Dashkova Centre

Film Festival

Recordings of Q&A sessions and interviews with directors at Russian Film Festival in Edinburgh.

Andrei Konchalovsky Q+A

A Q+A session with the eclectic Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky at the Filmhouse cinema in Edinburgh.

Seth Graham on the films of Andrei Konchalovsky

Part of the Russian Film Festival in November 2012, Dr Seth Graham of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, offers an interpretive overview of the director’s work, from early collaborations with Tarkovsky to big-budget Hollywood productions.

Vasily Sigarev and Yana Troyanova

An interview with Russian director Vasilii Sigarev and actor Yana Troyanova, recorded before the screening of Sigarev's film "Living" (which stars Troyanova) at the Russian film festival in Edinburgh. Sigarev and Troyanova discuss their work on the film itself and the Russian film industry more widely. (RUSSIAN)

Andrey Plakhov

An interview with renowned Russian film critic, Andrey Plakhov, recorded during the Russian film festival in Edinburgh. Plakhov discusses contemporary documentary film in Russia and the political, cultural and economic problems faced by film-makers today. IN ENGLISH