Monthly Archives: November 2010

Russian Film Industry in 2010: Raising From The Ashes

Like Phoenix, a mythical firebird in Greek mythology, which burned and then easily arose from the ashes, Russian film industry starts growing through a painful recovery

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Russian Film Week in Berlin

Berlin. The 6th Russian Film Week is held on November 24-30, 2010 to showcase new contemporary Russian films. Traditionally the opening starts at the Kino International of Berlin. Traditionally the auditorium is packed and guest filmmakers (producers, actors and scriptwriters from Russia) take the front-row seats. The Week is opened by Alexei Uchitel’s The Edge […]

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Russia and Hollywood Launch US Presidents’ Assassination Movies

Russia and Hollywood produce separately two films about dramatic episodes in the life of two US presidents – Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy.

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“Silent Souls” won 2 Silver Astors in Mar del Plata

25th Mar del Plata International Film Festival already has its winners. Silver Astors were awarded to film director Alexei Fedorchenko and screenwriter Denis Osokin for Silent Souls. The silent souls appear in particular and beautiful way in this powerful film by the Russian director Alexei Ferdochenko. It presents an inevitable grief that provokes death. It […]

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Russia And France Create Academy of Motion Picture Arts

French Minister of Culture Frederic Mitterrand announced that he was enthused by the idea of forthcoming project: a Russian-French Film Academy of Motion Picture Arts. At the conference of The Joint Russian-French Committee To Celebrate the Year of Russia in France and the Year of France in Russia Mitterrand stated, that the Academy is aimed […]

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