15th Russian Cinema Week takes place in Berlin

From November 25 to December 1, 2019, the 15th Russian Cinema Week is held in Berlin with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Within seven days, German viewers will see 14 new Russian films with German subtitles. The cinema week is being held as part of the international cultural project Russian Seasons.

The film "Odessa" directed by Valery Todorovsky was shown as part of the opening of one of Berlin's main cinema events. The event was attended by Renat Davletyarov, general producer of the Russian Cinema Week in Berlin, Valery Todorovsky, Brigitte Mantei, film finance adviser at Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.

Until December 1, German viewers will see latest Russian films, including "Dylda", "Van Goghi", "Balkan Frontier", "Byk", "Hayka" and others. As part of the film screenings, viewers will be able to talk with the filmmakers who will personally present their films.

The project is organized by the Interfest film company, the Russian House of Science and Culture in Berlin, the Mediaost Events & Kommunikation GmbH agency with the participation of Interkultura Kommunikation. Film screenings are held at two venues in the cinema of the Russian House and in the movie theater Delphi Lux.

Russian Seasons is a large-scale project to present Russian culture to a European audience. Within the framework of the festival, which will last until the end of 2019, more than 400 events are planned in 80 cities of Germany: exhibitions, theatrical productions, symphony music concerts, ballet performances, projects on cinema, tours of leading folk groups, circus and art festivals. Among the participants of the “Russian Seasons” in Germany are more than 80 cultural institutions.

In 2017 “Russian Seasons” were held at a high level in Japan, combining 250 events in 40 cities. In 2018, “Russian Seasons” admired Italy: about 6 million spectators attended 310 events in 74 cities.

A special collection has been formed in the electronic collections of the Presidential Library, timed to the Year of Cinema in Russia (2016). It included official documents, studies, visual materials (posters, postcards) that spotlight various aspects of the development of national cinema from the beginning of the 20th century, as well as dedicated to individual films and actors of Russian and Soviet cinema. In addition, the institution’s portal presents the first feature films created in the Russian Empire as well as modern documentaries of various subjects.

On the official page of the Presidential Library, only part of the materials of the electronic collections of the largest digital depository is available. The library’s information resources are provided at remote access centers in different countries of the world, one of which has been opened in Berlin since 2017.

Based on the materials of http://deu.rs.gov.ru/ru portal.