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Three Canadian animation programmes designed to showcase a variety of genres and
artists will be shown in Moscow,
Nizhni Novgorod and Beslan,
between September 23 and October 6. The events have been planned with the
support of the Canadian Embassy in Russia, Société
Radio-Canada (SRC), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), and in partnership
with Nizhni Novgorod’s administration, the Central
House of Entrepreneurs, and the Museum of Cinema in Moscow.
The three programmes were prepared by
SRC and the NFB. In 1968, the SRC animation studio was created under the
leadership of Hubert Tison. Since its inception, the
studio has produced nearly 1,000 films for the network, and the work of
well-known artists such as Frédéric
Back. The SRC=s programme
is comprised of six films: All Nothing, The Man who Planted Trees, and Crac! by Frédéric
Back, Tip Top and Elbowing by Paul Driessen, Beding, Bedang, Bedong by Graeme Ross, and Trapèze
by MinoBonan.
Animation at the NFB developed as of 1941, when Norman McLaren, a world-renowned filmmaker, became the head of the
newly created animation unit. Through its artists=
pioneering work, the animation section gained international distinction. The NFB`s first programme is
comprised of 2D or Not 2D by Paul Driessen, Black
Soul by Martine Chartrand, Bob=s
Birthday by Alison Snowden and David Fine, Elbow Room/Distances by Diane Obomsawin, Frank the Wrabbit and
The Hungry Squid by John Weldon, My Grandmother Ironed the King=s Shirts by Torill
Kove, and Village of Idiots by Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove. The
NFB=s second programme
consists of Blue Like a Gunshot by Masoud Raouf, The Apprentice and La Salla by
Richard Condie, The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg by Paul Driessen, The Brainwashers by Patrick Bouchard, How Wings
Are Attached to the Backs of Angels by Craig Welch, A Hunting Lesson by Jacques
Drouin, Juke-Bar by Martin Barry, Strange Invaders by
Cordell Barker, and When the Day Breaks, by Wendy Tilby
and Amanda Forbis.
[Space for additional information on an NFB filmmaker who may
come to Russia.]
In Nizhni Novgorod, Canadian animation
will be screened within the framework of the Volga Capitals of Culture
festival. In Moscow, Canadian animation will be shown in
the Central House of Entrepreneurs and Museum
of Cinema. The Moscow House of
Entrepreneurs has already featured a retrospective of Frederic Back=s animated films in 2001, and the Museum
of Cinema presented a collection of
Norman McLaren=s films
in 1995. The Museum of Cinema
plans to open a cinematheque in the new primary school
in Beslan, and Canadian animation will be screened
there as well.
Screening schedule
Moscow
Central House of Entrepreneurs, 35mm Cinema
47/24 Pokrovka
Street, tel: 917 18 83,
917 54 92
September 23
September 24
September 25
Museum of Cinema
15 Druzhinnikovskaya Street, tel.: 255
90 57, 255-9095
October 4
October 5
Nizhni Novgorod
Cinema Orlyonok
39a Bolshaya Pokrovskaya
Street, tel.: 33-4601, 33-1635
September 27
September 28
September 29
Beslan
New Primary School
October 1
October 2
Enjoy the films and please remember that the screening schedule
may be subject to further changes, so please make sure you call the theatre to
double-check.
The Embassy of Canada in the Russian
Federation would like to thank the SRC, the NFB, the
Central House of Entrepreneurs, the Museum
of Cinema, the Volga Capitals of
Culture managers, Pavel Miloslavskiy,
Nadezhda Kotova, Carole Boisvert, Hubert Tison, and James
Roberts for their support and enthusiasm.
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