Anton Dolin will explain how to find what you are looking for in the abundance of films offered to viewers across the country. What are the best Russian pictures made today? Which European filmmakers — less known and promoted then American ones — are worth following? Dolin will discuss the key Hollywood directors, speak about festival films, new tv programs and the biggest film franchises. He will also answer questions about the film industry in Russia and abroad.
Anton Dolin is one of the most acclaimed Russian film critics. He is a graduate of Lomonosov Moscow State University (Philology Department). Dolin has collaborated with Russian radio stations Echo of Moscow, Kino FM and Radio Mayak and currently has a program on Silver Rain Radio. He has worked as an editor for Gazeta, Vechernyaya Moskva, Moskovskiye Novosti and Vedomosti.Friday, and was a columnist for Expert, The New Times, Afisha and OpenSpace.ru. He presents a segment of Evening Urgant on the Russian television and writes for Meduza. He has been the chief editor of the magazine Iskusstvo Kino since 2017. He has written seven books on cinema, two of which have brought him awards of the Russian Guild of Film Critics (Lars von Trier. Tests: Analysis and Interviews. Dogville: Screenplay, 2004, and German: Interviews. Essays. A Screenplay, 2011).