Exclusive: Fedor Bondarchuk and Dmitry Rudovsky have revealed their production slate in Cannes.
Fedor Bondarchuk [pictured] and Dmitry Rudovsky’s Art Pictures Studios, the Russian outfit behind the epic war movie Stalingrad, has announced details of its new slate.
Art Pictures’ new flagship project is sci-fi epic Attraction, which is in production and due to be released in IMAX theatres next year. During the market, the film has been sold to China.
The company also has a host of other new projects: Pavel Lungin’s psychological thriller Queen Of Spades; 3D animation Kikoriki: Legend Of The Golden Dragon; and comedies Anyone But Them, When Your Dog Is Your Matchmaker and Love On The Roof.
Attraction, which Bomdarchuk is directing, centres aliens descending on Moscow and the impact on civilization. The cast includes Oleg Menshikov and Alexander Petrov.
Further news of the films will be given at a Roskino new projects showcase in Cannes, which runs through...
Fedor Bondarchuk [pictured] and Dmitry Rudovsky’s Art Pictures Studios, the Russian outfit behind the epic war movie Stalingrad, has announced details of its new slate.
Art Pictures’ new flagship project is sci-fi epic Attraction, which is in production and due to be released in IMAX theatres next year. During the market, the film has been sold to China.
The company also has a host of other new projects: Pavel Lungin’s psychological thriller Queen Of Spades; 3D animation Kikoriki: Legend Of The Golden Dragon; and comedies Anyone But Them, When Your Dog Is Your Matchmaker and Love On The Roof.
Attraction, which Bomdarchuk is directing, centres aliens descending on Moscow and the impact on civilization. The cast includes Oleg Menshikov and Alexander Petrov.
Further news of the films will be given at a Roskino new projects showcase in Cannes, which runs through...
- 5/17/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Moscow -- Russian World Studios (Rws), a major film producer and studio company, prepares to introduce the first-look scheme to the Russian market.
"This scheme of relations with subcontractors will help to bring down the costs of production and to raise the subcontractor's motivation for the production of quality product", Yuri Sapronov, Rws' general director, told The Hollywood Reporter.
So far, first-look deals have not been used in the Russian film industry, being considered a purely Western arrangement. So, this kind of deals is not covered by the country's legislation, and will have to be brought in line with Russian law, which could take a few months. "Currently, the [first look] scheme is being adapted to comply with the Russian legislation and may begin to work before the end of this year," Sapronov said.
"This scheme of relations with subcontractors will help to bring down the costs of production and to raise the subcontractor's motivation for the production of quality product", Yuri Sapronov, Rws' general director, told The Hollywood Reporter.
So far, first-look deals have not been used in the Russian film industry, being considered a purely Western arrangement. So, this kind of deals is not covered by the country's legislation, and will have to be brought in line with Russian law, which could take a few months. "Currently, the [first look] scheme is being adapted to comply with the Russian legislation and may begin to work before the end of this year," Sapronov said.
- 7/30/2010
- by By Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Moscow -- Russia's newly formed state-run film industry support fund is to introduce a completion bond scheme to the Russian film industry in a bid to make the industry more attractive for local and foreign producers.
Sergei Tolstikov, the fund's executive director, told The Hollywood Reporter that a separate company providing completion bonds could be formed by a decision of the fund's board of trustees, and the company's operation would be based on the same model as that of similar companies in the world's developed film markets, charging a certain percentage of the investment.
While the details of the completion bonds scheme are still being worked out, the fund has signed an agreement with one of the country's major studio and production companies, Russian World Studios (Rws), to make it a partner in the scheme.
"We're looking at all the options," Rws CEO Yuri Sapronov told THR. "Rws wants to...
Sergei Tolstikov, the fund's executive director, told The Hollywood Reporter that a separate company providing completion bonds could be formed by a decision of the fund's board of trustees, and the company's operation would be based on the same model as that of similar companies in the world's developed film markets, charging a certain percentage of the investment.
While the details of the completion bonds scheme are still being worked out, the fund has signed an agreement with one of the country's major studio and production companies, Russian World Studios (Rws), to make it a partner in the scheme.
"We're looking at all the options," Rws CEO Yuri Sapronov told THR. "Rws wants to...
- 6/28/2010
- by By Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Moscow -- One of Russia's oldest studio complexes, the state-owned Lenfilm, based in St Petersburg, is to get a new lease on life as a result of a "public/private partnership" between the government and Afk Sistema, the owner of the Russian World Studios (Rws).
Lenfilm's general director Vyacheslav Telnov told The Hollywood Reporter that he has positive expectations about the partnership. "If we are offered investment, we certainly welcome it," he said. "The studio complex is in poor state, and the situation can't be changed without pumping in cash."
According to Telnov, the first stage of the studio complex renovation is likely to require an investment of between $10 million - $15 million.
Earlier, privatization plans for Lenfilm were explored, but it was decided that it should remain state-owned and also retain its brand name, known since Soviet times.
Meanwhile, the exact details of the public/private partnership are still being worked out.
Lenfilm's general director Vyacheslav Telnov told The Hollywood Reporter that he has positive expectations about the partnership. "If we are offered investment, we certainly welcome it," he said. "The studio complex is in poor state, and the situation can't be changed without pumping in cash."
According to Telnov, the first stage of the studio complex renovation is likely to require an investment of between $10 million - $15 million.
Earlier, privatization plans for Lenfilm were explored, but it was decided that it should remain state-owned and also retain its brand name, known since Soviet times.
Meanwhile, the exact details of the public/private partnership are still being worked out.
- 5/13/2010
- by By Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Moscow -- Eight Russian film companies are to share 2 billion roubles ($68 million) in state support under the new system that comes into force this year.
On Friday, Sergei Tolstikov, executive director of the fund for social and economic support for the local film industry, a recently formed agency to administer a lion's share for the government's cash for the film sector, announced companies that will collect state money this year.
Nikita Mikhalkov's TriTe, Fyodor Bondarchuk's Art Pictures, Timur Bekmambetov's Bazelevs, the film arm of the country's largest TV station Channel One, Direktsiya Kino, as well as Stv, Profit, Central Partnership and Rekun are to receive 250 million roubles ($8.5 million) each. The selection was based on assessment by the independent research group Movie Research.
"The main criteria was a company's long established record for producing films popular with mass audiences and appreciated by the professional film community," Movie Research's...
On Friday, Sergei Tolstikov, executive director of the fund for social and economic support for the local film industry, a recently formed agency to administer a lion's share for the government's cash for the film sector, announced companies that will collect state money this year.
Nikita Mikhalkov's TriTe, Fyodor Bondarchuk's Art Pictures, Timur Bekmambetov's Bazelevs, the film arm of the country's largest TV station Channel One, Direktsiya Kino, as well as Stv, Profit, Central Partnership and Rekun are to receive 250 million roubles ($8.5 million) each. The selection was based on assessment by the independent research group Movie Research.
"The main criteria was a company's long established record for producing films popular with mass audiences and appreciated by the professional film community," Movie Research's...
- 3/22/2010
- by By Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Moscow -- The Russian government has approved a new scheme of state funding for the film industry in 2010 after months of squabbling.
Under the recently adopted scheme, the lion's share of state cash, 2.86 billion roubles ($94 million), is to be administered by the newly formed federal film fund to be spent on "commercial" movies.
The culture ministry is to administer 1.6 billion roubles ($52.6) earmarked for "non-commercial" films, including animation, documentaries and debut features.
The film fund is to distribute cash between the country's leading film production companies and, unlike under the previous system, part of it will have to be paid back. Currently, the specifics of the new system are being ironed out.
Alexei Sokhnev, a spokesman for the culture ministry, told THR that it might take a few months for the film fund to begin operation, while the ministry is to begin providing financial support this coming spring.
"What particular companies...
Under the recently adopted scheme, the lion's share of state cash, 2.86 billion roubles ($94 million), is to be administered by the newly formed federal film fund to be spent on "commercial" movies.
The culture ministry is to administer 1.6 billion roubles ($52.6) earmarked for "non-commercial" films, including animation, documentaries and debut features.
The film fund is to distribute cash between the country's leading film production companies and, unlike under the previous system, part of it will have to be paid back. Currently, the specifics of the new system are being ironed out.
Alexei Sokhnev, a spokesman for the culture ministry, told THR that it might take a few months for the film fund to begin operation, while the ministry is to begin providing financial support this coming spring.
"What particular companies...
- 1/28/2010
- by By Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Moscow -- A $20 million scheme for financing local film projects, launched by major Russian producer and studio operator Russian World Studios (Rws), has yet to get off the ground due to copyright and debt issues, as well as unclear commercial prospects of most of the applications.
Rws announced the program earlier this year -- at a time when government support for the film industry is uncertain and private investors have virtually abandoned it -- encouraging producers whose projects were suspended, as well as those with new projects, to apply for funding.
"We have considered more than 70 projects at different production stages," Yuri Sapronov, Rws' CEO, told THR, adding that the company decided to release funding only for two features so far -- both of them being new projects rather than those lacking cash for completion.
"When launching the program, we expected that there would be many projects already in production or even halfway through completion,...
Rws announced the program earlier this year -- at a time when government support for the film industry is uncertain and private investors have virtually abandoned it -- encouraging producers whose projects were suspended, as well as those with new projects, to apply for funding.
"We have considered more than 70 projects at different production stages," Yuri Sapronov, Rws' CEO, told THR, adding that the company decided to release funding only for two features so far -- both of them being new projects rather than those lacking cash for completion.
"When launching the program, we expected that there would be many projects already in production or even halfway through completion,...
- 8/20/2009
- by By Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Moscow – The Russian government has prepared a development program for state-run studio facilities, under which studio complexes will be consolidated and private investors will be brought in.
Under the program, Moscow’s Gorky Studio will obtain control of smaller Kazan Studios in the Volga region and North Caucasus Studios. St. Petersburg’s Lenfilm will take over the St. Petersburg Documentary Studios, while privately-run Russian World Studios, whose main studio assets are also located in St. Petersburg, will be brought in as an investor in Lenfilm to form a “state/private partnership.”
“We are interested in this project,” Stanislav Yershov, Gorky Studio’s general director, told The Hollywood Reporter. “We receive a lot of requests for postproduction services from other cities and having assets in the country’s regions would give us more business opportunities.” According to Yershov, it would take about six months for the program to go ahead.
“A...
Under the program, Moscow’s Gorky Studio will obtain control of smaller Kazan Studios in the Volga region and North Caucasus Studios. St. Petersburg’s Lenfilm will take over the St. Petersburg Documentary Studios, while privately-run Russian World Studios, whose main studio assets are also located in St. Petersburg, will be brought in as an investor in Lenfilm to form a “state/private partnership.”
“We are interested in this project,” Stanislav Yershov, Gorky Studio’s general director, told The Hollywood Reporter. “We receive a lot of requests for postproduction services from other cities and having assets in the country’s regions would give us more business opportunities.” According to Yershov, it would take about six months for the program to go ahead.
“A...
- 5/9/2009
- by By Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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