TUE 02 SEPTEMBER Westbourne Studios A NIGHT OF RUSSIAN FILMS 6–11pm Last Port Amsterdam Ante Kustre 30mins 15 Seven last days of former junky before checking into rehab. At the same time and in the same town,three Buddhist priests create a mandala of compassion due to arival of Dalai Lama. In parallel montage-process of revealing all lies and ugliness of addict's life and gradual forming of mandala as a symbol of beauty, truth and harmony. In one point those two courses come across and life of former junkie gets a new direction. Art Documentaries, Croatia 6:30 Sputniks Kristina Miechinski 17mins U Sputnik unravels simultaneously in Saint Petersburg (Russia) and London. The film observes life of two characters over the course of one day. Sputniks is a tale of modern life, about people living next to one another yet separated by walls, space and time. Drama, London Victory Renger van den Heuvel 50mins U A view on Moscow in 1980, the year of the Olympics by portraying six former Soviet citizens. Everything seems under control until the most popular ‘not officially allowed’ singer dies during the games. Documentary, Holland 7:30 SELECTION FROM THE OPEN CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL IN ST.PETERSBURG Ratio-Emotio Pavel matveev 6mins Animation, Russia In Scale Tatyanna Moshkova 7mins A little bird, which leaves in draw’s scale, have to struggle for her baby bird survival. Animation, Russia Woman’s Alphabet Andrey Cherpin & Irma Komladze 21mins 3 women are talking about love, alienation, exile, birth and death. What is the most important in their lives? 5 questions and only one answer. A poetic attempt to understand their monologues provoked the director to create a film-synthesis of documentary plot and video-art. Documentary, Russia The Black The White Andrey Bakurin 5mins Animation, Russia Heal Me Edward 209 5mins Music Video “Heal Me” by In Strict Confidence. Art, Russia Air Stas Bulov 9mins Film - joke, film - surprise, film-talk. The teacher and his disciple are walking through the forest, with the intention to do something. What are they going to do? It clarifies only in the very end of the film. The main idea is that the miracles, however, happen. The film is made without cutting. Drama, Russia Head-leg Pavel Muntyan 4mins Animation, Russia Loop Maxim Luschuk 2mins Animation, Russia Tango “Camisa” Saya Kurpesheva 3mins Nothing can prevent a girl from dancing- nor the absence of a partner. Drama, Russia Head Of Paul Klee Nastya Golovan 7mins Animation, Russia Allowed Limits Natalya Mihailova 19mins This film tells about the new tendencis in contemporary art and analyses it’s development’s negative consequences. As art-experts - Boris Grenenshikov, Andrey Barten’ev, Vladislav Malishev-Monro, Merlyn Manson, Mikhail Trofimenko, Sergey Debizhev. “Art is the only thing, excusing men’s presence on the Earth” - but what kind of art and where are “allowed limits?” - Author asks. Documentary, Russia 9:00 Veronika Will Not Come Elina Suni 115mins 12A Veronkia is an editor of a Soviet Newspaper. She is successful and beautiful woman. But in Soviet society successful people couldn’t be independent or even free in their private lives. But Veronika lives her life as it is gambling. She stakes a lot and wins a lot. She makes one “wrong” step - to freedom, and loses everything... Drama, Russia back to schedule