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• 6 Movies About Science You Probably Haven’t Seen

  With Oppenheimer still reigning supreme in the box office nearly three months after its release, it’s clear that moviegoers have long been hungry for a well-told story about science and the people who make it. Today, we’re going to take a look at a few more films – grounded and fantastical, well-known and obscure – that are well worth your attention if you’re craving stories about the scholarly types.

  12.09.2023

• This Week in St. Petersburg: August 31 - September 6, 2023

  Coming up in the next seven days are not only school classes, new and old peers, and lively campus life – but also an ocean of events for you to kickstart the new season and, concurrently, the new academic year, with a bang.

  30.08.2023

• This Week in St. Petersburg: August 17-23, 2023

  We know you can’t wait to get back to studies come September, but there are nearly three more weeks of summer left! It’s time to party – or, in our case, have fun at festivals, tune into classical music, and channel your inner Sherlock Holmes at ongoing exhibitions. Here’s the full plan:

  16.08.2023

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: July 29-30, 2023

  Go into discovery mode at sea bazaаrs, have fun learning and playing outdoor sports, and enjoy a bevy of exciting festivals and retrospectives – your game plan for this weekend couldn’t be better.

  26.07.2023

• ITMO’s New Admissions Campaign: Get Into University Like a Wes Anderson Movie Character

  On June 19, users of the major Russian streaming service Kinopoisk could watch a brand-new movie trailer – for a film called The Quantum Entanglement. Set in a Wes Anderson-style world, the movie tells a story of a humanities' student who got into an engineering university by mistake – to discover the wonders of love and friendship.

  29.06.2023

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 15-16, 2023

  It’s warm, it’s (finally) sunny, and the Orthodox Easter weekend is fast approaching, bringing with it the smell of kulichi… Here’s our list of ways to enjoy the festivities and more.

  12.04.2023

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 28-29, 2023

  The last weekend of January is packed with special occasions, especially for our beloved city. Busy bee-ing or not, take a look at our weekly digest to find even more reasons to get out of the house.

  25.01.2023

• From IT to Medical History and Fast Fashion: 7 Popular Science Films and Series Worth Seeing

  December 28 is a date known to filmmakers and cinephiles alike as International Cinema Day. On this day in 1895, the Lumière brothers gave their first public screening at the Grand Café on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris. To mark this day, we suggest you spend your evening watching some popular science movies. We teamed up with Irina Belykh, the program director of the Contemporary Science Film Festival, and the team of ITMO’s Center for Science Communication to select 7 films and series that are worth your time – from concise popular-science breakdowns to profound documentaries on global issues.

  28.12.2022

• Movies We Watch Over the Holidays

  For most of us, winter holidays are inextricably linked to movies, cartoons, and specials, dutifully watched year after year. Their welcoming familiarity warms our hearts, adding a much-craved touch of wonder to cold winter days. Here is our selection of the most festive, cozy, and cheerful movies we find ourselves returning to every December. Spot any of your favorites?

  23.12.2022

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: November 26-27, 2022

  For a perfect late-fall weekend, the only things you'll need are a good spirit, your student ID, and a pair of skates – and our weekly digest to figure out what to do with all of that.

  23.11.2022