Friday, June 16th, 2023 "Loveless" and "Mama, I Am Home": How Films Predicted the Future of Putin's Russia

DateTimeLocation
Friday, June 16, 202312:00PM - 2:00PMSeminar Room 108N, This event is in person, located in Room 108N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON.

Description

During this special event, Academy Award-nominated film producer, Alexander Rodnyansky will discuss the relationship between arts and politics in today’s Russia and Ukraine.

 

About the Speakers:

 

Alexander Rodnyansky is a Ukrainian film director, producer, and businessman. His film "Leviathan" won the Golden Globe in 2015. Four of his films were nominated for an Academy Award, including "Chief in Love," "Est-Ouest," "Leviathan" and "Loveless."

 

Professor Anna Shternshis is the Director of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, Al and Malka Green Professor in Yiddish Studies and a Fellow at the John Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

 

Presented with Show One Productions.


Speakers

Alexander Rodnyansky
Speaker
Ukrainian film director, producer, and businessman. His film Leviathan won the Golden Globe in 2015. Four of his films were nominated for an Academy Award, including "Chief in Love," "Est-Ouest," "Leviathan," and "Loveless"

Professor Anna Shternshis
Moderator
Director of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, Al and Malka Green Professor in Yiddish Studies; Fellow, John Guggenheim Memorial Foundation


Main Sponsor

Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies

Sponsors

Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Co-Sponsors

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Cinema Studies Institute

Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies

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