Monthly Archives: January 2011

2010 Golden Eagle Award Winners Of Russian Mpics Academy

Posted on January 31st, 2011

The National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia granted its awards for for film and television. Among the multiple 2010 Golden Eagle Award winners were Alexei Popogrebsky’s Nothern-polar thriller How I Ended This Summer). It won Best Feature of 2010, Best Screenplay (Alexei Popogrebsky) and Best Cinematography (Pavel Kostomarov). It had previously […]

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Bekmambetov’s Distribution Company

Posted on January 29th, 2011

Moscow-based Bazelevs Group, owned and founded by Timur Bekmambetov, launched its distribution entity Bazelevs Distribution. In 2011 Bazelevs Group plans to release 6-7 movies. Three of them were produced by Bazelevs and others are co-produced with Russian or international companies. At the turn of the year Bazelevs released its comedy Christmas Tree. Over 700 print […]

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Russia’s Oscar contender The Edge: Good News And Bad News

Posted on January 18th, 2011

Los-Angeles. January 16, 2011. First, Good News: Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Russia’s The Edge. The deal was inked by Goldwyn president Meyer Gottlieb and Sergei Bespalov, president of Sun Rise Films. The film has been set for a theatrically release this spring. It is also an entry for Academy Award […]

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Two Russian Films Race For Rotterdam Awards

Posted on January 17th, 2011

Two Russian films are in Official Selection of the Rotterdam International Film Festival (January 26–February 6, 2011).

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Space-Age Films, Books Win World Audience

Posted on January 12th, 2011

In 1961 the world’s first manned space flight of the Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin generated unprecedented enthusiasm about space exploration. Rocketry and media made a perfect collaboration to entertain and inspire the public. Science fiction books and films were of huge demand. Astronomers, pilots and space experts suddenly grew specially respected. Now, fifty years later public awareness about space travel is on the rise again.

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