Russian Documentary Film Festival



The Third Russian Documentary Film Festival in New York will take place at Tribeca Cinemas from September 30 until October 3, 2010 (54 Varick Street New York, NY 10013).
The festival's program is made up of the best films by Russian documentary directors, of laureates of international and Russian cinema festivals in 2009. There are films dedicated to Russia's past and present, films about the great figures in Russian culture, such as the famous people's artist of Russia, Metropolitan Opera Director and Art Director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg Valery Gergiev (Twilight of the Gods); the legendary poet and "conscience of the Russian diaspora in the USA" Naum Korzhavin; the great 20th century sculptor Ernst Neizvestny; the well-known prose writer Yuz Aleshkovsky; the hero of the French Resistance during World War II Vicky Obolenskaya; director Andrei Tarkovsky (in honor of the 25th anniversary of his last film); and others. The objective of the Festival is to strengthen cultural ties between the Russian Federation and the USA.
About the History of the Festival. The project of the Russian Documentary Film Festival in New York began in 2008 based on the New Review Corporation's initiative. It has been supported by Russia Abroad House named after Solzhenitsyn (Moscow). The Russian Consulate in New York supported the festival by holding a reception for participants and guests in 2008. 12 works by Russian documentary cinema directors were presented then. A world premiere of Vladimir Zvorykin, a Russian Gift to America about the Russian inventor of television and a winner TEFI 1995 award about the Nobel Laureate Joseph Brodsky were both among them. In 2009 the Second Russian Documentary Film Festival in New York was conducted with the support from the Russkiy Mir Foundation, as well as from the Alexander Solzhenitsyn Foundation and the Russia Abroad House, from the Nobility Association of America, the RA Consulting corporation and other organizations. The festival was widely covered by the Russian media, including TV. During the Second Festival, works by 16 Russian documentary directors were shown, including films about Solzhenitsyn, Nabokov, Aksyonov and Mikhail Chekhov, films about World War II, about the Russian provinces, Russian children, etc. Leading Russian directors have participated in the festival.
The Third Festival of Russian Documentary Cinema in New York is also supported by the Russkiy Mir Foundation (Russia). The festival project, in general, has a non-commercial, humanitarian and cultural nature. Its main goal is to promote Russian culture and art in the USA.

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