Future Shorts & Russian Film Week present Best Russian Short Film Program.

Most of the movies will be screened for the first time in th USA.

Photographer
Dir: Alexander Kott
The film "Photographer" shows the last day of the old photographer working in his studio. He succeeded in his life-long efforts to stop time.

PAL/SECAM
Dir: Dmitry Povolotsky
At the dawn of Perestroika, little Boris, ravaged by hormones, seduces the neighborhood with his mother's VCR.

Five Minutes
Dir: Konstantin Ivanov
Just before the New Year, inhabitants of one building are inspired by the singing of Lidmia Gurchenko to let loose.

Mother
Dir: Ilya Kazankov
Two young cadet-marines escape during a concert at their academy.

Meat
Dir: Slava Ross
Times are hard for single mothers. But there are things young boys don't want to know. A tremendously touching drama about growing up in 20th century Russia.

Insignificant Details of an Accidental Episode
Dir: Mikhail Mestetsky
A young man is traveling by train, which suddenly stops in a deserted place. The film's 20 minutes represent 20 years of the lives of protagonists: time spent seeing each other every day but never getting acquainted because of shyness and the embarrassment of the first meeting.

(TRT  94 minutes)