After Exodus: Films of the Black Jewish Diaspora

Another Russia: A Tribute to Lenfilm Studios

Capturing the Marvelous: Ukrainian Poetic Cinema

UKRAINIAN POETIC CINEMA is a unique anthology that stretches from the 1920's till 80s and showcases the body of work that is folkloric, poetic, sometime mystical, sometime metaphoric, symbolic and even religious. It’s deeply rooted national identity and self determination are manifested and elevated in each and every film featured in the showcase.

Celebrating Chekhov

The great playwright Anton Chekhov wrote his major works from 1894 until his death in 1904 - during cinema's first decade.

Dziga and his Brothers: A Film Family on the Cutting Edge

Envisioning Russia: Commemorating the centenary of Russian film making

Fantastika: Films by Alexander Ptushko

Farewell: A Tribute to Elem Klimov and Larisa Shepitko

10 films retrospective tribute to the most legendary, glamorous, talented and charismatic Russian film couple.

Films from Along the Silk Roads

From the Tsars to the Stars: A Journey Through Russian Fantastik Cinema

Ivan The Terrible: Final work of great Sergey Eisenstein

Landscapes of the Soul: The Cinema of Alexander Dovzhenko

Man with the Movie Camera: Two by Sergey Urusevski

A tribute to the work of the extraordinary Russian cinematographer Sergey Urusevskiy

Red Hollywood

This mini series features five best works by Lubov Orlova and Grigoriy Aleksandrov.

Relentless

Obi is a peace-keeping soldier in worn torn Sierra Leone, where he meets Blessing a Sierra Leonean woman. His life is devastated when he finds Blessing mutilated by rebels. His only option is to end her misery.

Revolution in the Revolution: Soviet Cinema of the 60's

Room and a Half

When asked in an interview whether he ever intended to return to his Motherland, Joseph Brodsky replied: "Such a journey could only take place anonymously..." The creators of this film imagined that the journey in question was undertaken after all, selecting the genre of an ironic fairytale.

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Stories from Russian Province

2011 marked two decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the beginning of a new identity for Russia and its citizens.

Take No Prisoners: The Bold Vision of Kira Muratova

The Extraordinary Mr Barnet

The Wild East: The Best of Soviet Action Films

Unlike the Red Westerns of the American Wild West, Soviet Easterns usually took place on the eastern steppes of the USSR, especially during the Russian Revolution or following the Civil War.

United We Stand. Part 1: South African Cinema during Apartheid

UNITED WE STAND is a two-part showcase that surveys South African cinema both during and post apartheid era. This fascinating one of a kind series consists a fantastic range of dramas, documentaries, fiction and fantasy providing a rare glimpse.

Uzbek Rhapsody: The Films of Ali Khamraev

If there is a giant who sits astride the history of Uzbek cinema, it's Ali Khamraev. An artist of rock-solid humanism and amazing expressive power.

War and Peace

Made with the great intensity, film intends a very faithful screen adaptation of Russia's most famous historical epic based on the novel by Lev Tolstoy.

War and Remembrance: The Films of Aleksei Guerman

War and Remembrance will celebrate the work of the great filmmaker whose films rarely play outside the borders of Russia with the first North American retrospective of his work.