AngloMockBa

Preliminary Programme

2009-03-26T10:54:00.000-07:00

Friday - May 1, 2009

19.30
FAIRY TALES AND PRINCE OF JOKES
In association with L'Officiel
At The Apartment
Private Dinner
Attendance: Guests, participants and sponsors
Russian and British guests share their favourite jokes and fairy tales over dinner

23.00
ORBITING
At The Most
Party, Music and Dance
DJs: Musician William Orbit and Fashion Designer Masha Tsigal.
Attendance: Guests, participants and sponsors

Saturday - May 2, 2009

11.00
TEA AND MOMENTS OF CONTEMPLATION..WITH A BIT OF MIME
At Baibakov Art Projects Gallery
Photography Exhibition by Alexandra Astafieva
Songs and Poetry Readings by Aleksandr Ilichevsky (Russian Booker Prize Winner 2007) and Olga Slavnikova (Russian Booker Prize Winner 2006)
Screening of Daphne Guinness' 'The Phenomenology of Body'
Mime Performance
Attendance: Guests, participants, press and sponsors

14.00
THE POLITICS OF LIFE
In Association with BBC Russian Service
At Club Lounge Bibliiteka
Exhibition of Illustrations by Alexei Merinov
British GQ Editor in Chief, Dylan Jones talks about his new book about the British Conservative Party Leader, David Cameron MP
A 5 Minute Clip on the Current State of British Politics
Irina Khakamada to be interviewed by Dmitriy Dibrov.
Followed by a short Q&A with audience
Lunch
Attendance: Guests, participants, press and sponsors

18.00
THE CAMERA DOESN'T LIE
In Association with ABC Gallery
At Salon of Fine Arts, Petrovka
Reception/Drinks
Photography Exhibition by Svetlana K-Lie 'Vesna, Hempel - 2008'
Michael Nyman's Piano Recital
Photographer Amanda Eliasch discusses her new book 'Cloak & Dagger Butterfly'
Attendance: Guests, participants, press and sponsors

21.00
A NIGHT CHEZ SHAROV
In the studio of designer Andrei Sharov
Private Dinner
Jazz Performance
Attendance: Guests, participants and press

Sunday - May 3, 2009

10:00 - 22:00
YOU WILL NOT YAWN
Film Screenings
At Eisenstein Library, 35 MM and Dom Kino

From Russia:

Russia 88
Bury Me Behind the Skirting
Nirvana
ASSA
The Island
The Return (Vozvrashcheniye)

From Britain:

Dirty Pretty Things (Stephen Frears)
Love You More (Sam Taylor-Wood)
Happy Go Lucky (Mike Leigh)
Chromophobia (Martha Fiennes)
It's a Free World (Ken Loach)
Love Live Long (Mike Figgis)
The Reader (Stephen Daldry)
Onegin (Martha Fiennes)

11.00
THE DIRECTORS' GREY CELLS
In Association with TIME
at Dom Kino
A panel discussion on the art of film adaption in today's world Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrei Zvyagintsev, Stephen Frears and Stephen Daldry
Special Guests: Pavel Lungin, Pavel Bardin, Petr Fedorov, Igor Voloshin, Sergei Solovyov and Pavel Sanaev
Attendance: Guests, participants, press and sponsors

11:30
RENATA MEETS MARTHA
At Dom Kino
Filmmakers Renata Litvinova and Martha share opinions on women in modern cinema
Attendance: Guests, participants, press and sponsors

16.00
A STOP AT THE GARAGE
At the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture (GCCC)
Hosted by Dasha Zhukova
Michael Nyman's Video Art Presentation
Gavin Turk and Lucy Freud talk about their inspirations and their thoughts on the future of British art. Chaired by Anthony Haden Guest
Andrei Bartenev gives his views on the Russian art world as he sees it
Attendance: Guests, participants, press and sponsors

19.00
A RESTAURANT CALLED CHOCOLATE
At Chocolate Restaurant
Private Dinner
Attendance: Guests, participants, press and sponsors

20.30
PREVAILING TASTE
At Chocolate
New collection by Svetlana Tegin
Henry Holland gives a talk on fashion with his runway shows playing in the background. A short Q&A with audience will follow.
Closing Party
Attendance: Guests, participants, press and sponsors

ENDS

2009-03-23T09:22:00.000-07:00

Academy Award nominated musician Michael Nyman, Academy award nominated director Stephen Frears (The Queen) and Academy award nominated director Stephen Daldry (The Reader, The Hours, Billy Elliot) will represent contemporary Britain at the AngloMockBa festival in Moscow from 1-3 May 2009.

Liberatum & Red Square PR are delighted to announce that other British/international participants at AngloMockBa will include the acclaimed Grammy award winning musician and record producer William Orbit (perhaps best known to most for his work on Madonna's Ray of Light), celebrated fashion designer Henry Holland, renowned artist Gavin Turk, entrepreneur Dasha Zhukova, GQ editor in chief Dylan Jones, photographer Amanda Eliasch, curator and writer/screenwriter Danny Moynihan, filmmaker Martha Fiennes among many others.

Russian guests include award-winning directors Andron Kanchalovsky and Sergei Soloviev, caricaturist Alexei Merinov, "Best Young Sculptor of Russia" Award winner Svetlana K-Lie, TV presenter Dmitry Dibrov, political leader Irina Hakamada, designer and theatre artist Andrei Sharov, designer Masha Tsigal, writer Pavel Sanaev, film maker Pavel Lungin, photographer Alexander Astafiev and Sex and the City Editor in Chief Maria Lobanov.

The festival programme consists of stimulating debates, art exhibitions, film screenings, discussions, talks, literary and fashion events, Q&A sessions, lectures, music/DJ events and interviews.

Swissotel Krasnye Holmy is the official hotel sponsor, BMI is the official airline sponsor and TIME magazine is the international media partner. RussianUK is the British media partner. With support from NFQ, Jaguar, Minale, Remember?, Veen Waters and MK. Special events will be held at the ABC FineArts Salon, The Most Club, The Chocolate Restaurant.

The aim of AngloMockBa is to strengthen UK-Russian relations by bringing together leading British and Russian cultural and media figures.

ENDS

For further information, please contact:

General: Irina Rally admin@redsquarepr.com and Liberatum Office liberatum.office@gmail.com

Press UK: Andrea Ware anglomockba@gmail.com

Press Russia : Yulia Ushakova yulia@redsquarepr.com

Moscow Programming and Participation: Alexander Orekhov alexander@redsquarepr.com

UK Programming and Participation: Pablo Ganguli Pablo.Ganguli@gmail.com

Guest Relations: Tomas Auksas Tomas.Auksas@gmail.com

Sponsorship and Advertising: Stanislav Komarov komarov@nfq.ru

General Public Information and Travel Packages:

Festival travel packages are available from the following agencies:

Larissa at Scotts Tour
Larissa@scottstours.co.uk
www.scottstours.co.uk

Zivile at Just Go Russia
zivile@justgorussia.co.uk
www.justgorussia.co.uk

Natalie at Russian National Tourist Office
Natalie@visitrussia.org.uk
www.visitrussia.org.uk

London in Moscow

2009-03-13T09:49:00.000-07:00

London in Moscow

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AngloMockBa

2009-02-20T11:20:00.000-08:00

Liberatum and Red Square PR are hosting the 'AngloMockBa' Jewel of Russia festival which will be held in Moscow from 1-3 May 2009. Jewel of Russia promises to be a high profile, fascinating, inspiring and memorable festival. It will be a celebration of international arts, cultural diplomacy, ideas, literature, film and music. The festival programme will consist of stimulating debates, art shows/exhibitions, film screenings, discussions, talks, literary events, Q&A sessions, lectures, music events and interviews.

TIME magazine is the media partner.

The aim of AngloMockBa is to strengthen UK-Russian relations by bringing together leading British and Russian cultural and media figures.