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All evening films will be shown at the Melwood Screening Room of Pittsburgh Filmmakers (477 Melwood Avenue).


All morning and afternoon films will be screened in DVD or VHS in room 208-B of the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh with the exception of Pudovkin's Heir of Ghenghis Khan, which will be screened in Frick Fine Arts Auditorium.
 

 

Monday, 1 May
TIME LOCATION EVENT
10:00-12:30 CL 208-B

Aleksandr Zarkhi's and Iosif Kheifits' My Motherland (1933) [80 min] [NO SUBTITLES]
Introducer: Peter Bagrov, Institute of Art History (St. Petersburg)
Discussion leader: Peter Kenez, University of California, Santa Cruz

12:30-1:55   Lunch
2:00-5:00 Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

Vsevolod Pudovkin's Heir of Ghenghis Khan (1928) [126 min]
With live music by Antithesis
   Faculty directors: Rick McNerny and Ben Opie
Introducer: Alyssa DeBlasio, University of Pittsburgh

Discussion leader: Andrew Chapman, University of Pittsburgh

7:00   Opening Reception
 
Tuesday, 2 May
10:00-12:30 CL 208-B

Edmond Keosaian's The Elusive Avengers (1966) [74 min]
Introducer: Oleg Aronson, Russian State Humanities University (Moscow)

Discussion leader: Alexander Prokhorov, College of William and Mary

12:30-1:55   Lunch
2:00-4:30 CL 208-B

Emil' Lotianu's The Gypsy Camp Rolls into the Sky (1976) [101 min]
Introducer: Elena Prokhorova, University of Richmond

Discussion leader: Tim Schlak, University of Pittsburgh
 

Wednesday, 3 May
10:00-12:30 CL 208-B

Aleksandr Mitta's Tale of How Tsar Peter Married off His Negro (1976) [100 min] [NO SUBTITLES]
Introducer: Diliara Tasbulatova, Itogi (Moscow)

Discussion leader: David MacFadyen, University of California, Los Angeles

12:30-1:30   Lunch
1:30   Visit to Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water
7:30 Pittsburgh Filmmakers

Vladimir Korsh-Sablin's Seekers of Happiness (1936) [81 min]
Introducer: Peter Bagrov, Institute of Art History (St. Petersburg)
 

Thursday, 4 May
10:00-12:30 CL 208-B

Mikhail Dubson's The Border (1935) [81 min] [NO SUBTITLES]
Introducer: Gerald McCausland, University of Pittsburgh
Discussion leader: Julie Draskoczy, University of Pittsburgh

12:30-1:55   Lunch
2:00-4:30 CL 208-B

Aleksandr Askol'dov's Commissar (1967/1987) [105 min]
Introducer: Petre Petrov, University of Pittsburgh
Discussion leader: Elena Monastireva Ansdell, Bowdoin College

7:30 Pittsburgh Filmmakers

Grigorii Aleksandrov's Circus (1936) [89 min]
Introducer: Oleg Aronson, Russian State Humanities University (Moscow)
 

Friday, 5 May
10:00-12:30 CL 208-B

Nikita Mikhalkov's Close to Eden (1991) [109 min]
Introducer: Olga Klimova, University of Pittsburgh

Discussion leader: Tony Anemone, College of William and Mary

12:30-1:55   Lunch
2:00-4:30 CL 208-B

Pavel Lungin's Roots (2005) [103 min]
Introducer: Michelle Kuhn, University of Pittsburgh

Discussion leader: Yadwiga Semikolenova, University of Pittsburgh

7:30 Pittsburgh Filmmakers

Aleksei Balabanov's Dead Man's Bluff (2005) [110 min]
Introducer: Dawn Seckler, University of Pittsburgh
 

Saturday, 6 May
11:00-12:30  

Closing roundtable at Hemingway's
Led by: Nancy Condee, University of Pittsburgh
and Vladimir Padunov, University of Pittsburgh

12:30-2:00   Lunch
2:00   Visit to Andy Warhol Museum
7:30 Pittsburgh Filmmakers

Larisa Sadilova's Needing a Nanny (2005) [110 min]
Introducer: Diliara Tasbulatova, Itogi (Moscow)