First Annual Pittsburgh Russian Film Symposium

General Schedule of Events

Thursday, May 6th

4:00-5:45
New Russia/New Experiments: New Russian Experimental Shorts. Cine Fantom Club" [105 min]. Admission is free to participants in the academic symposium. [Pittsburgh Filmmakers. 477 Melwood Avenue, Oakland. Phone: 412-681-5449.] http://www.pghfilmmakers.org/.
5:45-7:00
Dinner Break
7:00-9:30
Public Screening: Land of the Deaf (Strana glukhikh, 1997), dir. Valerii Todorovskii [115 min]. Introduced by Michael Brewer. The screening will be followed by a fifteen-minute Question and Answer Session. Admission is free to participants in the academic symposium. [The Carnegie Museum of Art. 4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland. Phone: 412-622-3212.] http://www.clpgh.org/cma/films/.
9:30-11:00
Informal gathering at The Union Grill [413 S. Craig Street, Oakland. Phone: 412-681-8620] for food, drinks, and discussion.

Friday, May 7th

9:00-11:30
Morning Panel. [David Lawrence Hall 106].
11:30-1:00
Lunch Break
1:00-3:30
Afternoon Panel. [David Lawrence Hall 106]
4:00-5:30
New Russia/New Experiments: New Russian Animations: SHAR Studio, Ivan Maksimov, Leonid Tishkov [89 min]. Admission is free to participants in the academic symposium. [Pittsburgh Filmmakers. 477 Melwood Avenue, Oakland. Phone: 412-681-5449]. http://www.pghfilmmakers.org/.
5:30-7:00
Dinner Break
7:00-9:30
Public Screening: Of Freaks and Men (Pro iurodov i liudei, 1998), dir. Aleksei Balabanov (1999) [93 min]. Introduced by Jane Feuer. The screening will be followed by a fifteen-minute Question and Answer Session. Admission is free to participants in the academic symposium. [The Carnegie Museum of Art. 4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland. Phone: 412-622-3212.] http://www.clpgh.org/cma/films/.
9:30-11:00
Informal gathering at The Union Grill [413 S. Craig Street, Oakland. Phone: 412-681-8620] for food, drinks, and discussion.

Saturday, May 8th

9:00-11:30
Morning Panel. [David Lawrence Hall 106]
11:30-1:00
Lunch Break
1:00-3:30
Afternoon Panel. [David Lawrence Hall 106]
4:00-5:30
Three Directors: Press interviews and discussion with the public: Aleksandr Bashirov, Petr Lutsik, Larissa Sadilova. Pittsburgh Filmmakers [477 Melwood Ave. North Oakland. Phone: 681-5449]. For more information visit http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/film_symposium/1999/newdirect.html or http://www.pghfilmmakers.org.
5:30-7:00
Dinner Break
7:00-9:00
Public Screening: Three Stories (Tri istorii, 1997), dir. Kira Muratova [114 min]. Introduced by Mikhail Iampol'skii. The screening will be followed by a fifteen-minute Question and Answer Session. Admission is free to participants in the academic symposium. [The Carnegie Museum of Art. 4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland. Phone: 412-622-3212]. http://www.clpgh.org/cma/films/.
9:30-12:00
Symposium Banquet at Ali Baba [404 S. Craig Street, Oakland. Phone: 412-682-2829]. By invitation only.

Sunday, May 9th

10:00-1:00
Closing Round-Table at The Beehive [3807 Forbes Avenue, Oakland. Phone: 412-683-4483]. Sixteen speakers plus participants. M.C.: Vladimir Padunov.
1:00-2:00
Lunch Break
2:00-4:00
Public Screening: Drumiad (Barabaniada, 1993), dir. Sergei Ovcharov [93 min]. Introduced by Nancy Condee. Admission is free to participants in the academic symposium. [The Carnegie Museum of Art. 4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland. Phone: 412-622-3212]. http://www.clpgh.org/cma/films/.
4:00-6:30
New Russia/New Experiements: Vladimir Kobrin and his Students, Leonid Tishkov, Aleksandr Molodkin and Vitalii Bashmolkin [141 min]. Admission is free to participants in the academic symposium. [Pittsburgh Filmmakers. 477 Melwood Avenue, North Oakland. Phone: 412-681-5449]. htttp://www.pghfilmmakers.org.

For more information on the public screenings "New Russia/New Cinema visit http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/film_symposium/1999/newruss.html or http://www.clpgh.org/cma/films/. For more information on the series of experimental videos "New Russia/New Experiments," visit http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/film_symposium/1999/newexper.html. For information about the public forum with the three young Russian directors, visit http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/film_symposium/1999/newdirect.html. For more information on the academic portion of the Pittsburgh Russian Film Symposium, send your queries to Professor Vladimir Padunov at mailto:padunov+@pitt.edu.

The Russian Film Symposium is sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and Pittsburgh Filmmakers. University co-sponsors include the Office of the Provost, the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences, the University Center for International Studies, the Center for Russian and East European Studies, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, the Film Studies Program, and the Graduate Program for Cultural Studies. Additional funding provided by the Trust for Mutual Understanding.