Tuesday | 26.11.24

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4pm
16:00
Cosmosapiens + lecture (in Heb.)
16:00
Prisoners of Fate
6pm
18:00
The Teachers’ Lounge | Theatrical Release
18:15
The Gospel According to Ciretta + lecture (in Heb.)
18:30
Until I Fly
8pm
20:00
Emilia Pérez | Theatrical Release
20:30
Marching in the Dark + musical performance
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Galina Evtushenko: Tolstoy Stories

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Galina Evtushenko: Tolstoy Stories

A series of movies about the life and work of famed writer Lev Tolstoy. Following the screening, conversation with filmmakers Galina and Anna Evtushenko.

Following the screening, conversation with filmmakers Galina and Anna Evtushenko

Leo Tolstoy and Dziga Vertov: A Double Portrait in the Interior of the Epoch

Dir.: Galina Evtushenko, Anna Evtushenk
| 57 minutes

In 1910, when Leo Tolstoy died, Dziga Vertov was an unknown 14-year-old boy from Byalistokת who later on developed the concept of a documentary as high art. The film is made as a parallel movement of artistic motivations, outlooks on life and biographies of the two artists.
Following the screening, conversation with filmmakers Galina and Anna Evtushenko

The Captured Image, or Leo Tolstoy and Ilya Ginzburg

Dir.: Galina Evtushenko, Anna Evtushenko
| 83 minutes

The film takes viewers back to the beginning of the 20th century and the friendship between the Russian writer and his friend, sculptor Ilya Ginzburg, using documents, testimonies, and archival footage, set against the backdrop of wars, revolutions, and other turbulent events of the turn of the century.

Leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi

Following the screening, conversation with filmmakers Galina and Anna Evtushenko

Leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi: A Double Portrait in the Interior of the Age

Dir.: Galina Evtushenko, Anna Evtushenko
| 56 minutes

The two great teachers of humanity, Leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi never met but kept in touch through correspondence in the last years of the writer's life,  which included a discussion of philosophical, religious, and political issues, is the basis of this film.
Following the screening, conversation with filmmakers Galina and Anna Evtushenko

The Last Station

Dir.: Galina Evtushenko, Lev Grishin
| 52 minutes

Lev Tolstoy is at the center of this film, which examines his relationship with his family, society, and surroundings. The film reveals Tolstoy's inner world, his feverish search for the truth, and his contradictions.