Multicultural Film Series -- Polina by Valérie Müller & Angeline Preljocaj

Welcome to Multicultural Film Series Program, a captivating journey through the rich tapestry of global cinema. This thoughtfully curated film series celebrates the beauty of diversity, inviting audiences to explore a world of storytelling that transcends borders and embraces the myriad cultures that make our world vibrant.

This film series is not just a collection of movies; it's an exploration of the shared human experience in all its beautiful diversity.

Each film is a testament to the universality of human stories and the power of cinema to bridge cultural gaps.

Polina (Veronika Zhovnytska) is first seen as a little girl, tramping through the snow in the shadow of a belching nuclear power plant in the industrial outskirts of Moscow to her ballet school run by an exacting teacher named Bojinsky (Aleksey Guskov). His choreography had been too political for the Soviet era, and he has suffered the consequences. Now, he watches over his child students with a sharp eye, pushing their backs in, yanking their legs higher, a perfectionist.

Polina lives at home with her parents, who have pinned all of their hopes on their daughter rising through the ranks of the most competitive ballet culture in the world.