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Sheffield DocFest · 2009

Sheffield DocFest 2009

Russian Strand

Some of the interesting and unusual documentaries to emerge recently from Russia.

Programme

9 films · 2 reviews

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Caught In The Mist

A look at the idealism that fuelled the Communist dream and why it still means so much to many Russians.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Joseph Matthews)

Cinetrain

Six short films made by young Russians on the theme of borders, exploring changing cultural attitudes and perceptions.

(Country: Russia, France; Year: 2009; Director: Monica Baptista, Jochem De Vries, Denes Nagy, Iris Olsson, Nikita Sutyrin & Andrei Tanase)

How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin

A look at the influence of music on the collapse of the USSR, and the many Beatles tribute bands who played behind the Iron Curtain.

(Country: UK, Russia; Year: 2009; Director: Leslie Woodhead)

Pink Taxi

Review preview for Pink Taxi

This soon begins to feel like a good idea stretched too thinly.

Val Kermode · 2 out of 5
An introduction to Olga Fomina, Moscow's first women-only taxi service.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2009; Director: Uli Gaulke; Stars: Olga Fomina)

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Rerberg And Tarkovsky. The Reverse Side Of Stalker (Rerberg I Tarkovsky. Obratnaya Storona Stalkera)

A look at the extraordinary life of director of photography Georgi Rerberg, who worked with Tarkovsky.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2008; Director: Igor Maiboroda; Stars: Georgi Rerberg)

Stalker

Review preview for Stalker

A film which makes you rethink your perceptions and encourages you to ponder deeper questions of humanity.

Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
Sci-fi drama in which three men make a journey into the unknown in search of their deepest desire.

(Country: Russia; Year: 1979; Director: Andrei Tarkovsky; Writer: Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky; Stars: Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Fredndlikh, Anatoly Solonitsin, Nikolai Grinko, Natasha Abramova)

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Tsirk (Circus)

A real life look at the life of a student clown in Moscow's State School for Circus and Variety Arts, once a vastly important centre for entertainment and propaganda.

(Country: UK, Russia; Year: 2009; Director: David Rounsfell Cairns)

Two Highways

A documentary portrait of Boris Koshelokhov, legendary counterculture artist in Leningrad.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2009; Director: Alexander Markov, Nick Teplov)

Until The Next Resurrection

The story of how Konigsberg became Kaliningrad and what happened to its inhabitants in the process.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2009; Director: Oleg Morozov)