Moscow International Film Festival

Programmes


RUSSIAN FILM PROGRAMS OF XXXI MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.

House of Cinema

2009, June, 20 – 27

 

BOLSHOI HALL

 

June, 20

13.00 The Specialist (dir. Elena Sorokina), 2009. 115 min (debut)

16.00 Gogol. The Closest. (dir. Natalia Bondarchuk) 2009. 105 min

19.30 Help gone mad (dir. Boris Khlebnikov), 2009. 118 min

OPENING CEREMONY OF THE RUSSIAN PROGRAMS OF MIFF XXXI

 

June, 21

13.00 God’s smile or an Odessa story (dir. Vladimir Alenikov) 2008. 127 min

16.00 Tartar princess (dir. Irina Kvirikadze) 2009. 78 min (debut)

19.30 The recording (dir. Oksana Bychkova). 2009. 7 min

Circumstances (dir. Pavel Ruminov). 2009. 89 min

 

June, 22

13.00 The man who knew everything (dir. Vladimir Mirzoyev). 2009. 107 min

16.00 Tale in the darkness (dir. Nikolai Khomeriki). 2009. 77 min

9.30 Spring will come soon (dir. Vera Storozheva). 2009. 88 min

 

June, 23

13.00 Dead cat (dir. Yakov Kazhdan, Ilya Ovsenev). 2009. 73 min (debut)

16.00 Kislorod (ðåæ. Èâàí Âûðûïàåâ). 2009. 75 ìèí

19.30 Antonina looked back (dir. Grigory Nikulin) 2009. 100 min.

 

June, 24

13.00 Angels aisle (dir. Nikolai Dreiden). 2008. 92 min. (debut)

16.00 Melody for the barrel-organ (dir. Kira Muratova). 2009. 153 min

SPECIAL EVENT Within the frameworks of the retrospective “Kira Muratova”)

19.30 The unforgiven (dir. Klim Shipenko). 2009. 107 min (debut)

 

June, 25

13.00 The narrow gates (dir. Sergei Tkachiov). 2009. 78 min

16.00 FIGA.RO (dir. Rano Kubayeva). 2009. 90 min

19.30 One war (dir. Vera Glagoleva), 2009. 85 min

 

June, 26

13.00 Be with me (dir. Maria Maximova). 2009. 72 min (debut)

16.00 Passenger (dir. Stanislav Govorukhin). 2008. 98 min

19.30 Pete on the way to heaven (dir. Nikolai Dostal). 2009. 97 min

 

June, 27

13.00 The time of wild strawberries (dir. Vitaly Galilyuk). 2009. 87 ìèí (äåáþò)

16.00 Kromov (dir. Andrei Razenkov), 2009. 105 min

19.30 Bury me behind the board (dir. Sergei Snezhkin ). 2009. 116 min

CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE RUSSIAN PROGRAMS OF MIFF XXXI

 

 

MALY HALL

 

June, 21

14.00 New Russian Animation

Robert Schumann.Letters. (dir. Elena Petkevich) 10 min

Alice’s birthday. (dir. Sergei Seryogin) 90 min

 

17.00 New Documentary Films

In the sticks 35 by 45. (dir. Evgeny Solomin) 43 min

Abraham and Marya. (dir. Alexander Stoliarov) 70 min

 

June, 22

14.00 New Russian Animation

KOAPP 2.The lake is missing (dir. Vladlen Barbe) 13 min

About Saint Basil. (dir. Natalia Berezovaya) 13 min

Yegory the brave. (dir. Sergei Merinov) 13 min

Pudya ( dir. Sonia Kravtsova) 13 min

The ballad of Pyotr and Fevronia (dir. Nadezhda Mikhailova) 13 min

Ochumelov (dir. Alexei Dyomin) 13 min

Camilla (dir. Yulia Aronova) 20 min

 

17.00 New Documentary Films

Right of correspondance (dir. Maxim Yakubson) 26 min

Oleg Kulik: challenge and provocation (dir. Evgeny Mitta) 76 min

 

June, 23

14.00 New Russian Animation

Gosha’s tales (dir. Dmitry Naumov) 8 min.

Ñìåøàðèêè: «Without anybody» (dir. Alexei Gorbunov),

«Right to lonliness» (dir. Alexei Minchenok) 13 min

Gerasim and company (dir. Grigory Malyshev) 13 min

Cello (Tatiana Kurnaeva) 6 min

One, two, three! Burn, fur-tree! (ðåæ. Oleg Uzhinov) 10 min

Glinka (dir. Stepan Koval) 13 min

Maima the long-awaited (dir. Inga Korzhneva) 13 min

The girl who stepped on bread (dir. Elena Lapshina) 12 min

Tarantella (dir. Alexei Kraev) 11 min

 

17.00 New Documentary Films

Street-cleaner SP. (dir. Andrei Griazev) 12 min

As if waiting for a bus (dir. Ivan I. Tverdovsky) 20 min

Nine forgotten melodies (dir. Galina Krasnoborova) 19 min

Children of the sun (dir. Maria Sementsova ) 19 min

Niarma (dir. Edgar Bartenev) 42 min

 

June, 24

14.00 New Russian Animation

About Stepan the blacksmith (dir. Natalia Chernysheva) 13 min

Nikita the tanner (dir. Zoya Trofimova) 13 min

How the Sun and the Moon made peace (dir. Sergei Olifirenko) 13 min

About the hare who did not turn into anybody (dir. Ekaterina Bim) 7 min

About animals and people(dir. Alexei Zaitsev) 7 min

Life of small animals (dir. Igor Malomud) 6 min

The most frightening animal (dir. Dmitry Rezchikov) 5 min

Three kittens (dir. Dmitry Naumov) 7 min

ZOO 2. Vampire (dir. Maria Stepanova) 7 min

Money (dir. Anastasia Zhuravlyova) 13 min

 

17.00 New Documentary Films

A lost theatre (dir. Tatiana Moskvina, Alexander Kiselyov) 52 min

Tungus sonata (dir. Yury Kudinov, Marina Isaeva) 55 min

 

June, 25

14.00 New Russian Animation

Goat lodge (dir. Marina Karpova) 13 min

Adventures of the fox (dir. Andrei Kuznetsov)13 min

Frog and ants (dir. Sergei Ainutdinov) 13 min

About the dog Rozka (dir. Andrei Sokolov) 13 min

The khan with horns (dir. Sergei Gordeev) 13 min

The soldier’s song (dir. Elena Chernova) 13 min

Inventors (dir. Konstantin Golubkov) 13 min

Alone (dir. Timer Sitnikov) 4 min

 

17.00 New Documentary Films

Post horse (dir. Andrei Golovnyov) 36 min

Until the next resurrection (dir. Oleg Morozov) 90 min

 

June, 26

New Russian Animation

Arkhip (dir. Andrei Melnikov) 13 min

To the tip of the tail (dir. Ekaterina Shabanova, Olga Nikolaeva) 10 min

Pyatachoks extra chanses (dir. Ivan Maximov) 5 min

Daughters-mothers (dir. Alexandra Lukina)7 min

Once upon a time there lived a fly (dir. Alyona Oyatieva) 13 min

My krishnaite neighbor (dir. Khariton Klimov) 5 min

Why do wolves howl at moon (dir. Anton Kaptelov) 5 min

Snowman (dir. Anastasia Sokolova) 6 min

Little Angel (dir. Zalina Bideeva) 13 min

Tree of childhood (dir. Natalia Mirzoyan) 11 min

Cheshire dream (dir. Ksenia Ustyuzhaninova) 5 min

 

17.00 New Documentary Films

Two together (dir. Pavel Kostomarov) 49 min

Curtain (dir. Vladimir Golovnyov) 26 min

My many years (dir. Igor Gnevashev) 57 min

 

 

BELY HALL

RETROSPECTIVE: KIRA MURATOVA

 

June, 21

14.00 Brief encounters 1967. 96 min

16.00 A long good-bye 1971. 95 min

19.00 Getting to know the big wide world 1979. 79 min

OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE RETROSPECTIVE

 

June, 22

15.00 Amidst grey stones 1983. 88 min

The pack of money (short film) 2006. 32 min

18.30 Change of fortune 1987. 109 min

 

June, 23

15.00 The asthenic syndrome 1989. 156 min

18.30 The sentimental policeman 1992. 119 min

 

June, 24

15.00 Passions 1994. 112 min

Letter to America (short film). 1999. 20 min

18.30 Three stories 1997. 116 min

 

June, 25

15.00 Second class citizens 2001. 115 min

18.30 Chekhovian motifs 2002. 120 min

The certificate(short film). 2005. 10 min

 

June, 26

15.00 The tuner 2004. 154 min

18.30 Two in one 2007. 124 min

 

June, 27

WINNERS OF THE NATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVALS

14.00

Cantata “Salvation” (dir. Maria Litvinova) animation, 14 min

Clock without hands (dir. Mikhail Rubtsov) feature film, 26 min

Peter, Petersburg! (dir. Alexander Yevseev) documentary, 11 min

The one who was different (dir. Anna Shepilova) animation, 14 min

Why do you lack faith… (dir. Matvei Troshinkin) documentary, 55 min

 

16.30

Early thaw (dir. Pavel Drozdov) feature film, 24 min

Lightings bees came running (dir. Olga Shebunyayeva) feature film, 23 min

Waiting (dir. Vera Myakisheva) animation, 8 min

Prevention of repetead crimes (dir. Philipp Abryutin) feature film, 20 min

Abel (dir. Vyacheslav Dubrovin) documentary, 32 min

 

19.00

Identification parade (dir. Igor Khomsky) feature film, 18 min

The wall (dir. Evgeny Oprya) feature film, 38 min

Loof and let dime (dir. Roman Vereshchak) animation, 2.5 min

Polaroid Love (dir. Egor Abramenko) feature film, 33 min

# 2 (dir. Evgenia Kulidzhanova) feature film, 13 min

Ñþðïðèç (dir. Åëåíà Áû÷êîâà) feature film, 20 min

 

 

CONFERENCE-HALL

Discussion club

 

June 22, 15.00

Filmmakers’ Union of the Russian Federation

Guild of Film Scholars and Film Critics of the Filmmakers’ Union of Russia

All-russian scientific-research university of art of cinema

Round table:

THE PLACE OF FILM CRITICISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL FILM PROCESS

1. The influence of film criticism on the successful distribution of the moving picture.

2. The influence of film criticism on the festival success of the moving picture.

3. The influence of film criticism on the creative community.

 

June 24, 15.00

Russian programs of the XXXI MIFF

Filmmakers’ Union of the Russian Federation

Round table:

RUSSIAN CINEMA AT THE TIME OF CRISIS

1. Film production: Who will survive?

2. Blockbuster or a chamber movie?

3. TV as anti-crisis distribution

 

June 27, 15.00

Filmmakers’ Union of the Russian Federation

Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)

Round table:

MAKING MOBILE CINEMA

THEORY AND PRACTICE

Technologies

Artistic aspect

Message