Wednesday, April 1, 2:30 pm

Student Union Movie Theater, UNC Charlotte Main Campus

 Program of short films

“Young Directors – New Directions”

Sponsored by Kultburo Educational Project and the Russian Club 

Not a word about your mother/ Ни слова о твоей матери

Director Daria Razumnikovа

Russia, 2014, 13 min, In Russian with English subtitles

To leave or not to leave / Валить нельзя остаться

Director Nikita Sutirin

Russia, 2014, 20 min, In Russian with English subtitles

By accident (Unintentionally) / Нечаянно

Director Zhora Kryzhovnikov

Russia, 2014, 24 min, In Russian with English subtitles

Introduction: “Short films – not short ideas.” Kate Skorodinskaya, MA, Instructor in Russian studies

Short films made by young Russian directors. Three different stories and tree different outlook. “Not a word about your mom” follows the steps of a young sophisticated woman who is stuck with the daughter pattern, hunted by the vivid presence of her deceased mother.

“To leave or not to leave” catches a talented scientist right before he is ready to leave his old life in Russia and start a new one in the USA.

The film “By accident” is a dark comedy which lets us spend new year’s eve with a Russian family who eats, drinks, toasts, watches tv and commits murder with the same nonchalant attitude. The film was awarded the main prize (short films) at the Kinotavr Film festival in Sochi, Russia, 2014.http://www.kinotavr.ru/en/2014/winners-25/

All three films were created at LTD Kultburo Education Center (Moscow) under the support of the Ministry of Culture of Russia.

Presentation of short films made by UNC Charlotte students . Introduction by Rodney Stringfellow, Instructor of Film Studies.