Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari [Небесные жены луговых мари] Russia, 2012 Color, 106 minutes Director: Aleksei Fedorchenko Screenplay: Denis Osokin Camera: Shandor Berkeshi Production Design: Zorikto Dorzhiev, Artëm Khabibulin Music: Andrei Karasev Cast: Iuliia Aug, Iana Troianova, Dar’ia Ekamasova, Iana Esipovich, Iana Sekste, Ol’ga Degtiareva, Ol’ga Dobrina, Iaroslava Pulinovich, Sergei Troegubov, Aleksandr Ivashkevich, Vasilii Domrachev, Denis Osokin Producers: Aleksei …

[Пока ночь не разлучит] Russia, 2012 Color, 72 minutes In Russian, with English subtitles Director: Boris Khlebnikov Screenplay: Aleksandr Rodionov Camera: Pavel Kostomarov Production Design: Ol’ga Khlebnikova Music: Sergei Shnurov Cast: Aleksandr Iatsenko, Evgenii Sytyi, Sakhat Dursunov, Sergei Shnurov, Mariia Shalaeva, Anna Mikhalkova, Avdot’ia Smirnova Producers: Elena Stepanishcheva, Zaur Bolotaev, Aleksandr Plotnikov, Evgenii Semin, Petr Gudkov, Vladislav Ogai Production: First Creative Association, …

[Она] Russia, 2013 Color, 85 minutes Russian with English subtitles Director: Larisa Sadilova Scriptwriter: Larisa Sadilova, with Pavel Finn Camera: Dmitrii Mishin Art director: Talgan Asyrankulov Music: Akhmad Bakaev Cast: Nilufar Faizieva, Makhsum Abdullaev, Rakhmat Khaidarov, Natal’ia Isaeva, Iurii Kiselëv, Todzhiddin Khalikov Producers: Karen Shakhnazarov, Vladimir Riasov, Sergei Lazaruk, Rustam Akhadov Production: Arsi Film Company and Mosfil’m,, with financial support …

[Пельмени] Russia, 2013 Color, 90 minutes In Russian with English subtitles Director: Gennadii Ostrovskii Screenplay: Gennadii Ostrovskii Camera: Evgenii Tsvetkov Art Direction: Iurii Kharikov, Ol’ga Iurasova Music: Igor’ Vdovin Cast: Timofei Tribuntsev, Artem Osipov, Tat’iana Maist, Odin Lund Biron, Andrei Fomin, Marila Daniliuk, Nina Loshchinina Producers: Elena Iatsura, Andrei Kim Dumpling Brothers is an absurdist dark comedy.  As the English …

Gendering Genre                                                                                                             по-русски While Russian cinema attendance …

[Интимные места] Russia, 2013 Color, 80 minutes Russian with English Subtitles Directors: Natasha Merkulova, Aleksei Chupov Scriptwriter: Natasha Merkulova, Aleksei Chupov Camera: Mart Taniel’ Production Design: Asia Davydova Music: Aleksei Zelenskii Cast: Iurii Kolokol’nikov, Iuliia Aug, Nikita Tarasov, Ekaterina Shcheglova, Aleksei Chupov, Timur Badalbeili Producers: Bakur Bakuradze, Iuliia Mishkinene, Zaur Bolotaev, Aleksandr Plotnikov (II) Production: Vita Aktiva How intimate are …

Living [Жить] Russia, 2011 120 minutes, color In Russian, with English subtitles Director: Vasilii Sigarev Scriptwriter: Vasilii Sigarev Camera: Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev Costume Design: Viktoriia Kalmykova, Viktoriia Vinogradova Music: Pavel Dodonov Cast: Ol’ga Lapshina, Marina Gavrilova, Sasha Gavrilova, Iana Troianova, Aleksei Filimonov, Aleksei Pustovoitov, Evgenii Sytyi, Anna Ukolova, Dmitrii Kulichkov, Iana Sekste, Irma Arendt, Alena Lapteva Producers: Roman Borisevich, Aleksandr Kushaev …

16th Russian Film Symposium : Gendering Genre по-русски While Russian cinema attendance today cannot rival the annual 16 per capita visits of Soviet years, it is greatly improved since the first fifteen years of the Russian Federation, when attendance dropped below one annual visit.  Today younger Russians (18 to 30) go to films seven or more times a year, while …

[Вечное возвращение] Ukraine, 2012 Color, 108 minutes Russian with English subtitles Director: Kira Muratova Screenplay: Kira Muratova Camera: Vladimir Pankov Cast: Renata Litvinova, Oleg Tabakov, Sergei Makovetskii, Anna Demidova, Vitalii Linetskii, Natal’ia Buz’ko, Georgii Deliev, Uta Kil’ter, Iurii Nevgamonyi, Gennadii Skarga, Evgeniia Barskova Producers: Oleg Kohan Production: Sota Cinema Group Awards: Nika Award for Best Film of CIS and Baltic States …