Overview of articles
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Lördagen den 5.10
In 1967, at the age of 24, Andersson was admitted to the filmschool of the Swedist Film Institute, founded in 1963, run by Harry Schein…Published on: -
On the Third Planet from the Sun
Everyday life around a former nuclear test site in the north of Russia.Published on: -
Chouga
Relationship drama based on Anna Karenina, the classic by Tolstoy, set in the nouveau-riche world of a rapidly changing and modernising Kazakhstan. ChPublished on: -
Strizh
The young Kazakh city girl Ainur wrestles with life. Everything and everybody seems to be against her: school, family, her best friend. But Ainur is…Published on: -
Khrustalyov, Get my Car!
Film about an army doctor/general, whose fate in life is shaped by the absurdity of Stalinist Moscow and then, after the famous Stalin-inspired ‘affaiPublished on: -
Two in One
Stylised and thoughtful absurdist Muratova film consists of two parts that intertwine with each other. Part one is set entirely in a theatre, part twoPublished on: -
The Revue
Black & white film based on unique material from old Soviet newsreels from the 1950s and 1960s revive the time of Soviet propaganda.Published on: -
The Hunt for Red October
Submarine classic. Russian captain wants to defect with a brand-new prototype, but that’s easier said than done. Sean Connery as the captain of a RussPublished on: -
Maria
Melancholy documentary from White Russia about a tractor heroine famous in the Soviet era, now alone in her cottage in the country.Published on: -
The Dark Night
Mixture of documentary and fiction about the dictatorial 1930s. With archive footage of ‘kino newsreels’, a script that is loosely based on the utopiaPublished on: