Photo: scene from Sobibor movie/Patriotic Productions
New Russian movies and classics of Russian cinema will be shown to Croatian viewers within the frameworks of the First Russian Cinema Week, which started in Zagreb. There have been no Russian cinema festivals in Croatia for more than 10 years. The Embassy of Russia in Croatia, the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo and Vecherniy List newspaper organized the Week, the website of Rossotrudnichestvo reports.
Russian Cinema Week opened in the central cinema of Zagreb with the screening of Sobibor movie by Konstantin Khabensky. The festival includes other popular Russian movies, which became the most successful and won prestigious film awards. Such movies as Move Up, Bolshoi, The Coach, Anna Karenina: The Story of Vronsky and others will be shown. Audience will also see such classics of Russian cinema as Love and Dove and The Cranes Are Flying.
The Ambassador of Russia to Croatia Anvar Azimov and Mayor of Zagreb Milan Bandic opened Russian Cinema Week. Former President Stepan Mesic, members of Croatian Parliament and prominent cultural figures also attended the ceremony. Viewers were able to get acquainted with an exhibition dedicated to the feat of Soviet officer Alexander Pechersky, who escaped from Nazi concentration camp. This story formed the basis of the Sobibor movie.
Film Festival will end on March 31.
Russkiy Mir
