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2nd Russian Film Festival

18-28 September 2008
Apollo West End Cinema, Waterstone's Piccadilly, London
Tickets available from 5 September

Building on the success of the 1st Russian Film Festival, Academia Rossica is now launching Russian Film Festival 2008, presenting the latest works of well-established classic directors as well as up-and-coming young talents. Look forward to features, animations, shorts and more...
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AES+F Video Installation: Last Riot

Now - July 18 2008
RS&A Ltd. Gallery, London
Entry Free

Moscow art collecive of four, AES+F, presents video installation and porcelain work in their first solo exhibition in the UK. 'First Riot' brought new prominence to their already illustrious careers, when it met with sensational success at the Venice Biennale in 2007...
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Victor Alimpiev in Oxford: Video Art of the Senses

Now - 31 August 2008
Modern Art Oxford Gallery
Entry Free

Academia Rossica is delighted to announce the realisation of this exhibition of video installations by Moscow artist Victor Alimpiev. The two works are sensual explorations of the individual's relationship both to the collective, and to the surrounding world as a whole...
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Russian Success at Cannes 2008

May 2008
Cannes, France

It seems that for Russian cinema, good things come in threes: the Russian film industry suitably showcased at the first ever Russian film pavilion; leading Russian production and distribution companies present their best creations at the International Marché du Film; and stunning triumphs for first-time feature film directors Sergei Dvortsevoy and Valeria Gai-Germanika!
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St Petersburg and the British

Published by Frances Lincoln Ltd.
£25, but 20% Discount for AR Visitors

Anthony Cross narrates the story of this vibrant and tragic city through the first-hand accounts of its British residents and visitors. A unique anthology of St Petersburg’s culture, politics, architecture, commerce, recreation and everyday life, this book includes extracts by, for instance, Daniel Defoe, Lewis Carroll, W. Somerset Maughan, H.G. Wells, Isaiah Berlin, J.B. Priestley, Alan Sillitoe and Colin Thubron.
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Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead

Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead 11-24 July 2008
BFI Southbank, London

Garri Urban survived the holocaust and the Gulag, while maintaining self-respect and refusing to become a victim of his harrowing life as a polish Jew in the 20th Century. Garri and his son, two-time BAFTA winning director Stuart Urban, returned to the former Soviet Union in 1992 to claim his KGB file and prove his incredible history.
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