“The War inside of us”, 4-5:30 PM

We live in a time of war. There is an ongoing war in Israel and in Ukraine as well as many other conflicts throughout the world ready to deteriorate into full military action. Many people see them as separate and different events yet there is a commonality to those confrontations making them mere parts of a bigger war occurring globally.

The war that we are witnessing is the eternal war of the Good and Evil, of essential truths against sophisticated lies. This war occurs on an individual level as well in terms of processing conflicting information and properly orienting our moral compass.

Presentation and discussion will be hosted by Oxana Katsov and Emil Silberman

Independent film “Mama” by Oleg Blinov and Albert Rudnitsky, 5:30 – 6:30pm

Actor, writer, producer, and director, Oleg Blinov attended the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and the Academy of Theater Arts, where he received a degree in acting and directing. His professional career has included major roles in a variety of films and television shows, with work having been recognized at several international film festivals, including Toronto’s YES! Festival, Chicago’s Blowup Film Festival, and Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival to name a few.

Albert Rudnitsky is a director, cinematographer and actor based in NYC.
He graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre University with a degree in Set Design in 2007. From 2007-2011 Albert worked with Pyotr Fomenko, one of the leading theater directors in Europe. In 2016, he graduated from the Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) with a degree in directing. In 2016 he was Artistic Director of the Sound Media Kids School. From 2014 to 2018 he was the Main Director of the International Stanislavsky Foundation.
Notable theatre director credits include: The Nose (Taganka Theater), Anima Chroma (Union Foundation), Old Woman (Main St Theatre), Marriage (The State Theatre of Nations), Homemade Dynamite (NY Theater Festival). His short films have received recognition from a number of international and Oscar-qualifying festivals.
Oleg Blinov and Albert Rudnitsky emigrated to the United States in 2018 due to the increasing repression of political freedoms in Russia.

Volga Kott, a musical project and performance, 7-9 PM

A creative musical project by Volga Kott , incorporating fairy tales and her poems with “Chanson” music. A writer, illustrator, singer, poet and creator of fairy tales, Volga Kott will be performing live at MoRA.