The Art Festival “The Property of Republic” will be held in the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve from July 12 to 13, 2013. People will be able to see films shot in the Vologda region in different years and to meet with actors and directors. A lot of interesting events – performances, concerts, presentations and interactive programs – are scheduled within the framework of the festival.A meeting with famous director Nikolay Dostal who shot the film “Schism” in Kirillov and its outskirts several years ago will open the festival. The cinema hall of the festival will begin to work in the walls of the monastery in the evening. Guests will be able to meet with actor, director and script writer Roman Artemiev.
A lot of events will take place on Saturday, July 13. An interactive program will start in the New Town of the museum in the morning. The military and historical club from Vologda will present re-enactment of the common camp situation on the occasion of the centenary of the First World War. Besides, children and adults will be able to ride a horse and to take part in different amusements during the whole day.
A presentation of the book “Cinema of the Vologda Region” written by Tatiana Kanunova, film expert and member of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, will be held a little bit later. Besides, the icon “Novorusskaya Icon of the Virgin” will be presented on this day. It was painted by Sergey Kurakin, artist and actor starring in the film “Peasant Son”.
People will be able to see the puppet play “Thumbelina” presented by Russia’s Honoured Artist Elena Tadlova and the performance “Amore, Love, Lyubov” staged by the Chamber Drama Theatre (Vologda) under the direction of Jacob Rubin in the conference hall of the museum.
The cinema hall will continue its work during the day. The feature film “The Property of Republic” will be presented on a large screen. This movie was also shot in the Kirillov district and was released in 1971. Over 47 million people saw it in that year. Andrey Mironov, Oleg Tabakov, Spartak Mishulin starred in it. Music was composed by Yevgeny Krylatov to the verse of Bella Akhmadulina and Yuri Entin. Yuri Norstein was a studio animator of the film.
A gala concert of the festival will begin on the main stage in the New Town in the evening. The Governor Orchestra of Folk Instruments under the direction of Honoured Artist of Russia Galina Perevoznikova, the vocal ensemble “White Lake”, soloists Artyom Polkovnikov and Anastasia Orlova will perform in it. Distinguished guests of the event will appear on stage: Honoured Artist of Russia Valentina Berezutskaya; People’s Artist of Russia, director Nikolay Dostal; actors Sergey Makarov and Vyacheslav Glushkov, artist and actor Sergey Kurakin, actor and director Roman Artemiev.
Admission to all main events is free (expect the performances).
