REVENGE / Месть dir. Yermek Shinarbayev

THIRD RUN CINEMA is an intermittent screening series curated by Hannah de Feyter. It prioritises programming experimental, arthouse and classic world films that are otherwise unavailable to view or stream (legally) in Australia, and screening them in a cozy, accessible & social context.

For our third season in collaboration with the wonderful Elsie’s Film House, we are screening several incredible classics from Central Asia + the Caucasus.

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REVENGE / Месть 

(1989) dir. Yermek Shinarbayev

100 mins, Unclassified 15+

Russian with English subtitles

A boy is raised with one purpose - to avenge the death of his murdered sister. A collaboration between Korean-Russian writer Anatoli Kim and Kazakh director / Soviet-film-school graduate Yermek Shinarbayev, this crown jewel of the Kazakh New Wave is the first film to depict the Korean diaspora in Central Asia. A dreamlike, luminous epic with one of the better classical scores you've ever heard -- made to be experienced on the big screen with big speakers. Do Not Miss.

Restored in 2010 by World Cinema Foundation at Cineteca di Bologna/L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in association with Kazakhfilm Studio, the State Archive of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Ermek Shinarbaev. Restoration funding provided by Armani, Cartier, Qatar Airways and Qatar Museum Authority.

6.30pm - Doors open

7pm - Screening starts with intro

THIRD RUN CINEMA SERIES @ ELSIE’S FILM HOUSE

Wed 2nd July: REVENGE / Месть

Wed 9th July: BY THE BLUEST OF SEAS / У самого синего моря

Wed 16th July: ASHIK KERIB / აშიკ-ქერიბი