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Russian indie production outfit MetraFilms ramps up slate

11:48 03.03.2021

Russian indie production outfit MetraFilms ramps up slate

Russian production outfit MetraFilms is showcasing multiple projects at the EFM, led by Roman Vasyanov’sThe Dorm, on which New Europe Film Sales has boarded world sales.The Dormmarks the directorial debut of Vasyanov, who is best known as David Ayer’s cinematographer onEnd Of Watch,Fury,Suicide SquadandBright.Vasyanov’s debut, which he also co-wrote, is …

The International Jury Highly Appreciated "Museums of the Russian Province"

12:46 03.02.2021 Elena Studneva

The International Jury Highly Appreciated "Museums of the Russian Province"

In the private museum "Musical instruments", collector Alexander Kalugin (with guitar), correspondent Vladimir Novoselov (1st prize of the festival).All photos from the participants of the festival.The International Festival of TV companies from the Moscow region "Meets Pavlovsky Posad-2021" received wide responses from foreign compatriots from Russia. This year, it was …

To Russia with Love

16:16 29.12.2020 Marina Kravchenko

To Russia with Love

The Department of History and Records expresses its gratitude to Ambassador Anatoly Adamishin for the letters of Clementine Churchill that were sent to the Foreign Policy Archives of the Russian Federation.Photos - Archive of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation. F. 06. Op. 1. P. 3. D. 13. "The …

“The City of Tomorrow” Shows the Future Left Behind

11:16 28.12.2020 Elena Rubinova

“The City of Tomorrow” Shows the Future Left Behind

Exhibition view, CK19 Novosibirsk. Photo by E.Bekarev"The City of Tomorrow", the exhibition project of the international group of curators and researchers, is currently on view in Novosibirsk within the framework of the Year of Germany in Russia 2020/21. The show considers the life and afterlife of the Soviet city, focusing …

“Blossoming complexity” of Konstantin Leontyev

12:35 23.12.2020 Elizaveta Antonova

“Blossoming complexity” of Konstantin Leontyev

January 25 marks the 185thbirth anniversary of the outstanding Russian thinker, historian and diplomat, Konstantin Nikolayevich Leontyev (1831-1891).The biography and spiritual endeavors of this prominent Russian philosopher offer us a glimpse of a unique story of the life of a Russian thinker, contradictory and insightful, someone who did not gain …

Psyops in an Ever-Changing World: The Power of Music

10:57 22.12.2020 Emanuel Pietrobon, University of Turin (Italy)

Psyops in an Ever-Changing World: The Power of Music

Music is the tool people tend to resort to when they feel specific emotions and experience some states of mind, like anger, happiness, sadness, anxiety and excitement. People listen to music because of its relaxing effect – it has been scientifically proven the power exerted by music on the human …

Constellation of Stars: Cecil Beaton's Retrospective at the State Hermitage

12:00 14.12.2020 Elena Rubinova

Constellation of Stars: Cecil Beaton's Retrospective at the State Hermitage

Photo: A. Bronnikov. The State HermitageThe exhibition 'Cecil Beaton: Celebrating Celebrity' openedin the General Staff Buildingof the State Hermitage Museum in collaboration with Cecil Beaton’s Studio Archive. The retrospective, held in Russia for the first time, presents Beaton’s vast creative legacy and allows the audience to see the transformation of …

Italian DOC Festival – a platform for cultural dialogue between Russia and Italy

10:25 08.12.2020 Anna Yershova

Italian DOC Festival – a platform for cultural dialogue between Russia and Italy

When speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2ndItalian Documentary Film Festival in Moscow, Italian ambassador Pasquale Terracciano said that the Italian DOC Festival is primarily intended to provide the Russian audience with a better picture of Italy’s past and present with the help of six films about the country’s …

Olympiad on Russian as a foreign language

12:28 01.12.2020

Olympiad on Russian as a foreign language

“TheSecond International online Olympiadon Russia as a foreign language organised bySaint Petersburg State Universityand theMinistry of Education of Russian Federationhas set a new record for the number of participants. This year the Olympiad tasks have been performed by 9,500 people from 150 countries. As a comparison, last year only saw …

Russian and British Teenagers Join Efforts Online to Create Opera

12:05 23.11.2020 Elena Rubinova

Russian and British Teenagers Join Efforts Online to Create Opera

James Garner with the studio participants at MAMTThe year 2020 made us reconsider many familiar concepts, and it is hardly the end of the game. While the second wave of the pandemic sent much of Europe into another round of lockdowns it has become clear that transformations in many areas …

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