Marilyn Monroe, Anthony Quinn and others: Michael Chekhov's Star System

The film is about the great actor Michael Chekhov, who created his own acting technique. The film will be introduced by Chekhov's student, the actress Joanna Merlin. 

Director: Alexei Burykin, Russia
Film Runtime: 39 minutes
Followed immediately by Festival's Opening Ceremony and Roundtables

 

No Intermission

Film in competition
Director: Galina Dolmatovskaya, Russia
Film Runtime: 60 minutes
Film about the Russian theater director Leonid Varpahovsky and the theater named after him (Montreal, Canada).
 

The Color of Time

Film in competition
Director: Konstantin Kasatov, Russia
Film Runtime: 26 minutes
Film about the Russian inventor of color photography Proskudin-Gorsky (early 1900s). Film introduced by the Gorsky family friend Countess T. Bobrinsky (USA).

The Rehearsal

Film in competition
Director: Sergey Zaitsev, Russia
Film Runtime: 52 minutes
Film about the cultural heritage of the Russian provinces, its artists and their work.

The Shadows of Faberge

Special out of competition screening
Director: Alexander Borodnianky, Russia
Program runtime: 90 minutes

Special guest: The film's Producer Vladimir Sinelnikov

My Album

Film in competition
Program Runtime: 35 minutes
Director: Ekaterina Piskareva, USA
Film by the granddaughter of the famous Russian artist Piskarev - Ekaterina Piskareva, an icon painter - about the history of her family, old Russia, the Russian Orthodox Church and it's cultural heritage. Special guests from the Zverev Modern Art Center. (Moscow)

Vassily Aksenov. It's a Pity You Were Not With Us

Film in competition
Program Runtime: 39 minutes
Directors: Elana Yakovich, Alexi Shishov, Russia
Dedicated to the memory of the recently passed Russian writer Vassily Aksenov.

Nabokov. The Happiest Years 

Film in competition
Program Runtime: 62 minutes
Director: Mariya Gershteyn, USA
Film about the life and works of Vladimir Nabokov in America, including the years he worked at the "New Review" and "The New Yorker".

The Word

Film in competition
Program Runtime: 62 minutes
Director: Sergei Miroshnichenko, Russia
Film dedicated to the memory of A.I. Solzhenitsyn. The film will be introduced by the writer's son, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, and the director Sergei Miroshnichenko.

Special event following the screening:
"The New Review" roundtable, dedicated to Russian culture and literature and to the memory of recently passed Russian writers. With participation of representatives of the Russian and American cultural diaspora. With Ignat Solzhenitsyn, and world-famous artists Ernst Neizvestny, Sergei Hollerbach, Vitaly Komar, Grisha Bruskin; with participation of the Harriman Institute (Columbia University) and members of the American scholarly community.

Sunday, September 20
12:30 p.m.

Young Russian Directors Program

Nine Forgotton Songs

Director: Galina Krasnoborova, Russia
Runtime: 20 minutes
 

Copper Man

Director: Maria Miro, Russia
Presented by director Maria Miro
Runtime: 20 minutes
 

Crux, Nux, Lux

Director: Valeria Bondarenko, USA
Runtime: 20 minutes

The World at Fingertips
Followed by Buba

Film in competition
Program Runtime: 26 minutes
Director: Vyacheslav Orehov, Russia) Film presented by director Vyacheslav Orekhov, representatives from the "New Review" magazine and Russian Children Welfare Society (USA). Film about a Russian orphanage for deaf-blind children in Sergiev Pasad.

Sunday, September 20
4:00 p.m.

Double Feature:

 

Ilya Muromets

Out of competition film
Film about the creation, at the beginning of the 20th century, of the first airplane by Russian inventor Igor Sikorsky. Film introduced by Sikorsky's son - I.I. Sikorsky (USA)
 

No Job for a Woman

Film in competition
Director: Israfil Safarov, Russia)
Film presented by producer, director and creative director of "Russian Way" Film Studio (Moscow)
Sergei Zaitsev. Film about female army pilots in World War II.

Kiselev's List Film in competition

Director: Yuri Malugin, Russia
Film about a Russian partisan during WWII, who rescued the inhabitants of a Jewish village. Film presented by the director Yuri Malyugin.