aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Next Ukrainian film Thursday

[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

THIS THURSDAY:

The Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University will resume its 2005-2006 
season by presenting US premier of the critically acclaimed 
award-winning documentary film

“A Dangerously Free Person”, director Roman Shyrman

The event will also screen a short feature film

“Once Upon a Time”, director Serhiy Krutin

Roman Shyrman’s documentary “A Dangerously Free Person” (2004, 52 min.) 
is dedicated to the legendary Sergey Paradzhanov, director of “Shadows 
of Forgotten Ancestors” and the most prominent representative of the 
Ukrainian poetic cinema of the 1960's. Paradzhanov’s work and 
controversial personality inspired generations of free-thinking 
filmmakers as well as intellectuals in Ukraine and elsewhere, many of 
whom went on to take part in the human rights and national liberation 
movement that contributed to the eventual collapse of the Soviet empire 
and the emergence of an independent Ukraine in 1991.  Federico Fellini 
famously called Paradzhanov a “magician of cinema”.

True to its goal of showcasing the new cinema talent, the Club’s event 
will open with the short feature “Once Upon a Time”, 2004, 8 min., 
directed by Serhiy Krutin. Today, Mr. Krutin is often mentioned as one 
of the most promising young Ukrainian filmmakers.

In his opening remarks, Yuri Shevchuk, director of the Ukrainian Film 
Club of Columbia University, will give an introduction about the two 
filmmakers and speak about the highlights of the cinematographic year 
2005 in Ukraine. The film program will be followed by a Q-and-A period 
and a general discussion.

When:     January 26, 2006, Thursday, 7:30 PM.
Where:    Room 717, Hamilton Hall, Columbia University Campus.

Both films are in the original Ukrainian version with English subtitles. 
Free admission.

-- 
Diana Howansky
Staff Associate
Ukrainian Studies Program
Columbia University
Room 1209, MC3345
420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY  10027
(212) 854-4697
ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ukrainianstudies/