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Putin’s Russia: A 21st Century Film Mosaic
June 15July 22, 2018At midnight on New Year’s Eve in 1999, at the turn of the century and the dawn of a new millennium, Boris Yeltsin suddenly resigned as president of the Russian Federation, naming his recently appointed Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, as his successor. Nineteen years, four American presidents, multiple wars, various economic booms and busts, countless protests, crackdowns, and incursions later, Putin is still in charge. And in the wake of alleged entanglements in the U.S. presidential election, and with billions of eyes trained on Russian stadiums during the World Cup over the next month, he has proven enduringly adept at dominating the news cycle. But what about the country and culture he has led and shaped for nearly two decades?
In the years since that decisive handoff, filmmakers within and without the country have gone beyond the headlines to capture, narrate, riff on, and comment upon life in contemporary Russia. This series strives to offer an appropriately broad, prismatic view of contemporary Russia through films released from 2000 to 2018. It encompasses everything from crime thrillers to absurdist comedies, coming-of-age dramas to dystopic science fiction, populist blockbusters to muckraking documentaries. It features internationally renowned auteurs such as Alexander Sokurov and Andrey Zvyagintsev, as well as artists and films new to U.S. audiences (including several U.S. and New York premieres); and incorporates invaluable contributions from filmmakers hailing from the former Soviet bloc and beyond. Though the series highlights some of this century’s best films, it is not intended to be a best-of survey, but rather aims to gather a wide array of films offering invaluable and insightful perspectives on 21st century Russian life, culture, politics, preoccupations, and values.
Organized by Eric Hynes (Curator of Film, Museum of the Moving Image) and guest curator Daniel Witkin.
Presented with support from the Harriman Institute for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies.


Moscow
Friday, June 15, 7:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

The Stroll
Saturday, June 16, 2:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

Dust
Saturday, June 16, 4:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room

Bimmer
Sunday, June 17, 2:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

Night Watch
Sunday, June 17, 4:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

4
Sunday, June 17, 7:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

Alexandra
Friday, June 22, 7:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

At the Edge of Russia
Saturday, June 23, 2:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room

King Lear (with Varya)
Saturday, June 23, 4:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room

Blood and two others by Alina Rudnitskaya
Sunday, June 24, 2:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room

The Mother
Sunday, June 24, 4:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room

Something Better to Come (with The Children of Len…
Sunday, June 24, 6:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room

A Gentle Creature
Friday, June 29, 7:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

Pipeline
Saturday, June 30, 2:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

Hush!
Saturday, June 30, 4:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room

The Road Movie
Saturday, June 30, 6:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room

The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
Saturday, June 30, 7:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

Extinction
Sunday, July 1, 2:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

My Joy
Sunday, July 1, 4:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

Shultes
Saturday, July 7, 2:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

Leviathan
Saturday, July 7, 4:00 p.m. Kaufman Astoria Studios – Zukor Theater

Loveless
Saturday, July 7, 7:00 p.m. Kaufman Astoria Studios – Zukor Theater

Me Too
Sunday, July 8, 2:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image – Redstone Theater

The Fool
Sunday, July 8, 4:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image – Redstone Theater

Under Electric Clouds
Sunday, July 8, 4:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

Hard to Be a God
Sunday, July 8, 7:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

How Viktor "the Garlic" Took Alexey "the Stud" to …
Friday, July 13, 7:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

The Term (with Sleeping Souls)
Saturday, July 14, 1:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

Arrhythmia
Saturday, July 14, 4:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

The Student
Saturday, July 14, 7:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

The Red Soul
Sunday, July 15, 2:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - KAS Zukor Theater

Victory Day (with Victory Day)
Sunday, July 15, 4:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

Our New President
Sunday, July 15, 7:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

A Gentle Creature
Friday, July 20, 7:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

Under Electric Clouds
Saturday, July 21, 1:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

My Joy
Saturday, July 21, 4:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater

Shultes
Sunday, July 22, 2:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room

Extinction
Sunday, July 22, 6:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room