RUSSIA

PRE-PRODUCTION

BASTARDS (SVOLOCHI)
(Rolan Bykov's Fund/ Rithm telecompany). Co-prod: Paradise. Genre/synopsis:drama, action. Almaty 1943. Colonel Vishnevsky has a governmental task: toprepare a diversion group of fighters, consisting of 14-15 years old orphans,to block all activities of selected German formations Edelweiss. All these guysshould not only to destroy fascist military base, but also to die themselves,because they know too much secret information. Dir: Alexander Atanesyan. Scr: VladimirKunin. DoP: Dmitry Yashonkov. Prod.des: Maxim Fesun.
Contact: Alexander Nakhimson, Rithm (7) 095 143 9325

EQUATOR
(Central Partnership) Genre: comedy. Synopsis: ARussian military base in the heart of Africa is feeling the effects of the endof the Cold War. The warrant officer is fuming over having no enemies, andthere are problems with rations - soldiers have to barter for food with thelocals. When a local tribal leader asks the soldiers to kill a dangerouselephant that has already trampled three people, he is confronted with a newproblem: how to remove the elephants rotting corpse from the village' The elderbrings the warrant officer three goats as a gift, and the officer sends twosoldiers off on a mission in the savannah to locate a tractor for the removalof the elephant. Privates Solntsev and Korovin head out on a dangerous missionwith one rifle between the two of them. Prod: Rouben Dishdishyan. Dir: UliyanaShilkina. Scr: Egor Golovenkin, Ramil Yamaleev.
Contact: Elena Brodskaya, Central Partnership, (7) 095 777 4961

FELINE (KOSHKA)
(RS-TV Studio). Co-prod: Mosfilm. Love story.Passionate love story about a girl. Her boyfriend leaves her and she tries toget him back at any price. She goes through all the stages of love: happiness,jealousy, hatred, thirst for revenge but in the end she realises that she ishappy just because her man exists in this world. Prod: Yuri Morozov. Dir: YuriMorozov, Aleksander Karpilovsky. Scr: Zoya Kudrya, Yuri Morozov.
Contact: Svetlana Frichinskaya, Mosfilm, (7) 095 143 9500

THE FINAL JOURNEY (POSLEDNEEPUTESHESTVIE)
(SOKOL). Co-prod: VIDEFCO (USA). Budget: $70m.Drama about the last cosmonaut who refuses to leave a space station and startstransmitting global messages pleading for world peace, based on the novel byChingiz Aimatov "The Mark of Cassandra". Prod: John Daly (UK). Dir: Yury Kara.Cast: Vladimir Steklov
Contact: Yury Kara, SOKOL, (7) 095 745 8810

THE HOUSE (DOM)
(Rock Film Studio). Drama based on the truestory of young women who were sent to brothels in the Northern regions ofRussia to entertain the allied army that guarded polar convoys and were killedby Russian military afterwards. Dir: Alexey Uchitel. Scr: Alexander Rogozhkin,Gregory Markett, Dunya Smirnova.
Contact: Alexei Uchitel (7) 095 433 6778

IN THE SEA AND IN HEAVEN (V MORE INA NEBESAKH)
(Rock Film Studio). Drama based on a true storyset in a Russian seaport where a simple-hearted cook helped an ordinary Russianworker pretending to be a Russian astronaut carrying out a secret mission, toleave the Soviet Union. Prods: Alexei Uchitel, Alexander Golutva. Dir: AlexeyUchitel.
Contact: Alexei Uchitel (7) 095 433 6778

LIVE FISH (ZHIVAYA RYBA)
(Vvys Film studio, Slovo Film studio) Genre:melodrama. Synopsis: A story about a girl, whose appearance and manners have noconnections with her dangerous job - smuggling rare birds and insects. Dir: Bahtier Hudoinazarov. Scr: OlegAntonov. Main cast: Oleg Yankovsky, Konstantin Habensky, Morits Bleibtroi, EvaGrin.
Contact: Elena Yatsura, Slovo Film Studio, (095) 143 9160

MONGOL (GENGHIS KHAN)
(STV Film Company). Dist: Nashe Kino.Genre/synopsis: Epic saga about the unknown period of life of Genghis Khan, andhis love story. Prod: Sergei Selyanov, Sergei Bodrov. Dir: Sergei Bodrov. Scr:Sergei Bodrov, Arif Alyev.
Contact: Mikhail Maltsev, STV Film Company, (7) 095 684 58 17

POINT OF HONOUR (DELO CHESTI)
(Soyuz Studio). Romantic story about a 40-yearold Russian emigrant who returns to Russia and is disappointed by contemporaryRussia. Prod: Elena Plyasunova. Dir: Fedor Petrukhin
Contact: Dmitry Zaitsev, Soyuz Studio, (7) 095 147 2310

RED WATER (KRASNAYA VODA)
(Top Film Studio) Genre/synopsis: mystical filmabout a Russian racing-driver. His passions are speed, overload and fatalcurves. His goal is to be the best. He lives between life and death. But he hasto pay for it by loosing his family.Prod: Sergei Gribkov, Vladimir Truschenkov, Nikolai Fomenko. Dir: DmitryCherkasov. Scr: Oleg Antonov. Main cast: Nikolai Fomenko, Stefan Ortelli.Shooting in Belgium, Italy.
Contact: Top Line Production Yelena Hvan (7) 095 952 2211

SHIKOTAN. THE BEST PLACE (SHIKOTAN.LUCHSHEE MESTO)
(Slovo Production Company). Co-prod:Dinoteriun-film. Budget: $2.5m. Prod: "Sirena Film", Yelena Yatsoura. Romanticdrama with elements of detective story. Dir: Vlad Lanne. Scr: Igor Kopylov,Vlad Lanne. Cast: Ksenya Rappoport, Igor Lifanov.
Contact: Yelena Yatsoura, Slovo Production Company, (7) 095 143 9160

SOLDIER OF THE RING (SOLDAT KOLTSA)
(Studio S) Co-prod: Gorky Studios (Russia).Budget: $490,000. Thriller about Russian national junior kick-boxing team whichis preparing for the world championship match in Buenos Aires, but one of themost promising boxers in the team runs into trouble with the Mafia. Prods:Nikolai Stambula, Pyotr Chernayev. Dir: Nikolai Stambula. Scr: NikolaiStambula, Irina Tischenko
Contact: Pyotr Chernayev (7) 095 912 3178

SPAN (PEREGON)
(STV Film Company). War drama. A story about apilots' life during WW-II, about love, death and sorrow. Prod: Sergei Selyanov.Dir/Scr: Alexander Rogozhkin. DoP: Andrei Zhegalov.
Contact: Mikhail Maltsev, STV Film Company, (7) 095 684 5817

SUPERMAN FOR A DAY (SUPERMAN NA ODINDEN')
(Gorky Film Studio). Backer: Service ofCinematography of the Russian Ministry of Culture. Drama about the firstworking day of a young TV journalist. Dir: Vasily Fenin Scr: Vasily Fenin.
Contact: Valery Kozlov, Gorky Film Studio, (7) 095 181 0325

THE TRUTH ABOUT SCHELPS (PRAVDA OSCHELPAKH)
(Workshop of the First Experimental Film) Co prod:Lenfilm Studio. Synopsis: A parable about fairy-tale creatures called schelps.Dir: Alexei Muradov
Contact: Alexander Pozdnyakov, Lenfilm Studio, (7) 812 326 8224

TEARING OFF (OTRYV)
(Paradise) Genre/synopsis: drama, sport actionabout two brothers who live in a small Siberian town, play in a hockey team anddream of becoming famous. Dir: Alexander Zeldovich. Scr: Alexander Mindadze.
Contact: Dmitry Ogaltsov, Paradise, (7) 095916 9475

THERE IS NO EXTRADITION FROM DON (SDONA VYDACHI NET)
(Stella Studio) Genre: adventure drama.Synopsis: Film tells about a rescue of one man by another. Prod: Fyodor Popov.Dir: Oleg Massarygin. Scr: Igor Porublev.
Contact: Irina Nabokina, Stella Studio, (095) 143 92 89

THE WALK (TOCHKA)
(Central Partnership) Genre: drama. Synopsis: TheWalk is a tale of three prostitutes who have been walking the same area ofdowntown Moscow for years. The heroines are unashamed to recount how they gotinto the business, what kinds of clients they have had, how they deal with thepolice, what forced them onto the street, and why they do not want to return toa normal life. Prods: Rouben Dishdishyan, Yuri Moroz. Dir: Yuri Moroz. Scr:Yuri Moroz, Grigori Ryazhsky.
Contact: Elena Brodskaya, Central Partnership, (7) 095 777 4961

IN PRODUCTION

THE ANCESTOR'S CHEST (SUNDUKPREDKOV)
(Kinoglaz And Pygmalion/L&P ProductionFactory (Russia), Mact Productions (France), Thoke & Moebius Film(Germany), Sanzhyra (Kirghizia).Genre/synopsis: A romantic melodrama. A story about love and traditions. Prods: Evgenia Tirdatova,Sergei Khovenko, Dmitry Efremov, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnere, Christoph Thoke,Axel Moebius. Dir: Nurbek Egen. Script Ekaterina Tirdatova. DoP: DmitryErmakov. Main cast: Natacha Regnier, Bolot Tentimyshov. Shooting in Issyk-kullake (Kirghizia). Shooting since August 2004.
Contact: Evgenia Tirdatova (7) 095 205 0658

BUMER-2 (BIMMER-2)
(STV Film Company, Pygmalion Production). Dist:Nashe Kino. Genre: Criminal drama. Prod: Sergei Selyanov, Sergei Chlyants. Dir:Pyotr Buslov. Scr: Denis Rodimin, Pyotr Buslov. Main cast: Svetlana Ustinova,Vladimir Vdovichenkov. Shooting from 19 September 2004.
Contact: Mikhail Maltsev, STV FilmCompany, (7) 095 684 5817

CONTACT (KONTAKT)
(STV Film Company). Dist: Nashe Kino.Genre/synopsis: melodrama, fantasy. A story of a young boy with abnormaltalents who falls in love with a girl whom he sees through the window. Prod:Sergei Selyanov. Dir: AndreiNovosyolov. Scr: Irina Borodulina. DoP: Sergei Mikhalchuk. Cast: Vera Voronkova, Tatiana Peshkova,Dmitry Yermolov, Victor Konisevich. Shooting until February 2005.
Contact: Mikhail Maltsev, STV Film Company, (7) 095 684 5817

CRIMSON COLOUR OF THE SNOWFALL(BAGROVYJ TSVET SNEGOPADA)
(ZANR 04) Genre: historic melodrama. Synopsis:During World War I, a young girl from Kievbecomes an orphan, and soon her fiance also dies. In despair she entersThe Red Cross and goes to front line, where she meets a new love' Dir: VladimirMotyl. Main cast: Olga Arntgolts, Alexander Baluev.
Contact: Dmitry Chernyaev, Mosfilm, (7) 095 143 9186

DAY WATCH (NOCHNOI DOZOR 2)
(Channel One Russia, TABBAK, BazelevsProduction) Int`l sales: Fox Searchlight Pictures. Dist: Gemini FilmInternational (Russia), Fox Searchlight Pictures (USA). Genre/synopsis: Mysticthriller. The tale of age-old confrontation between Light and Darknesscontinues in this sequel to the first Russian blockbuster. A fragile balance,established by the Pact centuries ago, is under threat, and the scale hastipped in favour of Evil. But the fight goes on...This time the action takesplace in Central Asia as well as in Moscow. Exec prods: Alexey Kublitsky,Varvara Avdyushko. Prods: Anatoly Maximov, Konstantin Ernst. Dir: TimourBekmambetov. Scr: Sergey Lukianenko, Timur Bekmambetov. Main cast: KonstantinKhabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Maria Poroshina, Galina Tyunina, Alexey Chadov.Shooting in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Torzok and the Middle East.
Contact: Oleg Goryachev, ORT, (7) 095 217 8288

HOTTABYCH
(STV Film Company, Uplink Co (Japan)). Dist:Nashe Kino. Genre/synopsis: Internet comedy based on the book "Old manHottabych's Jug". Prod: Sergei Selyanov. Dir/Scr: Pyotr Tochilin. Shooting inMoscow.
Contact: Mikhail Maltsev, STV Film Company, (7) 095 684 5817

IT IS DIFFICULT TO BE GOD (TRUDNOBYT' BOGOM)
(Sever Studio). Co prod: Lenfilm Studio. Backer:The Service of Cinematography of the Russian Ministry of Culture. A fantasybased on the novel by Soviet writer Boris Strugatsky 'It Is Difficult tobe a God'. Prod: Victor Izvekov. Dir: Alexei German. Scr: Alexei German,Svetlana Karmalita. DoP: Yuri Klimenko, Vladimir Ilyin. Prod Des: GeorgyKropachev. Cast: Leonid Yarmolnik, Yury Tsurilo, Alexander Ilyin, LauraPitskhelauri, Petr Merkuryev. Shooting in Russia and Czech Republic.
Contact: Victor Izvekov (7) 812 326 8558

THE KUKOTSKY CASE (KAZUS KUKOTSKOGO)
(YUG Studio). Genre/synopsis: drama based on aRussian Booker Prize-winning in 2001Lyudmila Ulitskaya novel "The Kukotsky Case" about a Soviet physician,who has a special gift - he can see the insides of his patients. Rec.prod/com:Andrei Feofanov. Dir: Yury Grymov. Scr: Dmitry Kotov. Cost des: Masha Danilova.Main cast: Yury Tsurilo, Yelena Drobysheva, Chulpan Khamatova, Karen Badalov.Shooting in Moscow, St.Petersburg, Sochi, the Canary Islands.
Contact: Marina Kalinkina, Yug Studio, (7) 095 954 5591

LAST TRAIN FROM ROPPONGI (POSLEDNIIPOEZD SO STANCII ROPPONGI)
(STV Film Company, Uplink Co (Japan)). Dist:Nashe Kino. Genre/synopsis: Drama about the life of Russian girls who come toJapan in the beginning of 90s to entertain Japanese men at karaoke clubs. Prod:Sergei Selyanov. Dir/Scr: Vera Svechina. DoP: Sergei Astakhov, Ed Lokman. Maincast: Tatiana Peshkova, Maria Kurkova, Olga Karpovich, Andrei Merzlikin, AlexeiChadov. Shooting until February 2005.
Contact: Mikhail Maltsev, STV Film Company, (7) 095 684 5817

MAMA, DON'T GRIEVE-2 (MAMA, NEGORUI-2)
(STV Film Company). Dist: Nashe Kino.Genre/synopsis: a sequel to a black comedy about crime. Prod: Sergei Sel`yanov.Dir: Maxim Pezemsky. Scr: Maxim Pezemsky, Konstantin Murzenko. Main cast:Andrei Panin, Gosha Kutsenko, Evgeniy Sidihin, Alexander Bashirov. Shooting until April 2005.
Contact: Mikhail Maltsev, STV Film Company, (7) 095 684 5817

PETER FM (PITER FM)
(IGOR TOLSTUNOV Production Group, STS TVChannel) Genre/synopsis: love story about the youth of today, their lifes andvalues. Exec prods: Igor Tolstunov, Alexander Rodnyansky. Prod: Elena Glickman.Dir: Oksana Bychkova. Scr: Nana Grinshtein, Oksana Bychkova. Ed: Anna Gudkova.Main cast: Ekaterina Fedulova, Eugine Tsyganov, Alexei Barabash, Natalia Reva,Vladimir Mashkov. Shooting in St.Petersburg from summer 2004.
Contact: Svetlana Peshehonova, TV Movie (7) 095 916 9349

SOLDIER`S DEKAMERON (SOLDATSKIIDEKAMERON)
(PROTEL Film Company) Exec prod: Igor Tostunov.Prod: Sergei Kozlov. Dir: Andrei Proshkin. Scr: Gennady Ostrovsky. Ed: IrinaYashina. Main cast: Alexei Shevchenko, Maria Zvonareva, Daria Ekamasova, VictorSoloviev, Igor Teplov. Shooting in Kirzach (Russia) until February 2005.
Contact: Svetlana Peshehonova, TV Movie (7) 095 916 9349

STARLEY, VICTORY AND SPRING(STARLEY, POBEDA I VESNA)
(TV Movie) Genre/synopsis: patriotic fairy-tale.Starley Pechalin is a real Russian soldier. "This is my work" he says, going towar while nobody knows if he will return. Exec prod: Igor Tolstunov. Prod:Eugine Gindilis. Dir: Marat Rafikov, Ilya Rubinshtein. Scr: Ilya Rubinshtein.Ed: Anna Kagarlitskaya, Yulia Velikanova. Cost des: Regina Homskaya. Main cast:Andrei Kuzichev, Victoria Tolstoganova, Andrei Merzlikin, Irina Rosanova,Larisa Luzina. Shooting in Moscow and the Kislovodsk area.
Contact: Svetlana Peshehonova, TV Movie (7) 095 916 9349

WOLFHOUND (VOLKODAV IS RODA SERIHPSOV)
(Central Partnership) Budget: $. 10m Genre:Fantasy. Synopsis: Adaptation of novel by Maria Semenova that became bestsellerand began the "Slavic fantasy" genre. The last survivor of the tribe of theGrey Dogs becomes a mighty warrior and takes the name Wolfhound. Narrowlyescaping death in the subterranean mines, Wolfhound sets off on a quest withhis companion, the Earthbound Bat. He is determined to wreak vengeance on theCannibal, who annihilated the home of the Grey Dogs. Wolfhound finally reachesthe castle where his arch enemy lives and savagely disposes of the Cannibal. Hereleases two prisoners from the dungeons, the sage Tilorn and bondmaid Niilit.With Wolfhound they come to the town of Galirad, which is torn apart by strife.Hoping to save the town from destruction, the ruler of Galirad gives the handof his daughter Elen to the young warrior Vinitar, who vows to defend Galirad.The young princess is faced with a long journey to the lands of her futurehusband. She asks Wolfhound to be her bodyguard on this dangerous trek.Agreeing to serve the princess, Wolfhound finds himself caught up in awhirlwind of mysterious events that reveal the true aim of their journey...Prod: Ruben Dishdishyan, Urii Moroz. Dir/Scr: Nikolay Lebedev. DoP: SergeyKozlov. Main cast: Alexandr Bukharov, Igor Petrenko, Alexandr Domogarov,Natalia Varley.
Contact: Elena Brodskaya, Central Partnership, (7) 095 777 4961

YESENIN'S MURDER (UBIYSTVO YESENINA)
(Pro Cinema Production commissioned by ChannelOne Russia) Genre/synopsis: Detective. A criminal militia investigator, ColonelAlexander Khlystov receives by mail an old-time photo of the poet Yesenin beingtaken down from a noose. According to the rules, the investigator is to open acase. But Khlystov makes an exception and takes up a private investigation intoYesenin's life and his mysterious death. Khlystov develops a lot of versions ofthe poet's death and seems to get close to a solution. However, things take asudden turn' Prods: Anatoly Maximov, Konstantin Ernst. Dir: Igor Zaitsev. Scr:Vladimir Valutsky. Main cast: Sergey Bezrukov, Sean Young, Alexander Mikhailov,Irina Apeximova, Alexander Lykov, Gosha Kutsenko. Shooting in Moscow, Odessa,St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl region, Prague, Venice.
Contact: Oleg Goryachev, ORT, (7) 095 217 8288

POST-PRODUCTION

THE AMPHIBIAN MAN (CHELOVEK-AMFIBIYA)
(Angel Film). Co-prod: DK Videofilm. Int'l salesco: RTR. Dist (Russia): RTR. A fantasy about a man who has gills and livesunder the sea. General prod: Valery Todorovsky. Prods: Leonid Zagalsky, ArsenGotlib. Dir: Alexander Atanessyan. DoP: Ugulbek Khamrayev.
Contact: Alexander Atanessyan, Angel Film (7) 095 921 2698

ANNA
(RITM Kino-Tele Studio). Budget: $1.9m. Backer:Federal Cultural and Cinematography Agency. Genre/synopsis: musical melodrama.In the early 80s an opera singer goes to Paris returning to Russia 20 yearslater, where she meets her son. Prod: Yury Kushnerev. Dir: Ginzburg Eugene.Scr: Georgy Daneliya, Rustam Ibragimbekov. Main cast: Lubov Kazarnovskaya,Pavel Derevyanko, Tatyana Kravchenko, Julia Rudberg.
Contact: Vera Vladimirovna, "RITM" (7) 095 143 9325

BLIND-MAN`S-BUFF (ZMURKI)
(STV Film Company). Dist: Nashe Kino. Genre:comedy. Prod: Sergei Selyanov.Dir: Alexei Balabanov. Scr: Stas Mohnachev,Alexei Balabanov. Cost des: Tatyana Patrahaltseva. Main cast: Nikita Mikhalkov,Alexei Panin, Dmitry Duzev, Sergei Makovetskiy, Victor Suhorukov.
Contact: Mikhail Maltsev, STV FilmCompany, (7) 095 684 5817

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (MYS DOBROINADEZDY)
(The "Slovo" production commissioned by ChannelOne Russia) Genre/Synopsis: Detective. Businessman Zhdanovitch turns to thehead of the Murder department with a request to help in investigating themysterious disappearance of his friend and companion Danilov. Danilov had goneto Africa for safari and vanished there without trace. The department's bestinvestigators - Plakhov, Rogov and Uvarov, who has influential friends inAfrica, equip themselves for a journey. Exec prod: Sergei Melkumov. Prods:Anatoly Maximov, Konstantin Ernst. Dir: Dmitriy Iosifov. Scr: Andrey Kivinov,Oleg Dudintsev with the participation of Gennadiy Ostrovsky. Main cast:Konstantin Khabensky, Mikhail Porechenkov, Bogdan Stupka, Andrey Fedortsev,Gosha Kutsenko, Sergey Veksler. Shooting in SAR, St. Petersburg.
Contact: Oleg Goryachev, ORT, (7) 095 217 8288

ESCAPE (POBEG)
(Central Partnership). Genre/Synopsis: Action.Eugeny is accused of murdering his wife. He escapes from prison to prove hisinnocence and find the real murderer. Prod: Ruben Dishdishyan. Dir: EgorKonchalovsky. Scr: Sergey Astakhov, Dmitriy Kotov, Oleg Pogodyn. DoP: AntonAntonov. Cast: Eugeniy Mironov.
Contact: Aram Movsesyan, Central Partnership, (7) 095 777 4961

IN DREAMS FORGET YOUR SORROWS
(Ritm Studio). Backer: The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Budget: $750000. Love story about how two married people go looking for their first loves.Scr.: Vitaly Moskalenko. Dir.: Evgeny Malevsky. Cast: Elena Saponova, AlekseiGuskov, Aristarch Livanov.
Contact: Alexander Nakhimson, RitmStudio, (7) 095 147 6386

NINTH LEGION (DEVYATAYA ROTA)
(Slovo Production Company). Co-prod: ArtPictures Group; Matila Roehr Productions (MRP) Finland. Budget $3.3m. A filmabout the Afghan War. The characters are the young draftees who find themselvesin the hell of combat. They grow up inwar and die before becoming adults. Prods: Fyodor Bondarchuk, Victor Glukhov,Sergey Melkumov, Stepan Mikhalkov, Yelena Yatsoura. Dir: Fyodor Bondarchuk.Scr: Yuri Korotkov. DoP: Maxim Osadchy. Prod Des: Yekaterina Zaletaeva. Cast:Mikhail Porechenkov, Nikolai Fomenko, Fyodor Bondarchuk.
Contact: Yelena Yatsoura, Slovo Production Company, (7) 095 143 9160

OLD-BELIEVER (STAROVER)
(Studio Stella) Genre: western. Synopsis: Agold-digger is prospecting for gold in Taiga to make his dream come true - togo to Vietnam. Prod: Fyodor Popov. Ex. Prod: Marina Gundorina. Dir: RomanHrusch. Scr: Roman Hrusch, Alexei Poyarkov. Main cast: Evgeny Tsyganov, YanaEsipovich, Pyotr Zaichenko, Alexander Golubev, Sergei Tsepov. Shooting in GornyAltai.
Contact: Irina Nabokina, Stella Studio, (095) 143 9289

THE LORD OF THE AIR (POVELITELEFIRA)
(F.A.F.-STUDIO) Radio helps people to meet eachother, brings comfort to the homes of people suffering from the loneliness andinsomnia. Prod: Sergei Zernov. Dir: Ekaterina Kalinina. Scr: Natasha Chepik, EkaterinaKalinina. Cast: Kirill Tetenkin, Maria Shalaeva, Alexei Kortnev, NataliaFisson, Anton Tabakov.
Contact: Andrei Bobylev, (7) 095 143 9160

MAN'S SEASON (MUZHSKOY SEZON)
(Private Cinema Group). Co prods: PROFILM,ROSPO, Krug Film Studio. Action film based on Brian de Palma's TheUntouchables. Six friends from the special forces struggle against themafia. Prods: Alexei Petrukhin, Andrey Chistyakov. Dir: Din Makhamatdinov. Scr:Din Makhamatdinov. DoP: Sergei Machilsky. Cast: Valentin Gaft, Viktor Verzhbitsky,Natalia Gudkova, Andrey Zaikov, Igor Artashonov. Shooting in Russia, Kazakhstanand Estonia.
Contact: Fedor Popov, Krug Film Studio, (7) 095 143 9289

SHADOWBOXING (BOI S TENIU)
(Shaman Pictures). Budget: $3.5m. Dist: CentralPartnership. Genre: Action movie. Synopsis: Artem Kolchin is a world-famousfighter and a contender for the title of champion . But things don't turn outas expected during the biggest fight of his life, and now he has to deal withhis problems outside the ring. He has three days to settle business with thepeople who betrayed him, save the woman he loves from hired killers and find ahuge amount of money. Instead of a ring, he finds himself on the mean streetsof the big city, and there's no referee to stop the fight. But he's a fighterat heart and he has learned to master his fear. He keeps fighting even whenhope is dead. The clock is running, and Artem steps up to the challenge. Forlove. For his friends. For his life. Prod: Ruben Dishdishyan. Dir/Scr: AlexeiSidorov. DoP; Yuri Raysky. Cast: Denis Nikiforov, Elena Panova, Andrei Panin,Pavel Derevyanko, John Amos.
Contact: Ruben Dishdishyan, Shaman Pictures, (7) 095 777 4961

SOVIET PARK (PARK SOVETSKOGOPERIODA)
(Slovo Production Company). A parable about ayoung journalist who gets a chance to live in a park where the Soviet era isreproduced in an ideal form. Dir: Yuly Gusman. Scr: Eduard Akopov, Yuly Gusman.Main cast: Alexander Lasarev, Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina, VladimirDolinsky. Shooting in Moscow, Sochi.
Contact: Elena Yatsoura (Slovo Production Company), (7) 095 143 9160

STATE ADVISOR (STATSKY SOVETNIK)
(Three T Studio). Co-prod: Mosfilm. A storyabout a detective from St. Petersburg whose intelligence and quick wit help himto find criminals and cope daily life on the street. Prod: Leonid Vereschagin.Exec Prod: Nikita Mikhalkov. Scr: BorisAkunin. Cast: Oleg Menshikov
Contact: Leonid Vereschagin, TRITE Studio (7) 095 299 0258

WONDERFUL VALLEY (CHUDNAYA DOLINA)
(Slovo Production Company). Co prod: STV Film Company.Lyric comedy about tangled relationships between Asian villagers. Prods: IgorDesyatnikov, Sergei Melkoumov, Sergei Selianov, Elena Yatsoura. Dir: RanoKubaeva. Scr: Rano Kubaeva. DoP: Sergei Astakhov. Cast: Nadezhda Roumyantseva,Mikhail Kozakov, Masha Bekker, Igor Desyatnikov, Shamil Khamatov.
Contact: Yelena Yatsoura, Slovo Production Company, (7) 095 143 9160

POLAND

PRE-PRODUCTION

DEBT COLLECTOR (KOMORNIK)
(Arka, TVP - Film Agency) Genre/Synopsis: Acontemporary story of a young debt collector (starring Andrzej Chyra, TheDebt), mercilessly efficient in carrying out his orders and doing harm to folksin the name of the law, who reforms his immoral ways and tries to redeem hispast. And that's what gets him into real trouble. Dir: Feliks Falk. Scr:Grzegorz Loszewski.
Contact: TVP Film Agency (48) 22 547 6203

GALICIAN TALES
(Applefilm). Dir. Dariusz Jablonski. Scr:Andzrzej Stasiuk, Dariusz Jablonski.
Contact: Violetta Kaminska, (48) 22 853 7265/64

SING ON
(TOR Studio). Dir: Wojciech Nowak. Music film.Dir: Krzysztof Zanussi, Wojciech Nowak. Scr: Krzysztof Zanussi, Wojciech Nowak
Contact: Irena Strzalkowska, TOR Studio, (48) 22 845 53 03

IN PRODUCTION

THE DOUBLES (DUBLERZY)
(Butterfly Film) Int`l sales: KINO SWIATInternational. Synopsis: What two losers have in common is their friendship. Inall other respects they are completely different. Prod: Yacek Wielgopolan. Dir:Marcin Ziebinski. Scr: Tomek Wojtczuk, Piotr Rossenberg, Bartosz Wierzbieta.DoP: Grzegorz Kuczeriszka, Arkadiusz Tomiak. Main cast: Robert Gonera, AndrzejGrabovski, Maria Pakulnis.
Contact: Butterfly Film (4822) 654 78 29

HEDWIG D'ANJOU
(TOR Studio). Estimated budget: Euros 3.5m - 4m.Historical drama (14th Century) about child queen of Poland, her love anddramatic marriage. Dir: Krzysztof Zanussi. Scr: Krzysztof Zanussi. Cast: main parts should be performed bychildren, two parts will be proposed to Max von Sydow (Senator) and JacquelineBisset (Mother).
Contact: Irena Strzalkowska (48) 22 845 53 03

I AM (JESTEM)
(KID FILM, TVP - Film Agency) Genre/Synopsis: Amoving story of an intelligent boy with a deep sense of dignity, who neitherfinds a foster family nor finds it easy to live in a children's home. Hisunexpected visit to his mother ends in his escape.. Dir/Scr: DorotaKędzierzawska. DoP: Arthur Reinhart.
Contact: TVP Film Agency (48) 22 547 6203

THE MASTER (MISTRZ)
(Opus Film, TVP - Film Agency) Genre/Synopsis: ARussian master of circus art who tours the country rescues a prostitute whobecomes his assistant. Next he meets Young, who plays the accordion and theFrench woman Elodie. The four form a circus ensemble. Master dreams of a tourin Paris. What he has not planned, though, is his meeting with Ann and the lovethat unites them. Will he be able to love' Dir: Piotr Trzaskalski. Scr: PiotrTrzaskalski, Wojciech Lepianka.
Contact: Opus Film (48) 42 636 7018

PERSONA NON GRATA
(TOR Film Studio, TVP - Film Agency (Poland).Co-prod: Three T Productions (Russia). Prods: Krzysztof Zanussi, IwonaZiulkowska. Co-prod: Leonid Vereschagin. Budget: Euros 1.4m. Genre/Synopsis:Set in a Polish Embassy in South America. A former opposition activist who isnow a diplomat finds it difficult to settle in hos new life. His wife's deathbrings on a crisis: he becomes involved in an intrigue that magnifies his lackof direction as well revealing that of his values are no longer of any use.Dir/Scr: Krzysztof Zanussi. DoP: Edward Klosinski. Cast: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz,Daniel Olbrychski, Nikita Michalkov.
Contact: TOR Film Studio, (48) 22 845 5303

POST PRODUCTION

CHAOS
(SPI Int., TVP - Film Agency) Genre/Synopsis: Apanoramic view of contemporary Polish youth, disoriented and apparentlycynical, though longing for values. Includes a love story and echoes of the bigproblems of our times, globalism and terrorism. This is a story told with ayouthful passion and has the makings of a generational manifesto. Dir/Scr:Xawery Zuławski.
Contact: SPI International (48) 22 8540337

THE CALL OF THE TOAD (WROZBY KUMAKA)
(Filmcontract, TVP - Film Agency)Genre/Synopsis: A tragicomic love story set inGdansk and the Kashubia (Kaszuby) region, which tells of the love of anageing couple, a German and a Polish woman, who come up with the idea of'cemeteries of reconciliation'. Co-prod: Ziegler Film (Berlin), EurimagesFunds. Dir: Robert Gliński. Scr: Paweł Huelle, Cezary Harasimowicz,Klaus Richter. Main cast: Krystyna Janda, Mathias Habich, Katrin Sass,Krzysztof Globisz, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Marek Kondrat.
Contact: Filmcontract (48) 22 841 6591

ESTONIA

PRE-PRODUCTION

AS TEARS GO BY
(Veerev kivi) Budget: Euros 1,534,000. Genre:drama. Synopsis: Soviet Estonia in 1969. Two brothers, Martin and Allan Mand,are playing truant from school in order to buy new strings for their guitars.Prod: Maie Kerma. Dir: Aare Tilk.
Contact: AAre Tilk, Veerev kivi, mkerma@hot.ee

BELLAMORA!
(Allfilm) Budget: Euros 1.2m. Backers: EstonianFilm Foundation and Estonian Cultural Endowment, MEDIA Plus (slate). Genre:historical drama. Synopsis: 1945 - Kristi wants to become an operetta star.Prod: Piret Tibbo-Hudgins. Dir: Katrin Laur. DoP: Rein Kotov.
Contact: Piret Tibbo-Hudgins, Allfilm, (372) 672 9070

CONCERT TRIP
(Allfilm) Budget: Euros 1.3m. Genre: comedy.Synopsis: An ex-music-hall star makes a living as a rickshaw driver in thecentre of Leipzig, Germany. Prod: Artur Talvik. Dir: Peeter Simm. DoP: ReinKotov.
Contact: Artur Talvik , Allfilm, (372) 5021 989

ONE MORE CROISSANT
(Amrion) Budget: Euros 1.9m. Genre: drama.Synopsis: Even hopeless love can turn your life around. This is a story about alonely provincial woman who rediscovers the meaning of life when starting herlife in the city and falling hopelessly in love. Prod: Riina Sildos. Dir:Peeter Simm. Scr: Ilmar Raag.
Contact: Riina Sildos, Amrion, (372) 504 89 85

MISTER GEORG
(AS Exitfilm) Budget: Euros 1.8m. Genre: musicaldramedy. Synopsis: In the winter of 1957, a rehearsal of I. Kalman's "Bayadere"at the Estonian Opera comes to an abrupt end when Georg, the soloist, is takento Leningrad where he is offered the leading role in a film entitled "Mister X"that is planned to be a cultural super hit in post-Stalinist Russia. Prod: PeeterUrbla.
Contact: Peeter Urbla, AS Exitfilm, (372) 661 1005

SHIPWRECK RUDY
(Allfilm) Budget: Euros 700 000. Backers:Estonian Film Foundation and Estonian Cultural Endowment, MEDIA Plus (slate).Genre: comedy for children. Synopsis: Rudy (7), a devoted Viking fan, liveswith his single mother Karmen in a coastal fisherman's village. One day anexact scale model of an ancient Viking ship makes a pleasure trip nearby, butunfortunately only fathers with sons are allowed on board. Sailors tell Rudy toreturn next time, but where could he possible find a father so quickly'. Prod:Piret Tibbo-Hudgins. Dir: Katrin Laur.
Contact: Piret Tibbo-Hudgins, Allfilm, (372) 672 9070

INPRODUCTION

LOTTE FROM GADGETVILLE(LEIUTAJATEKULA LOTTE)
(Eesti Joonisfilm) Budget: Euros 1.86m. Genre:family comedy, animation. Synopsis: Somewhere in Europe by a great sea stands asmall village, where the construction of all manner of gadgets useful in thehome is held in great esteem. Prods: Riina Sildos, Kalev Tamm, Vilnis Kalnaellis.Dir: Janno Poldma, Heiki Ernits. Scr: Janno Poldma, Heiki Ernits, AndrusKivirahk.
Contact: Riina Sildos, Eesti, (372) 67 74228

POST-PRODUCTION

MALEV
Budget: Euros 83 000. Genre: comedy. Synopsis:What did actually happen when crusaders conquered Estonia in 13th century'No-budget historical parody is made by O Fraktsioon, a group of friends andMonty Python lovers who were among the first to start making B-films inEstonia. Prod: Anneli Ahven. Co-prods: Erik Moora, Tonis Leht. Dir: KaarenKaer. Scr: O Fraktsioon. DoP: Andrus Prikk Prod. Des.: Lene Vorno, MargeMartin. Main cast: Ott Sepp, Uku Uusberg, Raivo E. Tamm.
Contact: Karlo Funk, karlo@efsa.ee

MAT THE CAT (ROOVLIRAHNU MARTIN)
(Parunid & von'id) Budget: Euros 496 215.Genre: feature film/children film. Synopsis: Martin is 10 years old and liveswith his single mother. After moving to the countryside, he runs into troubleat school. Prod: Manfred Vainokivi. Co-prods: Kris Taska, Riina Sildos. Dir:Rene Vilbre. Script: Mihkel Ulman. DoP: Manfred Vainokivi. Main cast:MadisOllikainen.
Contact: Manfred Vainokivi, Parunid & von'id, (372) 642 6228

SHOP OF DREAMS (STIILIPIDU)
(AS Exitfilm) Budget: Euros 600 000. Genre:dramedy. Synopsis: Arriving home in Tallinn after a holiday in Portugal ,Alice, a 25-year-old costume designer, finds the TV studio she worked for hasgone bankrupt. She and her two friends start a new company, which can providepeople with everything they need to make their own dreams come true. Prod:Anneli Ahven. Dir: Peeter Urbla. Scr: Valentin Kuik, Mo Blackwood. Main cast:Maarja Jakobson, Anne Reemann, Evelin Pang.DoP: Mait Maekivi.
Contact: Anneli Ahven, AS Exitfilm, (372) 661 1005

LATVIA

PRE-PRODUCTION

BASTARD
(Studio F.O.R.M.A.) Budget: Euros 2.8m. Genre:drama. Synopsis: Cheap labourers wander around Europe after WWII. Many areex-soldiers and many of them have lost everything. Arturs is one of them.Prods: Gatis Upmalis, Bruno Ascuks. Dir: Varis Brasla. DoP: Gvido Skulte.
Contact: Studio F.O.R.M.A. (371) 7287 300

GULFSTREAM UNDER THE ICEBERG
(Nida Filma) Budget: Euros 1.25m. Genre:romantic drama. Synopsis: The myth about Lilith represents the eternal drama ofthe relations between Man and Mother Nature, insatiable in her desire to createand destroy. Prod: Yevgeny Pashkevich, Kristians Luhaers. Dir: YevgenyPashkevich. DoP: Gints Berzins.
Contact: Yevgeny Pashkevich, Nida Film (371)7321213

DEFENDERS OF RIGA (RIGAS SARGI)
(Platforma Filma) Budget: $3.5m Backers: MEDIAPlus Programme of the EC, State Culture Capital Foudation of Latvia, Riga CityCouncil. Dist: Teleinvest (Russia). Genre/synopsis: Historical drama. Filmchronicles an important page in Latvian history - Riga's citizens and soldiersdefeating 50,000 German troops which had amassed on the river bank oppositeRiga in October of 1919 - one year after the end of hostilities of the 'war toend all wars'. Exec prod: Sergejs Berdicevskis. Prod: Andreijs Ekis. Dir:Aigars Grauba. Scr: Andris Kolbergs. DoP: Vladimir Bashta. Ed: Aigars Bisofs.Cos des: Sandra Sila. Hair/make-up: Emilija Eglite. Main cast: Janis Reinis,Elita Klavina, Andris Keiss, Artur Skrastins, Normunds Laizans.
Contact: Sarma Gaide, Platforma Filma, (371) 957 60 70 sarma@platformafilma.lv

MONA
(Film Studio Devini) Genre: thriller. Synopsis:In a no-name small town over one week inner passions and desires will berevealed. A doomed love triangle works its way to a violent confrontation.Prods: Janis Juhnevics, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Niels Bald. Dir: Inara Kolmane.Scr: Arvis Kolmanis. DoP: Uldis Jancis.
Contact: Janis Juhnevics, Devini, (7) 371 7210398

POST-PRODUCTION

YOU ARE SO SEXY WHEN YOU ARE SO SAD
(Kaupo Filma) Budget: Euros 450 000. Genre:drama. Synopsis: A motley kaleidoscope of events in the modern city of Riga.Seven protagonists, each with a separate tale of contemporary addictions, allseemingly united by a selfish obsession with feelings. Prod: Guntis Trekteris.Dir: Arvids Krievs. DoP: Davis Simanis.
Contact: Guntis Trekteris, Kaupo Filma, (371) 7291720

LITHUANIANA

POST-PRODUCTION

GHETTO (GETAS)
(Film Studio Seansas/Big Mother Pictures; Dragon Cine, New TransitEntertainment (Germany) Synopsis: the film is based on real events that tookplace in the Jewish Ghetto of Vilnius under Nazi Occupation in the years1942-1943. Co-prods: Audrius Juzenas, Gintautas dailydaDir: AudriusJuzenas.Scr: Joshua Sobol. Main cast: Sebastian Hulk, Heino Ferch, JorkLamprecht, Erica Moraszan.
Contact: Audrius Juzenas (370) 699 648 08

SEVEN INVISIBLE MEN (SEPTYNINEMATOMI ZMONES)
(KINEMA) Dist: Kinema Studio. Genre/synopsis: road movie. The characters of thefilm are hostile to society, each in his own way, so they travel to Lithuania,via Poland, to the Southern parts of the former Soviet Union. Prod/dir/scr: SarunasBartas Main cast: Sarunas Bartas, Viktorija Kuodyte, Alexander Bashirov, AxelNeumann.
Contact: Sarunas Bartas, Uljana Kim (370) 699 265 52

YOU AM I (AS ESI TU)
Dist: Studio Uljana Kim. Dir: Kristijonas Vildziunas. Genre/synopsis: acontemporary fairy tale about the visionary architect who builds a futuristictree house in a gloomy forest.
Contact: Uljana Kim, Studio Uljana Kim (370) 5234 70 60