Directory of World Cinema: Russia

Birgit Beumers is a reader in Russian at the University of Bristol. Her most recent publications include 'A History of Russian Cinema' and, with Mark Lipovetsky, 'Performing Violence: Literary and Theatrical Experiments of New Russian Drama.' She is also editor of Intellect's journal 'Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema'.

• IntroductionFilm of the Year Vasilii Sigarev’s Wolfy (2009)Interview Vasilii Sigarev and Iana TroianovaFilm Production in Russia: An Industry?Festival Focus Kinotavr  What Does zhanr Mean in Russian?  Directors Evgenii Bauer Sergei Eisenstein Dziga Vertov Andrei Tarkovskii Nikita Mikhalkov Aleksandr SokurovHistorical Film War FilmComedy and Musical ComedyMelodramaLiterary AdaptationBiopicAction/Red WesternChildren’s FilmsAnimationDocumentary

A provocative and illuminating volume. Even seasoned Russian film experts stand to learn something from this volume, whether because it invited them to reevaluate their basic historiographical assumptions or because it introduces them to a number of under-the-radar films.