THE EIGHTH ANNUAL RUSSIAN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK will take place in Manhattan and Brooklyn on October 9-11, 2015.
In 2015 our festival will be announced as FREE WORLD / 3W. THE INDEPENDENT RUSSIAN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK with the motto “What a Wonderful World!” The festival’s logo is based on the ancient sacred symbol OM – in our interpretation, the symbol which unites three artistic abilities of humankind: desire, knowledge, action. Our festival is the only Russian Documentary Film Festival in New York that reflects the contemporary life of the multi-ethnic Russian-speaking world – the open-minded world of independent inspiration and free thought.
The 3W-DocFestival is a non-political project; it presents only documentaries with social, historical, and cultural focuses. The festival presents special screenings which range from contemporary Russian literature – titled “In the Beginning was the World”, to historical themes – “Remembering the Holocaust in the XXI Century”, as well as screenings dedicated to the Russian-speaking Diaspora’s history, social problems – “Faces”, and multi-cultural dialogue in the context of Russian culture – “Free World”. The festival also includes non-thematic screenings. The festival includes a Competition program and a Non-competition program. The awards given at the festival include: Grand Prix, Special Jury Prize, “Faces of Russia” Award, as well as several diplomas and prizes from The New Review, Inc. – the organizer of the festival, and from the festival’s sponsors.
The 3W-DocFestival is a non-commercial project maintained with private donations and the support of New-York-based organizations. The Festival first started eight years ago and since that time has been organized by the American non-profit organization – The New Review, Inc. Our corporation was founded by Russian Émigrés in 1953 in New York. In the last seven years we have shown 130 riveting documentaries created by film-makers from Russia and the Russian-speaking Diaspora.
The Competition program in 2015 includes 17 documentaries from Belarus, Lithuania, Russia, and the USA; most are laureates of international film-festivals in 2014/15. The non-competition program includes 4 documentaries. There will be presentations of several film-directors in a Q&A format. All screenings will be American premieres.
FREE WORLD / 3W-DOCFESTIVAL
The Eighth Independent Russian Documentary Film Festival in New York
COMPETITION PROGRAM:
Blood (Russia)
Grumant. Island of Communism (Russia)
I Will Be the Leader! (Russia)
Locals (Russia)
Lost in Translation (Russia)
On the Tips of Fingers (Russia)
On the Edge (Russia)
On the Way of Quay (Lithuania)
Pushkin is Our Everything (USA)
Spirit in Motion (Россия)
The Key to the Clockwork Orange (Russia)
The Lost Cause. Return to Bischofswerda (Belarus)
The Saint. Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow(Russia)
Tolya Yakobson From Klynovsky Lane (USA)
Voices (Russia)
When People Die They Sing Songs (USA)
NON-COMPETITION PROGRAM
After the War (Россия)
Coctebel’s pebbles (Russia)
Marry Suburb (Russia)
Vladimir Maksimov (Russia)
Patron – $10,000 and up
– 1/2 of a page in the Festival catalog;
– Logo placed on the Festival’s website;
– Advertising banner of the company placed in the lobby of Tribeca Cinemas;
– Separate desk in the lobby for promotional materials and distribution of merchandise;
– Trailer played on a projector in the theater’s lobby;
– Mentioning in the informational and advertising materials;
– Four tickets to the Opening ceremony and to all the screenings and meetings of the festival;
– Four tickets to the Closing reception;
– If a sponsor wishes, a special prize in sponsor’s name could be awarded and given to one of the participating films
Benefactor – $5,000 and up
– 1/2 of a page in the Festival catalog;
– Logo placed on the Festival’s website;
– Trailer played on a projector in the theater’s lobby;
– Distribution of promotional materials at Tribeca Cinemas;
– Two tickets to the Opening ceremony;
– Two tickets to all the screenings and meetings of the festival;
– Two tickets to the Closing reception
Sponsor – $2,000 and up
– Logo placed in the Festival catalog and on the Festival’s website;
– Distribution of promotional materials at Tribeca Cinemas;
– Two tickets to the Opening ceremony;
– Two tickets to the Closing reception
Other sponsorship opportunities:
Other sponsorship opportunities are available. As a non-profit organization, we appreciate all levels of sponsorship.
Sponsors have a great opportunity to grant a screening of one documentary from the festival’s program in their own preference.
$1000 – Screening the full-length films (with mention among the list of sponsors in the festival and in the catalog as “Fellow / Star”)
$800 – Screening the short films (with mention among the list of sponsors in the festival and in the catalog as “Fellow”)
$2000 – Special festival program “3W / Free World” (with mention among the list of sponsors in the festival and n the catalog as “Fellow /3W”)
Private donations:
We welcome private donations. All donations are tax-deductible (see Disclaimer above). Any private donor reserves the right to specify the allocation of their donation for festival needs (theater rental, equipment rental, advertising and publicity aid, opening and closing reception catering, travel support, etc).
Director sponsorship:
As one of our goals is to improve the Russian-American cultural exchange, we feel that it is imperative to bring the creators of the films we show to New York to present their works. Being that the average budget for a full-length documentary film in Russia is less than the lowest annual minimum wage in the US, most of our directors are unable to afford the trip to NY. We welcome any sponsorship of a particular director whose works may be of interest to you, in part or in full. For director sponsorship, please contact our Festival Director, Ksenia Adamovitch at newreview@msn.com.
For all questions and further information regarding sponsorship opportunities at the Eighth Russian Documentary Film Festival in New York, please contact: Ksenia Adamovitch, festival director; Marina Adamovitch, curator of RDFF; Irina Aleshina, festival coordinator (Russia) newreview@msn.com or rusdocfilmfest@gmail.com
Anthology Film Archive
AFA, 32 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003 (corner of 2 Av. & 2 St). Subway: 2nd Avenue (F) Broadway-Lafayette (B,D,F,M)
DCTV
87 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013 (между Walker St. и White St.) Subway: Canal St. (N,Q,J,Z,6)
Brooklyn Public Library
10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238 (between Flatbush Ave. & Eastern Pkwy) Subway: Grand Army Plaza (2,3); 7 Ave (B,Q) See also Library website.
American-Russian Aid Association “Otrada”, Inc.
385 South Pascack Rd Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977
SPIRIT IN MOTION
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Competition program.
Directors: Sofia Geveyler, Yulia Bivsheva, Sofia Kucher
Studio: Ostrov, PC”VGIK-Debut”. Russia
2015, 73 min American premiere
Program “Free World / 3W”
The film is produced at the request of the International Paralympic Committee and is dedicated to the XI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014. Spirit in Motion is the official motto of the Paralympic movement. Each of the film’s heroes – athletes from Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Russia, and USA — represents one of six Paralympic sports. The film shows the courage of people with disabilities in their fight for a normal life, love, and success.
Language:Brazilian, Chinese, English, German, Russian; with English subtitles. Awards: First Prize at XXXIII IFF FICTS Challenge; 2015 Special President’s Award, category “Art”, for the first documentary film about International Paralympic Games: nominee for 2015 IFF “Window to Europe”.
WHEN PEOPLE DIE THEY SING SONGS
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Competition program
Director: Olga Lvoff
2014, 48 min Program “Remembering the Holocaust in XXI Century”
This film is a flashback to the life of a Holocaust survivor, a Jewish girl from Czechoslovakia Regina, who immigrated to the US after WWII. Yet it is also the story of Regina’s daughter, Sofia, and her love for her slowly fading 93-year-old mother. It is a touching story of a relationship between a mother and a daughter, two tender souls supporting each other.
Q&A with Director
Language:English, French, Yiddish; with English subtitles
Awards: 2014 Student Academy Award nominee (Oscar nomination); 2014 CINE Golden Eagle Award, Bronze Winner at 2014 International Independent Film Award; Official selection of DOC NYC.
ON THE WAY TO THE QUAY. PAKELIUI Į PRIEPLAUKĄ
Competition program
Director: Ramune Sakalauskayte
Studio: Porta Artis, Lithuania
2014, 40 min American premiere
Program “Free World / 3W”
Q&A with Director
The film is dedicated to the famous Lithuanian stage director Rimas Tuminas, the head of the Moscow Vakhtangov drama theater in Russia. With his creativity and artistic energy, he reminds the world of one simple thing: culture knows no boundaries.
Language: Lithuanian, Russian; with English subtitles
Competition program
Director: Ekaterina Gordeyeva
Studio: Channel One, Russia
2014, 60 min American premiere
Dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the end of the Leningrad Blockade.
Established right after World War II, the museum of the Leningrad Blockade was closed and its collections were destroyed by the Soviet government. Bit by bit, the film-makers recreate an original picture of the courage and tragedy of the Blockade. The whole, uncovered truth of these 872 frightful days is revealed.
Language: Russian; with English subtitles
THE LOST CAUSE. RETURN TO BISCHOFSWERDA
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Competition program
Director: Yuri Goroulev
Studio: StopShot, Belarus
2014, 60 min Program “Free World / 3W”
Dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the end of the Cold War
This film is about the resistance at the end of the 1980s involving two political systems—and two military missile units: the Soviet missile brigade, hidden in the GDR, and the American missile brigade in the FRG. The film’s characters are former Soviet and American officers, as well as residents of the German towns – victims of whose days.
Language: English, German, Russian; with English subtitles
I WILL BE THE LEADER!
Competition program
Director: Andrei Osipov
Studio: Risk
2015, 50 min American premiere
Program “At the Beginning Was the Word…”
This film is devoted to the poet, novelist, playwright, and literary critic Valery Bryusov. His shocking appearance at the Russian literary horizon at the beginning of the XX century opened the Russian Symbolism epoch. His life included many scandals — literary provocations, infidelities, and political intrigue with the Bolsheviks… yet he was determined to be a leader. The film is based on the chronicles from the early XX century.
Language: Russian; with English subtitles
Awards: Special Diploma at 2014 Gatchina FF “Literature and Cinema”; Official selection of XXXVII Moscow IFF, Official selection of 2014 IFF “Window to Europe”.
PUSHKIN IS OUR EVERYTHING
Competition program
Director: Michael Beckelhimer, USA
2015, 72 min Program “At the Beginning Was the Word…”
Generations pass, cultures, political regimes, and social problems come and go, but Pushkin remains the same for Russia — “Our Everything.” Why does the poet’s name bring together and reconcile even the most different of people? And if it’s not possible to understand Russia with the mind, as the Russian poet once said, — is it possible to understand Russia through Pushkin?
Language: English, Russian; with English subtitles
THE SAINT. PATRIARCH TIKHON
Competition program
Director: Andrei Sudilovskiy
TV Chanel “Kultura”, Russia
2015, 42 min American premiere
Program “Faces”
During the Russian Revolution and the Civil War — after a two-century-long interruption, the Russian Patriarchy was restored. The Russian Patriarch Tikhon (Belavin) started his sacred mission as a head of the Russian Orthodox Church and his tragic struggle against the Communists… He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as a saint only in 1989. Language: Russian, with English subtitles
MERRY OUTSKIRTS
Competition program
Director: Aleksey Pogrebnoy
Studio: Vyatka. Russia
2015, 40 min American premiere
Program “Faces”
All Russians are familiar with Leskov’s Levsha. Does Levsha still exist in modern Russia? The film is a cheerful story about folksy craftsmen from a Russian province: singers, carvers, antique collectors. This is a naïve and very touching yet fading Russian folk world – the merry outskirts of modern Russia.
Language: Russian
GRUMANT. ISLAND OF COMMUNISM
Competition program.
Director: Ivan Tverdovskiy
Studio: Point of View. Russia
2014, 54 min American premiere
Program “Faces”
In recent years, world powers have held a sharp debate over the North, which is a storehouse of natural resources, in particular — oil and gas. Who possesses this wealth? Discovered in 1596 by the captain Willem Barentsz, the archipelago Svalbard (Spitsbergen, also known on old maps as the “Holy Russian Islands”) was controlled by Norway. According to an agreement, 46 governments have the right to conduct business and academic research-related activities on the islands. Back in Soviet times, the Russian settlement Barentszburg was built on the island and was unofficially called the “Island of Communism.” What is “northern communism” in Russia?
Language: Russian; with English subtitles
Awards: Special Award for Best Documentary Film at 2014 IFF ArtDocFest; nominee for 2014 IFF “Window to Europe”.
Competition program
Director: Pavel Mirzoev
Studio: KinoPROBA, Russia
2014, 52 min American premiere
Program “Faces”
To visit the ground of Tarkovsky’s “Mirror,” to plunge into Norshtein’s “Tale of Tales,” to walk on Shpalikov’s poetic roads…What Russian intellectual hasn’t dreamt of this? Pavel Mirzoev and his film group go on a journey to these treasured places to meet the fellow countrymen of these three well-known artists — and see just how the “fairy tale” is reflected in reality.
Language: Russian; with English subtitles Awards: Nominee for 2014 IFF “Window to Europe”; Official selection of 2014 FF “Russia” (Ekaterinburg, Russia); Official selection of 2014 IFF “KINO” (Switzerland).
THE KEY TO THE CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Competition program
Directors: Grigoriy Grishin, Olga Yakovleva
Studio 26, Nizhne-Volsk, Russia
2014, 70 min American premiere
Program “Faces”
What is modern fascism? What is “Russian fascism”? This film tells the story of a street war between Russian anti-fascists and nationalists of the 2000’s. This movie is about young nonconformists in modern Russia. The anti-fascist opposition became a reaction to the emergence of skinhead groups in Russia, the apologists of the Third Reich. Thus appeared the compulsive anti-fascistic movement FA-ANTIFA; its form not much different from those of the skinheads. The decade of street war has killed dozens, injured hundreds. But most importantly, it’s an attempt to give an answer to Anthony Burgess and Stanley Kubrick’s question: who holds the key to “clockwork orange”?
Language: Russian; with English subtitles Awards: Nominee for 2014 “Nika” National Film Award; Official selection of 2014 IFF ArtDocFest.
BLOOD
Competition program
Director: Alexander Zamyslov
Studio: First Documentary Cinema Association, LLC, Russia
2014, 53 min American premiere
Program “Faces”
Vendetta. In 2002, 45 Russian children died in a plane crash over Germany. Vitaly Kaloyev lost his entire family: a wife and two children. Unsatisfied with the verdict of the international court, Kaloyev made his own decision, killing the dispatcher who was responsible for the crash. Bloody revenge is not an attribute of the past; bloody revenge is a reality in the Caucus region of Russia, in Italy, Serbia, Albania, Palestine… Vendetta — what is it? A thirst for revenge, the defense of a family’s lost honor, or the result of a lawless and indifferent government? This is what the creators of film reflect upon. Their characters live in different countries and belong to different cultures and faiths; yet all of them are obsessed with the lust of a bloody vendetta. How do we stop this?
Language: Albanian, Serbian, Italian, Ingush, Arabic, Russian; with English subtitles
Q&A with film-team
AT THE TIPS OF THE FINGERS
Competition program
Director: Roman Super
Studio: Chanel One. Russia
2015, 70 min American premiere
Program “Faces”
The film’s heroine lives in a Russian province; she’s 28 years old, a journalist, and she dreams of… bringing her fingers back. Nadya has a rare genetic disorder called the “butterfly syndrome:” At any touch, her skin peels off like pollen from a butterfly’s wings. Nadya knows that she is incurably ill, but she continues to fight for her right to live — and live like a normal person. This is a story of spirit, resistance, and faith.
Language: Russian; with English subtitles. This screening is supported by The Capital Builders Group, LLC (New York). Awards: Special Award at “Movement” Film Debuts Festival.
ON THE EDGE
Competition program
Director: Anna Shishova
Studio: Center for National Film. Russia
2014, 50 min American premiere
Program “Faces”
One winter at the edge of a village, a man was found in an abandoned car. He had nothing on him other than a packet of old photographs. He was housed in the village church and was assigned to take care of an old nun. He vaguely remembered his previous life — but what he remembered was best forgotten. Before his death he confessed that… he was happy. However, are the ones abandoned in this desolate territory, on the edge of civilization, indeed happy?
Language: Russian; with English subtitles Awards: Grand Prize at XXIV IFF “Golden Knight”; Special Jury Prize at 2014 IFF ArtDocFest.
VICISSITUDES OF TRANSLATION
Competition program
Director: Boris Karadzhev
Studio: CLIO-FILM. Russia
2014, 41 min American premiere
Program “At the Beginning Was the Word…”
The film’s main character, Viktor Golyshev, is a translator. He gave the Russian reader access to masterpieces of English literature such as George Orwell’s 1984, William Faulkner’s Light in August, Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Robert P. Warren’s All the King’s Men… All of Russia knows these novels. Yet, few know about Golishev. He is an “inner man”. His philosophy is simple and Tolstoy-like: the Small Deeds Theory. He believes man is an interpreter from God, and the result of such a viewpoint is the creation of a high culture.
Language: Russian; with English subtitles Awards: Official selection of the XIV IDFF “Flahertiana” (Russia).
TOLYA JAKOBSON FROM KLYNOVSKY LANE
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Competition program
Director: Sergei Linkov. USA
2015, 70 min. Program “At the Beginning Was the Word…” & Special festival program: “Free World”/”3W”
The screening is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the writer and dissident Anatoly Jakobson.
Here they are in the frame: students of Moscow’s Second Mathematics School, along with friends and colleagues — Vyacheslav Ivanov, Pavel Litvinov, Sergei Kovalev, Natalia Gorbanevskaya, Yuliy Kim, Igor Guberman… all remembering Anatoliy Jakobson (1935-1978). A teacher of literature, Jakobson proved to his students with mathematical precision that art — like people — can only exist “in light of conscience.” Dissident — published in the Soviet “samizdat” Chronicle of Current Events. Man — delicate, intelligent, courageous, independent, a real Russian intellectual. Regardless of nationality, ethnicity or profession.
Q&A with film-director
Language: English, Russian; with English subtitles
AFTER THE WAR
Non-Competition program
Directors: Veronika Solovyeva, Evgeniy Golynkin
Studio: CLIO-FILM. Russia
2013, 39 min American premiere
Program “Faces”
Young, beautiful, healthy — they were sent to the Chechen war. This film is about those who returned. All the heroes of this film were left handicapped by the war. Their stories are not about pain, not about fear, blood or death. They tell stories of hope: a hope to correct their hearing, to partially restore their memory, to learn to work without their legs… This story is about a brave courageous soldier who dreams about there never having been a war. Because in war there are no victors.
Language: Russian; with English subtitles
Awards: Grand Prix at 2015 IFF “BOSIFEST” (Serbia), 2015 Grand Prix of FF “Meeting” (Russia), 2014 FF “Russia” — the prize of “Civil Courage;” Special Prize at 2014 IFF “Stalker”; Nominee in the category of “Best Documentary Film” at 2014 “Laurel Branch”; Special Diploma “for the prize of charity and assistance to soldiers injured in battle” at XXIV IFF “Golden Knight”.
KOKTEBEL’S PEBBLES
Non-Competition program
Director: Andrei Osipov
Studio: Risk
2014, 90 min American premiere
Program “At the Beginning Was the Word…”
This is a story of the poet and philosopher Maximilian Voloshin and his wonderful home in Koktebel; a story about the end of the Russian Silver Age that was shattered into small pebbles by the Soviet hammer. Koktebel gems. The film is based on interviews in 1996 with Maria Izorgina, a friend of Voloshin’s family. Her stories are about Maximilian Voloshin, Osip Mandelstam, Andrei Bely, Alexander Green and others.
Language: Russian; with English subtitles Awards: 2015 “Bronze Knight” at the XXIV IFF “Golden Knight”; Grand Prix at 2014 IFF “Stalker”
ARCADIA
Non-Competition program
Director: Helga Landauer
Studio: Cineproject. USA
2015, 55 min American premiere
Program “At the Beginning Was the Word…”
Program “Free World / 3W”
Our travels in Arcadia — the mythical seat of heaven — are led by the great Russian Poet Vladimir Gandelsman. Wherever he takes us, be it the smoking ruins of the Twin Towers or the streets of his Bronx neighborhood, Arcadia shimmers through. Gandelsman banished death from his poetry book “Arcadia”; in the film, however, she reclaims her spot as a fellow traveler.
Language: Russian; with English subtitles
This screening is supported by The New Review & Interpoezia journals (New York)
NEW PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION
Competition program
Director: Alexander Kaplan, Israel
2015, 45 мin. American premiere
The many dramatic events of the last century – wars, revolutions, and terrorism – along with contradictory prognoses of the development of our civilization, don’t arouse optimism. The film’s protagonists – Israeli economists, writers, scientists, and school teachers, discuss the different scenarios of our future.
Language: Russian, Yiddish, with English subtitles.
Eighth Independent Russian Documentary Film Festival – RUSDOCFILMFEST-3W – came to an end yesterday, October 11, 2015.
RUSDOCFILMFEST-3W reflects the modernity and multiculturalism of the Russian-speaking world – a world of independent thought and freedom of expression in art. RusDocFilmFest-3W is a non-political film festival that presents films focused on society, culture, and history. For eight festival years were presented over 150 documentaries from Russia and other European countries as well as from the US. This year the festival included documentaries from Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Israel, and the USA that were filmed in 2014-2015. The Eight Festival took place at the Anthology Film Archives, DCTV, Brooklyn Public Library and the American-Russian Cultural Center Otrada. The new Festival Emblem designed by world-renowned sculptor Ernst Neizvestny was presented at the Festival Opening Event. The Eighth RusDocFilmFest-3W was organized by The New Review, Inc., the oldest intellectual literary journal of the Russian-speaking Diaspora based in New York since 1942, in partnership with the Diana Bagrationi Foundation (Organizing Partner), The Documentary Films and Television Guild (Media Associate, Russia)and NTV-America TV Channel (Media Associate, USA).
Among festival’s guests were:
Ari Kagan, journalist, Democratic District Leader, Community Liaison for City Comptroller Scott Stringer.
Jon Alpert, 16 Emmy Awards laureate, three DuPont Columbia Awards laureate, the 2010 Academy Award nominee in the category of Best Documentary; Co-Director of the Downtown Community Television Center.
Keiko Tsuno, film director, camerawoman, the Columbia DuPont Award laureate, the Emmy Award laureate, Co-Director of the Downtown Community Television Center.
Tatyana Adamovich, the 1972 Olympic Summer Games winner (USA Olympic team), the Golden Ring Award laureate (official nominee by the US Olympic Committee).
Lubov Rudovskaya, the 1976 Olympic Summer Games winner (USSR Olympic team).
Edward Luchin, Founder and Executive Director of Sports Veterans Association in the U.S.
Pavel Litvinov, a human rights activist in the USSR in the 1960s-1970s and samizdat Chronicle of Current Events representative abroad in the 1970s.
Among the 21 festival screenings, 18 were American premieres and 17 were selected for the competition. All documentaries included English subtitles. 8 film-directors from Belarus, Lithuania, Israel, Russia and USA took part in the festival. Several special programs included “In the beginning was the Word’ dedicated to the Russian literature, “Remembering the Holocaust in the XXI Century”, and social program “Free World”.
A radio quiz about documentary films was organized.
First public competition of short “snippet” films “My Wonderful World!” was organized. The winner of the competition, Ms. Ludmila Pachepsky (Maryland), received the Special Diploma of the Festival.
The jury members in 2015 (in alphabetic order):
Prof. Anthony Anemone, New School, Jeff Bliumis, artist; Vitaly Komar, artist; Lucy Kostelyanets, film-director, Flaherty Seminar; Valery Kourtey, producer, VK-Studios; Oleg Sulkin, film critic, editor-in-chief, “In New World” newspaper
Grand Prix – At the Tip of the Fingers, film-director: Roman Super (Russia); Special Jury Award – Grumant. Island of Communism, film-director: Ivan Tverdovsky (Russia); Special Prize «Faces of Russia» – Pushkin is Our Everything, film-director: Michael Bekelhimer (USA).
Special Jury Diplomas: I will be the Leader!, film-director: Andrey Osipov (Russia), – «For Achievement in Cultural Archeology»;
The Last Cause. Return to Bischofswerda, film-director: Yury Gorylev (Belarus), – «For Reflection on the Theme of Historical Memory;
Special Diplomas of The New Review Inc.:
– On the way to the Quay. Pakeliui į prieplauką, film director Ramune Sakalauskayte (Lithuania), – «For Reflection of the Artistic Phenomenon in the Culture of the XXI Century»,
– Blood, film director Alexander Zamyslov (Russia), – «For Reflection of the Individual Human Fate in the Context of Epoch»;
– Spirit in Motion, film director Sofia Geveyler (Russia), – «For Reflection of the Principals of Pure Humanism»;
– Arcadia, film director Helga Landauer (USA), – «For Reflection of the Challenging Role of the Poet in the World»;
– When People Die They Sing Songs, film director Olga Lvoff (USA), – «For Reflection of the Theme of Remembering the Holocaust in the XXI Century».
Special Diplomas:
From Diana Bagrationi Foundation & VK-Studios – film New Protocols of the Elders of Zion, film director Alexander Kaplan (Israel), – «For Reflection of the Human Tragedy in the Cataclysms of the XXI Century».
From the Pushkin Society in America – Special Diploma and Pushkin Society’s Medal – film Pushkin is Our Everything, film director Michael Bekelhimer (USA).
THE EIGHTH ANNUAL RUSSIAN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK will take place in Manhattan and Brooklyn on October 9-11, 2015.
In 2015 our festival will be announced as FREE WORLD / 3W. THE INDEPENDENT RUSSIAN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK with the motto “What a Wonderful World!” The festival’s logo is based on the ancient sacred symbol OM – in our interpretation, the symbol which unites three artistic abilities of humankind: desire, knowledge, action. Our festival is the only Russian Documentary Film Festival in New York that reflects the contemporary life of the multi-ethnic Russian-speaking world – the open-minded world of independent inspiration and free thought.
The 3W-DocFestival is a non-political project; it presents only documentaries with social, historical, and cultural focuses. The festival presents special screenings which range from contemporary Russian literature – titled “In the Beginning was the World”, to historical themes – “Remembering the Holocaust in the XXI Century”, as well as screenings dedicated to the Russian-speaking Diaspora’s history, social problems – “Faces”, and multi-cultural dialogue in the context of Russian culture – “Free World”. The festival also includes non-thematic screenings. The festival includes a Competition program and a Non-competition program. The awards given at the festival include: Grand Prix, Special Jury Prize, “Faces of Russia” Award, as well as several diplomas and prizes from The New Review, Inc. – the organizer of the festival, and from the festival’s sponsors.
The 3W-DocFestival is a non-commercial project maintained with private donations and the support of New-York-based organizations. The Festival first started eight years ago and since that time has been organized by the American non-profit organization – The New Review, Inc. Our corporation was founded by Russian Émigrés in 1953 in New York. In the last seven years we have shown 130 riveting documentaries created by film-makers from Russia and the Russian-speaking Diaspora.
The Competition program in 2015 includes 17 documentaries from Belarus, Lithuania, Russia, and the USA; most are laureates of international film-festivals in 2014/15. The non-competition program includes 4 documentaries. There will be presentations of several film-directors in a Q&A format. All screenings will be American premieres.
FREE WORLD / 3W-DOCFESTIVAL
The Eighth Independent Russian Documentary Film Festival in New York
COMPETITION PROGRAM:
Blood (Russia)
Grumant. Island of Communism (Russia)
I Will Be the Leader! (Russia)
Locals (Russia)
Lost in Translation (Russia)
On the Tips of Fingers (Russia)
On the Edge (Russia)
On the Way of Quay (Lithuania)
Pushkin is Our Everything (USA)
Spirit in Motion (Россия)
The Key to the Clockwork Orange (Russia)
The Lost Cause. Return to Bischofswerda (Belarus)
The Saint. Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow(Russia)
Tolya Yakobson From Klynovsky Lane (USA)
Voices (Russia)
When People Die They Sing Songs (USA)
NON-COMPETITION PROGRAM
After the War (Россия)
Coctebel’s pebbles (Russia)
Marry Suburb (Russia)
Vladimir Maksimov (Russia)
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