The Festival is one of Europe’s leading public film events, showcasing the best new cinema from around the world and bringing a wealth of film talent and industry professionals to the capital.[...]

The 3rd edition of Academia Rossica’s Russian Film Festival will host 10 UK premieres including Russia’s Oscar entry Ward No.6. The premieres include five adaptations of classic Russian literature[...]

Russians are prone to ask the big questions, and among them, resonating periodically and patriotically, from film studio corridors to the Kremlin itself, is, “What is the state of our national film industry?”[...]

Surrounded by first class comfort and superior technology this is the perfect venue to enjoy the very best in cinema. With its five screens, full size reclining armchairs and stylish bar this cinema is one of the prime venues for entertainment in London. [...]

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is the leading national independent organisation supporting, developing and promoting the art forms of the moving image. [...]

We are grateful to our partners.[...]

Soloviev’s stunningly beautiful adaptation of Tolstoy’s well-known classic reinterprets the tragic and heart-rending story of Anna Karenina.[...]

When Soloviev’s groundbreaking film Assa came out in 1988, it immediately became a cult classic of the perestroika era.[...]

This adaptation of a Chekhov short story is the work of one of the most influential figures of Russian cinema today, Karen Shakhnazarov, Director General of the world-renowned studio Mosfilm. [...]

Pete on the Way to Heaven is based on a true story, portrayed in the novella of the same name by Mikhail Kuraev, a writer whose special interest in the times of Stalin meant that his work could only come to prominence during and after glasnost. [...]

It is the early 1960s. Space travel is still nothing more than a dream and the race to be the first into space is running at full throttle. [...]

Based on the play by Vladimir Nabokov, The Event is the story of a family whose peaceful lives are shattered by the news that a man who attempted to murder them five years earlier has just been released from prison. [...]

A story of step brother-sister whose mother died – a cinematographic reflection during one day in the eve of the Christmas is an image of our society that nobody will be left indifferent.[...]

This “mockumentary” is a fascinating and disturbing look at the rise of xenophobia and nationalism in Russia.[...]

Angelina, the main character of his movie Tale in The Darkness, lives in a large port city in the Far East of Russia and works as a police inspector dealing with minors.[...]

It is 1942 and the war along the Eastern front has descended into dreadful and costly stalemate. Desperate to regain momentum, the German army turns to the Ahnenerbe, a secret organisation researching the occult, to raise the spirits of their dead ancestors to fight on their behalf. [...]

Russian Film Festival in London has the pleasure of presenting 3 programmes of new Russian animations, which have received prizes at international and Russian festivals and competitions. [...]

Russian Film Festival in London has the pleasure of presenting 3 programmes of new Russian animations, which have received prizes at international and Russian festivals and competitions.[...]

Russian Film Festival in London has the pleasure of presenting 3 programmes of new Russian animations, which have received prizes at international and Russian festivals and competitions.[...]

Russian Film Festival in London has the pleasure of presenting 3 programmes of new Russian animations, which have received prizes at international and Russian festivals and competitions.[...]

Two of the best known films schools in the world, NFTS and VGIK, have been brought together by the British Council to make a series of documentaries about each other’s countries[...]

It is Russia of 2007, a year before the next presidential elections. The opposition is set to act decisively and to seize power. The two central figures, Anatoly and Andrey, are veteran revolutionaries.[...]

A stunning and totally unprecedented portrait of the Dalai Lama XIV, mostly filmed over the course of a single day in his residence in Dharamsala, India.[...]

The main programme is complemented by a series of documentaries presented by famous documentary-maker Vitaly Mansky. [...]

The main programme is complemented by a series of documentaries presented by famous documentary-maker Vitaly Mansky.

We present special programme of shorts movies prepared by Artkino – an annual Russian independent short films festival.[...]

An eccentric musical comedy about the hilarious adventures of Kostya and Anyuta. [...]

Said to be Stalin’s favourite film, this was first released in 1938. [...]

Spring is a musical comedy, clearly influenced by Hollywood musicals. [...]

This Soviet Cinderella story, released in 1940, sees Lyubov Orlova at the peak of her career. [...]

A melodramatic comedy based on ‘Under the Big Top’ by I. Ilf and E. Petrov. Set in the mid-30s, Marion Dikson, an American circus artist, flees the USA and the racism that she has endured for having a mixed-race son.

This roundtable discussion examines why images of Russia captured by Russian documentary filmmakers are so different from those made by their western counterparts.[...]

The discussion will examine the “new wave” in Russian cinema.[...]

The programme director of the 3rd Russian Film Festival, Andrey Plakhov is a film critic and expert, a columnist for Russian newspaper Kommersant and еру president of the International Federation of Film Critics.[...]

Soloviev was born in 1944 in the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic in the north-west of Russia right on the border with Finland.[...]

Tatiana Drubich, who plays Anna in the film, was discovered by Soloviev when he filmed her in One Hundred Days After Childhood when she was just 13.[...]

Artem Vasiliev is a leading Russian producer and co-founder of the Phenomen Films. ‘Paper Soldier’ has been critically acclaimed, winning several prizes, including two for Best Director and Best Cinematography at the 65th Venice Film Festival.[...]

Andrey Eshpay is the director, scriptwriter and the producer of the film “Sobytie”. He was born in Moscow on April 18, 1956. He graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK).[...]

Eugenia Simonova was born on June 1, 1955, in Leningrad. She is the leading actress of the Mayakovski Theatre, the National Artist of Russia and the laureate of the USSR National Prize.[...]

Bardin was born in Moscow in 1975 and initially trained as a journalist, finishing university in 1998 with a speciality in television journalism. [...]

Alisa Khazanova was previously a ballerina at the Bolshoi and a choreographer/director. In 2005 she debuted as a film actress and she dived into her new career with gusto.[...]

Vitaliy Manskiy, one of the most famous documentary-makers from Eastern Europe, Mansky has made numerous award-winning documentaries, including a trilogy about the three Russian presidents, Gorbachev, Yeltsin and Putin.[...]

Articles and quotations about The 3rd Russian Film Festival

Programme about the 3rd Russian Film Festival on BBC Russian Service[...]

Academia Rossica is organising several press conferences in conjunction with
the film programme.[...]

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The 3rd edition of Academia Rossica’s Russian Film Festival will host 10 UK premieres including Russia’s Oscar entry Ward No.6. The premieres include five adaptations of classic Russian literature [...]

Russians are prone to ask the big questions, and among them, resonating periodically and patriotically, from film studio corridors to the Kremlin itself, is, “What is the state of our national film industry?”[...]

Empire called last year’s Russian Film Festival “an outstanding opportunity to assess the current state of one of the world’s great film industries”, so our little hearts are beating with excitement at the prospect of this year’s line-up.[...]

We are delighted to inform you that this year’s Russian Film Festival will be hosting a brand new event: Question Time is a public discussion involving three of our special guests[...]

Opening night

Press Conference with Sergei Soloviev

Discussions