Category Archives: Releases

Russian premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

MOSCOW. May 11, 2011. Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz and producer producer Jerry Bruckheimer visited the Russian capital to promote Walt Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The Moscow preliminary press screening of the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean was launched by Moscow-based Walt Disney Company CIS (CEO Marina Zhigalov-Ozkan). The Moscow premiere opens […]

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Cannes Film Festival: Russia Boosts Its Presence in Certain Regard

Cannes. May 11, 2011. Faust by Alexander Sokurov has not been allegedly completed in time to lose the chance to be listed in The Selection Official, The Main Competition Program of the 64th Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22). However, two Russian titles were among the films in the line-up competing for Certain Regard awards.

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

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

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

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“That Saturday” From Russia to Berlinale-2011

That Saturday was selected from Russia among the first titles for the Competition program of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival held on February 10-20, 2011. The film is based on real facts. It’s a drama by the Russian screenwriter and director Alexander Mindadze who has succeeded to release it shortly before the 25th anniversary […]

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