TARKOVSKY FESTIVAL
Organized by Tarkovsky Festival
www.tarkovsky-festival.co.uk
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
22 November 2007 – 20 January 2008
“Bright, Bright Day…”
Tarkovsky Polaroids Exhibition
5 December – 6 December 2007
“The Intertwining of Two Voices…”
(“Dvukh Golosov Pereklichka…”)
Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Sq, WC1A 2TA, tel. 020 7269 9770, www.pushkinhouse.org.uk
First evening is dedicated to Arseny Tarkovsky.
Marina Tarkovskaya – daughter of the poet will talk on her father.
A number of distinguished British poets, translators and actors (Robert Chandler, Kitty Hunter-Blair, Richard McKan) will take part in the event
The second evening is dedicated to Andrei Tarkovsky.
Marina Tarkovskaya will talk about her brother.
Aleksandr Gordon – a film director will talk about Tarkovsky’s student years at VGIK. Aleksandr will show an extract from his film “Lazo” where Tarkovsky plays a White officer.
Layla Alexander-Garrett will share her experience working on Tarkovsky’s last film “The Sacrifice”.
7 December 2007– 13 December 2007
Tarkovsky`s Film Retrospective
Curzon Mayfair, 38 Curzon Str.,W1J 7TY, Box Office:0871 7033 989, www.cirzoncinemas.com
A focal point of the event is the screening of Tarkovsky’s seven feature films, as well as, documentaries and a play by Erland Josephson.
A brand new 35 mm print of “The Sacrifice” will be released by “Artificial Eye”
Each screening will be introduced by an actor or a participant in the film:
Fri. 7 Dec. 7pm “The Sacrifice” – Gudrun Gisladottir, Layla Alexander-Garrett Q&A
(Also plays on 8 Dec. 12am; 9 Dec. 12:30pm; 11 Dec. 3pm; 12 Dec. 1:30pm)
Sat. 8 Dec. 5:30pm “Andrei Rublev” – Vadim Yusov Q&A
Sun. 9 Dec. 6pm “Stalker” – Alexander Gordon Q&A
Mon. 10 Dec. 6:40pm “The Mirror” – Marina Tarkovskaya Q&A
Tue. 11 Dec. 6:50pm “Ivan’s Childhood” – Nikolai Burlyaev Q&A
Wed. 12 Dec. 6pm “Solaris” – Natalia Bondarchuk Q&A
Thu. 13 Dec. 6:30pm “Nostalgia” – Oleg Yankovsky Q&A
At the Curzon Mayfair - screenings of documentary films dedicated to
Andrei Tarkovsky:
Sat. 8 Dec 2:45pm “Directed by Tarkovsky” by Michal Leszchylowski
Mon. 10 Dec. 5pm “Cinema is a Mosaic of Time” - by Donatella Baglivo
Wed. 12 Dec. 4:30pm “One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich” by Chris Marker
Thu. 13 Dec. 4:30pm “Moscow Elegy” by Aleksanrd Sokurov
9 December 2007 at Curzon Mayfair
The English premiere of Erland Josephson’s
Play
“One Summer Night in Sweden”
(“En natt I den svenska sommaren”)
Live event: The English Premier of Reading of Erland Josephson play
The director – Brian Stirner.
The play is dedicated to Tarkovsky’s last masterpiece “The Sacrifice”.
It is a philosophical reflection on the clash of two cultures – the Russian and the Western; a collision between talent and pragmatism and its striving for petty domination; on the desire to penetrate the mysterious soul of the Russian director and his inner thoughts; on the painful and complicated relationship between actors and director and the uplifting, intoxicating sensation of being understood and accepted. The play is full of humour and warmth.
December 2007
Masterclasses for students
NFTS– National Film and Television School at Beaconsfield, BUCKS HP9 1LG
Workshops exploring Andrei Tarkovsky’s creative contribution to the world cinema.
After the Festival the new print of “THE SACRIFICE” will be shown around
the country:
Oxford - “Phoenix” / Cambridge - “Arts Picture House” / Bristol - “Watershed”
Manchester - “Corner House” / Dublin - “IFI”
Tarkovsky Festival is supported by the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Great Britain and
Tarkovsky Festival is associated with Russian Act Festival www.russianact.co.uk
