The first annual Russian Winter Festival will take place at UCLA on  March 7, 2009.

The new festival will feature the explosively popular Russian music as well as cinema.

On that Saturday, March 7, at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater, “New Russian Cinema” is celebrated with several films. According to organizers, the films run the gamut of what you might expect from a vital country and culture, including animation, documentary shorts, and a new feature film, all subtitled. All are being shown in the U.S. for the very first time.

 

Some of the featured films are: "Vse Umrut, a Ya ostanus", "On i Ona", "Kolubelnye Mira". Opening remarks by Artemy Troitsky and Valery Todorovsky. 

The cinema foyer will include a display of work by renowned Los Angeles designer Nataya, herself of Russian and Uzbek origin. These designs will be framed by the minimalist works of Russo-Ukrainian artist Anna Bogatin.

Acoustic music will be provided in between the day’s films (4:30 PM - 6 PM) by Moscow-born musician Alex Kiskachi and his band: Leo Chelyapov (clarinet, saxophone) and Adam Levy (double bass).

Entrance is free!
See http://www.moscow.ucla.edu/?p=3284 for more information and complete schedule.

Directions and Parking: From Hilgard Ave. enter the east side of campus at Wyton Drive. Make and immediate right turn onto Charles E. Young Dr. East and signs will direct you to Parking Structure.

From the ground level of Structure 3, enter the underpass (or from the street level cross Charles E. Young Dr. North and proceed down steps) and walk straight alongside Melnitz and Macgowan Halls. Turn left at the plaza and proceed to the courtyard of theaters.

 

(Psst... Free parking may be available on Loring Avenue (south of Sunset Blvd, east of Hilgard Avenue at Charing Cross Road) all day on weekends... But you'll have to walk)

 

Now, the sad news. Announced earlier Mumiy Troll's concerts are canceled: he came down with appendicitis. Details: http://theroxyonsunset.com/no-more-mumiy/