Kent MOMI is pleased to announce its new season of Friday evening screenings with a six-week programme exploring Production Design, ahead of our next major exhibition, the films included as voted for by our visitors and ourselves.

On Friday 12th April we present Ivan the Terrible: Part 1 (Sergei Eisenstein, 1944; 1 hr. 39 mins). By 1944, the widespread experimentalism that had characterised the Soviet arts of the 1920s was a distant, long-suppressed memory. Evacuated to Alma Ata (Kazakhstan) - where the entire production was shot at Mosfilm's substantial production facility, as Axis forces advanced on Moscow in WWII, Eisenstein envisaged making a film about Tsar Ivan IV, aka Ivan the Terrible, whom Joseph Stalin admired as the same kind of brilliant, decisive, successful leader that he considered himself to be.  Ivan the Terrible’s medievalist aura and Eduard Tisse’s peerless cinematography captivate, combining elements of both high and low art at every turn with its tortured angles and Wagnerian sense of melodrama.

Introduced by Dr. Natasha with a discussion afterwards.

To reserve places, please hit the button, below, or email info@kentmomi.org

First come, first served with a limited capacity of 30 places.

Doors open 5.30, for drinks, nibbles & classic cocktails by Dr. Natasha.

Films commence 6.30pm sharp.

Screenings are FREE to Kent MOMI yearly ticket holders, but a £5 donation is suggested, to help us keep the lights on. Museum tickets can be bought at the door, and are valid for a year.