WEATHER FORECAST: Vladimir Sorokin & Kirill Serebrennikov

KIRILL & FRIENDS BERLIN FESTIVAL. TALKS

September 11, 7:00 p.m.
St. Matthew’s Church
Language:Russian (with German translation)
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WEATHER FORECAST: Vladimir Sorokin & Kirill Serebrennikov

For many years, Kirill Serebrennikov and Vladimir Sorokin had wanted to collaborate on a project. It was only last year that this long-standing ambition became a reality with the premiere of *DER SCHNEESTURM*, based on Sorokin’s novella, at the Salzburg Festival.

Vladimir Sorokin is one of the most influential contemporary writers and an heir to the literary tradition of Gogol, Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov. Having developed his own distinctive artistic language and literary universe, he has woven together history, dystopia, satire, and philosophical parable in his work.

His books have been translated into dozens of languages and are particularly highly regarded in Germany. Sorokin is often seen not only as a major writer but also as a visionary whose works have strikingly anticipated many of the political and social developments in contemporary Russia.

During the second performance of *DER SCHNEESTURM*, the writer and the director will come together to discuss literature and theater, as well as art’s mysterious ability to predict the future.