Monthly Archives: October 2007

Innocent Creatures

Innocent Creatures is based on comic stories by Arkady Averchenko, a famous Russian writer of early 1900s, who had a style similar to O’Henry or Mark Twain. The film is both very amusing and touching. In each of the story an adult changes very fast after he meets a child: first he feels awkward, then […]

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“Russian Bear” Brings A Smile From The Screen

Moscow-based “Russkii Medved (Russian Bear)” Film Company wraps shooting and editing simultaneously two full-length family comedies Troublemaker and Innocent Creatures. The company tries to mount the wave in production of family comedies, which are of great demand among Russian filmgoers. Its previous family comedy Swindlers by Maria Mahanko was a big festival success with lots […]

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International project filled with wisdom and sunshine irony

Post-production of Kazakh-Kyrgyz-German-French melodrama The Song Of Southern Seas has been started in Germany. It’s a touching ironic feature directed by a prominent Kyrgiz film director Marat Sarulu.

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Cinema Network Operators Expanding Productions

In Russia large cinema network operators build their own production companies. Reason: it is more cost-effective, easier to optimize costs and taxes, as well as more convenient to build repertoire plans.

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