DOCHOUSE PRESENTS: PUTIN'S PROGRESS

 

Saturday 3rd March 2012, Rich Mix, Shoreditch

 

A day of extraordinary documentaries and discussion on the eve of the Russian elections.

 

In light of the recent events in Russia, DocHouse is hosting a special day of documentaries that shed light on Putin and today's Russia. Four outstanding documentaries will be shown followed by two panel sessions, ranging in subject matter, and all taking place at the Rich Mix centre in Shoreditch, London. 

 

Full Day Pass: £25 (£20 conc.) Double Bills: £15 (£12 conc.)

To book click here or call 020 7613 7498

 

SCHEDULE 

First Double Bill

12.00 - 16.45

 

Putin: The Leap Year

 

Vitalij Mansky / Russia / 2001 / 58'

 

Vitaly Mansky paints an intimate portrait of the ex-KGB officer at the very start of his presidency. Later films show Putin’s steely-eyed determinism, but here in 2001, as he assumes his presidency and gets to grips with the Kremlin, he cuts a surprisingly humble and sympathetic figure. 

 

 

INTERVAL

 

 

Khodorkovsky

 

 

Cyril Tuschi / Germany / 2011 / 111'

 

Once the richest man in the world under 40, billionaire oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky reigned supreme amongst Russia’s elite. But his astonishing fall from Putin’s grace has left him languishing in a Siberian jail on charges of tax fraud and embezzlement. Digging into the covert world of the oligarchs, director Cyril Tushi traces Khodorkovsky’s meteoric rise through post-communist society and questions the real reasons behind his dramatic fall.

 

 

PANEL DISCUSSION

 

18.00 - 22.00

 

Our Newspaper UK Premiere

 

Eline Flipse / Netherlands / 2010 / 58'

 

800km east of Moscow, journalist Anrej Shkolni drives across the icy plains of rural Russia, chasing local news stories for the independent paper he has set up, fiercely struggling to maintain his journalistic integrity free from political pressure and government intervention. Our Newspaper takes us out of Moscow and into the heart of rural Russia - a quiet portrait that speaks volumes about freedom of speech, state control and the media. 

 

PANEL DISCUSSION

 

INTERVAL

 

 

Putin's Kiss Special Preview

 

 

Lise Birk Pedersen / Denmark / 2011 / 85'

 

To Masha Drokova, pro-Putin youth movement NASHI is the bright, anti-fascist future of Russia; to liberal journalist Oleg, NASHI is a ‘bunch of hooligans’ and much like the Hitler Youth. Masha’s dedication to NASHI has seen her rise through its ranks, but her faith in its ideology begins to crumble as the darker side of Putin’s power breeds devastating consequences for new friend Oleg.