Welcome to the Hot Docs screening schedule, where you can browse all of the films in this year’s festival.
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Dir(s): Pavel Medvedev
Program: International Spectrum
Run Time: 49 | Russia | Language: (Subtitled in English) Russian
View the trailer for Ascension on the Hot Docs YouTube channel
A surreal, cosmic trip compiled primarily from the previously unseen archives of the Soviet space program, Ascension is a hypnotic montage of remarkable beauty, discovery, and weirdness. Where else can you see early rocket launches, footage of training tests, and experiments and artifacts from a bygone era of space exploration intercut with experimental animation films and archival images of China's rise from agricultural society to industrial neophyte? Comprised almost entirely of found footage, Ascension paints an alternately amusing, beguiling, and chilling portrait of the things mankind was willing to do to launch into the stratosphere. Compulsory viewing for cinephiles and retro sci-fi geeks.
Director(s) : Pavel Medvedev
Producer(s) : Alexey Telnov
Cinematographer(s) : Igor Nurgaliev
Editor(s) : Larissa Solowzowa
Composers(s) : Igor Vorotnokov, Valerij Alahov
Ascension deals with the following subjects: Adventure & Exploration, History, Russian Culture & Issues, Science & Nature
Ascension will be presented at the following times and locations.
| Time | Films | Venue | Tickets | Calendar |
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| 9:15 pm Sat, May 2 |
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| 11:45 pm Mon, May 4 |
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| 4:45 pm Tue, May 5 |
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The following titles are in the International Spectrum category along with Ascension.
People who added Ascension to their My Hot Docs calendar also added the following films.
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For screenings that have sold out in advance, a limited number of rush tickets may be available at the screening venue’s box office ten minutes before the screening time, subject to availability.
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