2009 Schedule
Mon.
Morning
Karen Shakhnazarov’s Vanished Empire (2008, 105 min)
Introducer: Igor' Mantsov
Respondent: Dawn Seckler (University of Pittsburgh)
Afternoon
Aleksei German, Jr.’s Paper Soldier (2008, 118 min)
Introducer: Petre Petrov (Princeton University)
Respondent: Chip Crane (University of Pittsburgh)
Tue.
Morning
Aleksandr Proshkin’s Live and Remember (2008, 95 min)
Introducer: Jeremy Hicks (Queen Mary, University of London)
Respondent: Elise Thorsen(University of Pittsburgh)
Afternoon
Katia Shagalova’s Once Upon a Time in the Provinces (2008, 112 min)
Introducer: Gerald McCausland (University of Pittsburgh)
Respondent: Hillary Brevig (University of Pittsburgh)
Wed.
Morning
Sergei Mokritskii’s Four Ages of Love (2008, 100 min)
Introducer: Marcia Landy (University of Pittsburgh)
Respondent: Erin Alpert (University of Pittsburgh)
Afternoon
Roundtable
Drew Chapman (University of Pittsburgh) and Dmitry Komm (Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences [St. Petersburg])
Evening
Mikhail Kalatozishvili’s Wild Field (2008, 100 min)
Introducer: Jeremy Hicks (Queen Mary, University of London)
Fri.
Morning
Aleksei Uchitel'’s Captive (2008, 80 min)
Introducer: Mark Lynn Anderson (University of Pittsburgh)
Respondent: Irina Anisimova (University of Pittsburgh)
Afternoon
Pavel Bardin’s Russia-88 (2009, 104 min)
Introducer: Dmitry Komm
Respondent: Margaret Barton-Fumo (University of Pittsburgh)
Evening
Bakur Bakuradze’s Shultes (2008, 100 min)
Introducer: Igor' Mantsov
Sat.
Morning
Roundtable 2
Nancy Condee (University of Pittsburgh) and Igor' Mantsov
Evening
Aleksei Balabanov’s Morphia (2008, 107 min)
Introducer: Petre Petrov (Princeton University)