80th ANNIVERSARY OF ST. PETERSBURG DOC. FILM STUDIO · 9/4 at 8pm · Brattle
Theatre
Established in 1932 (and tracing its history to as early as 1914), the St.
Petersburg Documentary Film Studio continues to support a group of world-class
filmmakers who regularly present 35mm and digital films at international
festivals.
Among the most acclaimed members of this collective are three filmmakers
featured on September 4th: Pavel Medvedev, a legendary figure who appeared at
the 2009 Flaherty Seminar; Sergei Loznitsa, who has recently received
international attention for his Cannes entries
My Joy and
In the Fog; and Alina Rudnitskaya, an investigator of female roles in Russian
society, whose most recent film
I Will Forget This Day made an impact at a host of international festivals.
ALL FILMS PRESENTED ON 35MM WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES. Program:
On the Third Planet from the Sun (Na tret'ei ot solntsa planete), Pavel
Medvedev, 2006, 35mm, 32 mins
The Russian North. People who live here pick up “space garbage” in the bog,
sell the scrap metal or use it in housekeeping and farming. In the Arkhangelsk
region, forty-five years since nuclear bomb experiments, life is going its
ordinary way.
Bitch Academy (Kak stat' stervoi), Alina Rudnitskaya, 2007, 35mm, 31 mins
There was a time when the word “bitch” was perceived as negative. But today it
has become a bestseller. A bitch has become a kind of ideal to a modern woman,
a real hero of our day. Most women older than fifteen seek to be a bitch. Who
is a vixen, a modern bitch? Vixen is a woman that follows her own desires, she
relies only on herself, clearly understands what she wants to get from life and
men, doesn’t follow the stereotypes, knows men’s “weak” points, is
self-supporting and has inner freedom.The main shooting technique is a method
of observation. This film can be called “the best documentary comedy” about
women.
Factory (Fabrika), Sergei Loznitsa, 2004, 35mm, 30 mins
Masculine and feminine, hard and soft, continued and interrupted, whole and
fragmented. All that is encompassed by just one day at the factory.
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And... coming up on October 2nd: Boston-based filmmaker and curator Dagmar
Kamlah will curate an evening of films by the "Oberhausen Manifesto" group -- a
1960s' collective of radical German filmmakers who strove to break away from
"Papa's Kino." As the collective celebrates its 50th anniversary, film
institutions around the world look back at these innovative and ambitious works.
More info on our website .
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