Ruskino Film Festival: Interview with Silvia Burini

Professor Silvia Burini, director for the Centre of Russian Art Studies (CSAR), gives a historical overview of how and why the film festival Ruskino was established in 2011 and explains how it has changed over the years. The festival is unique in its kind because it comprises a vast community of university students, doctoral students, post-docs from the Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, teachers as well as secondary school students and citizens of Venice. Another unique feature of Ruskino is its involvement with university and secondary school students with a competition for the best subtitling of the Russian films selected for the festival.