Line up for the 2019 Russian Film Week in New York

18 Films * 22 screenings and Q&As  *  10,258 prospective viewers

15 star guests, directors and actors

 

DECEMBER 6-13

IN MANHATTAN

18 Films * 22 screenings and Q&As  *  10,258 prospective viewers

15 star guests, directors and actors

Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation (USA) and Rock Studio Films (Russia) are proud to present the 2019 Russian Film Week in New York (RFWNY) – a new film festival celebrating independent and commercial films that represents the dynamic landscape of Russian filmmaking today. The event, which will take place in New York City, December 6-13 at the SVA Theatre (333 W 23rd St), Peter Jay Sharp Theatre and Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway) and the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway (1871 Broadway).

RFWNY was co-founded and successfully re-launched in 2018. This partnership aims to develop a multi-state, annual week-long showcase, in an effort to present independent, commercial, documentary and arthouse Russian films with subtitles to mainstream US audiences.

“At a time when some want to highlight differences among us, we want the 2019 Russian Film Week in New York to be a bridge to unite people across the oceans,” said founders and presenters Maria Shclover and Irina Shabshis of The Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation. “We truly feel that artistry is a powerful force and can be the catalyst to show our commonalities.”

Highlights of Russian Film Week in New York include:

ACID

Movie screening and discussion / Q&A with film director Alexander Gorchilin

Acid is a silent manifesto of the generation of twenty-year-olds in search for life’s meaning. The main characters have been abandoned in a world adorned with concepts such as family, friendship, love, and opportunities. They justify their reckless and infantile behavior by the lack of communication with their parents, since they grew up without fathers. Now, the time has come for them to face adulthood.

ANOTHER WOMAN

Movie screening and discussion / Q&A with director Anna Parmas and actress Anna Rytsareva.

Masha’s successful life has her completely consumed in her work until she discovers that her husband has been having an affair with his twenty-something fitness trainer. Her life begins to spin out of control, as she struggles to balance work, child-rearing and navigating the breakdown of her marriage. Desperate to keep her family together, Masha won’t stop at anything to get her husband back, including turning to supernatural forces. But her new life opens up new opportunities, and she wonders if this old barely flickering flame is really worth reigniting. This feature-length comedy debut by Anna Parmas is full of superb performances and witty punchlines.

THE END OF THE SEASON

Movie screening and discussion / Q&A with director Konstantin Khudyakov

Prolific director Konstantin Khudyakov tells a story of three sisters who, as the USSR collapses, find themselves living in a small Baltic town. Despite a decade of adjusting to life in a new country they still feel like outsiders and long to get back to Moscow. The film draws inspiration from Chekov’s play Three Sisters, and is brought to life by the formidable talent of its three female leads.

THE LENIN FACTOR

It’s been almost three years since the start of World War I, the bloodiest war in the history of humanity. Vladimir Lenin is an immigrant, living in Zurich. Having devoted his life to preparing the revolution, Lenin “missed” its beginning and is now searching for an opportunity to return to Russia and annex control of the situation.

TEXT

Movie screening and discussion / Q&A with leading actor Alexander Petrov

Ilya Goryunov has spent seven years in prison on false charges of drug trafficking. When Ilya is free he realizes that the old life that he yearned for is no more. Although he did not intend to take revenge on the man who sent him to prison, now there is no other way out.

THE SNOW QUEEN: MIRRORLANDS (Animated movie)

A powerful king nearly lost his family due to the Snow Queen’s evil deeds. He finds a way to withdraw all the magic from the world – they who master the magic powers get trapped in the Mirrorlands. The only one who can stop him and keep the fairytale in our world is Gerda – as her own superpower is not sorcery but her faith in kindness and friendship. The Snow Queen herself along with trolls and pirates will help Gerda in her new adventures.

VAN GOGHS

Movie screening and discussion / Q&A with Aleksey Serebryakov and Sergey Livnev conducted by the film’s director Sergey Livnev

Winner of four Russian National Film Academy Awards (Nika), Van Goghs sensitively explores the complicated relationship between Mark Ginzburg, an artist, and his oppressive father Viktor, a famous conductor Mark moved from Latvia to Israel just to escape his father’s shadow, but now circumstances have forced the two to live under the same roof again. Will they manage to see beyond their mutual dependency and rediscover the love they have for each other? An exceptionally moving film about families, and how they shape our expectations from – and perceptions of – life.

The full list of films and showtimes are below and for descriptions, please visit:

 

www.russianfilmweekusa.com/events/list/

 

DATE	THEATRE	TIME	MOVIE
12/6/2019	LOBBY	6:00 PM	OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION
12/6/2019	Beatrice/SVA Theatre	7:30 PM	"High Above" and Q&A with lead actress, Taisia Vilkova
12/6/2019	Silas/SVA Theatre	8:00 PM	"Another Woman" & Q&A with director, Anna Parmas and actress, Anna Rytsareva
12/7/2019	LOBBY	2:00 PM	KID'S PARTY/ANIMATORS
12/7/2019	Silas/SVA Theatre	2:30 PM	Animated movie "Snow Queen: Mirrorlands" & Pre-Show KIDS PARTY
12/7/2019	Beatrice/SVA Theatre	3:00 PM	Animated Movie “The Fantastic Return to Oz”: Movie Screening & Pre-Show PARTY
12/7/2019	Silas/SVA Theatre	4:30 PM	The End of Season: Screening and Q&A with director Konstantin Khudyakov
12/7/2019	Beatrice/SVA Theatre	5:00 PM	“ODESSA”. Movie Screening
12/7/2019	Silas/SVA Theatre	7:30 PM	“Elephant”: Movie Screening & Q&A with lead actor, Aleksey Guskov
12/8/2019	LOBBY	3:00 PM	KID'S PARTY/ANIMATORS
12/8/2019	Beatrice/SVA Theatre	3:30 PM	Animated Movie “Three Heroes. The Heiress to the throne”: Pre-Show Event & Screening
12/8/2019	Silas/SVA Theatre	4:00 PM	“The Battle”: Movie Screening and Q&a with actor Rinal Mukhametov
12/8/2019	Beatrice/SVA Theatre	5:30 PM	“The Lenin Factor”: Movie Screening
12/8/2019	Silas/SVA Theatre	7:00 PM	“Abigail”: Movie Screening and Q&A with actor Rinal Mukhametov
12/9/2019	RUSSIAN CONSULATE	6:30 PM	RECEPTION
12/10/2019	Hunter College, SUNY	6:00 PM	VAN GOGHS - FREE EVENT FOR STUDENTS
12/10/2019	Silas/SVA Theatre	7:30 PM	“Acid”: Screening and Q&A with director Alexander Gorchilin
12/10/2019	Symphony Space	7:30 PM	“Van Goghs”: screening and Q&A with director, Sergey Livnev
12/11/2019	Beatrice/SVA Theatre	7:30 PM	“The BULL”: Screening and Q&A with director,  Boris Akopov and actress, Stasia Miloslavskaya
12/11/2019	Silas/SVA Theatre	8:00 PM	The Hero: Screening & Q&A with leading actor,  Alexander Petrov
12/12/2019	New York Film Academy	5:00 PM	“ACID” - FREE EVENT FOR STUDENTS AND FACULTY
12/12/2019	Symphony Space	8:00 PM	“The Lenin Factor”: Movie Screening & Q&A with director, Vladimir Khotinenko
12/12/2019	Silas/SVA Theatre	8:00 PM	“Sheena667”: screening and Q&A with actress, Jordan Frye
12/13/2019	Symphony Space	8:00 PM	“MATHILDE”: Movie Screening
12/13/2019	Silas/SVA Theatre	7:30 PM	“Text”: Screening & Q&A with leading actor Alexander Petrov
12/13/2019	Lincoln Center NYIT	7:30 PM	“Van Goghs”: screening and Q&A with actor, Alexey Serebryakov and director, Sergey Livnev

 

In June of 2019, RFWNY started a new initiative to promote Russian movies: we presented free screenings of two Russian films (with subtitles) at New York’s Wolfe’s Pond Park in Staten Island, as part of the NY City Council’s Cultural Initiative, supported by New York City Councilman Joseph C. Borelli (district 51).

 

LISTINGS INFORMATION:

 

Russian Film Week in New York (RFWNY) takes place in New York City December 6-13, 2019 at the SVA Theatre (333 W 23rd St), Peter Jay Sharp Theatre and Leonard Nomoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway) and the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway (1871 Broadway).

 

For tickets and information, please visit: www.RussianFilmWeekUSA.com

 

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About the presenters:

 

Cherry Orchard Festival (www.CherryOrchardFestival.org) is a leading independent international arts organization with a solid reputation for presenting musical performances, theatrical productions, multi-disciplinary performing and visual arts attractions by a stunning array of global artists to audiences in the US. Founded by Maria Shclover and Irina Shabshis in 2013, the festival is now embarking on its 7th season and has presented more than 55 unique world-class events, concerts and theatrical performances to over 90,000 audience members.

Rock Films Studio (http://www.rockfilm.ru) was founded in 1991 by film director Alexey Uchitel. Since then, the studio has produced 45 feature and documentary films which have received over 100 awards at international film festivals, and were distributed theatrically both in Russia and abroad. The films include The Major (Cannes Film Festival) and The Fool (Locarno) by Yury Bykov, More by Alexandra Strelyanaya (Karlovy Vary), and others. Besides film production, Rock Studio Films is involved in two additional festivals - Message To Man in Saint Petersburg and Russian Film Week in London.

 

The full list of films and showtimes are below and for descriptions, please visit:

 

www.russianfilmweekusa.com/events/list/