Russian companies’ participation in Dubai International Content Market (DICM), which ran on November 24-25, turned out to be a success. Over 150 meetings with professionals from the MENA region translated into several major deals, while negotiations on other possible sales are still in progress. The Russian Content Worldwide booth, organized by ROSKINO with support from…
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Russian Presence at the Asia TV Forum
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In a bid to step up their presence in the Asia-Pacific region, Russian film companies have prepared an impressive offering for Asia TV Forum & Market Online (ATF), which is running on December 1-3. It should be noted that ATF ONLINE+ goes live from December 2021 to June 2022. At the umbrella booth Russian Content…
Russian Film Companies Secure Deals at TIFF
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Following the results of the TIFF Industry, which took place online from September 9 to 18 as part of the 46th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Russian content producers secured a number of deals and negotiated the sale of films, TV series and animation with distributors from Sweden, USA, Canada, Japan, China, Spain, Italy, Mongolia,…
A Look at Russia at the 74th Cannes Film Festival
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The main achievements of Russia at the Cannes Film Festival were the Grand Prix awarded to the film Hytti Nro. 6 by Juho Kuosmanen co-produced with Russia in the main competition program and the victory of Kira Kovalenko’s film Unclenching The Fists in the Un Certain Regard section which is the first Grand Prix for…
Roskino Launches RCW
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ROSKINO recently announced the launch of a new initiative: a unified export brand of the Russian content industry, Russian Content Worldwide (RCW). Evgenia Markova, CEO of ROSKINO explained that the mission of RCW is to develop international networking and cooperation, while also establishing communication amongst Russian professionals, whose projects are targeted at international markets and…
Roskino Russian Film Festival Coming in 2021
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One of the key events of the Russian Pavilion in Cannes is the presentation of the Russian Film Festival. Organized by ROSKINO and the Russian Ministry of Culture, it has a great socio-cultural and economic meaning stimulating interest in Russian cinema and creating a positive image of Russia abroad to further integrate Russia into the…
17 Russian Films Headed to the Shanghai International Film Festival
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The 24th Shanghai International Film Festival, China’s longest-running major cinema event, is set to return with a sizable in-person edition in June. The SIFF will run June 11 – 20, with its Golden Goblet awards ceremony to be held in person in Shanghai on June 19. 17 Russian films will be shown in various screening…
Major Grom: Plague Doctor
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Director Oleg Trofim Starring Tikhon Zhiznevskiy, Alexander Seteykin, Lyubov Aksyonova Score 6/6 Life in St. Petersburg drastically changes when a mysterious vigilante dressed as a medieval plague doctor appears in the city. Declaring that the world is “plagued by injustice”, he begins to cure it by murdering people he considers villainous. For Police Major Igor…
Russian Films Headed to 74th Cannes Festival
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On June 3, the jury of the 74th Cannes Film Festival announced the official program for 2021 — films from 50 different countries have made the list. Russia will be presenting two films in the main competition — Petrov’s Flu by Kirill Serebrennikov and Hytti Nro 6 by Juho Kuosmanen. Additionally, two more films have…
Interview with Aglaya Tarasova Star of Ice – Russian Film Festival
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A big thank you to Aglaya Tarasova Star of Ice for taking time for this interview. Ice is currently featured in the Russian film festival. Is this the first time you have had a movie at this specific festival? Yes, this festival being held on VOD platforms is the first such project for a…