The festival of Russian cinema will be held in Riga

RIGA. On Friday, November 14, in the cultural and business center "House of Moscow" in the Latvian capital, the festival of Russian cinema "Moscow Premiere in Riga" will begin. During the event, viewers will see the best pictures of Russian directors, as well as creative meetings and thematic discussions.

According to the organizers, this year the festival will be timed to coincide with the 90th anniversary of Mosfilm. In connection with this significant event, Moscow House prepared an exhibition of photographs and a documentary about the largest film company in Europe.

Also at the opening ceremony of the festival there will be a meeting with the famous director, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation Sergey Solovyov, where he will present his film "Tender Age", which received many prizes at various film festivals. This love film, based on real events, is accompanied by the music of Boris Grebenshchikov. The opening of the Moscow Premiere in Riga film festival will end with a concert by the Acapella Express Russian group.

The festival program included such films as “Adventurers” by Konstantin Buslov, “White Nights of Alexei Tryapitsyn” by Andrei Konchalovsky, “Kitchen in Paris” by Dmitry Dyachenko, “Poddubny” by Gleb Orlov, “Eight” by Alexei Uchitel, and the film “It’s Hard to Be a God”, shot by Alexei German more than 10 years ago. The animated film "The Return of Pinocchio" by Ekaterina Mikhailova will also be shown.

The weekly cinema marathon will end on November 21 with the concert “On the Wave of My Memory” of the ensemble “Leysya Pesnya”.

Svetlana Korableva © Gallerix.ru