When the cultural field fragments, is there any hope for unity?
Can cinema become a new agora—a space for dialogue among different languages, generations, and traditions?
This session explores the potential of art as a space of encounter rather than conflict.
Focus: the synthesis of cultures, the role of the translator in the broad sense, transmedia, and cultural diplomacy.
Moderator:
Ivan Kudryavtsev, film journalist, producer, host of the program “The Film Industry”.
Speakers:
- Alexander Pankin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation;
- Alexander Zharov, Director General, Gazprom-Media Holding;
- Svetlana Balanova, Director General, National Media Group JSC;
- Leonid Vereshchagin, Director General, Studio TriTe, producer;
- Milos Bikovic, stage and screen actor; producer;
- Fatemeh Mohammadi, Director of the Museum of Cinema of Iran.