Russian Ark

Marist College – Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici (LdM)

M.A. In Museum Studies

is glad to invite you to

Museums and Cinema Workshop

Film Screening and Discussion

Russian Ark

directed by Alexandr Sokurov 2002

Museo Novecento, Piazza Santa Maria Novella 10, Firenze

5 December 2018 – 17.00

First screened in 2002, the historical film Russian Ark directed by Alexandr Sokurov and set entirely in Russia’s Hermitage museum offers an excellent means to explore how museums and history are imagined in cinema.

After watching the film together, participants of this workshop will listen to the critical commentaries of Rita Filardi, Registrar at Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Natalia Parenko, Director of Accademia di Belle Arti di San Pietroburgo in Firenze, Paolo Grassini, Film Historian, Supervisor of Media Arts and Studies, Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici (LdM), before a concluding session of questions and debate.

This is the second of a series of projected workshops that explore museums and cinema.

 

Museum Studies Graduate Degree Program
Lorenzo de’ Medici Italian Institute
Marist College-Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici

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50123 Firenze
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