OSCAR

Directors: Evgeny Tsymbal, Alexander Smolyansky

Producer: Alexander Smolyansky

Russia, 2018, 90 min American premiere

Original language: Russian

English subtitles

This is the story of the most famous living Russian artist, Oscar Rabin, who challenged the Soviet communist system and managed to prevail. He showed how powerful a weapon of nonviolent resistance could be. It is a refugee success story: a story of love, art, and human dignity. The film shows a lot of archival footage for the first time. Among the narrators are writers Boris Akunin, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Vladimir Sorokin, and Alexander Gorodnitsky; historians Vyacheslav Ivanov, Adam Michnik; artists Eric Bulatov, Ilya Kabakov, Oleg Tselkov, and Vitaly Komar; and pianist Evgeny Kissin.

Q &A after screening

Awards, festivals: International Warsaw Film Festival – the Best Documentary; Honfleur IFF -- Best Documentary, France; STALKER IFF -- Special Jury Prize, Critics Guild Award, Moscow; Message to Man IFF-- Official Selection, St. Petersburg; ARTDOCFEST -- Official Selection, Moscow; LAVR National Award -- Official Nomination, Moscow, and others.

See details: www.rusdocfilmfest.org