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🍿The four films that will be shown at the Film Club this spring are:

✨Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story, 1983 ✨
Original title: Tsisperi mtebi anu daujerebeli ambavi
“An author - a passive young man - enters the Soviet-controlled bureaucracy of Georgia attempting to get his novel published only to be neglected and compartmentalized at every turn.”

✨Brother, 1997 ✨
Original title: Brat
“An ex-soldier with a personal honor code enters the family crime business in St. Petersburg, Russia.”

✨Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, 1980 ✨
Original title: Moskva slezam ne verit
“Three young provincial women come to Moscow in search of what people in all the capitals of the world are looking for - love, happiness and prosperity. Their destinies develop exactly as the character of each of the girls suggests.”

✨Leviathan, 2014✨
“In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man’s arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.”

Introducing the TSARES Board 2025-2026!

Our newly elected board is excited to continue building a community where everyone can learn more about Russia and the wider Eurasian region in a multitude of ways!

Throughout the year, we’ll host a range of events, from study visits and pub quizzes to film screenings and discussions, all aimed at bringing people together through curiosity and conversation.

We look forward to an inspiring year ahead!

✅ and that's a wrap on a fun spring semester! There were movies, there were pub nights, there was a trip to Gdańsk (!) and there was our beautiful Uppsala ❤️

🎬 aaaand that's a wrap! The TSARES Film Club has watched 16 movies during the 2024-2025 academic year and we loved each and every one of them! ok that's a lie but after spending so many hours discussing Tarkovsky you have to forgive our tenuous grasp of reality