Associate Professor of Russian Cinema & Culture @UCLSSEES & Co-Chair of Russian Cinema Research Group #RCRG. @LeverhulmeTrust Research Fellow 2020-22.
Mar 11, 2022 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
1/5 On 13 March 1922 (100 years ago!), the All-Ukrainian Photo Cinema Administration/Всеукраїнське фото кіноуправління (VUFKU) was founded. The Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Centre in Kyiv studies & restores VUFKU films. It urgently needs financial support. tinyurl.com/2p8zy4e22/5 VUFKU, a state monopoly that ran the Ukrainian film industry, had studios in Odesa, Kyiv, Kharkiv & Yalta. In 1930, it was reorganised into Ukrainfilm & brought under the USSR's centrally/Moscow controlled Soiuzkino. Many of VUFKU's leading figures were imprisoned or executed
Oct 12, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
1/6 This will be fantastic! A season of films from the #Sakha Republic, curated by my @UCLSSEES colleague @MMSibiryakova & hosted by the wonderful team @Klassiki_Online. Award-winning films, conversations with the directors, academic experts & more! Info👇 klassiki.online/sakha-film/2/6 At the launch event on 14 October (6.30pm BST), @MMSibiryakova will be in conversation with the director Eduard Novikov, whose film 'The Lord Eagle' (2018) kicks off the season and will be available to stream via the @Klassiki_Online platform from 14-28 October.
