Opening Film The Self Seeker 1929 Ukraine
The Self Seeker Shkurnik 1929 Ukraine
The Self Seeker Shkurnik|1929|Mykola Shpykovskyi|79mins|Ukraine - Ivan Sadovski, Dora Feller-Shipikovskava, Dimitry Kaka
A brilliant satirical film about an easy-going Kyiv opportunist caught between the Red Army, the White forces and local bandits as he tries to avoid the 1917-1921 civil war with a miraculous camel. The film was banned by the Soviet authorities a week after it was first screened but finally rediscovered and restored in 2012 by the Dovshenko National Film Studios.
Live piano accompaniment by John Sweeney
Introduction by Heather Stewart
BFI Creative Director and Head of the Archive 2011-2021
First UK cinematic screening
7.15pm Thursday 28th September 2023
Cinema 1
Address
17 Queensberry Place
London SW7 2DT
London GB