Cinema Club

27 08, 2025

Cinema Club + Family: “I Take a Step” (2023)

2025-08-27T11:57:21+02:00August 27th, 2025|Categories: , , |Tags: |

Free Registration Dear friends! For Knowledge Day, the Cinema Club of the Russian House in Brussels presents to you a touching melodrama: "I Take a Step" Director: Olga Akatyeva Starring: Sergey Novosad, Anastasia Talyzina 2023 * 115 min. English subtitles +6 This is the story of a young man named Sasha, who suffers from dyslexia and lives in Pskov. For several years, he has been working as a teacher in the same school where he once studied. The school is filled with troubled children, while the administration invents new absurd rules. Sasha has long dreamed of moving to Moscow and [...]

30 06, 2025

Premiere Screening of Alexey German’s Film “Air” Held at the Russian House in Brussels

2025-06-30T09:38:53+02:00June 30th, 2025|Categories: Cinema Club, Russian House News|Tags: , , |

To mark the 80th anniversary of Victory, the film club of the Russian House in Brussels hosted the premiere screening of Air, a poignant and honest film by Alexey German about female heroism during the Great Patriotic War. The audience witnessed not just a war drama, but a deep and emotional story about the price of Victory — how difficult it was to achieve, and the real trials faced on the front lines, especially by those who came to the skies with youth and hope in their hearts. The film takes us back to the 1940s, to a combat aviation [...]

31 05, 2025

CineClub+Family. ‘Ruslan and Lyudmila. More than a fairy tale’

2025-06-02T11:50:39+02:00May 31st, 2025|Categories: , , , , , |Tags: , , , , , |

We warmly invite you to a special screening of the film “Ruslan and Lyudmila: More Than a Fairytale” — the latest cinematic adaptation of Alexander Pushkin’s legendary poem, brought to life with striking visuals and deep respect for the classic work. 📅 Date: 14 June📍 Venue: Russian House Brussels-Europe Concert Hall🕒 Time: 14:00 🎟 Admission: free  (registration required) Age: 6+ OV with Englush Subtitles This event is dedicated to the birthday of the great poet Alexander Pushkin and to the celebration of the International Day of the Russian Language — a perfect occasion to revisit one of Russian literature’s most [...]

23 05, 2025

Сommemorative evening “The Liberation of Belorussia”

2025-06-10T10:02:48+02:00May 23rd, 2025|Categories: , , , , , , |Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

We are pleased to invite you to a commemorative evening in partnership with the Embassies of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of Belgium. This event is to mark the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War and the 80st  anniversary of the Great Victory. We will be screening the documentary film 'The Liberation of Belarus' from the series 'The Unknown War' (USA, USSR, 1978). The Soviet-American documentary series 'The Unknown War' (The Unknown War) consists of 20 episodes. The screenplay was written by Burt Lancaster (USA), [...]

4 03, 2025

“Tehran-43” was screened at the Russian House in Brussels for the 80th anniversary of Victory

2025-06-20T16:12:52+02:00March 4th, 2025|Categories: Cinema Club, History Club, Russian House News, Victory80|Tags: , , |

A screening of the legendary film “Tehran-43” took place at the Russian House in Brussels as part of a series of film showings dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory. The film, which tells the story of the events surrounding the prevention of an assassination attempt on the Allied leaders in 1943, sparked great interest among viewers and became a topic for discussion on the role of intelligence and diplomacy during World War II. After the screening, a lively discussion followed. Participants noted the film’s unique atmosphere, the brilliant performances of Alain Delon, Natalya Belokhvostikova, and Igor Kostolevsky, as well [...]

15 01, 2025

Cinema Club + Short Films: Part II “Step Forward”

2025-01-15T11:05:34+01:00January 15th, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: |

Free Registration Dear friends! We are pleased to present the program of the international annual festival “Short Film Days”. The event was first held in 2014 at the initiative of the Youth Center of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia. Part II: “Step Forward” 18+ English subtitles. AQUARIUM Director: Gianluca Zonta Cast: Giovanni Anzaldo, Barbara Venturato 2024 / 14 minutes Vincenzo goes on a first date with Sara, where he seeks help from an AI-based app that suggests what to say. Their love story begins, and they decide to set up a blind date for [...]

16 12, 2024

Cinema Club + Short Films: Part I “Return Home”

2024-12-16T17:47:18+01:00December 16th, 2024|Categories: , , |Tags: , |

Free Registration Dear friends! We are pleased to present the program of the international annual festival, “Short Film Days”. The event was first held in 2014 at the initiative of the Youth Center of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia. Part I: “Return Home” English subtitles. “Aba and Son” Director: Bator Dorzhiev Starring: Vladimir Torsuev, Basta Tsydenov 2024 / 25 min. Aldar, a Buryat raised by his mother in Moscow, discovers after her passing that he cannot claim her inheritance because his parents were never officially divorced. He travels to Buryatia to resolve the matter. [...]

6 11, 2024

Film Premiere: «A Russian Youth». Cinema Club + History

2024-11-06T22:49:24+01:00November 6th, 2024|Categories: , , , |Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Free Registration To the 106th Anniversary of the End of World War I «A Russian Youth» Director: Alexander Zolotukhin (Alexander Sokurov’s film directing workshop) Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff Starring: Mikhail Buturlov, Philipp Dyachkov 2018 * 72 min.  English subtitles  A simple village boy goes to the front of the First World War with a naive youthful dream of fame and medals. However, in the first battle he participates, he loses his sight. He is left to serve as a listener - he must listen carefully through huge metal funnels and raise an alarm to warn of the approach of enemy airplanes. [...]

25 10, 2024

Commemorative Events of the First World War

2024-11-14T14:29:06+01:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: , , , , |Tags: , , , , , |

110 years ago the First World War began. Only after four long years, in November 1918, it ended with the long-awaited ‘Armistice’. The largest war in human history for its time, it was literally a global catastrophe - both for its contemporaries and for generations to come. Belgium was one of the hardest hit - and one of the most heroic - of the Great War. Novels and studies, poems and music have been written about her role. It became for many, including Russia at that time, a model of fortitude and courage, a symbol of freedom. [...]

9 10, 2024

Soirée Chingiz Aitmatov – Writer and Diplomat: “The Early Cranes”

2024-11-29T17:06:54+01:00October 9th, 2024|Categories: , , , , , , |Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Free Registration In collaboration with the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in the Kingdom of Belgium On the eve of the 96th anniversaryof the outstanding writer and diplomat Chingiz Aitmatov,we invite you to an evening dedicated to his life and work,with a screening of a film-screening of one of his novelsand tasting of Russian and Kyrgyz cuisine Chingiz Aitmatov - a Soviet and Kyrgyz writer whose works hold significance for his people comparable to the national epic "Manas." He was born on December 12, 1928, in the village of Sheker in the Talas region of [...]

23 08, 2024

Cine + History. “In August of 1944…” An atypical film about an atypical combat

2024-09-20T10:44:17+02:00August 23rd, 2024|Categories: , , , |Tags: , , , , , , |

In cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus 80 Years of the Operation Bagration (1944) Free Registration Adaptation of Vladimir Bogomolov's novel 'The Moment of Truth' (1974), based on true events as recorded in official documents of the time. There are no gunfights or battle scenes in this war film. But a psychological duel and a struggle of characters keeping the viewer in suspense until the last minute... OV, English Subtitles The book is available for free in Russian here August 1944. Operation 'Bagration' to [...]

14 08, 2024

Geographer’s Day Online: The Northern Sea Route, Irbis and Everest

2024-08-14T13:35:11+02:00August 14th, 2024|Categories: , , |Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Geography is one of the oldest earth sciences. The French geographer and traveller Jacques Elisée Reclus observed that "history is geography in time, and geography is history in space". And one can only agree with him. The history of Russia is the history of great geographical discoveries, settlement and development of adjacent vast territories. Today, the role of geography as a scientific tool for the economic, social and spiritual development of the country is growing, and the profession of geographer is becoming one of the most sought-after. Geographers' Day is celebrated in Russia every [...]

20 06, 2024

Online Cinema Club “Discovering Russia”: “Baikal: The Plain Truth”

2024-08-06T09:44:10+02:00June 20th, 2024|Categories: , , , , |Tags: , , , , , , , |

The Russian Geographic Society presents: "Baikal: The Plain Truth" Director: Yana Rubanovskaya 2016 * 53 minutes English subtitles The filmmakers embarked on a grand expedition across Lake Baikal aboard a research vessel from the Limnological Institute. Their goal was to determine whether the situation is truly critical, to uncover the causes of the ecological disaster, and to find ways to help this great lake.

20 06, 2024

Online Cinema Club “Discovering Russia”: “Planet Tuva”

2024-08-06T09:55:43+02:00June 20th, 2024|Categories: , , , , |Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The Russian Geographic Society presents: "Planet Tuva" Directors: Svetlana Rodina, Alexander Menshov 2019 * 58 minutes English subtitles The documentary film "Planet Tuva" tells the story of the most unknown, unique, and distinctive republic in Russia. The main characters are two representatives of different cultures from opposite ends of the world. They embark on a journey to find the symbolic entrance to Shambhala, visit nomadic reindeer herders, interact with nomadic shepherds, visit a local temple and an Old Believers' village in the taiga, and reflect on themes of East and West, Reason and Spirituality, past and future. [...]

18 06, 2024

Online Cinema Club “Discovering Russia”: “Arctic: Through the Looking Glass”

2024-08-06T10:08:51+02:00June 18th, 2024|Categories: , , , |Tags: , , , , , , |

The Russian Geographic Society presents: "Arctic: Through the Looking Glass" Director: Anton Sobolevsky 2017 * 52 minutes English subtitles The Russian Arctic. The Kola Peninsula. From here, it's just a couple of hours' flight to the North Pole. The White Sea, one of Russia's youngest seas and part of the Arctic Ocean, spreads its waters here. These dark waters are a realm of swift currents and low temperatures. It seems that no living organism could exist in such hostile conditions. However, in this "icy looking glass," intense dramas unfold.

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