The Russian Resurrection Film Festival opens tomorrow night in Brisbane with film stars in attendance.

THE 16th Russian Resurrection Film Festival will kick off tomorrow night at 7pm with the opening night blockbuster, Icebreaker, ahead of its Russian release.

The festival is proud to welcome Icebreaker's lead star, Sergey Puskepaslis, and Flight Crew's supporting actress, Ekaterina Shpitsa, who will be in attendance on the night.

The screening will be followed by the festival’s renowned and highly anticipated opening night party, at Event Cinemas Myer Centre. In true Russian style, the party will serve up its famous Imperial Vodka cocktails and a bounty of Russian food from Torba Restuarant, accompanied by live music.

Tickets for Brisbane sessions are now on sale, and only a few seats remain for the opening night. To book tickets visit here and you can view the full festival program, visit: http://www.russianresurrection.com/

The highlights include: 

• The recent Cannes Film Festival hit, The Student, from award-winning director Kirill Serebrennikov.

• The wonderful examination of the fractures between love and ambition in Moscow Never Sleeps from Russian-speaking Irish filmmaker Johnny O’Reilly.

• Two huge blockbusters: Flight Crew – the number one film at the 2016 Russian Box Office and

•  Icebreaker – the eagerly awaited action adventure tale which is yet to be released in Russia and is this year's opening night film.

• Alexei Mizgirevs’ historical thriller The Duelist features some of Russia’s biggest film stars.

• A romantic comedy All that Jam, starring Australian actor, Martin Dingle Wall.

• The Good Boy, another romantic comedy, which won this year’s audience award at Kinotavr Film Festival and will release ahead of it's Russian release.

The program also features a retrospective of Russian classics including digitally re-mastered  prints of Alexander Nevsky (1938) by Sergei Eisentein and Dmitri Vasilyev, about one of the greatest Princes in Russian history, King Lear (1971) by Grigori Kozintsev and Ivan the Terrible Parts I and II (1944-58) again by Sergei Eisenstein, which, on Stalin’s orders, was banned at the time of release (Part II, which inevitably led to the cancellation of Part III). 

THE FESTIVAL SCREENING DATES ARE: 

Auckland NZ – 25 October to 30 October
Sydney – 27 October to 05 November
Canberra – 01 November to 06 November
Brisbane – 02 November to 09 November
Perth – 10 November to 16 November
Melbourne – 10 November to 16 November

Cinema details are as follows:
Sydney – Event Cinemas George Street Sydney and Event Cinemas Burwood
Melbourne – Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Federation Square, Melbourne
Brisbane – Event Cinemas Myer Centre, Elizabeth Street, Myer Centre, Brisbane
Canberra – Capitol Cinemas Manuka, 6 Franklin Street, Manuka
Perth – Cinema Paradiso, 164 James Street, Northbridge
Auckland – Rialto Cinemas Newmarket, 167-169 Broadway, Newmarket