I teach Russian/Soviet, East-European cultural history, comparative literature, and film at the University of Toronto. I have been working in the past years (directing, camera, and editing) on several film projects on Russian and Soviet themes, including the history of the Soviet Far East and Soviet film distribution and exhibition. Currently I am working on three documentaries: a film on social issues in present-day Kyrgyzstan; a film capturing echoes (life stories and architectural elements) in the city of Harbin (China); and (together with Susan Solomon) a film attempting to reconstruct the many lives of Alexander Rubakin, a Soviet public-health go-between, who lived and worked in France, Switzerland, the United States and Russia.

 

Filmography:

 

THE PROVINCE OF LOST FILM (2006)

 

Okraina Festival, Ryazan, Russian Federation

(First cut: November 2005).

Globians World Culture Documentary Film Festival, Potsdam

(August 2006).

The 26th Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

(September 2006).

Documentary Film Festival “Rossiia”, Ekaterinburg, Russia

(September 2006).

The 2006 Independents’ Film Festival, Tampa, Florida, USA.

Barrie Film Festival, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

(2007).

Tarkovsky “Zerkalo” Int. Film Festival in Ivanovo (Russia)

(May 2009)

 

THE UPRISING (2006)

“Rossiia” Documentary Film Festival, Ekaterinburg, Russia

(September, 2006).

 

KOMSOMOLSK MON AMOUR (2007)

The Independents’ Film Festival, Tampa, Florida, USA

(August 2007).

Utopia Film Festival, Greenbelt, USA

(October 2007).

DOK Leipzig 2007 (DOK Market)

Globians World Culture Documentary Film Festival, Postdam, Germany

(August 2008).

 

THE PHOTOGRAPHER (2008)

Tarkovsky “Zerkalo” Int. Film Festival in Ivanovo (Russia)

(May 2009); Globians World & Culture Documentary FF, Berlin (August, 2009)

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