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EDITOR'S COLUMN
Konstantin Shcherbakov. To whom and where to go.
Contemporary Russian film does not respect its viewer. The author shares his thoughts on the national particularity of this contemporary film process.
ACTUALITY COLUMN
Elena Stishova. FILM AS A NATION BUILDER.
Review of Gulnara Abikeeva's bestseller on cinema published in Almaty.
Sergei Kudryavtsev. TABOR GOES….TO THE BOX OFFICE.
With statistics in hand, the author refutes the myth of the total failure of films from studios in the republics on the Russian screen.
Gulnara Abikeeva. HOW EASY IT IS TO SPOIL A NATION'S IMAGE.
The film «Borat» which has been creating noise and scandal in America and Europe features a hero who humiliates the Kazakh nation. What's the goal? - Gulnara Abikeeva reflects on this question after viewing the film.
«KF» PREMIERE FILMS
Darya Borisova. The Hero's Foreboding.
Review of the film «Birds of Paradise».
Gulbara Tolomushova. CONTRABANDISTS AND BIRDS OF PARADISE.
Conversation with the creators of the film «Birds of Paradise».
Nikolai Khrystaliov. FANTASY FOR TWO VIOLONCELLES AND A CATAFALQUE.
Review of the film «I've had enough!»
Pieter Simm: «THERE WILL BE NO LIES IN THIS FILM».
Interview with the director of the film «I've had enough!»
FILM, FILM, FILM…
Asya Baigozhina. REVENGE AS A LOCAL DISEASE.
Review of the film «Revenge».
Alla Bobkova. «ICH WERDE DICH SCHUTZEN».
Review of the film «Franz+Polina».
Debut
Svetlana Khokhryakova. A LITTLE COUNTRY IN OUR CITY.
Review of the debut film «Mars».
CONCEPTIONS. HYPOTHESES. RESEARCH...
Elena Stishova. «BERLIN BEARS» THE ONES THEY WANT ARE THE ONES THE LOVE.
Report on the 57th Berlin International Film Festival.
Gulnara Abikeeva. THE «EURASIA» FILM FESTIVAL: AT THE CROSSROADS OF EAST AND WEST.
Report on the «Eurasia» 2006 International Film Festival.
Daria Borisova. IT CHANGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
Report on the «Kinoshok» 2006 International Film Festival.
Valery Fomin. HOW THE CINEMA COLLECTIVE «SOVIET MULTINATIONAL» WAS FORMED…
A reconstruction with the help of archival documents of the dramatic process of the formation of cinematography in the republics of the USSR in the 1930s.
Yuri Bogomolov. The secret life of the «Last Screenwriter».
Review of the posthumous book by the famous cinema dramatist Anatoly Grebnev.
AUTHOR'S COLUMN
Notes of a laid back movie viewer
Lev Anninsky. THREE TESTS OF THE SPIRIT.
Subjective commentary by the famous film critic on the leading Russian films of 2006 — «The Island», «Alive» and «Free swimming».
Snippets
Irakli Kvirikadze. «GRIMALDI, PEARSON, LEONARD AND OTHERS».
The famous cinema dramatist continues his memoirs of the non-standard genre.
PERSONA
Rakhman Badalov. THE PROFESSION OF FILM
DIRECTOR.
Khodzhakuli Narliev. MY TRAINER
Texts dedicated to the art and personality of the famous Azeri director Rasim Odzhagov.
INFO COLUMN
Analytical information on the 12th «Stalker» International Film Festival in Moscow and the «Listopad» International Film Festival in Minsk
SCREENPLAYS
Khodzhakuli Narliev. MOTHER'S VOICE.