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The third annual festival of Russian film runs at Apollo Cinema in London from October 30 to November 8 and features 10 UK premieres. Among the talent who will be attending, are directors Nikolei Dostal and Karen Shakhnazarov. In addition to the main programme, there will be a retrospective showcase of Soviet Musicals and three short animation programmes.
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Alika languishes in jail. Yet hope may be in sight for her, as a well-known director is touring Russian prisons, hoping to find the perfect woman to play the lead role in a new version of Anna Karenina.

Anna Karenina
Tolstoy's tale of a woman torn between her lover and her marriage.

Ward 6
'Fake' documentary explores how a doctor ended up a patient in his own asylum.

Pete On The Way To Heaven
A smalltown boy lives a fantasy life of a cop, indulged by the other residents, but trouble is on the horizon.

Paper Soldier
Russian cosmonauts train for the Sputnik launch in a frozen wilderness in Kazakhstan.


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