Кино Клуб: The Russian Film Series at CU Boulder
re-opens on October 1! 

Join us for online screenings and discussions this Fall.

Schedule:

Thursday, 10/ 01 6:30 pm. Aleksey Fedorchenko's "Angels of Revolution" (2014)

A group of avant-garde poets and Red commissars is sent to convince Khanty people to pay taxes to the Soviet Union instead of the local lake goddess. Based on the real events––the 1933 Kazym rebellion of the Khanty people against Soviet colonization––the film is an exploration of the dialogue and conflicts between several artistic and ethnic utopias, all doomed to be silenced under the Stalinist regime. 

A must-see for everyone interested in: the Soviet avant-garde and its relation to folk art and practices, the fate of the Soviet North, problems of indigenous peoples in the Soviet Union, contemporary Russian cinema.

Thursday, 10/ 15 6:30 pm. Mikhail Romm's "Nine Days in One Year" (1962)

Two young scientists are exploring new fields of nuclear physics. Dmitry Gusev and Ilya Kulikov are good friends, but rivals in love. Dmitry marries Lyolya and they live happily together. Luck has it that he makes an important discovery. Unfortunately he exposes himself to radioactivity during the experiments. As a result he falls seriously ill. However Dmitry has a strong spirit. His will to live, the deep passion for his work and his strong love for mankind makes it possible for him to recover.

Thursday, 10/ 29 6:30 pm. Vyacheslav Krishtofovich's "Adam's Rib" (1990)

A comedy about three generations of women living without men in a small Moscow apartment during the perestroika. A bed-ridden grandmother, a thrice-divorced middle-aged historian working at the Museum of Political History, an unhappy in love young beauty, and a sharp-witted teenager: together give a witty and ironic commentary on the twentieth-century Russian history. 

Thursday, 11/ 12 6:30 pm. Kantemir Balagov's "Closeness" (2017)

Balagov's debut with which he invaded Russian cinema is a nostalgic revisitation of the 90s. The film focuses on the Jewish community in Nalchik, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. After Ilana's young brother gets kidnapped, she has to choose between her personal life and her community.

The film won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. 

To view films and to attend Zoom discussions, please RSVP to anastasiya.osipova@colorado.edu

You'll be then added to a Canvas site where you can watch the films and will be sent Zoom links to our discussions. 

Кино Клуб: The Russian Film Series at CU Boulder
re-opens on October 1! 

Join us for online screenings and discussions this Fall.

Schedule:

Thursday, 10/ 01 6:30 pm. Aleksey Fedorchenko's "Angels of Revolution" (2014)

A group of avant-garde poets and Red commissars is sent to convince Khanty people to pay taxes to the Soviet Union instead of the local lake goddess. Based on the real events––the 1933 Kazym rebellion of the Khanty people against Soviet colonization––the film is an exploration of the dialogue and conflicts between several artistic and ethnic utopias, all doomed to be silenced under the Stalinist regime. 

A must-see for everyone interested in: the Soviet avant-garde and its relation to folk art and practices, the fate of the Soviet North, problems of indigenous peoples in the Soviet Union, contemporary Russian cinema.

Thursday, 10/ 15 6:30 pm. Mikhail Romm's "Nine Days in One Year" (1962)

Two young scientists are exploring new fields of nuclear physics. Dmitry Gusev and Ilya Kulikov are good friends, but rivals in love. Dmitry marries Lyolya and they live happily together. Luck has it that he makes an important discovery. Unfortunately he exposes himself to radioactivity during the experiments. As a result he falls seriously ill. However Dmitry has a strong spirit. His will to live, the deep passion for his work and his strong love for mankind makes it possible for him to recover.

Thursday, 10/ 29 6:30 pm. Vyacheslav Krishtofovich's "Adam's Rib" (1990)

A comedy about three generations of women living without men in a small Moscow apartment during the perestroika. A bed-ridden grandmother, a thrice-divorced middle-aged historian working at the Museum of Political History, an unhappy in love young beauty, and a sharp-witted teenager: together give a witty and ironic commentary on the twentieth-century Russian history. 

Thursday, 11/ 12 6:30 pm. Kantemir Balagov's "Closeness" (2017)

Balagov's debut with which he invaded Russian cinema is a nostalgic revisitation of the 90s. The film focuses on the Jewish community in Nalchik, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. After Ilana's young brother gets kidnapped, she has to choose between her personal life and her community.

The film won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. 

To view films and to attend Zoom discussions, please RSVP to anastasiya.osipova@colorado.edu

You'll be then added to a Canvas site where you can watch the films and will be sent Zoom links to our discussions.