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The Russian Resurrection Film Festival 2018 will screen exclusively at Luna Leederville from 15 - 21 November.
The Russian Resurrection Film Festival is one of the largest, oldest and most respected Russian film festivals outside of Russia. The festival takes audiences on a thrilling journey into one of the world’s most diverse film cultures. From humble beginnings in 2004 screening in just three cities in Australia, the festival has grown dramatically in size and now screens in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth (Luna Leederville) and Auckland in New Zealand.
“Russian Resurrection is thrilled to be celebrating our 15-year anniversary this year and is looking forward to showcasing the best of Russian cinema with audiences across Australia and New Zealand in November," said Festival Director Nicholas Maksymow.
Some of 2018’s most highly anticipated Russian films, which will screen this year include:
Leading Russian actor Konstantin Khabensky’s latest films Sobibor and Selfie have both been confirmed along with a captivating new fantasy film The Last Warrior, figure skating melodrama Ice, a hilarious comedy about male strippers called Night Shift and Danila Kozlovsky’s directorial debut Coach, released just before this year’s World Cup in Russia.
OPENING NIGHT EVENT
Join us for a screening of the raunchy and beautifully crafted comedy Night Shift at 7pm, followed by a traditional White Birch Russian Vodka after-party with live entertainment food and drinks at Babushka Lounge, 742 Newcastle Street, Leederville (a short walk from the cinema) - tickets $60, buy them online here.
Adults $21.00
Student/Concession/Privilege Card $17.00
Kids $13.00
5 Film Pass $85 adults; $75 Concessions
(Please note 5 Film Passes can only be purchased at the Cinema Box Office, a person must purchase 1 ticket to five different films screening at the festival in one transaction, excludes opening night event)
To stay up to date with Russian Resurrection Film Festival news follow @RussianResurrectionFilmFest on Facebook and @RussianFilmFest on Instagram.
Please note: All films are in Russian with English subtitles.
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Screening: Thu 15 Nov - Wed 21 Nov at:
Luna Leederville
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Out of work tradesmen who are forced into striptease are not inherently funny. But this film is not just an inditement of the crumbling opportunities for working class men in Russia, but a laugh-out-loud, sexy comedy-of-manners. When hunky Max loses his job at the factory, he is forced to take on ...
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Screening: Thu 15 Nov
Luna Leederville: Thu 15 Nov
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One of Russia’s most provocative directors, Ivan Tverdovskiy follows up the controversial Zoology with a very different animal, a stylish and emotionally powerful thriller that offers a potent indictment of the corruption in Russian society. This film follows the story of Denis, a young boy ...
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Screening: Fri 16 Nov
Luna Leederville: Fri 16 Nov
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At the full-house premiere of the much-anticipated new musical production of Romeo & Juliet high school graduates and their former teacher mingle with the opening night crowd. They are surrounded by people who are full of excitement. But instead of a new interpretation of a classic, the ...
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Screening: Fri 16 Nov
Luna Leederville: Fri 16 Nov
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Vladimir Bogdanov (Khabenskiy) is a successful writer and TV presenter gracing book signings and glamorous night clubs while regularly engaging in affairs with powerful men’s wives. Talented but disaffected he inhabits a world hypocrisy and sanctimony, irresponsibility and consumerism. ...
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Screening: Sat 17 Nov
Luna Leederville: Sat 17 Nov
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Based on Anton Chekhov’s famous short story, the film depicts the salacious holiday affair in Yalta between Anna Sergeyevna and Moscow banker Dmitri Gurov. Following their brief fling, regular life and their respective marriages leave both feeling unsatisfied and haunted. Exploring love and ...
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Screening: Sat 17 Nov
Luna Leederville: Sat 17 Nov
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Film director prodigy Anton Kolomeyets’s feature-length directorial debut is a stunningly realistic tale about one young man’s transition to adulthood, filled with love, loss, disappointment, frustration and optimism. This film depicts the forbidden love of young 17-year old Savva and ...
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Screening: Sat 17 Nov
Luna Leederville: Sat 17 Nov
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Sobibor is based on the legendary true story of the Sobibor concentration camp revolt. This was the only successful mass breakout from a Nazi extermination camp in history. This is not a dark and gruesome WWII film but a remarkably uplifting story that exposes the endurance of the human spirit in ...
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Screening: Sat 17 Nov
Luna Leederville: Sat 17 Nov
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Anya’s (Aleksandra Bortich) life is consumed by two passions: her athletic boyfriend Zhenya, and food. However, it is because of her love of food that she gains weight and Zhenya leaves her for a more attractive young model, whilst Anya goes on a spiral of self-loathing. Luckily, she has her ...
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Screening: Sat 17 Nov
Luna Leederville: Sat 17 Nov
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Ever since Nadya was a little girl she believed in miracles. She dreamt of becoming a figure skater, walking out on the ice and performing her most beautiful dance routine to a standing ovation. Through hard work, faith and perseverance, Nadya becomes a famous figure skater. But just when her ...
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Screening: Sun 18 Nov
Luna Leederville: Sun 18 Nov
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Katya is a gloomy 22-year-old with a mysterious gift – she can see ghosts. Her ability leads to her becoming obliged to help earthbound souls find peace and move on to the next life. Katya has a twin sister who suddenly disappears, so Katya embarks on a search to find her. Investigators in ...
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Screening: Sun 18 Nov
Luna Leederville: Sun 18 Nov
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The superstar of Russian cinema, Danila Kozlovsky stars and debuts as the director of this dynamic new sports drama. Released in the lead up to the World Cup, the film captures the emotion and the spirit of the world of Russian football through the travails of a provincial club struggling for ...
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Screening: Sun 18 Nov
Luna Leederville: Sun 18 Nov
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Come on a journey to the land of Belogorie, where Russian fairy-tale characters, magic, and enchanted sword fights are part of everyday life! You will be thrust into the fantasy world of Baba Yaga and Koschei, villains in traditional Russian fairy tales but in a story that brings classic Slavic ...
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Screening: Sun 18 Nov
Luna Leederville: Sun 18 Nov
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A stylish, action packed thriller about two friends who chase girls, enjoy fast cars and getting into a scarp. Vova and his best friend Kisa do odd jobs for the local mafia in Vladivostok in order to make ends meet. However, one job brings their thrill ride to an end as it forces them to question ...
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Screening: Sun 18 Nov
Luna Leederville: Sun 18 Nov
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Capturing audiences at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Summer tells the story of Russian Rock icon Viktor Tsoi in 1980s Leningrad. Moreover though, it presents a realistic insight into the history of the rock movement in Soviet-Russia. Tsoi’s meteoric rise to fame was a symbol of ...
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Screening: Mon 19 Nov
Luna Leederville: Mon 19 Nov
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October, 1941. The might of the German army is descending on Tver in order to capture it and advance directly on Moscow. Only two thousand people with few supplies are faced with the choice of protecting their hometown, fleeing or being destroyed. Saboteurs, sensing the fall of the Red Army are ...
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Screening: Mon 19 Nov
Luna Leederville: Mon 19 Nov
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This Shakespearean tragedy is given true justice in this Russian translation by Boris Pasternak. Widely regarded by film critics all over the world as being the best cinematic adaptation of Hamlet ever, the film depicts the story of Prince Hamlet and his father’s death at the hands of his ...
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Screening: Tue 20 Nov
Luna Leederville: Tue 20 Nov
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Witnesses is a simple, yet powerful moving trilogy, depicting the horrors of the Holocaust. Each story in the film provides an unusual, yet harrowing perspective on the tragic events during World War II, told from the perspective of three uncanny witnesses. Shoes, the shortest of the ...
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Screening: Tue 20 Nov
Luna Leederville: Tue 20 Nov
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Based on Anna Yablonskaya’s play, this film explores how religion and faith can be freely exercised without leading to extremism. The circumstances around the play are marred by tragedy: Yablonskaya, who adapted the play for the screen herself, was killed in the January 2011 Domodedovo ...
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Screening: Wed 21 Nov
Luna Leederville: Wed 21 Nov
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Veronika and Boris meet in Moscow shortly before World War II. They fall blissfully in love. As they walk along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight in the Second World War. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while ...
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Screening: Wed 21 Nov
Luna Leederville: Wed 21 Nov
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