A lecture and discussion on Tim Burton's cinematic style, exploring how dark aesthetics, eccentric characters, and morbid motifs turn into stories about love, kindness, and empathy. The program includes watching film excerpts and examining how Burton navigates between gothic tales, lyrical fantasy, and quirky visuals across works like Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Big Eyes, Mars Attacks!, Sweeney Todd, and Edward Scissorhands. Speaker: Dmitry Kotov, art historian, architectural theorist, and film critic. Duration: about 2.5 hours. The ticket includes the lecture and a glass of wine or a non-alcoholic drink. Early bird price until the evening of Tuesday, October 20: 7,500 AMD; afterwards: 9,500 AMD.