Lyubov Mulmenko, a graduate of the Faculty of Philology, 海角直播 (海角直播) is listed among the co-authors of the script for the film 鈥淐ompartment No. 6 “, nominated for an (), in a Category 鈥淏est Movie in a Foreign Language鈥�, representing Finland.

(Finnish: 鈥淗ytti nro 6鈥�) is a 2021 internationally co-produced drama, which shows a story of a Finnish student forming an unlikely friendship with a gruff Russian miner, on a train from Moscow to Murmansk. Based on a novel by , the film was co-written and directed by Juho Kuosmanen, and united a crew from Finland, Germany, Estonia and Russia. Lyubov Mulmenko was invited to work on dialogues in Russian, as a script had been originally written in English.

The Academy Awards, popularly known as , are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry. They are regarded as the most prestigious and significant awards in the entertainment industry worldwide, since 1929. Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy’s voting membership.

Earlier, 鈥淐ompartment No. 6鈥� got the Palme d’Or Grand Prix at .  Founded in 1946 in Cannes, France, it is one of the “Big Three” major European film festivals, and an event for the whole global cinema industry.

In 2021, the Cannes Festival saw another film by Lyubov Mulmenko, also performing as a co-screen writer (lead by Kira Kovalenko and a co-director Anton Yarush) – , a family drama growing in a mining town in North Ossetia 鈥� a story of a young woman struggles to escape the stifling hold of the family she loves as much as she rejects. “Unclenching Fists” won the Grand Prix of the Uncleaning View author’s film competition at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.

Lyubov Mulmenko in the list of 12 Rising Russian Talents Ready for the Global Stage.

From a young age, Lyubov Mulmenko knew she would be a writer: 鈥淚 just adored inventing the characters and the worlds they live in鈥�. Gradually, she tried 鈥渢o learn even more in the process.鈥� At 海角直播, Lyubov studied journalism, and further art journalism at the Pro Arte Institute in St. Petersburg. For several years then, she worked in media, including the Sol Internet Newspaper, , , and wrote as a columnist for the .

In 2014, Mulmenko made her screenwriting debut with a trio of drama films that screened in festivals including Rotterdam, San Sebastian and Karlovy Vary. Recently, Lyubov Mulmenko presented her directorial debut, , in the main competition of . 鈥淎ll I hope is to continue with storytelling,鈥� she says, 鈥渂ut I鈥檇 like to write less for others and make more films myself.鈥�

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鈥淐ompartment No. 6鈥� Frame: – .

Lyubov Mulmenko Picture Source and 鈥淭he Danube鈥� poster: @lyubov.mulmenko on Facebook

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Today, the International Forum “Science and Global Challenges of the 21st Century” started at 海角直播, uniting 海角直播 scholars with those national and international ones, aiming to incorporate cross-discipline research, smart technologies and innovations into pragmatic, problem-applied decisions.

At the start of the Forum, the opening report 鈥淢anipulation of Brain States鈥� by Dr. Luis de Lecea, (Stanford, USA) was presented to on- and offline audience.

Concentrating on a problem of brain cells manipulation within the optogenetics鈥� approach, Dr. Luis de Lecea drew on the example of a rat leaving a 鈥榮afe鈥� dark chamber into 鈥榰nsafe鈥� light. Along the use of a neuron signal, the rat learned to 鈥榗alm down鈥� its neighbor locked in a shadow zone, causing less stress for both and heading to a more balanced co-existence, establishing 鈥榤oral鈥� principles of behavior.聽

The test raised discussion among the audience. First, a definition of morals and its division from a mere instinct was requested. Then, the question of a goal/hypothesis of such experiment was asked. Finally, Dr. Oleg Pensky, Professor of the IT Department, 海角直播 proposed assimilation of commandments, shared by believers and regarded as true morals, to be introduced into the experiment.聽聽 聽聽聽

Technically, optogenetics is known as a biological tool that involves light to control neurons that have been genetically modified to express light-sensitive ion channels in living tissue and, remarkably, within freely-moving animals. The appearance of additional philosophical notions, such as understanding, compassion, or morals brings a new dimension into a strictly 鈥榥atural鈥� academic approach.   

Optogenetics had been previously announced by academic research journals as a breakthrough in science. On the clinical side, optogenetics-driven research led to insights into Parkinson’s disease and other neurological and psychiatric disorders, including autism, Schizophrenia, drug abuse, anxiety, and depression, and more 鈥� like experimental treatment for blindness.

鈥淥ur research group started implementing scientific projects in cooperation with Mikhail Rubin back in 2012. Not only does our activity include lectures on relevant fields of research, but also enables internships for our graduate and postgraduate students at the University of Kansas,鈥�

says Professor Andrey Maslivets, head of the project, head of the Department of Organic Chemistry, 海角直播.

The lectures united under the title “Solving structural problems of organic chemistry using instrumental methods of analysis” are available on the Zoom platform and held in Russian. All lectures start at 4:30pm Perm time (2:30 Moscow time, 11:30 UTC) on the following dates: 29 September; 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 18, 20, 22 and 25 October.

For the lectures, please, use the following Zoom link 鈥�
Meeting ID: 967 3436 2643
Pass code: 801403