“Anna Karenina” opens tonight
For Immediate Release
KinoArt Festival
For The Love of Russian Film, Music and Art
Runs November 5 – 8, 2009
OPENS TONITE WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE OF
Anna Karenina
A film by Sergey Solovyev
Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles St. W.
7:00pm
Director Sergey Solovyev and Actress Tatyana Drubich will be in attendance.
Arrival: 6:30pm
All Cameras Welcome.
KinoArt Festival is thrilled and honoured to have the North American premiere of Anna Karenina which opens the 2nd festival tonite in Toronto. In attendance will be the director from Russia, Sergey Solovyev and leading actress Tatyana Drubich. Solovyev’s version of the Leo Tolstoy’s epic love story will sparkle and shine and will most likely also provoke cinematic debate.
“We are very excited to bring Toronto our second KinoArt Festival,” says Alla-Ani Poliakova, Founder and Executive Director of the Festival. “Our goal has always been to chronicle the evolution of Russian films, past and present through our film event, and this year we are really thrilled to be offering the most impressive feature films, documentaries, and shorts, some never before seen, and bring that to North America, specifically Toronto.”
Visiting director Sergey Solovyev screens alongside Anna Karenina two of his other films, Assa and Assa 2, and is the first time the director has shown three of his films at one festival.
A Q+A will follow the screening, and the evening ends with a reception, a few doors down at the Victoria College Building (91 Charles Street).
Tickets can be purchased at the Venues night of screening
And www.torontovka.com (in Russian)
Gala Opening: $20 Adults, $12 Students and Seniors – includes Gala Post Reception
Main Program: $12 Adults, $10 Students and Seniors
Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles Street West
Tel: 416.585.4523
Regent Theatre
551 Mt. Pleasant Road
416.489.8484
Slavic Department at University of Toronto
121 St. Joseph Street
Tel: 416.926.2075
The following list outlines KinoArt Festival 2009’s sponsorship line-up:
Ministry of Tourism; Canada Heritage; U of T Slavic Department; United Stars; Brunella; Steam Whistle; Finn-Tastic; Ethnic Channel Group; Next TV; Tokmakov TV; Torontovka.com; West East Newspaper; Express Gazeta; Mix TV; Nasha Gazeta
