New East Symposium
2008 Schedule
Tue.
Morning
Vera Storozheva's Traveling with Pets (2007, 97 min)
Introducer: Seth Graham (University College London)
Respondent: Arlene Forman (Oberlin College)
Afternoon
Pavel Lungin's The Island (2006, 112 min)
Introducer: Gregory Dolgopolov (University of New South Wales)
Respondent: Elena Prokhorova (College of William and Mary)
Wed.
Morning
Vladimir Khotinenko's 1612 (2007, 140 min)
Introducer: Stephen Norris (Miami University, Ohio)
Respondent: Sasha Razor (UCLA)
Afternoon
Roundtable
THE IDEOLOGICAL OCCULT: RUSSIAN CINEMA UNDER PUTIN
Led by Nancy Condee (University of Pittsburgh)
Evening
Aleksei Balabanov's Cargo 200 (2007, 89 min)
Introducer: Aleksandr Kiselev (Russia, film critic)
Thur.
Morning
Larisa Sadilova's Nothing Personal (2007, 94 min)
Introducer: Birgit Beumers (University of Bristol)
Respondent: Oleg Sulkin (Novoye russkoe slovo)
Afternoon
Ol'ga Zhulina's A Kiss—Not for the Press (2008)
Introducer: Dawn Seckler (University of Pittsburgh)
Respondent: Elise Thorsen (University of Pittsburgh)
Evening
Aleksei Mizgirev's Hard-Hearted (2007, 90 min)
Introducer: Victor Matizen (Russia, film critic)
Fri.
Morning
Aleksandr Sokurov's Alexandra (2007, 92 min)
Introducer: Ian Christie (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Respondent: Daniel Morgan (University of Pittsburgh)
Afternoon
Timur Bekmambetov's Day Watch (2006, 140 min)
Introducer: Mikhail Iampolski (NYU)
Respondent: Alexander Prokhorov (College of William and Mary)
Evening
Marina Liubakova's Cruelty (2007, 90 min)
Introducer: Aleksandr Kolbovskiy
Sat.
Morning
Roundtable 2
Led by Vladimir Padunov (University of Pittsburgh) and Oleg Sulkin (Novoye russkoye slovo)
Evening
Aleksei Popogrebskii's Simple Things (2007, 108 min)
Introducer: Marina Drozdova (Russia, film critic)