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Russian Film Week in UK screens 40 features

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Russian Film Week in UK screens 40 features


15.10.2019

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About forty works by Russian directors will be included in the program of the Russian Film Week in the UK, TASS reports. They can be seen in cinemas in London, Edinburgh, Cambridge and Oxford. The program of the festival, which will be held for the fourth time, includes the best features that have won awards at international festivals and earned high estimates and the attention of the general public.

According to the founder and producer of the festival Philip Perkon, the main objective of the film forum is to expand cultural ties between European countries and Russia. He is confident that features help viewers in Britain learn as much as possible about Russian art. Perkon noted that the public’s interest in the festival is growing, which means that the organizers are coping with the task.

Kholop by Klim Shipenko will be screened as part of the opening ceremony on November 24. The program also includes Yury Bykov’s Factory, Anna Parmas’s Let’s get divorced, Vladimir Khotinenko’s The Lenin Factor and Brotherhood by Pavel Lungin. Famous Russian actors Alexander Petrov, Alexander Kuznetsov, Ravshana Kurkova, Gosha Kutsenko, Evgeny Tsyganov will personally present their works. They will be accompanied by directors Alexey Uchitel, Yury Bykov, Alexander Lungin and other Russian filmmakers.

In addition to film screenings, the festival program includes lectures, round tables and master classes, which will be held by well-known Russian film makers. The best films will be awarded the Golden Unicorn Award.

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