10 Films To Watch At The Russian Film Festival On Disney+ Hotstar
The
Russian Film Festival is bringing the best of Russian cinema to India in an
exciting collaboration with Disney+ Hotstar. The Film Festival is going on from
October 16 to November 27, a selection of celebrated comedies, musicals, and
dramas are streaming for Indian movie buffs. Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali is the
ambassador for the Russian Film Festival in India and Line Producer Sarfaraz
Alam of Kartina Entertainments is the Festival Director. The festival is
getting a massive response from the Indian Audience, especially during the
Diwali Holiday season.
Here’s a list of all the films
screening as part of the festival:
Ice (2018)
In
this sweeping musical romance, Nadya (Aglaya Tarasova) gives up her dream of
becoming a champion figure skater after she is hospitalised with an injury. She
then meets Sasha (Aleksandr Petrov Sasha), a hockey player, who teaches her to
believe in herself and her dream, all over again.
Ice 2 (2020)
This
sequel to 2018 Ice,, follows Nadya and Sasha as they get married and
struggle with fulfilling their dream of having a child. Both films are among
the highest-grossing Russian films of all time.
On The Edge (2020)
The
film is a sports drama about a rivalry between Russia’s best saber fencers. One
of them has long been in the limelight, the other has only recently made it
into the national team, winning almost every tournament since. The two athletes
begin to fight for supremacy, both on and off the arena. It is based on the
true events of the 2016 Olympics.
The Story Of An
Appointment (2018)
The
historical film follows the sentencing of a soldier to execution and is based
on true events in 19th century Russia – with one of the characters being
acclaimed writer Leo Tolstoy.
Tell Her (2021)
11-year-old
Sasha is pulled between two countries and cultures when his parents divorce and
his mother moves to the United States. The film is imbibed with themes of
family, divorce and immigration, and was critically acclaimed around the world.
Doctor Liza (2020)
This
biographical drama is dedicated to the memory of Elizaveta Glinka. She was one
of the most prominent human rights activists and philanthropists in Russia. The
film follows a day in her life, when she meets a man at a railway station,
pleading for help for the treatment of his daughter.
Man From Podolsk (2020)
Man From Podolsk is a dramedy revolving around a man who
ends up in the Moscow Police Department. He is prepared to be humiliated by the
officials, but they defy his expectations.
Another Woman (2019)
Masha
is a gynecologist, who is so immersed in her work that she doesn’t realise her
husband is having an affair until he tells her he’s leaving her. Masha is proud
and competitive, so she does everything she can to get her husband back – going
as far as indulging in the supernatural.
The Relatives (2021)
A
family’s relationship with each other is tested when the father decides to take
them on a road trip to fulfil his lifelong dream of performing his song at a
music festival.
Jetlag (2021)
A
fight en route to an airport spurs an ordinary Moscow couple to split on a
whim. Nikita ends up in Thailand and Zhenya in Berlin, and both land in
separate love triangles, causing chaos in others’ relationships as they try to
fix theirs. But even continents apart, their lives turn out to be more
intricately connected than they realise.
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