Program running time: 105 minutes
| Vladimir Khotinenko, State Institute for Filmmaking (VGIK) | |
Komine Toru: Lower Depths, 1997.(Russia/VGIK)script: Komine Toru camera: Oleg Kochubei starring: Viacheslav Vdovin, Fedor Smirnov, Viacheslav Babushkin b/w, 35-millimeter, no dialog, 3 minutes |
Uliana Shilkina: A Refined Gesture, 1997.(Russia/VGIK)script: Uliana Shilkina camera: Maksim Trapo starring: Anzhela Tiutkova, Sergei Koshcheev color, 35-millimeter, no dialog, 3 minutes |
Nurbek Egen: A Day Older, 1997.(Russia/VGIK)script: Nurbek Egen camera: Aleksei Todorov starring: Egor Kochubei, Vera Tarasova b/w, 35-millimeter, no dialog, 10 minutes |
Anna Fenchenko: Dreams, 1998.(Russia/VGIK)camera: Artem Chernov starring: Aleksandra Kulikova, Larisa Zaitseva, Mariia Polivanova color, video, no dialog, 7 minutes |
Olia Darfi: Snoop, 199?.(Russia/VGIK)camera: Artem Chernov starring: Denis Ziurkalov, Roman Indyk, Boris Estrin b/w, video, no dialog, 2 minutes |
Dmitrii Makeev: Spouses, 1997.(Russia/VGIK)script: Dmitrii Makeev, K. Kobzeva camera: Pavel Kapinos starring: Aleksandr Pashutin, Aleksandra Zakharova b/w, 35-millimeter, no dialog, 10 minutes |
| Aleksandr Mitta, Advanced Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors | |
Mariia Mel'nikova: Crows of Winter Nights, 1999.(Russia/VGIK)script: Mariia Mel'nikova camera: Artem Chernov starring: Irina Dmitrakova, Evklid Giurdzhiev color, DV?Beta, subtitled, 30 minutes |
Irina Sitkova: You Stepped Out of the House, 1998.(Russia/VGIK)script: Irina Sitkova camera: Petr Mudrenov and Irina Sitkova starring: Robert Saral'pov color, S?VHS, subtitled, 8 minutes |
Aleksandr Kasatkin: Awakening, 1998.(Russia/VGIK)script: Aleksandr Kasatkin camera: Pavel Kostomarov starring: Maksim Sukhanov, Lina Buldakova color, digital?DV, subtitled, 12 minutes |
Tat'iana Simonenkova: Someone Else's Child, 1998.(Russia/VGIK)script: Tat'iana Simonenkova camera: Vladimir Artemov starring: Liudmila Potapova, Dmitrii Nezhirov color, Betacam, subtitled, 20 minutes |
Vladimir Khotinenko (b. 1952) established his reputation as a filmmaker (artistic design, acting, and directing) at the studios in Ekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk) before moving to Moscow, where he now also teaches directing at the State Institute for Filmmaking (VGIK). Among his major films are Mirror for a Hero (1987), A Patriotic Comedy (1992), Makarov (1993), and The Muslim (1995). His latest film, Strastnoi bul'var [Boulevard of Passion], premiered in at the 1999 Moscow Film Festival.
Aleksandr Mitta (b. 1933; pseudonym of Aleksandr Rabinovich) graduated from Mikhail Romm's Master Classes in directing at the State Institute for Filmmaking (VGIK) in 1960. Currently teaches filmmaking in Hamburg, as well as Advanced Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors in Moscow. Among his highly successful films are My Friend, Kol'ka (1961), The Doorbell's Ringing (1965), Flight Crew (1979), and A Step (1988).