Russian films at the East End Film Festival
We are as disappointed as you are that the ash cloud stopped our Russian authors from making it to the UK for our SLOVO festival. However, the festival has not been cancelled, merely postponed. We are working hard to bring the events to London at a later date, so keep a close eye on our website! In the meantime, Academia Rossica is delighted to support The East End Film Festival (22 April – Friday 30) in their focus on new Russian cinema.
Sergei Lukyanenko
Sergei Lukyanenko, born in Kazakhstan, is one of the foremost Russian science-fiction writers and has received tremendously high acclaim abroad. Originally studying as a psychiatrist, Lukyanenko turned to science-fiction writing with the monthly publication of Where the Mean Enemy Lurks in 1988. However, the works that shot him to the dizzying heights that he now occupies were Knights of the Forty Islands, which won best heroic-romantic fantasy and science-fiction award in 1995, and The Nuclear Dream.
Lukyanenko
Sergei Lukyanenko, born in Kazakhstan, is one of the foremost Russian science-fiction writers and has received tremendously high acclaim abroad. Originally studying as a psychiatrist, Lukyanenko turned to science-fiction writing with the monthly publication of Where the Mean Enemy Lurks in 1988. However, the works that shot him to the dizzying heights that he now occupies were Knights of the Forty Islands
Russian Film Festival Launches
By Prudence Ivy
The second ever Russian Film Festival in London opened last Thursday night and I was at the press conference on Friday to mark its opening and get the general lowdown on contemporary Russian cinema from the festival’s organisers and some of the principle directors, actors and producers.
The second ever Russian Film Festival in London opened last Thursday night and I was at the press conference on Friday to mark its opening and get the general lowdown on contemporary Russian cinema from the festival’s organisers and some of the principle directors, actors and producers.
Russian Film Festival in London
By Polly Corrigan
Some people love shoes, some love records. I love Russia. So it was with a happy heart that I trotted off to the first night of the Russian Film Festival in London last week.
Some people love shoes, some love records. I love Russia. So it was with a happy heart that I trotted off to the first night of the Russian Film Festival in London last week.
A Sense of Delicacy
Leicester Square Theatre
9 & 16 March
£12/£10
‘A Sense of Delicacy’, one of Chekhov’s best comic stories, comes to the London stage, performed by the Romanian actor Mihai Arsene. Actor Mihai Arsene was born in Pitesti, Romania. He studied Performing Arts at the University of Craiova, where he graduated in 2001. Just before graduation, he was awarded The Best Actor Award for the role Mr. Bogoiu in "The Holiday Game" by Mihail Sebastian, which was part of the Student Actor Festival in Iasi, Romania.
9 & 16 March
£12/£10
‘A Sense of Delicacy’, one of Chekhov’s best comic stories, comes to the London stage, performed by the Romanian actor Mihai Arsene. Actor Mihai Arsene was born in Pitesti, Romania. He studied Performing Arts at the University of Craiova, where he graduated in 2001. Just before graduation, he was awarded The Best Actor Award for the role Mr. Bogoiu in "The Holiday Game" by Mihail Sebastian, which was part of the Student Actor Festival in Iasi, Romania.
The Twilight Watch
by Sergei Lukyanenko
Translated by Andrew Bromfield
William Heinemann of The Random House Group, 2007, pp. 440
In Twilight Watch, the Others face their greatest threat yet. A renegade Other, his identity as yet unknown, has absconded with a fabled spell-book of untold power and appears bent on attacking the entire earth. Now forces of the Light and the Dark - the Night Watch and the Day Watch - must cooperate to stop him.
Translated by Andrew Bromfield
William Heinemann of The Random House Group, 2007, pp. 440
In Twilight Watch, the Others face their greatest threat yet. A renegade Other, his identity as yet unknown, has absconded with a fabled spell-book of untold power and appears bent on attacking the entire earth. Now forces of the Light and the Dark - the Night Watch and the Day Watch - must cooperate to stop him.
The Day Watch
by Sergei Lukyanenko
Translated by Andrew Bromfield
William Heinemann of The Random House Group, 2007, pp. 487
The morally ambiguous second volume in Lukyanenko's trilogy (after 2006's Night Watch, a major literary and cinematic success in Russia) portrays the epic supernatural struggle between good and evil from the point-of-view of the witch Alisa Donnikova.
Translated by Andrew Bromfield
William Heinemann of The Random House Group, 2007, pp. 487
The morally ambiguous second volume in Lukyanenko's trilogy (after 2006's Night Watch, a major literary and cinematic success in Russia) portrays the epic supernatural struggle between good and evil from the point-of-view of the witch Alisa Donnikova.
The Last Watch
by Sergei Lukyanenko
Translated by Andrew Bromfield
William Heinemann of The Random House Group, 2008, pp. 394
While on holiday in Scotland, visiting a macabre tourist attraction, “The Dungeons of Edinburgh,” a young Russian tourist is murdered. As the police grapple with the fact that the cause of the young man’s death was a massive loss of blood, the Watches are immediately aware that there is a renegade vampire on the loose.
Translated by Andrew Bromfield
William Heinemann of The Random House Group, 2008, pp. 394
While on holiday in Scotland, visiting a macabre tourist attraction, “The Dungeons of Edinburgh,” a young Russian tourist is murdered. As the police grapple with the fact that the cause of the young man’s death was a massive loss of blood, the Watches are immediately aware that there is a renegade vampire on the loose.
Dying for it
by Nikolai Erdman
Translated by Moira Buffini
Faber and Faber, 2007, pp.116
Hallway-dwelling Semyon is unemployed and disheartened with life. When his last hope for self-respect disappears, Semyon decides to take his own life. But word gets out and he finds himself inundated with sympathetic visitors - begging him to die on their behalf.
Translated by Moira Buffini
Faber and Faber, 2007, pp.116
Hallway-dwelling Semyon is unemployed and disheartened with life. When his last hope for self-respect disappears, Semyon decides to take his own life. But word gets out and he finds himself inundated with sympathetic visitors - begging him to die on their behalf.
Russian Film Festival Launches
By Prudence Ivy
The second ever Russian Film Festival in London opened last Thursday night and I was at the press conference on Friday to mark its opening and get the general lowdown on contemporary Russian cinema from the festival’s organisers and some of the principle directors, actors and producers.
The second ever Russian Film Festival in London opened last Thursday night and I was at the press conference on Friday to mark its opening and get the general lowdown on contemporary Russian cinema from the festival’s organisers and some of the principle directors, actors and producers.
Russian Film Festival in London
By Polly Corrigan
Some people love shoes, some love records. I love Russia. So it was with a happy heart that I trotted off to the first night of the Russian Film Festival in London last week.
Some people love shoes, some love records. I love Russia. So it was with a happy heart that I trotted off to the first night of the Russian Film Festival in London last week.
Russian Film Festival Launches
By Prudence Ivy
The second ever Russian Film Festival in London opened last Thursday night and I was at the press conference on Friday to mark its opening and get the general lowdown on contemporary Russian cinema from the festival’s organisers and some of the principle directors, actors and producers.
The second ever Russian Film Festival in London opened last Thursday night and I was at the press conference on Friday to mark its opening and get the general lowdown on contemporary Russian cinema from the festival’s organisers and some of the principle directors, actors and producers.
Russian Film Festival in London
By Polly Corrigan
Some people love shoes, some love records. I love Russia. So it was with a happy heart that I trotted off to the first night of the Russian Film Festival in London last week.
Some people love shoes, some love records. I love Russia. So it was with a happy heart that I trotted off to the first night of the Russian Film Festival in London last week.
Jazz Festival
25 and 26 February
Charlie Wright's
20.00
£7/8
As part of the 'Easternal Nites' programme, talented Russian jazz musicians will be performing in London. A night of experimental improvised music from Vyacheslav Guyvoronsky, Andrey Kondakov and Vladimir Volkov, followed by an evening of instrumental jazz and fusion from the MassAve Project.
Charlie Wright's
20.00
£7/8
As part of the 'Easternal Nites' programme, talented Russian jazz musicians will be performing in London. A night of experimental improvised music from Vyacheslav Guyvoronsky, Andrey Kondakov and Vladimir Volkov, followed by an evening of instrumental jazz and fusion from the MassAve Project.
War & Peace
10 April – 11 May
Hampstead Theatre
Tickets: 020 7722 9301 or
www.hampsteadtheatre.com
Originally staged at the National Theatre, this fantastic stage-version breathes vivid life into one of the greatest works of fiction ever written. Adapted by Helen Edmunson from the novel by Tolstoy
Directed by Nancy Meckler & Polly Teale
Hampstead Theatre
Tickets: 020 7722 9301 or
www.hampsteadtheatre.com
Originally staged at the National Theatre, this fantastic stage-version breathes vivid life into one of the greatest works of fiction ever written. Adapted by Helen Edmunson from the novel by Tolstoy
Directed by Nancy Meckler & Polly Teale
Rossica 6
Russian Nights
‘Russian Nights’ Festival is the largest, most ambitious and most varied festival of Russian culture ever to be staged in London. It brings a remarkable range of music and theatre, painting and poetry, photography and architecture to the capital.
‘Russian Nights’ Festival is the largest, most ambitious and most varied festival of Russian culture ever to be staged in London. It brings a remarkable range of music and theatre, painting and poetry, photography and architecture to the capital.
Rossica 6
Russian Nights
‘Russian Nights’ Festival is the largest, most ambitious and most varied festival of Russian culture ever to be staged in London. It brings a remarkable range of music and theatre, painting and poetry, photography and architecture to the capital.
‘Russian Nights’ Festival is the largest, most ambitious and most varied festival of Russian culture ever to be staged in London. It brings a remarkable range of music and theatre, painting and poetry, photography and architecture to the capital.
War & Peace
10 April – 11 May
Hampstead Theatre
Tickets: 020 7722 9301 or
www.hampsteadtheatre.com
Originally staged at the National Theatre, this fantastic stage-version breathes vivid life into one of the greatest works of fiction ever written. Adapted by Helen Edmunson from the novel by Tolstoy
Directed by Nancy Meckler & Polly Teale
Hampstead Theatre
Tickets: 020 7722 9301 or
www.hampsteadtheatre.com
Originally staged at the National Theatre, this fantastic stage-version breathes vivid life into one of the greatest works of fiction ever written. Adapted by Helen Edmunson from the novel by Tolstoy
Directed by Nancy Meckler & Polly Teale