Kirill Galetski
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Tornatore's The Unknown wins best director in Moscow
Tornatore's next film will have even more of a connection to the former Soviet Union - he is planning a historical epic that depicts the siege of Leningrad by the German army in World War II, a subject that was also one Sergio Leone's pet projects before he died.
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Moscow to host Emir Kusturica for opening night film Promise Me This
Kusturica will travel to Moscow for the opening night as well as a retrospective of his early work.
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Moscow gives top prize to Sweden's About Sara
The 28th Moscow International Film Festival (June 23-July 2) wrapped onSunday with the festival awards ceremony and Pedro Almodovar'sVolver as the closing night film. Despite thefestival's new hub this year being relocated to the Soviet-era Oktyabr Cinema multiplex, complete with a 1500-seatpremiere hall, organisers chose to hold opening and closing ...
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Swede's first feature wins top prize at Moscow Film Festival
The 28th Moscow International Film Festival recovered from the debacle of Michael Haneke's eleventh-hour refusal to chair the main jury, finishing with a surprise best picture winner.The jury, including Julie Christie, Canadian actor Remy Girard and French film critic and producer Pierre-Henri Deleau, chose cult Polish filmmaker and existing ...
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Haneke withdraws from jury duty in Moscow
Austrian director Michael Haneke has refused to head the main jury in the MoscowInternational Film Festival (June 23-July 2), the festival's general director Renat Davletyarov announced atthe first festival press conference on Wednesday.
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Plans for a new St Petersburg Film Festival move ahead
The first St.Petersburg International Film Festival is slated for 18 - 31 July. The festivalis the brainchild of businessman Mark Rudinstein,head of Kinomark, a Moscow-based company thatcurrently runs Russia's Golden Ram Awards and the specialised Faces of Love andKinotavrik film festivals.
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Company 9 wins best film at 19th Nika Awards in Russia
The 19th annual Nika Awards ceremony took place in Moscow on Friday, March17. This year's awards yielded no realsurprises. Alexei Uchitel's character study Dreaming Of Space,Alexei Guerman, Jr.'shistorical drama Garpastumand Fyodor Bondarchuk's Afghan war epic and Company 9 managed to win multipleawards.
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Day Watch breaks Russian box office record
Day Watch, the firstsequel to Russian horror fantasy thriller NightWatch, has followed its predecessor and broken box office records in Russia and theCentral Independent States (CIS) in record time.
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Box office takings remain buoyant in Russia
The last week in Novemberended the fiscal year in the Russian and the Central Independent States (CIS)market, which experienced exponential growth in recent years and seems to bestabilising as key cities become saturated.
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Russian indie reveals ambitious plans after takeover
Russia's biggestindependent film company Central Partnership is promising an ambitious production programme and new studio facilities after itstakeover by Prof-Media, a subsidiary of industrial giant Interros.
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Moscow festival unveils competition line-up
The Moscow International Film Festival (June 17 - 26) hasunveiled its full competition programme, which includes features such as Thomas Vinterberg's Dear Wendy and Greek hit Brides.
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St Petersburg to launch new international film festival
Former Kinotavr festival director MarkRudinstein is planning to launch a new international film festival in St.Petersburg, Russia, to be held in July 18 - 31, 2006.
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Exhibition boom fuels Russian box office
Box office receipts in Russia and theCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are growing impressively, according tolatest figures.The winter release season (from 26 November 2004to 27 February 2005) saw a total gross of $78.5m, 42.2% higher for the periodyear-on-year, according to Russian Film Business Today.Observers say the growth is a result ...