Table of Contents

Introduction

Film of the Year
Vasilii Sigarev’s Wolfy (2009)

Interview
Vasilii Sigarev and Iana Troianova

Film Production in Russia: An Industry?

Festival Focus
Kinotavr  

What Does zhanr Mean in Russian?  

Directors
Evgenii Bauer
Sergei Eisenstein
Dziga Vertov
Andrei Tarkovskii
Nikita Mikhalkov
Aleksandr Sokurov

Historical Film 

War Film

Comedy and Musical Comedy

Melodrama

Literary Adaptation

Biopic

Action/Red Western

Children’s Films

Animation

Documentary

About the Author

Birgit Beumers is Reader in Russian at the University of Bristol, specializing in contemporary Russian culture. She is also the editor of the Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema Journal, also published by Intellect.

Reviews

A provocative and illuminating volume. Even seasoned Russian film experts stand to learn something from this volume, whether because it invited them to reevaluate their basic historiographical assumptions or because it introduces them to a number of under-the-radar films.
*Hannah Frank, Slavic and East European Journal*

Peppered with high-quality film stills and questions to consider while viewing, Directory of World Cinema: Russia encourages its reader to hunt out lesser-known films and to revisit his/her favourites.  
*Rosemari Baker, Modern Language Review*