NewFilmmaker Presents A Special Russian Program, 8/11

Wednesday, August 11th. NewFilmmakers screens film about Russia and Russian culture and then our Middle East Filmmakers Group presents films about the Middle East.

The NewFilmmakers NY Series screens at Anthology Film Archives on the Lower East Side at 32 Second Avenue & 2nd Street. NewFilmmakers LA screens in the Stanley Kramer Theater @ Anthology at the Sunset Gower Studio. Many features screened at NewFilmmakers are now available on NewFilmmakers Online.

Tickets for the evening at NewFilmmakers NY, are only $6 and are available at the Anthology Box Office the night of screening.

More information on NewFilmmakers.com

6:00 PM Films about Russian and Russian culture

Yelena Demikovsky THE STORY OF FENIST
This award-winning documentary tells the story of the great Russian puppeteer Igor Fokin who entranced children and adults, alike, with his memorable performances in Harvard Square from 1994 until his untimely death in 1996.

7:15 PM Shorts Program

Hilan Warshaw THE LABORER
An ambitious young peasant in 19th Century Russian inspired by the opera Boris Godunov with music from the opera.

Nichols Avedisian-Cohen NINE SHORTS
life caught unaware from Karelia, Morocco, and European Russia.

8:15 PM Middle East Filmmakers Program

GROWING UP IN INDIA, HUDUD, KAMRAN'S STORY,AHMED, BIOFUEL, PLASTIC FLOWERS NEVER DIE, and AL-ONE.

Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Avenue @ 2nd Street