Russian Theme at the Planet in Focus Festival

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Credit: Planet in Focus

The eighth annual Planet in Focus film festival is coming up in Toronto, and includes screenings of several documentaries about Russia.

International Environmental Film and Video Festival

Planet in Focus is Canada's most acclaimed International Environmental Film and Video festival. Our annual film fest showcases compelling documentaries, animation, dramatic features, shorts, and experimental works that celebrate, question, and establish varied ways of viewing the state of our world .

The 8th Annual Festival will take place October 24-28, 2007.

Films are shown at Royal Cinema 608 College St.and Innis College Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue.

Website is: http://www.planetinfocus.org/festival
There are 40 interesting films from all over the world. Two of them are of specific interest to Russians:

Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies
In Kamchatka, the most easterly region of Russia, a little miracle with huge implications is in the works. Considered by many to be the most dangerous animal in the world the grizzly bear, an endangered species, finds a protector and defender in Canadian conservationist, Charlie Russell. As a surrogate mother he struggles to reintroduce orphaned cubs to the wild against the backdrop of a dramatic landscape filled with lurking predators and poachers. Filmed in the course of a year, this relationship is bound to fill you with awe and sure to win your hearts and minds.
http://www.planetinfocus.org/festival/edge-of-eden

Blockade
Russian documentary filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa brings the haunting images of the Siege of Leningrad back into our collective memory in his reflection on the atrocities that happened in the past, lest we forget. From September 1941 to January 1944, lasting over 900 days, Hitler attempted to starve the city of Leningrad into submission. The siege of Leningrad was the longest of its kind during World War II, causing over half a million people to die, mostly from starvation.
Using rarely seen footage from the Soviet film archives, Loznitsa recreates a stunning historical account of the Siege, creating a state of the art soundtrack to accompany the silent footage. Blockade shows the gradual transformation of Leningrad: from its defensive beginnings to a horrific aftermath.
http://www.planetinfocus.org/festival/blockade

Credit: The Russian Canadian Cultural Aid Society
Русско-Канадское Культурно-Просветительное Общество
http://www.rccas.ca/Events.html

Many, many thanks to the Russian Canadian Cultural Aid Society for keeping us informed with your web site!

Screening on:


Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 7:00pm - Royal

Screening on:


Blockade
Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 9:00pm - Royal

We would also like to draw your attention to one more movie:

Battle of Chernobyl
Thomas Johnson
France, documentary, 2006
94 mins.
(Russian with English Subtitles)
Canadian Premiere
Screening on:
Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 1:00pm - Royal

Ticket prices: $10 general, $8 students/seniors, $5 children

links:
Sergei Loznitsa
Arthouse.Ru: Сергей Лозница
Ольга Шервуд о фильме Лозницы "БЛОКАДА": Нет слов для ада
vertov.ru: Portal of the Russian documentary cinema
Клуб СИНЕ ФАНТОМ: ФИЛЬМЫ-ДОКУМЕНТЫ СЕРГЕЯ ЛОЗНИЦЫ: «ПОРТРЕТ» (2002), «БЛОКАДА» (2005)
Artel: Sergej Loznitsa @ KAF 2007

First Ever Toronto Russian Film Festival KINO and ART 2007 Invitation

Kino & Art Festival 101: Dr.Valeri Kogan, a film producer and businessman,
gives an introduction to the First Toronto Russian Film Festival
in the Steam Banya club tent at Nuit Blanche art night
Photo: artjunction.blogspot.com

The First KINO Art Festival (KAF) 2007 is a Toronto’s latest great cultural raison d'être.

Thursday, October 4, 2007 - Sunday, October 7, 2007

Festival Venues:
Royal Cinema
608 College St. (at Clinton St.), Toronto M6G 1A1 [map]

National Film Board Theatre
150 John St.(at Richmond St W) Toronto M5V 3C3 [map]
(Osgoode subway station)

Toronto Centre For the Arts
5040 Yonge St. Toronto M2N 6R8 [map]
(North York Centre subway station)

The Bernard Betel Centre for Creative Living
1003 Steeles Ave. W. (at Bathurst St.) Toronto M2R 3T6 [map]

Bar Italia
582 College St. (at Clinton St.), Toronto M6G 1A1 [map]

The State Theatre NightClub
69 Bathurst Street (at King St. West), Toronto [map]

Mana Bar and Lounge
722 College St. (west of Bathurst St.), Toronto M6G 1C4 [map]

Festival Program:

Thursday, October 4, 2007
Day 1: Opening Night Film and Party

Gala Opening: Temptation / Искушение (2007)
Director: Sergey Askenazi
North American Premiere
Director in Attendance
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 7:00 p.m.

Opening Night Party
Venue: Bar Italia
Time: 9:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
(by invitation only)

Friday, October 5, 2007
Day 2

Connection / Связь (2006)
Director: Dynia Smirnova
North American Premiere Royal Cinema
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 7:00 p.m.

Free Floating / Свободное плавание (2006)
Director:Boris Khlebnikov
Canadian Premiere
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 9:15 p.m.

KAF House Gala
(open to general public guest list at info@kaboompromotion.com)
Venue: State Theatre NightClub
Time: 10:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 6, 2007
Day 3

Animation program for children
Venue: Toronto Centre For the Arts
Time: 2:00 p.m.

From Canada with Love
Program by Russian-Canadian Artists (shorts and feature length documentaries)
Moscow Freestyle Producer/Director: Julia Ivanova |Vancouver| (51mins)
Crazy Lovin’ Director: Veronika Belianina |Toronto| (20 mins)
The Letter Director: Matvei Jivov |Toronto| (21 mins)
Pictures at an Exhibition Director: Natasha Turovsky |Montreal| (37 mins)
Venue: National Film Board
Time: 2:00 p.m.

Alive / Живой (2006)
Director: Alexander Veledinsky
North American Premiere
Venue: Toronto Centre For the Arts
Time: 4:00 p.m.

Frescoes / Фрески (2003)
Director: Alexander Gutman - Retrospective
Documentary Program
Venue: National Film Board
Time: 4:00 p.m.

Playing The Victim / Изображая жертву (2006)
Director: Kirill Serebrenikov 2006
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 4:30 p.m.

Enemies / Враги (2007)
Director: Mariya Mozhar
North American Premiere
Venue: Toronto Centre For the Arts
Time: 6:00 p.m.

In Search of Happiness / В поисках счастья (2006)
Director: Aleksander Gutman - Retrospective
Documentary Program
Venue: National Film Board
Time: 6:30 p.m.

Alive / Живой (2006)
Director: Alexander Veledinsky
North American Premiere
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 7:00 p.m.

Connection / Связь (2006)
Director: Dynia Smirnova
North American Premiere Royal Cinema
Venue: Toronto Centre For the Arts
Time: 8:00 p.m.

Short Documentary Program
The best films from Russian film Festivals
Presented and Recommended by Cine Fantom Club
North American Premieres
Artel (2006) Director: Sergey Loznitsa (32 min)
On the Third Planet out of Sun (2006) Director: Pavel Medvedev (32 min)
Yaptik-hasse (2006) Director: Edgar Bartenev (32 min)
Sarafan (2006) Director: Aleksandra Strelyanaya (21 min)
Venue: National Film Board
Time: 8:45 p.m.

Two In One / Два в одном (2007)
Director: Kira Muratova
Canadian Premiere
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 9:15 p.m.

Sunday, October 7, 2007
Day 4: Closing Night Film and Party

Animation Program
The Best Films from Russian Animation Film Festivals
North American Premiere
Venue: National Film Board
Time: 11:45 a.m.

From Canada with Love
Program by Russian-Canadian Artists (shorts and feature length documentaries)
Reflections Director: Timofey Yuriev |Toronto| (4 mins)
Princess Castle Producer/Director: Boris Ivanov |Vancouver| (7 mins)
From Russia, For Love Director: Julia Ivanova |Vancouver| (53 mins)
God’s Goodness Director: Marc Betsworth DOP: Pasha Patriki |Toronto| (20 mins)
Seven Storeys Director: Boris Ivanov |Vancouver| (25 mins)
Venue: National Film Board
Time: 2:00 p.m.

Frescoes / Фрески (2003)
Director: Alexander Gutman - Retrospective
Documentary Program
Venue: The Bernard Betel Centre for Creative Living
Time: 12:30 p.m.

The Tuner / Настройщик (2004)
Director: Kira Myratova
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 2:30 p.m.

In Search of Happiness / В поисках счастья (2006)
Director: Aleksander Gutman - Retrospective
Documentary Program
Venue: The Bernard Betel Centre for Creative Living
Time: 3:00 p.m.

Closing Night Film: Artistka / Артистка (2007)
Director: Stanislav Govoruchin
North American Premiere
Venue: Royal Cinema
Time: 5:00 p.m.

Closing Night Party
Venue: Mana Bar & Lounge
Time: 7:30 p.m. – midnight
(tickets at the door)

Individual tickets: $10
Full Weekend Wristband Pass: $100
Tickets are available at the box office or on line
Three-day wrist band passes can be purchased here
For events at the Toronto Centre For the Arts, (416-733-9388) tickets can be purchased at the box office, or at Ticketmaster.

For more information on films and tickets please call 647-344-6599
or visit Kino Festival of Russian Film and Art web site
http://www.kinoartfestival.com/


links:
Russian Cinema: Kino Festival of Russian Film and Art
Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association: EVENTS: KINO Art Festival
First ever Russian Film Festival in London: Apollo West End, 27 September - 3 October, 2007
The third Russian Resurrection Film Festival in Melbourne
Press Release: The 7th Annual Russian Film Week in New York, October 12 - 17, 2007

KAF's Image Gallery: Nuit Blanche and the Festival 2007.

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Toronto International Sputnik Day 2007 Celebration

Invitation: Critical Media presents Sputnik, a celebration of space flight in collaboration with
the Canadian Space Society, held at the Toronto Aerospace Museum
Credit: Critical Media

Announcement: International Sputnik Day - Celebrating 50 Years of Space Exploration

WHEN: October 4, 2007, 6:30-10:30 pm

WHERE: Toronto Aerospace Museum

LOCATION: 65 Carl Hall Road, Toronto, ON M3K 2E1
PHONE: (416) 638-6078
DIRECTIONS: Parc Downsview Park, 65 Carl Hall Road, Toronto, ON M3K 2E1
By Car: From the 401 East or West, exit at Keele Street North. Turn right on Sheppard Ave, and follow Sheppard to the entrance to Downsview Park. Turn right into the park (onto John Drury Road) until you reach Carl Hall Road. Turn left at Carl Hall and continue east over the railway tracks to the Museum, which is on your right hand side.
By TTC: Free shuttle car service provided between Downsview TTC station and the Aerospace Museum between 6:15-7:15 pm

ADMISSION FREE - Donations accepted

AGENDA

SPUTNIK 1 - 50 Years of Space Exploration

October 4, 2007, Toronto Aerospace Museum

On October 4, 2007, worldwide celebrations commemorate 50 years of space flight. On this day, five decades ago - October 4, 1957 - the first man-made satellite was launched into space, the first man-made object ever to orbit the Earth, captivating the public's imagination worldwide. No larger than a watermelon and weighing only 183 pounds, its "beep beep beep" signal from space was heard with baited breath as it traveled on its elliptical path.
"Now, somehow, in some new way, the sky seemed almost alien," wrote Lyndon B. Johnson. The launch of Sputnik ushered in a new era: the Space Age.

On October 4, 2007 we mark the 50th anniversary of the beginning of this new age, an age of space competition and exploration, discovery and adventure, tragedy and exhilaration. At the Toronto Aerospace Museum, Critical Media presents a celebration in collaboration with the Canadian Space Society.

6:15-7:15 pm:
Reception and presentation of new media artist Slavica Ceperkovic's piece consisting of a continuous loop projection

7:15-8:00 pm:
Presentation on Space Era in USSR/Russia (Dr. Zelina Iskanderova, University of Toronto)

8:00-8:25 pm:
Presentation: "Space Science and Science Fiction" (Nina Czegledy, KMDI, University of Toronto; Concordia University)

8:25-8:30 pm:
Screening: "My First Rocket" (Amir Gavriely & Joel Robson)

8:30-9:30 pm:
Screening: "The High Ground" (Michael Lennick, Foolish Earthling Productions)

9:30-9:35 pm:
Streaming of "Sputtnikk Oppera" live performance from Ljubljana (Igor Stromajer & Brane Zorman)

9:35-10:00 pm:
Discussion/Q&A with Michael Lennick

10:00-10:30 pm:
Screening: "Destination: Mars"(Michael Lennick, Foolish Earthling Productions)

Credits:
Sputnik Day 2007 was produced in collaboration by Nina Czegledy, Lori Tureski, Amir Gavriely, Joel Robson, and Slavica Ceperkovic, and Critical Media partners Greg Judelman and Daniel Barber. Special thanks to Kevin Shortt, Paul Cabot and the Toronto Aerospace Museum and the Canadian Space Society. We are grateful for the generous contribution by Michael Lennick and Foolish Earthling Productions. Thanks also to Magda Wesalkovska.

Contact:
For more informaiton, please contact Lori Tureski at ltureskigmail.com or Nina Czegledy at czegledyinterlog.com

Come and celebrate with us!



В КАНАДЕ ОТМЕЧАЮТ НАЧАЛО КОСМИЧЕСКОЙ ЭРЫ

4 октября 1957 года на околоземную орбиту был выведен первый в мире искусственный спутник Земли, открывший космическую эру в истории человечества.

4 октября этого года вся мировая общественность будет отмечать начало космической эры – с момента запуска первого спутника прошло ровно 50 лет!

Спутник, ставший первым искусственным небесным телом, был выведен на орбиту ракетой-носителем Р-7 с 5-го научно-исследовательского полигона министерства обороны СССР, получившего впоследствии наименование космодром Байконур. Космический аппарат ПС-1 (простейший спутник-1) представлял собой шар диаметром 58 сантиметров, весил 83,6 килограмма, был оснащен четырьмя штырьковыми антеннами длиной 2,4 и 2,9 метра для передачи сигналов, работающих от батареек передатчиков. Спутник ПС-1 летал 92 дня, до 4 января 1958 года, совершив 1440 оборотов вокруг Земли (около 60 млн. км), а его радиопередатчики работали в течение двух недель после старта. Над созданием искусственного спутника Земли во главе с основоположником практической космонавтики С.П.Королевым работали ученые М.В. Келдыш, М.К.Тихонравов, Н.С.Лидоренко, В.И.Лапко, Б.С.Чекунов и многие другие.
В Музее космонавтики Торонто (Toronto Aerospace Museum) это событие будет отмечаться особо. Среди мероприятий дня – презентации (в том числе проф. Университета Торонто Зелины Искандеровой – о становлении ракетно-космической промышленности в СССР), представления, дискуссии, демонстрация документальных фильмов.

Музей расположен по адресу 65 Carl Hall Rd.
Его веб-сайт - torontoaerospacemuseum.com.

Между 6:15 и 7:15 рм от станции Downsview TTC station до музея будет ходить бесплатный автобус для перевозки всех желающих.

Приходите и празднуйте вместе с нами! Вход свободный (принимаются пожертвования).

Credit: Еженедельная газета "Русский Экспресс"
Выпуск № 503, Событие

links:
Critical Media
Toronto Aerospace Museum
Canadian Space Society
Foolish Earthling Productions

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Nuit Blanche Inspirational Poetry

2:01 am: Nuit Blanche program on TTC Network words travel fast
Photo: artjunction.blogspot.com

2:01_AM_Toronto_Time_1

It was 2:01 am in the Nuit Blanche morning
I took a subway to go to the Junction
With a crystal halo tied up the Moon
I got tied too.
It was too late
Too much.

2:01_AM_Toronto_Time_2

At 2 o’clock in the Nuit Blanche morning
I took a subway to go to the Junction.
A crystal halo tied the Moon up warning
I got tied too: it was too late, too much to function.

poetry in ttc @ artjunction.blogspot.com

links:
Reminder: Onestop announces Nuit Blanche program on TTC Network Words Travel Fast

Words Travel Fast

Group exhibition curated by Art for Commuters
LCD screens on all TTC subway platforms
Words Travel Fast sets poetry into motion on the TTC network screens. Poets Emily Pohl-Weary, Emily Schultz and Zoe Whittall collaborate with motion graphics artists Franco Barroeta, Emma Lopez and Karen Richardson, creating unique motion-poems. A project by Onestop Media and Art for Commuters.
www.onestopmediagroup.com

Credit: scotiabanknuitblanche.com

nuit blanche poetry
toronto.craigslist.org

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Toronto: Sputnik Around the Globe + MS Expression Around the Clock

The Word on the Street: Sputnik Space Party Poster
Photo: artjunction.blogspot.com

Question: What helped launch Slavic studies as a growth discipline at the University of Toronto?
Answer: The number of U of T students interested in Slavic studies shot up after the satellite Sputnik was launched by the Soviets in 1957.

More excerpts from The University of Toronto: A History

Special Event: Sputnik Space Party
Free Evening Event
October 4, 2007
It's been half a century! Celebrate the beginning of the space age in 1957 when Sputnik launched the race to space.

50th Anniversary of Sputnik Celebrated in Toronto

Beep .. beep.. Thursday, October 4th marks the 50th anniversary of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I which launched the space age*. Celebrate at the Ontario Science Centre with Sputnik-themed displays, music, and activities. Enjoy awe-inspiring views through telescopes with members of the Toronto Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (weather permitting). Witness a fly-over of the International Space Station and listen as our storyteller weaves tales inspired by spaceflight. Highlighting the event is a special panel presentation at 8:00 p.m. in the Imperial Oil Auditorium, “Sputnik and the Space Age”.

PANELISTS

* Bob McDonald, host of CBC’s Quirks and Quarks. He remembers how the Sputnik launch helped fuel interest in space.
* Professor Lynne Viola, Department of History at the University of Toronto. Specializes in the history of the peasantry in the Soviet Union. She will speak to the impact Sputnik had on the culture and mood of people at the time.
* Steve Lang, Canadian Space Resource Centre. Works with the Canadian Space Agency and has a deep knowledge of the history of Canadian Space program.
* Robert Godwin, Author - Russian Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles: Heritage of the Space Race
* Chris Gainor, Author - Arrows to the Moon and Canada in Space.

The Sputnik Space Party runs from 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

* The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball, weighed only 183 pounds and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race.

Contributed by Sara Poirier, Toronto
Sep 27, 2007, 13:41
Credit: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

links:
Википедия: Спутник-1
Wikipedia: Sputnik 1

Sputnik 1 (Russian: "Спутник-1", "Satellite-1", or literally "Co-traveler-1" byname ПС-1 (PS-1, i.e. "Простейший Спутник-1", or Elementary Satellite-1)) was the first artificial satellite to be put into geocentric orbit. Launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, it was the first satellite of the Sputnik program.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The WorldView-1 Spacecraft
The Associated Press: Secrets of 1957 Sputnik Launch Revealed
By Vladimir Isachenkov
Google News: sputnik
50th Anniversary of Sputnik Celebrated in Toronto
CNews: Russian IT-review
Radio sample of Sputnik 1

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The global Designer Conference Expression around the Clock - первое глобальное мероприятие Microsoft для дизайнеров Expression around the Clock on October 4, 2007.

Toronto and Moscow, Auckland and Seoul, Bangalore and Cairo, Milan and Zürich, Mexico City and Sao Paulo are on the Microsoft designers' map.