Festival 2009My Class

MY CLASS - FROM RUSSIA WITH RELATIVITY CLASA MEA
Documentary Specifications	Biography / Biografie
trailer not available / Official Website MY CLASS - FROM RUSSIA WITH RELATIVITY CLASA MEA DE LICEU My Class - Was Aus Uns Wurde Ekaterina Eremenko Germany 2007 89 min. Director: Ekaterina Eremenko Photography: Viacheslav Sachkov & Alexander Burov Editor: Marat Magambetov Production Company: Thomas Kufus / Zero One Film Gmbh World Distribution & Sales: Zero One Film Gmbh Address: Thomas Kufus / Zero One Film Gmbh, Lehrterst, 57, Berlin, 10557, Germany Tel./ Fax: 0049303906630 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it	EKATERINA EREMENKO M.D. in Film Directing M.D. in Mathematics. Master în Regie de film. Master în Matematică
	Filmography / Filmografie
	2004 - Big Bones 2004 - Big Business 2003 - The Sound of Russia

Synopsis / Sinopsis

In 1982, 26 prodigious children (23 boys and three girls) were accepted in the exclusive Natural Science School of the Soviet Union. They had a great future ahead: they were to become leading researchers and scientists, members of the Soviet elite. Five years later, however, the Perestroika sweeps the young graduates of the special class in the maelstrom of history, and disperses them in different parts of the world. Director Ekaterina Eremenko was then one of them. More than two decades later, she departs from Germany (her new homeland), in search of her former class-mates. Some of them are in Russia, others in the U.S.A., Switzerland, England etc. Can the laws of physics explain the paths of man or is our existence governed by mere relativity? In order to find an answer, the author chooses not to hide behind her camera. Quite the opposite, she is present all along to share her story and her opinions in this personal and touching documentary.

În 1982, 26 de copii supradotaţi (23 de băieţi şi trei fete) erau acceptaţi în elitista Şcoală de Ştiinţe Naturale a Uniunii Sovietice. Un viitor luminos le stătea în faţă: urmau să devină cercetători şi savanţi de frunte, cadre de încredere ale orânduirii totalitare. Cinci ani mai târziu, însă, vine Perestroika, iar tinerii absolvenţi ai clasei speciale sunt prinşi în vârtejul istoriei şi purtaţi în diferite colţuri ale lumii. Regizoarea Ekaterina Eremenko făcea atunci parte dintre ei. După mai bine de două decenii, ea porneşte din Germania (noua ei ţară), în căutarea foştilor colegi, pe care ăi găseste în Rusia, în SUA, Elveţia, Anglia etc. Pot legile fizicii să explice traiectoriile oamenilor sau doar relativitatea este cea care ne guvernează existenţele? Pentru a răspunde la această întrebare, autoarea nu se ascunde în spatele camerei de filmat, ci îşi face simţită prezenţa în cadru şi ne împărtăşeşte fără reţineri poveştile şi opiniile sale, în acest documentar personal şi emoţionant.

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2009

Programming / Programare
Thursday 29 - Hall A - 16h00 / Joi 29 - Sala A - 16h00
Friday 30 - Hall B - 11h00 / Vineri 30 - Sala B - 11h00

Films in Europa Competition / Filme in Competitie - Europa
AGAINST BLOOD JUSTICE , Nathalie Rossetti & Turi Finocchiaro, France
ALYOSHA , Meelis Muhu, Estonia
AT HOME ANYWHERE , Judith Vrerinks, The Netherlands
BACK PASSING , Jaro Vojtek, Slovakia
BERLIN, KREUZBERG 36 , Angeliki Aristomenopoulou, Greece
THE FLOWER BRIDGE , Thomas Ciulei, Romania
IVETKA AND THE MOUNTAIN , Janecek Vit, Czech Republic
LOOK AT THE LIFE THROUGH MY EYES , Marija Dzidzeva, Croatia
LOST IN TRANSITION , Thom Vander Beken, Belgium
LOST WORLD , Gyula Nemes, Hungary
MY CLASS - FROM RUSSIA WITH RELATIVITY , Ekaterina Eremenko, Germany
PEACE FOR ALL , Elizabeta Koneska, Macedonia
PEOPLE DREAMS ACTIONS , Andreas Stiglmayr, Germany
ROUGE NOWA HUTA , Blandine Huk & Frederic Cousseau, France
SHADOW OF THE HOLY BOOK , Arto Halonen, Finland
SINGING , Rossella Schillaci, Italy
SOUL , Marina Anedda, Italy
YOU LIVE AND BURN , Iiris Harma, Finland

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

film screenings

AFF09 Film Program (.pdf)

Mo.26 | Tu.27 | We.28 | Th.29

Fr.30 | Sa.31 | Su.01

events

Mo.26 - Su.01

FILM ARCHIVE

ASTRA FILM manages an extensive documentary film collection with public screening facilities. The ASTRA FILM archive started in 1990, and it has collected since thousands of documentaries produced in over 70 countries.

Due to our focus on the Eastern European and Romanian production, the ASTRA FILM archive holds a unique collection of documentaries documenting the issues of post-communism and transition in the region.