Moscow International Film Festival

Programmes


CINE FANTOM ALTERNATIVA

Kolobakha // Kolobakha
2008, 93 min.

Kolobakha is the first film of the independent studio AliBaster. It focuses problems of geopolitical kind. The action takes place in a world that is harshly divided into two camps. The first camp is formed by Russia and China, whereas the USA forms the second one. Defeated in a fair fight of political systems, American aggressors spoil the climate on planet Earth. As the result, Russia and China have been overwhelmed by eternal winter for 80 years, and the US has been embracing eternal summer.

The screening of works of Kuchar brothers // The screening of works of Kuchar brothers
USA

Blind Spot // Blind Spot
2009, 83 min.

Director: Oleg Mavromatti

Oleg Mavromatti: “I really can’t say in one word what the film is about. Perhaps, “it’s about America”. I had this idea to show a different America. It’s not Hollywood, it is a movie about vision and points of view. Unexpectedly I shot a movie which is understandable to American intellectuals. Now my fear is whether this movie would be understandable in Moscow? Culture is totally different! As they shoot in Hollywood, any one, any average student, with no brains can shoot. That’s why all independents keep looking for a new language. They look for it painfully and strangely. New forms appear, but no one can understand them in Russia. Of course, we do not talk about Lynch or Tarantino; they are just top of the iceberg, lucky few, who found their way.”

Scenes Of Bohemian Life // Scenes Of Bohemian Life
2008, 97 min.

Director: Konstantin Seliverstov

Death Path-2: Redemption // Death Path-2: Redemption
2009, 77 min.

Director: Anatoliy Sergeev

Troubles hang up on the heroes of the first part of the film. They all keep dying one by one following strange mystical circumstances. Dmitry tied himself up in knots. It was him who found bodies of his friends. He starts reflecting on his own psychological state. He is a main suspect for police. His girlfriend Jenia doesn’t believe him. Dmitry goes crazy.

Fantomas Unveils The Mask // Fantomas Unveils The Mask
2008, 69 min.

Fantomas’ adventures ended a long time ago. A criminal in a mask disappeared in unknown direction. His unlucky chasers, Inspector Juve and Inspector Bertrand, got duped again. Many years passed since… Inspector Juve is on a pension and lives in his small house in Paris faubourg. Inspector Bertrand got married and is a happy father of a large family. A calm, warm existence in their old age. Fantomas was no longer remembered. But he didn’t forget. One summer day at the end of the month Inspector Juve went to the post-office for his pension. Nothing threatened him…Thus a new page of infamous criminal and his chasers commences…

SELECTION festival // SELECTION festival
60 min.

Einstein And Margarita, Or Acquired In Translation // Einstein And Margarita, Or Acquired In Translation
2006, 70 min.

Director: Iraida Yusupova, Alexander Dolgin