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Conor Berry
Actor

Khaled Spiewak
Writer, Director, Editor

Guillaume Benski
Producer

Violetta Vlasova
Film Expert

Tea Tkebuchava
Film Expert

Yaroslav Zabaluev
Film Critic

Denis Boyarinov
Music journalist

Sergei Sidorenko
Director, TV and Radio Presenter, Stage and Screen Teacher

Sergey Mudrik
Music editor of the TV show "Evening Urgant"

Vasiliy Koretskiy
Film Critic

Katya Fedorova
Author of Fashion Telegram Channel - Good morning, Karl

Mariya Kuvshinova
Film critic

Boris Barabanov
Journalist, Presenter, Producer

Downton Abbey (2019)

drama

29 October, Tuesday

20:00 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

Pink Wall (2019)

drama

Love story in six chapters: one per year of relationship

30 October, Wednesday

20:00 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

17 November, Sunday

19:30 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

Animals (2019)

comedy, drama

31 October, Thursday

19:30 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

6 November, Wednesday

19:30 KARO 7 Atrium

Language: English, russian subtitles

17 November, Sunday

17:00 KARO 7 Atrium

Language: English, russian subtitles

Swimming with Men (2018)

comedy, romance

The surest way to get rid of depression

1 November, Friday

19:30 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

9 November, Saturday

18:25 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

A Bump Along The Way (2019)

comedy, drama

2 November, Saturday

17:00 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

8 November, Friday

20:00 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

Gwen (2018)

drama, history, mystery

2 November, Saturday

20:00 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, Welsh, russian subtitles

12 November, Tuesday

19:30 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, Welsh, russian subtitles

Bait (2019)

drama

3 November, Sunday

17:30 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

The Souvenir (2019)

drama, romance, mystery

3 November, Sunday

19:30 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

Trautmann (2018)

biography, drama, romance

(The Keeper)

4 November, Monday

19:30 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, German, russian subtitles

14 November, Thursday

21:00 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, German, russian subtitles

Blinded by the Light (2019)

biography, comedy, drama

5 November, Tuesday

20:00 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

13 November, Wednesday

19:30 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

Schemers (2019)

drama, history

7 November, Thursday

20:00 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

Public talk: British Style. Cinema, Music, Fashion

Public talk with Katya Fedorova, Conor Berry and Khaled Spiewak in TSUM

8 November, Friday

18:30 TSUM

Language: russian subtitles

Public talk with the Schemers' producer Khaled Spiewak and lead actor Conor Berry

Moderator: Denis Boyarinov

8 November, Friday

20:00 Moscow Film School

Language: russian subtitles

Swimming With Men / Finished (2019)

comedy, romance, drama

9 November, Saturday

18:00 KARO 7 Atrium

Language: English, russian subtitles

Days of the Bagnold Summer (2019)

comedy

11 November, Monday

19:30 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

17 November, Sunday

17:00 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

Cool Daddio: The Second Youth of R. Stevie Moore (2019)

documentary

13 November, Wednesday

19:00 Moscow Film School

Language: English, russian subtitles

Soundtrack for A Revolution (2009)

documentary

14 November, Thursday

19:00 Moscow Film School

Language: English, russian subtitles

Tucked (2018)

drama

A provocative biography of an elderly travesty cabaret star: a movie about love, friendship and destiny

15 November, Friday

19:30 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

Fisherman's Friends (2019)

comedy, drama, music

16 November, Saturday

19:30 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

A Good Woman Is Hard To Find (2019)

thriller, criminal

16 November, Saturday

22:00 KARO 11 Oktyabr

Language: English, russian subtitles

Being Blacker (2018)

documentary

17 November, Sunday

19:00 Moscow Film School

Language: English, russian subtitles

BAFTA 2019 (2019)

short

18 November, Monday

19:00 Moscow Film School

Language: English, russian subtitles

XX New British Film Festival

The Festival 20th anniversary issue is part of the The UK-Russia Year of Music program, which is held by the British Embassy in Moscow in association with the British Council.

This year the festival is also supported by TSUM, European largest fashion department store.
 
Britain means great culture and great contrasts. The Beatles and Sex Pistols, Sherlock Holmes and Mr. Hyde, stiffness and social protest, Peter Greenaway and Guy Ritchie – these are all wonderful creations of the country.
 
Britfest is the oldest Russian festival of contemporary British cinema, also full of contrasts. This year we present the long-awaited film continuation of the famous series “Downton Abbey”, solid and conservative.  "Bait" is an experiment, its deliberately grainy images remind of the film rebellion of the 1960s. “Fisherman’s Friends” and "Days of the Bagnold Summer" are perfect examples of the Britcom, delicate and witty comedies with good musical taste. “The Souvenir” is a free autobiography of the director, permanent participant of the Britfest, Joanna Hogg, her history of self-formation and traumatic love experience in the 1980s. Film “Schemers” follows the same period and tells about the dark side of the music industry. “Tucked” is a burlesque about an 80-year-old drag queen: age can’t stop the fun. “Animals” is a female comedy, with feminist ideas, but worth to be watched by men. Vice versa, “Swimming with Men” Is a great picture about male problems and surprise decisions. “The Keeper” (aka "Trautmann") is an emotional historical picture making confront two passions: love and sports. "Gwen"  appeals to folklore and due to it, the film is beautiful and scary at the same time! “Pink Wall” is an intimate drama, completely concentrated on the private life of two lovers. "Blinded by the Light" is a fest of love and music. One film in the program is not what  seems: the frivolous title "A Good Woman Is Hard To Find" promises comedy. However, this is a robust crime thriller.
 
Three films staying apart complete documentary section of the festival:  “Being Blacker”, “Cool Daddio: Second Youth of R. Stevie Moore” and “Soundtrack For A Revolution” - chronicles of different music genres and musicians’ lives, tightly connected with the great history of the 20th century.

This year, the educational programme will be traditionally held at the Moscow Film School. It will include public talk with the festival guests: Schemers’ producer Khaled Spiewak and lead actor Conor Berry. The Moscow Film School will also host four film screenings with follow-up discussions. The festival will present a selection of short films nominated for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), as well as full-length documentaries about music. The screenings and subsequent discussions will be moderated by Russian film critics and teachers from the Moscow Film School.


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All films are shown in the original language with Russian subtitles.