Don’t Bury Me Without Ivan (Lyubov Borisova, 2022)
Unclassified 15+ | 122 Mins | 2022 | DCP | RUS | D: Lyubov Borisova
Russian, Yakut – English subtitles
Yakut Stepan Beresekov periodically falls into a lethargic sleep. Only a Russian, the son of a priest, Ivan Popov, can distinguish his condition from real death. But Popov is going on a long ethnographic expedition. Stepan decides to follow his savior so as not to be buried alive.
Preview short film: E Rangi Rā
2021 | Unclassified | 12 mins | DCP | Aotearoa | D: Tioreore Ngātai-Melbourne
Māori – English subtitles
Directed by Ngāti Porou and Ngai Tūhoe filmmaker Tioreore Ngātai-Melbourne, E Rangi Rā is set in the early 1800s following the Ngāpuhi attack on Te Whānau a Hinerupe. Armed with European muskets, this attack had a devastating and long-lasting impact on Te Whānau a Hinerupe and their descendants. During brutal inter-tribal warfare, a young girl, Rangi, is separated from her mother. In her journey to safety, she befriends Hiwa, a young man who has also been separated from his whānau.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia is proud to partner with BIRRARANGGA Film Festival, celebrating global Indigenous films that explore the curatorial themes of ‘strength, resilience and the environment’. View the full program
The details
What: Don’t Bury Me Without Ivan screening + E Rangi Rā short film
When: Friday 21 June at 6pm
Where: NFSA (Arc Cinema)
Cost: $17–22; $13 Blak Tix; discounted 3-Film and 5-Film passes available. Book tickets
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