Time: 6:15pmVenue: Hitchcock theatre, g19, ArtsOne
Queen Mary will be hosting the premiere of BAFTA award winning Russian director Evgeny Tsymbal's 2011 film, Diary From a Burnt Ghetto (52 minutes long, in Russian with English subtitles). The film tells the story of Tamara Laserson-Rostovskaia, a Jewish girl who lived through the Nazi occupation of Lithuania, and kept a diary of her experiences in the Kaunas ghetto. The documentary uses interviews with Tamara Laeserson-Rostovskaia and excerpts from her diary, inventively combined with archive footage and artwork that reconstructs her ordeal.
Evgeny Tsymbal won a BAFTA for his 1988 film about the Stalinist terror, Defence Counsel Sedov and has since made numerous films, mostly documentaries, which have won numerous Russian and international prizes.
Tuesday 11 December, Arts One, Hitchcock theatre (G.19) (screening 6.15 pm, followed by a question and answer with the director, and drinks)
Attendance is free but please confirm your attendance by email: j.g.hicks@qmul.ac.uk