Sokurov’s Faust comes to theatres
13. 11. 2011, 22:56 | by DEREVO
In January 2012 the winner film of the 68th Venice Film Festival, Faust by Alexander Sokurov, comes to european cinemas.
Anton Adasinsky played one of the leading roles, the Moneylender (Mephistopheles). Renowned voice-over talent Santiago Ziesmer gave the character an inimitable features by dubbing the role as a native speaker in German.
On January 14th the public film screenings start in Germany, on January 19th in Austria. At the end of January 2012 the film is going to be released in Russia. St Petersburg Premiere takes place on January 26th in the Big Hall of St Petersburg Philharmonia. Moscow Premiere is set for January 28th at Barvikha Luxury Village Centre.
Meanwhile Faust has been presented as part of many different film festivals all around the globe, among them were:
- Venice International Film Festival (Golden Lion)
- Toronto Int’l film festival, Canada
- Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland
- Busan International Film Festival, Korea
- FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINEMA Montreal, Canada
- London BFI
- Mumbai Int. Film festival, India
- VIENNALE - Vienna International Film Festival, Austria
- São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil
- AFI FEST, Los Angeles, USA
- Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan
- LEFF - Lisbon and Estoril Film Festival, Portugal
- Mar del plata, Argentine
- Kolkata Film Festival, India
- European Film Forum Scanorama, Lithuania
Some more festivals still to feature Faust:
- Bucharest Experimental IFF, Romania
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia
- Gijon Int. Film festival, Spain
- International Film Festival of Kerala, India
- Chennai International Film Festival, India
