian expats to New York’s students hungry for something thought-provoking.
The 10th Annual Russian Film Week launches on December 3rd and runs through December 9th, 2010. The event, organized by the New York-based Global Advertising Strategies and Russian-based TV Studio Clotho, is officially endorsed by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation as well as the leading political figures and organizations of Russia and the United States, such as the U.S. Senate, City Administration of New York and the Russian government, among others. Russian Film Week is supported by Fox Studios in Hollywood, the Russian-American Cultural Center, as well as Film Movement and Kino International, the largest North American distributors of foreign film festival movies. The event has partnered with the New York Institute of Technology, the School of Visual Arts and the New York University.
This year’s film selection is as unique and diverse in genre and style – intellectual narratives, provocative art-house films, blockbusters, — as it is in the group of the film directors, ranging from veterans to complete newcomers to the industry.
The program director and film critic Oleg Sulkin set out to feature the best of Russia’s cinematography of the last two years. Starting with Nikita Mikhalkov’s “Burnt by the Sun 2,” a follow up to his Oscar-winning war drama of 1994, the film that will kick off the week.
Among other films are Alexey Popogrebsky’s “How I Ended This Summer,” the winner of three Silver Bears at the Berlin Film Festival, “Crush,” a work of five renowned playwrights, Boris Klebnikov, Ivan Vyrypaev, Peter Buslov, Alexey German Junior, and Kirill Serebrennikov, is a multifaceted film detailing the emotional entanglements of five love stories, Vasily Sigirev’s “Wolfy” the winner of a prestigious Sir Tom Shepard Award in Britain. The film will be shown for the first time in the United States.
“My Joy,” the first feature film by a documentary filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa, garnered critical acclaim at the Cannes Festival. The sole screening of the film will take place at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.
The film week will feature thrillers, comedies, crimes dramas and romance. Anton Dormatov’s “Alien Girl,” a mob-focused story with a PG-16 rating will premier during the Russian Film Week.
“Minors under 16,” a coming of age film that follows four teenagers through their transition into adulthood and all of its trials and tribulations.
For the lovers of the comedic genre, Roman Karimov’s romantic comedy “Inadequate People” (“Neadekvatnie ludi”) will appeal to American movie goers. The winner of the People’s Choice Award as well as the Grand Prix Award at the Window to Europe Film Festival, “Inadequate People” was recognized by the Guild of Film Critics as the best feature film debut and received the best actor and the best supporting actor duo prizes. The critical acclaim of this comedic love story marks a new era of optimism in Russian cinematography.
In line with the film festival nature of the event, the Russian Film Week provides a unique opportunity to meet with the cast and the directors of each film. A renowned actor Yuriy Stoyanov will present “Man by the Window,” a film where he stars in the leading role. Alexey Serebryakov, the main character in the action film “Zolotoe Sechenie,” will share his experience of working in Cambodia where the film was shot. Garik Sukachev, a veteran rock musician with a cult-like following, will present his feature film debut “The House of Sun” and may even sing for his audience.
We hope you will enjoy our film selection.