Rustam KHAMDAMOV (1944, Soviet Union) was educated in Directing at the Moscow film school VGIK. As well as a filmmaker, designer of fashion, jewellery and theatrical costumes, he is also a visual artist. Khamdamov's paintings have been shown in private and public collections worldwide. <a href="https://iffr.com/en/2018/films/the-bottomless-bag">The Bottomless Bag</a> (2017) received two awards at the Moscow film festival.

Rustam Khamdamov

This Russian adaptation of the story that inspired Kurosawa's masterpiece Rashomon (1950) is filmed in stately black-and-white and is set partly at the Court of Czar Alexander II and partly in a wood where a murder takes place. Three involved parties give their version of the story. Which is true?

IFFR 2018

Deep Focus

Bottomless Bag, The

Signatures

The Bottomless Bag

The Russian film diva and director Renata Litvinova, dressed in fantastic haute couture, in her own characteristic and humorous way, talks fragments of opera arias together. The arias are performed at surprising locations in Kazakhstan.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Rustam Khamdamov

Filmography

Rustam Khamdamov at IFFR

Vocal Parallels

The Bottomless Bag