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Festival coverage

Russian Film Festival

2009

The third annual festival of Russian film runs at Apollo Cinema in London from October 30 to November 8 and features 10 UK premieres.

Among the talent who will be attending, are directors Nikolei Dostal and Karen Shakhnazarov.

In addition to the main programme, there will be a retrospective showcase of Soviet Musicals and three short animation programmes.

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  • ASSA-2
    Review preview for ASSA-2

    A woeful piece of self-indulgence.

    Caro Ness · 1 out of 5
    Alika languishes in jail. Yet hope may be in sight for her, as a well-known director is touring Russian prisons, hoping to find the perfect woman to play the lead role in a new version of Anna Karenina.
  • Anna Karenina
    Review preview for Anna Karenina

    No detail is too much trouble, nothing is out of place, discordant or jarring; it is a film of seamless beauty.

    Caro Ness · 4 out of 5
    Tolstoy's tale of a woman torn between her lover and her marriage.
  • Ward 6
    Review preview for Ward 6

    Much more complex than it first appears and fully deserving of its selection as Russia’s foreign language Oscar nominee this year, Ward No 6 persuasively prods at our preconceptions of ‘madness’.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    'Fake' documentary explores how a doctor ended up a patient in his own asylum.
  • Pete On The Way To Heaven
    Review preview for Pete On The Way To Heaven

    the action, though well acted and offering a snapshot of rural Russia in the Fifties, offers little in the way of innovation or even a gripping story.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A smalltown boy lives a fantasy life of a cop, indulged by the other residents, but trouble is on the horizon.
  • Paper Soldier
    Review preview for Paper Soldier

    Visually startling and constantly surprising, Paper Soldier is a major work of modern cinema.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Russian cosmonauts train for the Sputnik launch in a frozen wilderness in Kazakhstan.