Sessions will be organized around following topics (films will mainly be presented partly; in original Russian or Czech version with English subtitles):

National Heroes at the Service of Political Power

Alexander Nevsky (1938) by Sergei Eisenstein

Burnt by the Sun (1994) by Nikita Mikhalkov

The Admiral (2008) by Alexander Kravchuk

The Priest (2009) by Vladimir Khotinenko

Eltsin Era and “Chernukha”Films

The Moslim (1995) by Vladimir Khotinenko

Brat (1997) by Alexsei Balabanov

The Thief (1997) by Pavel Chukhraj

Putin’s Russia Films

The Star (2002) by Nikolai Lebedev

The Island (2006) by Pavel Lungin

We are from the Future 2 (2010) by Aleksandr Samokhvalov and Boris Rostov

OR The Match (2012) by Andrei Maliukov

Soviet society in Document

Dziga Vertov, Man with the Movie Camera, 1929.

Kinokhronika 17 Moments in Soviet history (http://soviethistory.msu.edu/about/)

Artur Aristakisyan, Palms, 1993.

Sergey Loznica, Maidan, 2014.

Soviet Society in Soviet Cinematography

Boris Barnet, Dom na Trubnoy, 1928.

Vladimir Menshov, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, 1979.

Alexej Balabanov, Brat, 1997.

Pyotr Buslov, Vysockiy, sposibo chto zhivoy, 2011.

Re-shaping national history: Historical milestones in Soviet Cinematography

Sergej Ejzenshtein, Battleship Potemkin, 1925.

Vsevolod Pudovkin, Admiral Nakhimov, 1946.

Pvel Lugin, Ivan the Terrible, 2009.

SCI-FI

Yakov Protazanov, Aelita, 1924

Vasily Zhuravlev, Cosmic Voyage, 1935

Andrej Tarkovski, Solaris, 1972.

Richard Viktorov/Nikolai Viktorov, Per Astra ad Aspera, 1981

Non-Russians in Soviet/Russian Cinematography

Alexandr Ptushko, Ilya Muromec, 1956.

Andrey Tarkovski, Andrey Rublev, 1969.

Nikita Michalkov, 12, 2007.

Post-Soviet Society

Timur Bekmambetov, Noční hlídka, 2005.

Alexandr Sokurov, Faust, 2011.

Novye Russkie, 2015.

Andrej Zvjagincev: Return, 2003; Leviathan, 2014.

Aktan Arym Kubat, The Light Thief, 2010.

Emir Baigazin, Harmony Lessons, 2013.