Program

Eleventh RUSDOCFILMFEST-3W,
October 19-21, 2018, at DCTV (87 Lafayette, Manhattan) & SVA (136 W. 21st St., Manhattan)

Friday, October 19

DCTV, Main Theater (1st floor)

6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Festival Opening events

DCTV, Engine Bay Hall (1st floor)

6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Serge Hollerbach: “From a Personal Point of View”.
Art exhibition dedicated to 95th birthday of Serge Hollerbach, an academic of the National Academy of Design.

DCTV, Main Theater (1st floor)

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
11th independent documentary film festival RUSDOCFILMFEST. Opening Ceremony.
The Opening ceremony will feature a presentation by The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center, the Russian non-profit organization and philanthropic foundation created for support of civil society, non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest interests and the will of citizens. (Moscow / Ekaterinburg)

8:00 pm
Andrey Zvyagintsev. The Director

9:00 pm
“Accents of New York” Poetry reading by bilingual New Yorkers
Language: English, Bulgarian, Romanian, Russian.

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Saturday, October 20

DCTV, Main Theater (1st floor)

2:30 pm
Rezo

3:45 pm
Radio “К”
Monkey, Ostrich, and Grave
Minors under 18-year old must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian

6:20 pm
Ost-Front
Victory over the Victory
Q&A session after screening: Mikhail Fishgoyt, film-director, veteran of WWII

8:40 pm
The Term
In memory of director Alexandr Rastorguev, cameraman Kirill Radchenko and journalist Orkhan Djemal, killed this summer in the process of creating a new film about illegal Russian military groups in Central African Republic
Q&A session after screening: Nadya Azhgikhina, “Free Word” Association of independent journalists and writers (Russia)

DCTV, Studio (3 floor)

1:30 pm
Flight of a Bullet
Minors under 18-year old must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian

3:00 pm
I Have Believed – I Believe

4:00 pm
I Must Tell

5:00 pm
Unknown 1917
Q&A session after screening: Galina Evtushenko, film director

School of Visual Arts

1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Beyond the Borders: Women in Contemporary Documentaries and Visual Arts
Special program of the RUSDOCFILMFEST-3W with partnership of SVA & National Writers Union.

1:00 pm – 2:20 pm
Keiko Tsuno: 50 years in the American Documentary. Presentation
The Story of Vinh. Political drama (1990)
Q&A session after screening with KeikoTsuno, film director

2:30pm – 4:30pm
Facing the Mirror (2017)
Harmony (2017)

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Round table Beyond the Borders: Women in Contemporary Documentaries and Visual Arts.

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Sunday, October 21

School of Visual Arts

1:30 pm
King Lear

2:35 pm
The Trial. The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov

DCTV, Studio (3rd floor)

2:30 pm
“Dream Factory” for Comrade Stalin
Q&A session with film crew

3:50 pm
Short documentaries. «Artist and Spirits».
Q&A with film director Edward Staroselsky & film protagonist Edward Bekkerman.

“Alphabet Diet. Dishiza (1996-2018)”. Installation art.
Q&A with performance artist Irina Danilova

DCTV, White Room (1st floor)

2:00 pm
The Documentary Filmmaker’s Prime Responsibility: Social or Artistic? Round table

DCTV, Main Theater (1st floor)

3:30 pm
Brother Azari

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Era of Lyubimov. Master’s Rehearsals
Q&A session after screening: Elena Yakovich, film director

5:40 pm
Sasha Sokolov. Last Russian Writer

6:50 pm
You Rock
Q&A session after screening: Eugeni Grigoriev, film director; Anna Selyanina, producer

9:00 pm
The festival closing events. Award Ceremony