Co-production guide

RUSSIA. CO-PRODUCTION GUIDE 2011

Dear friends!

Signi cant results and changes have been achieved by the Russian lm industry recently. 2010 has become an important and meaningful point for the Russian lm industry. For the rst time in the last ten years, box of ce receipts in Russia have exceeded $ 1 billion.

With the appearance of the Federal Fund for Social and Economic Support to National Cinematography, essential changes have occurred in the system of state support to na-tional lms, and new opportunities and tools for nancing national cinematography have appeared.

At the beginning of 2011, the International Department of the Russian Cinema Fund started its activity. One of the International Department�s main directions is the develop-ment of international cooperation in the sphere of cinematography, and co-production between Russia and foreign countries. We are con dent that a number of initiatives in the sphere of international cooperation with the participation of Russia, such as Russia�s entry into Eurimages, the agreement on lm co-production between the Russian Cinema Fund and Cinecitta Luce, and the creation of Russian-German and Russian-French Film Acad-emies, will promote not only the implementation of co-production projects, but also the successful integration of Russian cinematography into the international lm industry.

We hope that with the help of this catalogue you will be able to learn something more about the Russian lm industry and Russia�s state support system for cinema, and also about Russian producers and co-production projects, opening the door for new ways and possibilities of cooperation with Russia.

Yours sincerely,

Elena Romanova

Head of the International DepartmentRussian Cinema Fund

With a long and rich history, the 33rd Annual MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MIFF) is poised to again welcome over 2,000 journalists, more than 200,000 audience members, and hundreds of esteemed lmmakers, celebrities, and industry guests. In addition to presenting a high-caliber program of modern and retrospective lms, MIFF additionally hosts the Moscow Business Square, a collection of top-level players coming together to hold roundtable discussions, make project presentations, and meet one-on-one with the goal of industry advancement and collaboration. Legendary lmmakers have presented at MIFF throughout the years, including Francis Ford Coppola, Federico Fellini, Sergei M. Eisenstein, Soa Loren, Elisabeth Taylor, Anna Magnani, Gloria Swanson, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio de Sica,

Fred Zinnemann, Akira Kurosawa, Andrzej Wajda, and Miklós Jancsó. Other notable careers launched at MIFF include those of Atom Egoyan, Guillermo Del Toro, and Kaneto Shindo. Recent high-prole guests include Takeshi Kitano, Michael Mann, Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Claude Lelouch, Quentin Tarantino, Sean Penn, Joseph Fiennes, and Adrien Brody. Beyond the important networking connections to be made, MIFF offers a number of recognition opportunities. The Grand Jury will award statuettes of St. George for the Best Film, Special Jury Prize, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress. Category awards and other prestigious honors will be bestowed by the organizing committee. Outstanding Career Achievement in Acting honors have recently been presented to the likes of Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Jeanne Moreau, Oleg Yankovsky and Gérard Depardieu, as well as other cinema luminaries. A FIAPF-recognized Festival, Moscow International Film Festival aims to promote cultural exchanges and mutual understandings among nations and to develop further cooperation among lmmakers of the world. This year's event will include the Moscow Industry Showcase, an exposition with the participation of lm studios, lm service companies, administrations of Russian lm commissions providing services for Russian and international lm projects, and other important lm industry representatives from the region and throughout the world. Taking place in Moscow, near the historic Red Square and Kremlin, there are many sites of interest for attending lmmakers and guests to enjoy.

33rd Moscow Film Festival programs:COMPETITION

PERSPECTIVES COMPETITIONRUSSIAN TRACE

8 ½ FILMSFOCUS ON ITALY

ZERO GENERATION�S CHOICE. PART 2 MADE IN SPAIN

WERNER HERZOG. THE SEARCHERSAM PEKINPAH

FREE THOUGHT. DOCUMENTARY CINEMA PROGRAMSOCIALIST AVANT-GARDIZM. PART 4

MEDIA FORUM RUSSIAN FILM PROGRAM

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STATE SUPPORT SYSTEM 4

CO-PRODUCTION SYSTEM 10

CO-PRODUCTION PROJECTS LIST 19

RUSSIAN PRODUCERS OPENED FOR CO-PRODUCTION 26

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STATE SUPPORT SYSTEM

Year Ministry of Culture, mln RUR The Russian Cinema Fund, mln RUR Total, mln RUR

2006 2 359 - 2 359

2007 2 641 - 2 641

2008 2 740 - 2 740

2009 2 445 - 2 445

2010 1 592 2 860 4 451

2011 1 417 2 860 4 277

The Federal Program (The Ministry of Culture)

Except the Federal Program

TotalState support for culture, lm and media

Subsidies

The Ministry of Culture

The Russian Cinema Fund

Feature 380 786 874 117 835 129 321 000 000 2 860 000 000 3 679 622 003

Animation 136 234 070 118 105 871 77 000 000 - 331 339 941

Documentary 11 979 056 60 478 762 368 183 900 - 440 641 718

Total 529 000 000 296 419 762 766 183 900 2 860 000 000 4 451 603 662

Annual State Support for Film Production

Exchange rate: 1$=30,38; 1�=40,22

Support for lm production in 2010, mln RUR

Exchange rate: 1$=30,38; 1�=40,22

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S T A T E S U P P O R T S Y S T E M

Film production with state support State Financing, mln RUR

Feature lms (total) 105 78 101 78 69

1 658 1821 1 970 1 689 3 680full-length 103 66 89 66 63

lm almanacs 2 12 12 12 6

Documentary lms 483 555 612 326 439 415 493 430 413 441

Animation lms 65 137 160 151 136 285 325 319 342 331

Total number of lms:

629 770 873 555 644 2 359 2 641 2 740 2 445 4 452

State support for lm production in 2006-2010

Exchange rate: 1$=30,38; 1�=40,22Source: Ministry of Culture, Cinema Fund



Support Form The Ministry of Culture The Russian Cinema Fund

Film production

Feature lms ( lms for children and youth, debut, author�s, experimental lms and almanacs)Documentary lmsAnimation lms

Feature lms of leading lm production companies.Feature lms on socially signi cant subject.Full-length animation lms Co-production projects

Film distribution and exhibition

Feature lms ( lms for children and youth, debut, author�s, experimental lms and almanacs)Documentary lmsAnimation lms

Feature lms of leading lm production companies.Feature lms on socially signi cant subject.Full-length animation lms Co-production projects

Development of international relations in cinema

Participation of Russian Films at international lm festivals, exhibitions and lm markets.

Support of the events aimed at the international promotion of Russian lms and encouraging co-production with Russia.

Research anddevelopment of Film industry

Yes Yes

Centralized purchase of imported lm stock

Yes No

State support for Film by the Ministry of Culture and the Russian Cinema Fund



Public support for Russian Film is regulated by the Federal Law #126 dated August 22, 1996 On State Support of Cinematography in the Russian Federation, which stipulates two main nancing mechanisms: In accordance with the procedure of placing orders for supplies of goods, performance of work and rendering of services for public and munici-pal needs. Financing is carried out within the framework of the special program Culture of Russia (2006�2011)1 and under the article of expenditure State Support in the Domain of Culture, Cinematogra-phy and Mass Media.Distribution of nancing is carried out by means of open tenders. The tenders are held several times a year for several lots on a predetermined subject. For each lot, the starting price is set (maximum

price), which cannot be exceeded. This is the amount of maximum nancial support from the state. The main tender criteria are contract price and time of performance. A company that seeks state nancial support for its lm project can reduce the price and term of the contract at its own discretion. In accordance with the rules for provision of federal budget subsidies for the support of cinematography.The rules and the amount of public nancing of Russian Film as subsidies are annually approved by the Government of the Russian Federation. In 2011, the federal budget subsidies for Russian Film were allocated to the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Federal Fund for Social and Economic Support to National Cinema-tography (the Russian Cinema Fund).

1. Approved by the decree of the RF Government dated November 8, 2005 (No.740).

Recipient organisations: lm organizations that pro-duce and distribute National children�s and youth lms; debutes; author and experimental lms; almanacs; documentary, popular science and animation lms. Recipients organisations are chosen by expert councils. Selection of applications for the subsi-dies announces several times per year.In 2010, the projects of the following Russian directors were supported by subsidies from the Russian Ministry of Culture: Aleksandr Mindadze, Kirill Serebrennikov, Aleksey German Jr., Nikolai Khomeriki, Aleksey Fedorchenko and others.

In addition, state support was allocated to 4 co-production projects: Innocent Saturday ( . Mind-adze), 4 Days in May (A. Guskov, Achim von Borries), Gulfstream under the Iceberg (E. Pashkevich) and Under Electric Clouds (A. German Jr.).

Contacts:Film Department (The Ministry of Culture) Konstantin Gavrushin (International Of ce)E-mail: [email protected]

Ministry of Culture of the Russian FederationAmount of subsidies: 770,960,600 RUR.

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.mkrf.ru



Federal Fund for Social and Economic Support to National Cinematography (The Russian Cinema Fund)Amount of subsidies: 2,860,927,300 RUR.

Aim of activity: support in accordance with the procedures and terms set by the Russian Cinema Fund for production, distribution, exhibition and promotion of National full-length feature and animation lms of leading national lm produc-ers, socially important lms, and participation of National lms in lm festivals and lm markets.The supreme authority of the Russian Cinema Fund is the Board of Guardians. Its members are approved by the Russian Government. Pres-ently, the Chairman of the Board of Guardians is the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Aleksander Zhukov. Current activities are managed by the Russian Cinema

Fund�s Executive Director appointed by the Board of Guardians. The Russian Cinema Fund�s structure also includes the Expert Board, permanent con-sultative body consisting of 11 persons. It ensures comprehensive professional evaluation of lm projects about topical issues, artistic talents, value content, distribution potential and correspondence to audience expectations. Besides, there is the Consultative Council at the Russian Cinema Fund whose primary goals are working out the priority directions of the development of national cinema-tography, assistance to promote Russian cinema abroad, development of international relations in cinematography abroad and etc.

The leading companies of the national lm production industry were selected by the Russian Cinema Fund�s Board of Guardians. At the beginning of 2011, there were 8 leaders:

�CTB (producer: Sergei Selyanov).

�Direktsia Kino (producer: Anatoly Maksimov).

�Studio Trite (producers: Nikita Mikhalkov and Leonid Vereshagin).

�Central Partnership (producer: Sergey Dan-ielyan).

�Pro t (producer: Igor Tolstunov).

�Art Pictures (producers: Fedor Bondarchuk and Dmitry Rudovsky).

�Bazelevs (producer: Timur Bekmambetov).

�Rekun (producer: Ilya Neretin).

Contacts:Russian Cinema FundElena Romanova - Head of the International DepartmentE-mail: [email protected] www.fond-kino.ru


http://www.fond-kino.ru



The Russian Cinema Fund�s activity indicators in 2010

Number of supported lms State support, mln RUR

Film releases by yearsSupported lms by genres

CO-PRODUCTIONSYSTEMPublic support for co-production is carried out by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Cinema Fund. To obtain public support, Russian producer of the lm project should obtain the status of �National lm�. This status allows use of the privilege of exemption from VAT. The status of National lm can be granted to co-production lm projects with those countries which the Russian Federa-tion has signed international co-production agreements (Canada, Italy, Bulgaria and France) and the participating countries of the European Convention for Co-Production. The status of National lm can be granted as well to projects from other countries if they correspond to the following criteria:

For submission of documents for state support, the projects should not have the status of a National lm, but must meet the requirements for this status. The status can be granted after the decision has been made for project support. The status of National lm must be obtained before the project nancing starts.

� the lm�s producer is a Russian Federation citizen or a legal person duly registered in the Russian Federation;

�the majority of the lm authors are citizens of the Russian Federation;

�the lm crew (production directors, photography directors, cameramen, soundmen, artistic directors, costume designers, lm editors and leader actors) includes no more than 30 percent of people that do not have Russian Federation citizenship;

�the lm is shot in Russian or other languages of the people of the Russian Federation, exclud-ing cases when usage of a foreign language is an integral part of the artistic concept;

�not less than 50 percent of the total volume of work on lm production at estimated prices for lm production, distribution and exhibition is performed by cinematography organizations duly registered in the Russian Federation;

�foreign investment in lm production does not exceed 50 percent of the estimated cost of the lm.


C O - P R O D U C T I O N S Y S T E M

1. Open tenders of the Ministry of Culture of the RF for production of children�s and youth lms; debut, author and experimental lms; almanacs ; documentary, popular science lms and animations lms. Information on the open tenders is available in Russian on the state purchases website www.zakupki.gov.ru

2. Subsidies of the Ministry of Culture of the RF for production of children�s and youth lms; debut, author and experimental lms; almanacs; documentary; scienti c popular science lms and animations lms. Information on acceptance of applications for the subsidies is available in Russian on the website of the Ministry of Culture www.mkrf.ru

3. Subsidies of the Russian Cinema Fund for socially important feature lms and full-length animetion lms.Information on the procedure for subsidies allocation can be obtained by sending a request to the international department of the Cinema Fund at: [email protected]

4. Subsidies of the Russian Cinema Fund for feature lms of national production leaders.Information on the opportunities of obtaining subsidies can be received from the leading companies: CTB, Direktsia Kino, Studio Trite, Central Partnership, Pro t, Art Pictures, Bazelevs and Rekun). The list of the leaders can be complimented. It is available in Russian on the website of the Cinema Fund www.fond-kino.ru

5. The Cinema Fund subsidies for the imple-mentation of - co-production projects. Information on the procedure of obtaining subsidies continued on page

6. Support from Russian regionsProjects are supported within the framework of the project on creation of regional lm commissions in Russia and stipulates that shooting must be performed in the regions. Information on project support opportuni-ties from Russian regions can be obtained by sending a request to National Film Commis-sions at [email protected].

Sources of State Support

http://www.zakupki.gov.ru





Conditions and procedure of participation of the Russian Cinema Fund in lm co-production projects with foreign partnersThe Fund shall provide nancial support for production of full-length feature and animation national lms targeted at international theatrical release. Applications for funding are accepted from production companies registered in the territory of the Rus-sian Federation

1. Screenplay (in Russian and English) 2. Estimated budget of the lm.3. Preliminary plan of the lm nancing.4. Expert estimates of the project undertaken by

a sales company.5. Con rmation of participation in the project

from a European (international) party / parties in the format of a �Letter of intent� or �Deal memo�.

6. Availability of agreements with the company providing local distribution.

7. Availability of agreements regarding the inter-national distribution of the lm (desirable).

8. Compliance of the project with the criteria of a national lm.

9. Con rmation of preliminary agreements on casting.

10. Con rmation of the intention (if any) of European (international) funds to nance the project.

Procedure for submitting an applicationThe procedure for submitting applications is established in the Order of the Russian Cinema Fund No. 6 dated April 14, 2011.The following documents shall be mandatory for an application to be considered:



�The funds of the Cinema Fund shall be trans-ferred in three installments at the following stages of the lm production (pre- production, production, post�production) to the applicant�s address in accordance with the plan of funding and cash ow.

�The last installment shall be effected on the basis of the Auditor�s Opinion con rming the targeted nature and completeness of spending of the funds transferred by the Fund.

�A Russian producer shall invest in the project at least 30% of the Russian party�s participation in the project.

�The funds of the Fund shall be provided after all others.

�The project shall be completed within 12 months from the date of provision of the second tranche of the payment.

Supposed procedure for fundingIf a positive decision is taken in respect of a project funding, the Cinema Fund shall enter into an agree-ment on the lm production funding. In this case, the availability of a National Film Certi cate issued by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation shall be a mandatory condition for entering into the agreement. The terms of the agreement shall determine the following procedure of funding:

�Artistic value of the project.

�The commercial potential of the project in terms of forecasts of international sales and distribution.

�Understanding of the target audience by the producers.

�The creative team of the project (producer, director, operator, composer) shall be considered in terms of the work experience: previous success, work experience in relevant projects and achieve-ments (awards at festivals, successful release, etc.).

Project selection criteriaThe decision on the selection of projects shall be taken by the Expert Council consisting of Russian and international producers, a distributor and a marketing specialist. The following criteria shall be taken into consideration in selection of a project:




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CO-PRODUCTION EVENTS IN RUSSIAMOSCOW BUSINESS SQUARE

27-29, June 2011Moscow

«Moscow Business Square» is the international business platform of Moscow International Film Festival. «Moscow Business Square» will be aimed at developing the cooperation in the eld of lm production and distribution and will be providing the following activities: Moscow Co-production Forum, Moscow Business Square Screenings and

Moscow Industry Showcase. Moscow Co-produc-tion Forum will combine up to 18 projects from all over the world. The main focus of «Moscow Co-production Forum» in 2011 will be the lm industry of post-Soviet states - countries of the trans-Caucasian region, Central Asia, the Baltic, as well as Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova.

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PROJECT FOR TOMORROW

October 2011Moscow

Project For Tomorrow is the rst lm forum in Russia to showcase works-in-progress from Russia and Eastern Europe. Together with CentEast Film Market which is part of the Warsaw International Film Festival we select lms from Belarus, Bul-garia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Croatia. Selected trailers are presented in Warsaw and in Moscow

just a few days apart. Project For Tomorrow invites to Moscow prominent European distributors, sales agents, lm funds representatives and festival pro-grammers. PROJECT FOR TOMORROW is a unique opportunity for them to view recently completed lms and those still in production prior to their festival premieres or theatrical release.

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Indicators of co-production projects

Indicators 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total

Number of lms, including: 4 10 17 9 6 46

minor co-production 2 3 6 5 3 19

major co-production 2 7 11 4 3 27

State support, mln roubles 64 84 212 41 90 491

Exchange rate: 1$=30,38; 1�=40,22

Participation of foreign countries in co-production 2006-2010

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CO-PRODUCTION PROJECTS LIST 2011FEATURE PROJECTS:I�M GOING TO CHANGE MY NAME (ARMENIA, RUSSIA, DEN-MARCK, GERMANY)

Genre: dramaDirector: Maria SaakyanProducer: Victoria Lupik, Gevorg Nersisyan, Gevorg Gevorgyan, Anders Skotlander, Helge Albers, Konstantin Na kovProduction company: Anniko FilmsPartners/Financiers: Paradise Group, Armenian National Film Cen-tre, Oscar Film, Flying Moon, TAU Pictures.Supported by: Göteborg Film Fund, Berlinale Word Cinema Fund, Danish Film Institute Language: Russian/Armenian Budget (EUR): 450 000 EUROCo-production markets the project already participated: So a Film Meeting 2008, B2B 2008, DAB 2008, Torino Film Lab Development Programm 2009, Finalist Sundance/NHK Award 2010

BAIKONUR (GERMANY, RUSSIA)

Genre: romantic comedyDirector: Veit HelmerProducer: Veit HelmerCo-producers: Gulnara Sarsenova, Anna Katchko, Sergey SelyanovProduction company: Veit Helmer-Filmproduktion (Germany), Tandem Production(Russia), Eurasia lm(Kazakhstan), CTB Film Company(Russia)Partners/Financiers: FFA, BKM, DFFF, MBB, MFG, RBB, ARTE, BR, Russian Cinema FundLanguage: Russian, Kazakh, EnglishBudget (EUR): 1 800 000 EURO

DAY AND NIGHT (ITALY, RUSSIA)

Genre: comedyDirector: Matteo PellegriniProducer: Yury Krestinskiy, Benedetto Habib, Fabrizio Donvito, Marco Cohen, Lorenzo GangarossaProduction company: Indiana ProductionPartners/Financiers: Trikita, Italian Mibac, Lumiq Studios, Private Investors, ExtrabancaLanguages: Italian, RussianBudget(EUR): 2.200.000


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ELEMENTARY LOVE(RUSSIA, ITALY)

Genre: comedyDirector: Sergio BassoProducer: Uliana Kovaleva, Elisabetta BruscoliniProduction company: ZORI FILM, CSC ProductionFinancial support: CSC Production, ZORI FILM, SHARONCINEMA,CINECITTALanguage(s): italian, russianBudget (EUR): 1.800.000

FIEVRE(FRANCE, CANNADA, RUSSIA)

Genre: DramaDirector: Philippe Grandrieux Producer: Catherine Jackues, Nicolas Comeau, Daniel GoroshkoProduction company: Mandrake Films, 1976 Productions, A-one lms Language: French, RussianBudget (EUR): 2 000 000

FOUR DAYS IN MAY (GERMANY, RUSSIA)

Genre: DramaDirector: Achim von Borries Producer: Stefan ArndtCo-Producers: Aleksei Guskov, Oleg StepanenkoProduction company: X Filme Creative PoolPartners/Financiers: ZAO Studio F.A.F., LCC Aurora Production and HR, ARTE and NDRLanguages: German, Russian

IN THE FOG (RUSSIA, GERMANY, NEDER-LANDS, FRANCE)

Genre: DramaDirector: Sergei LoznitsaProducer: Julia MishkineneProduction company: Salvador D groupPartners/Financiers: MaJaDe, Lemming lm bv, APRLanguage: RussianBudget (EUR): 1 800 000Co-production markets the project already participated: BALTIC EVENT 2010, CINEMART 2011

GOD LOVES CAVIAR(GREECE, RUSSIA)

Director: Iannis SmaragdisProducer: Eleni Smaragdis, Fedor PopovProduction company: Alexandros Film Co. Ltd, «Stella» Creative StudioPartners/Financiers: Budget (EUR): 8 000 000



GRADUATING YEAR(LATVIA, RUSSIA)

Genre: Social DramaDirector: Andris GaujaProducer: Dace Siatkovska, Natalia IvanovaProduction company: Fenix Film, Producer center Horosho productionLanguage: Russian, Latvian, EnglishBudget (EUR): 500 000

GULFSTEAM UNDER THE ICEBERG (LATVIA, RUSSIA)

Genre: Philosophical parableDirector: Evgeny PaskevichProducer: Evgeny Pashkevich, Natalia IvanovaProduction company: SIA NIDA FILMA, Producer Center �Horosho Production� Co. Ltd.Partners/Financiers: National Film Fund (Latvia), The Ministry of Culture (Russia)Language: RussianBudget (EUR): 1 240 000,00Co-production markets the project already participated: CentEast Moscow � Project for Tomorrow 2011

KAMAZ(RUSSIA, UAE, SYRIA, USA)

Genre: Road movieDirector: Sergey BodrovProducer: Denis Filyuko, Abdula Issa Production company: Major Film, Hot Spot Films, Art-Film, New Wave EntertainmentFinancial support: The Republic of TatarstanPartners/Financiers: New Wave Entertainment (USA)Languages: Russian, English, ArabianBudget (USD): 10 000 000

KHARMS (RUSSIA, CZECH REPUBLIC)

Genre: Comedy, DramaDirector: Ivan BolotnikovProducer: Andrey Sigle, Jan MacolaProduction company: Proline- lm, Barrandov studios Partners/Financiers: Hubert Bals Fund , NetherlandsLanguage: RussianBudget (EUR): 2 000 000 Co-production markets the project already participated: Moscow Co-Production Forum 2010



LAST NOVEMBER (GERMANY, RUSSIA, LITHU-ANIA)

Genre: historical dramaDirector: Benjamin QuabeckProducer: Natalia Drozd, Skady Lis, Rasa Miskenyte, Sergey SelyanovProduction company: Amsel lm Productions / Getaway PicturesPartners/Financiers: Era Film, CTB Film CompanyLanguage: German / Russian / LithuanianBudget (EUR): 4 000 000 EUROCo-production markets the project already participated: Moscow co-production forum 2010, Baltic Event 2010

MINE LAUNDRY(HUNGARY, FRANCE, RUSSIA)

Genre: DramaProduction company: T.T.Filmuhely, 13 Production, Too Much Pictures Film Company Director: Peter GotharProducer: Bela Tarr (Hungary), Paul Saaduan (France), Mary Nazari (Russia)Language(s): Hungarian/RussianBudget (EUR): 1 400 000

PRINCEDOMOF SOLDIERS OF SIBERIA(RUSSIA, FRANCE)

Genre: Historical DramaDirector: Benua SegjurProducer: Natalia Ivanova, Russia, Laurent MiniProduction company: Producer center Horosho production, La com-pagnie des Taxi-BroussePartners/Financiers: The governor of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous region Kultury Jamalo-NAO department, sponsors of the project: Dis-trict service JANAO Nadym, Open Society Gazpromdobycha NadymLanguage: Russian, FrenchBudget (EUR): 400 000

THE FIND (RUSSIA, FINLAND)

Genre: dramaDirector: Victor DementProducer: Dimitri KlepatskiProduction company: Klepatski ProductionLanguage: RussianBudget (EUR): 1 500 000Partners/Financiers: Matila Rohr ProductionsCo-production markets the project already participated: Moscow co-production forum 2010, Baltic Event 2010



THE GIRL AND DEATH(NETHERLANDS, RUSSIA, GERMANY)

Language(s): Dutch, Russian, GermanProduction company: Jos Stelling Films, TVINDIE Film Production, MaJaDe Director: Jos Stelling Financial support: Dutch Film Fund, BFD, AVRO, COBO FundProduction budget: 2,4 mln euro

THE WINTER QUEEN(Russia, USA, GREAT BRITAIN)

Genre: Action Adventure, DetectiveDirector: Fedor BondarchukProducers: Thomas Hedman, Dmitry RudovskiyProduction Company: Art Pictures Studio, Seven Arts Pictures, TPA FilmLanguage: English, RussianBudget (USD): 35 000 000

AMPHIBIAN MAN Genre: Adventure/dramaDirector: Yury MorozProducer: Yury Moroz, Yury KrestinskiyProduction company: MOROZFILMLanguage: Russian, English, FrenchBudget (EUR): 4 000 000

DAU (FRANCE, GERMANY, RUSSIA, SWEDEN)

Genre: DramaDirector: Ilya KhrjanovskyProducers: Lubov Duiko, Philippe Bober, Susanne Marian, Erik HemmendorffProduction Company: Essential Filmproduktion, Phenomen Films, Société Parisienne de Production, Plattform ProductionSupport: The Russian Ministry of CulturLanguages: Russian

STRIPED TRIP (RUSSIA, INDIA)

Genre: action, adventure, kids comedy.Director: Alexander Strizhenov. Producers: Grant Palagaev, Arun Rangachari (to be con rmed), Anna Krutova. Partners/ nanciers: Swift&CoMedia, DAR Capital Group (to be con rmed ).Language: russian, hindi, english. Budget (USD): 6 000 000



5 MINUTES OF FREEDOM (RUSSIA, POLAND)

Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Kirill SakharnovProducers: Yevgeni Gindilis, Ksenia Sakharnova, Dorota Roszkowska Language: Russian, PolandLength: 52/75 min.Co-production markets the project already participated: Dragon Forum 2010

LIFETIME IS NOT ENOUGH. SLAVIC FILM ODYSSEY 2012 (POLAND, RUSSIA)

Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Piotr KellarProducer: Piotr Kellar, Vlad KetkovichProduction company: Lifetime productions (PL), Ethnogeographic Research Foundation (RF)Partners/Financiers: Polish Film Institute (PL)Language: Polish, Russian, EnglishBudget (EUR): 213,000 EurosCo-production markets the project already participated: Ihlava IFF pitching 2010

MEN�S CHOICE (RUSSIA, NORWAY)

Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Elena DemidovaProducer: Vlad Ketkovich, Tomas EvjenProduction company: Ethnogeographic Research Foundation, News on RequestPartners/Financiers: Filmcamp (Norway), NRK (Norway), AKADO (Russia), Rise and Shine World Sales (Germany)Language: Russian, German, English, NorwegianBudget (EUR): 200,000 EurosCo-production markets the project already participated: Below Zero pitching (Tromso IFF, Norway - EDN) 2011

DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS:



ON THE WAY HOME (RUSSIA, GERMANY)

Genre: Documentary Road-movieFilm director & producer: Sergey KachkinComposer: Niklas FroeseConsulting for German lm nancing and production: Andra Maria MatresuProduction company: AprilLanguage: RussianBudget: 37 600 EuroCo-production markets the project already participated: Baltic Event & Black Market 2010

THE PIPELINE (RUSSIA, GERMANY)

Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Vitaly ManskyProducer: Vitaly Mansky, Simone BaumannProduction company: Vertov Studio, Saxonia Entertainment GmbHLanguage: Russian, GermanBudget (EUR): 300,000 Euros

WILD HONEY (RUSSIA, POLAND)

Genre: DocumentaryDirector: Sergey KrivosudovProducer: Vlad Ketkovich, Dorota RozkovskaProduction company: Ethnogeographic Research Foundation (RF), Arkana Studio (PL)Partners/Financiers: TVP Kultura (Pl), Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bashkortostan (RF)Language: Russian, English, PolishBudget (EUR): 130,000 EurosCo-production markets the project already participated: Krakow IFF 2010 pitching, DocLeipzig 2010 Coproduction Market


Bondarchuk FedorProducer, Art Director of Art Pictures Studio

Art Pictures StudioAddress: Moscow � Mos lmovskaya

Street, 1, suite 2, of ce 203Phone: +7 (495) 933 36 28E-mail: [email protected]: www.art-pictures.ru

Fedor Bondarchuk is not only the founder of Art Pictures Studio and a famous lm director, but he is also known for his acting, television hosting, and producing. As a producer Fedor Bondarchuk started his career in 2002 with releasing in collaboration with Slovo Studio such movies as MOV-ING, BLACK ICE and DIARY OF A KAMIKADZE, which were appreciated by viewers and lm critics. Since that time he has produced over a dozen of terri c projects that had great success and a great box-of ce history. Together with his partner Dmitry Rudovskiy Bondarchuk produced a light comedy THE HEAT, the First Russian Annual Horror Movie Awards 2010 winning thriller THE PHOBOS. He recently has produced a comedy TWO DAYS and a drama SOULLESS together with Central Partnership and Kinoslovo studios, respectively, and a comedy ODNOKLASSNIKI.RU. The upcom-ing detective movie THE WINTER QUEEN and a war-drama STALINGRAD will not only be produced, but also directed by Fedor Bondarchuk.

Deryabin Andrey G. Producer

The Hermitage Bridge Studio, Russian Co-Production BureauAddress: Saint-Petersburg, RussiaE-mail: [email protected] Mobile: + 7 921 961 7501

ACE producer � Hermitage Bridge Studio, which was founded with participation of the State Hermitage Museum in 1993. HBS is an independent media production company with its of ce in Saint-Petersburg, Russia (140 km to the EU border and 3 hours ight to London). We are producers with a passion for great storytellers, including major international feature lms & theatrical documentaries. Highlights in 2003 included the worldwide critical and box-of ce success Russian Ark by A.Sokurov, a unique journey through time and Russian history (Competition in Cannes 2002; winner IFC VISIONS AWARD Toronto 2002). 2000 cast members, 3 orchestras, 33 rooms, 300 years, ALL IN ONE TAKE. Pushing the boundaries of lmmaking, Russian Ark was the rst ever uncompressed HD movie, recorded onto a portable hard disk system, rather than 35mm or tape. De-scribed as ��one of the most important lms to emerge from Russia in the last 20 years�.2005 � EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) Program. 2006 � 2007 ACE 16 Session (Ateliers du Cinema Europeen)2008 � Collaboration with Egoli Tossel Film Halle GmbH in The Last Station project by M. Hoffman (2 Oscar nomination).

RUSSIAN PRODUCERSOPENED FOR CO-PRODUCTION


http://www.art-pictures.ru



R U S S I A N P R O D U C E R S O P E N E D F O R C O - P R O D U C T I O N

Drozd NataliaProducer

CTB Film CompanyAddress: 129272 Russia Moscow

Sutschevsky val 64 of. 318 CTB Film Company

Phone: +7 495 688 88 48E-mail: [email protected], [email protected],

[email protected]

Natalia Drozd has been working at CTB Film Company for 12 years. Since 2008 she is in charge of international coproduc-tions within CTB. 2010 Natalia has been awarded as the most promising young producer by Baltic Event. She is a member of EAVE workshop 2011. Natalia is also participat-ing at Cannes Producer�s Network this year. Selected lmography as a producer:� Last November by Benjamin Qabeck (in development), a Lithuanian � German-Russian coproduction� I won�t come back (in development)

Filyukov Denis Producer

�Major Film� Film CompanyCell: +7(925)5026348E-mail: lokystaff@m lm.ru

Denis is a director general and producer �Major Film� Film Company. The company was founded in 2005. A debut lm project � �Cinematorture�, entered the competition Short Film Conner of the Cannes Film Festival (2006) � the rst Russian lm for the last ve years. Since 2005 �Major Film� produced �Best documentary series of Russia� � �The secrets of forgotten victories� (Awarded by the �Gold Laurel� prize). Since 2007 the company has been cooperating with the Education Department of Moscow city. As a result of this collaboration � popular science newsreels �What, How and Why?�, �Studies about great events� based on a publicistic cy-cle of Yaroslav Golovanov. In 2007-2008 �Major Film� worked on co-production of a full-length Russian-Ukrainian feature lm �Blessed�, prize winner of the 41st festival �Worldfest� in Houston. In 2009 �Major Film� started the production of the historical thriller �Escape into the sky. Devyataev� about a group of Soviet army prisoners, who captured the German bomber Heinkel-111 and escaped on it from the island Usedom in February, 1945.






Gindilis YevgenyProducer

TVINDIE Film ProductionAddress: 9 bld 1, Pokrovka str.,

Moscow 101000 Russia.Tel: (+7495) 6230432 E-mail: [email protected]

Graduated from the Geography Department of Moscow State University in 1988, worked as an editor in the Museum of Cinema (1989-90). He studied in the United States, graduat-ing from New York University�s Department of Film History and Theory at the Tisch School in 1994. He has worked for television broadcast stations in the US and Russia. Since 1998 he worked as producer and head of international projects for NTV-Pro t. In 2004 he founded TVINDIE Film Production. Since 2009 he is the head of Project for Tomor-row/CentEast Moscow forum at the 2Morrow IFF.Member of the Producer�s Guild of Russia and the European Film Academy.Selected lmography2011 � GIRL AND DEATH, directed by Jos Stelling, co-production with Jos Stelling Films (Netherlands) ( in pre-production)2011 � FUGA MORTIS, directed by Kirill Mikhanovsky, co-production 2011 � DUBROVSKY, directed by Kirill Mikhanovsky2010 � GUY FROM MARS (�Parni s Marsa�), directed by Sergey Osipyan2010 � GROMOZEKA, directed by Vladimir Kott, TVINDIE and NTV, in production 2008 � THE FLY (�Mukha�), directed by Vladimir Kott, joint production by TVINDIE and NTV2007 � DUSKA, directed by Jos Stelling, an Eyeworks/Egmont and TVINDIE production2007 � ONE LOVE IN A MILLION (�Odna lyubov na million�), directed by Vladimir Shchegolkov, a TVINDIE production




Goroshko DanielProducer, distributor

A-One FilmsAddress: Razjezzhaya ulitsta, 4-12

191002 St. Petersburg, RussiaTel/fax: + 78125700978E-mail: contact@a-one lms.comSite: www.a-one lms.com

Daniel Goroshko have got a degree in international copy-right law after graduation in St. Petersburg State Univercity and Free Univercity Berlin. After years of doing legal and business affairs in the lm industry he decided together with his partners to set up a distribution company � a-one lms � which was was launched in the end of 2008 for the purpose of distributing award-winning art-house lms with strong commercial potential in Russia, with a special focus on lms from Spain and Latin America. Another goal was to produce high-quality European co-production projects and international lm events. The main criteria in selecting projects is quality. During 2 years a-one lms have released 25 top European and South American feature lms (of both newcomers and renowned directors) in theaters in CIS

Current project in production: FIEVRE by Philippe Gran-drieux. Co-Producers: Mandrake Films (France), 1976 Pro-ductions (Canada), a-one lms (Russia). Sales Agent: Films Boutique (Germany)



GUSKOV ALEKSEI Artist, producer

Site: www.alekseiguskov.com

People�s artist of the Russian Federation. State Prize Laure-ate of the Russian Federation Graduated from Moscow Art Theater studio school in 1983. Played in more than 40 lms. Over 30 performed roles in theater. Producer of feature, television, and animated lms. General producer of ZAO �STUDIO �F.A.F.�.

Brief creative biography (dramatic and producer activity):

Full-length feature lms:�The Concert�, screenplay and direction R. Mihaileanu, Pro-duction company : Les Productions du Trésor� France (2009)�He Who Puts Out the Light� direction A.Libenson, Produc-tion company : Non Stop Production (2008)�The Father, direction I.Solovov, Production : Studio �F.A.F.�, �Mentor Cinema�, RTR, in association with Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation (2007)�Hunting For Wapiti�, direction A.Karpykov, format 12 series. Production : Studio �F.A.F.�, �Pro-Cinema�, OAO �First Channel� (2006)�Ragin�, direction K.Serebrennikov, Studio �F.A.F.�, �Dor- lm� Austria, Government of Moscow, FFW Austria, in association with Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation (2005)�Dustman�, direction G.Shengelia, Production : Studio �F.A.F.�, in association with Ministry of Culture of the Russian Fed-eration (2002)�Taiga Affair�, direction A.Mitta, Production : Studio �F.A.F.�, OAO �First Channel�, in association with Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation (2001).

Animated lms:�Socks of Big City�, scenario writer and direction A.Ushakov, format 14 min., Production : Studio �F.A.F.� (2001)�A Magic Reed-Pipe�, direction M.Tumelya, format 52min., Production : Studio �F.A.F.�, in association with Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and North Ossetia (1998)�Know-Nothing Is On The Moon�, direction A.Lyutkevich, Y.Butyrin, A.Ignatenko, format: full-length lm 80 min. and 12 series of 14 min. each, Production :Studio �F.A.F.�, �Russian Gold� (1997)

http://www.alekseiguskov.com



Ivanova Natalia Producer

Horosho ProductionTel: +372-531-61-799Address: Zoologicheskaya str., 22,

Moscow, 123242, RussiaTel: +7 (499) 766-73-17 /18E-mail: [email protected]: www.horprod.ru

Member of the Russian Union of Cinematographers. Member of the Producers Guild of Russia. The producer Ivanova Natalia is the head of the Producer Center �Horosho Produc-tion�. Producer Center was founded in 2001. It specializes in the production of feature, documentary and TV lms. During these years was making 5 feature and 10 documentary lms, including: �One war� (it has received about 30 awards), �Gulf-stream Under The Iceberg� (Latvia � Russia), �Diary From The Burnt Ghetto� (Russia � Canada) and others. Together with the Ministry of Culture the company organizes some proj-ects: Film festivals of Russian cinema in Limoges (France), in Cagliari (Italy) and others.

Kachkin Sergey Producer, lm director

Independent lm studio April FilmLabRussia,Perm: +7 342 277 9266Moscow: +7 906 700 8226E-mail: [email protected]

Sergey is a Russian lm director was educated in Moscow in Higher School of Journalism, Documentary Film School. Since 2006 he produced several documentaries as a pro-ducer, lm director and a DoP. Some lms were shown and awarded both in homeland and abroad. Two lms of him were shown in USA in 2007-08 as a part of �Cultural Lead-ers Program, Filmmakers�. From the beginning he has been strongly directed at the international career in a lm indus-try. In 2008 taking part in Aristoteles Workshop supported by Arte. He spent a month in a Romanian village lming gypsies as the DoP. In 2010 took a EEFA grant to develop and nish his next feature-length documentary �On the way home�. This lm tells a story about a long-distance trucker, his home wife and her beloved pet. His next documentary �Perm-36, a territory of freedom� is about political repres-sions in Soviet times.


http://www.horprod.ru




Katchko Anna Producer

Tandem ProductionAddress: 105082, Moscow, Malaya

Pochtovaya st. 12, build.1Phone: +7 909 165 8236E-mail: [email protected]

Born in Moscow, Russia, Anna lived, studied and worked in Germany, France, US and Sweden since the age of 12. In 2007, as an already experienced TV and documentary producer, Anna founded a lm production company Tandem Production based in Moscow, Russia with a main goal to copro-duce internationally. Anna�s recent producer�s credits include: Russian-American drama Perestroika (2009), a Russian-Swedish action lm Newsmakers (2009), a German-Russian-Kazakh co-production Baikonur (2010). Currently Anna is in production of a large-scale historical drama from Kazakhstan Myn Bala and in development of a Swiss-French-Russian co-production Lefort.Anna is the Artistic Director of Moscow Business Square, the yearly Co-production Platform at the Moscow International Film Festival. She is also a Programming director of a Dialogue of Cultures International Film Festival. Anna speaks uent Ger-man, English, French and Russian.

Ketkovich VladProducer

Ethnogeographic Research FoundationAddress: Moscow, 119421,

str. Novatorov, 36/3 � 171, Russia

Tel/fax: +7 495 735 9568Mobile: +7 916 674 0654Site: www.ethnofund.rue-mail: [email protected]: ethnofund

Graduated Moscow State Teacher Training University (geo-graphical department) in 1996. Organized and participated in many ethnogeographical expeditions (Zaire, Kenya, Iraqi, Peru, Turkmenistan, Kazahstan, etc.) First lming experiences � visual anthropology: pigmey people, peruan Indians, nomadic kazahs, etc. As a journalist and fotographer published articles at �Geo� (Russia), �National Geographic� (Russia), �Eastern Collection� (magazine of Russian State Library) and other magazines. In 2000 founded non-pro t organization � Ethnogeographic Research Foundation. Main eld of company work is producing documentaries. Produced more than 10 documentaries that are broadcasted on different Russian TV channels. Company has got many diplomas and won prizes of documentary and television Film Festivals in Russia. Films also participated in International Film Festivals.Vlad Ketkovich is a member of EDN, International Federation of Journalists, Russian Geographical Society and Eurasian Acad-emy of Television and Radio.In 2010-2011 Vlad participated in number of international Documentary Workshops and Pitching sessions, like Dragon Fo-rum (pitching at Krakow IFF), Ex-Oriente (pitching at Ihlava IFF), LeipzigDoc 2010 Co-Production meeting, EDN�s Tromse Pitching Forum and Thessaloniki Pitching Forum; INPUT and others.


http://www.ethnofund.ru




Klebanov SamProducer, distributor

Cinema Without Frontiers, Llc Address: Mal. Pochtovaya ulitsa, 12,

building 1 105082, Moscow, Russia

Phone: +7 (499) 501-39-88 E-mail: [email protected]

President of both Maywin Films (Sweden) and its Moscow branch �Cinema Without Frontiers�(Russia), which for more than 10 years have maintained its position as the leading Russian specialized movie distributor. Sam was the rst to introduce to the Russian audience the works by such great masters as Takeshi Kitano, Lars von Trier, Chan Wook-park, Luc Dardenne and ect. From 2001 to 2008, he acted as the author and the host for a TV program �Magic of the Cinema�, which was broadcast by �Kultura�, the Russian cultural TV channel. In 2009 he produced and co-wrote the Russian-Swedish co-production �Newsmakers� directed by Anders Banke and also functioned as co-producer for �Gardens in Autumn� directed by Otar Ioselliani (2006, France-Italy-Russia. Empire Magazine voted Sam one of the 25 most in uential people in the entertainment business in Russia, while in 2009, he was nominated as �Producer of the Year� by the GQ Magazine. He speaks native Russian and uent English and Swedish.

Klepatski Dimitri Producer

Klepatski productionAddress: Moscow, 1 Mos lmovskaya

#555Phone: +79629892416E-mail: [email protected]: Dimitriklepatski

Dimitri Klepatski graduated from VGIK as a movie producer. 2011 EAVE student. �Playhouse West� Los Angeles acting school as an actor. 12 years experience in movie industry as an actor and movie producer. Klepatski production projects:2008- �Probation period� Drama, short lm, written and directed by Victor Dement. Moscow2008- Series of animated commercials. 2009- �Transition of reality� Drama with elements of action. Short lm. Written and directed by Victor Dement. Moscow2010- �Other Specnaz� Drama with elements of action. Feature lm. Co production with Vietnam studio Crea TV. Director Victor Dement. Production stage.2011- �The Find� Drama. Feature lm. Preproduction. Co pro-duction with �Matila Rohr Production� , Finland2011- �Encounter at the Elbe�. Feature lm. Fund raising stage. Co production with �Mirabel� Mira Todorovski.





Kovaleva Uliana Producer

UNITED FILM COMPANY ltd.ZORI FILM ltd.Address: 127051, Russia, Moscow

Maliy Karetniy pereulok, 3/2, building 1

Tel: + 7 495 650 11 48Fax: + 7 495 650 09 87E-mail: [email protected]: www.ufco.ru

In 2005 graduated The Higher Courses of Scriptwriters and Film Directors (VKSR), workshop of Producer for Screen and Televi-sion. Producer of feature lms, TV series and documentaries.Among the signi cant projects:� Russia � Italy co-production �TEN WINTERS� (�DIECI IN-VERNI�), 2009.Festivals: 66 La Biennale Di Venezia; 22 Tokyo International Film Festival; Grand-prix �Amilcar of the Jury� at the 32 Vil-lerupt, France; Grand-prix �Golden Taiga� at the 8 International Debut Film Festival �Spirit of Fire�; David di Donatello, Italy � �The Best Director�s debut�.� Russia � Belarus co-production �EYE FOR EYE� (�OKO ZA OKO�), 2010, directed by the distinguished Russian direc-tor Gennady Poloka. Festivals: XVIII International festival �Sozvezdie� � the best leading actor and the best director; International festival of war and patriotic lms �Volocolam-sky rubezh� � the bestdirector. In 2010 Uliana Kovaleva was the member of the Jury of V International Rome Film Festival.In 2011 coordinator of program �Italian cinema in Russia� within the year of Culture between Italy and Russia.

Krestinskiy Yuri Producer

Tel: +7 499 1361618Mobile: +7 925 5009393E-mail: [email protected]

Began his work the lm industry in 1985. In years 1991-1994 in collaboration with the �School of dramatic art� Moscow Theater he produced a number of plays and lms by Anatoly Vasilyev � one of the key modern directors. Then during the crunch of Russia�s lm industry, he decided to change his eld of work. His return took place in 2010 when Yury Krestinskiy joined the long-term project of screen adaptation of �Genera-tion P� by Viktor Pelevin - Russia�s cult novel of the late 90ies. He is the founder of �Trikita Entertainment� Company.The producer�s lmography:�Ne Idet�, 1994, directed by Anatoly Vasilyev�Kashtanka�, 1994, directed by Anatoly Vasilyev�Generation P�, 2011, directed by Viktor Ginzburg

Films in production:�Day and night�, Director Matteo Pellegrini, in co-operation with Indiana Production, Italy (shooting period)� Amphibian man�, Director Yury Moroz, (pre-production)


http://www.ufco.ru




Kozhevnikova Ravie Marina Producer

MariFilmasAddress: 1, Mos lmovskaya, Moscow,

RussiaPhone: +7 985 220 77 91E-mail: m.kozhevnikova@

mari lmas.com

Education:� All-Russia State institute of Cinematography (VGIK), direc-tor�s faculty.� Modern art institute (ISI), actor�s faculty.� European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (MiniEAVE Produc-ers Workshop) professional development programme for European audiovisual producers, Filmography as producer :� 2010 «MariFilmas» (Russia), General manager, producer, co-founder of the company� 2010 «LitFilmas» (Lithuania), co-founder of the company� 2008-2010 «Sept Éléphants» (Russia � Latvia), General producer, co-founder of the company� 2007-2009 «Little robbers» (�Studio FORMA� Latvia, �Mini lm� Austria), producer and the coordinator of represen-tation and sales on the post-Soviet territory, the dubbing director� 2006-2007 Producer center «DTV-MA»(Holding Media Arts Group), producer.� 2005-2007 Production center «Buddabar», General Man-ager and producer. � 2003-2005 Film company «Studio IV», producer «Parcel from Mars» (the Main prize of festival «Smile, Russia!, 2004).Development and preparation of projects «Wild boar», «Ho-tel «In the lost climber», «Dao of the Saxophonist» � 2001«REN TV»(Russia) and «CPS»(Russia), executive pro-ducer (development) «Rod»� 2000 «Eurasia lm» (Russia), executive producer «Third country» (Russia-France)



Lopatin IvanProducer

Leevandia-entertainmentPhone: +7 (495) 99-88-609 +7-926-606-62-06E-mail: [email protected]

Date of birth 16.07.1984Education:2010 � Participant mini-EAVE program at the Moscow Inter-national Film Festival2010 � Participant of Berlinale Talent Campus 2007-2009 � The Postgraduate School of Screenwriters and Film Directors, the leading lm school in Russia (faculty of feature lms, A. Atanesyan and E. Gindilis workshop, produc-ers� faculty)2001-2006 � Saint-Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences, sound producerFilmography: 2010 � Sea of Desires/More gelaniy, dir.Shota Gamisonia, 27 min, short feature lm, producer. BEST MOVIE of Cottbus Film Festival 2010 (Germany) and Zubrovka Film Festival 2010 (Poland). Of cial selection at Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival 2011 and other 15 Film Festivals around a world.2009 � Ordinary Things/U Seregy, dir.Natalia Uglitskikh, 12 min, short feature lm, producer.2009 � Tag/Pyatnashki, dir.Natalia Uglitskikh, 14 min, short feature lm, producer.2008 � Field, Clowns, Apple.../Pole, klouny, yabloko..., dir.Shota Gamisonia, 12 min, short feature lm, producer. It was selected in more than 30 lm festivals (Italy, Croatia, Neth-erlands, RSA). Special prize of Moscow Guild of lm critics at Moscow Short Film Festival 2009.2008 � Mutuality/Vzaimnost�, dir.Mikhail Levitin, 26 min, short feature lm, producer




Lupik Victoria Producer

Anniko FilmsMobile (Russia) +79265751451Mobile (Armenia) +37498615835E-mail: [email protected]: www.anniko lms.am

Victoria Lupik was born in 1983 in Moscow, Russia. She graduated VGIK, producer�s faculty in 2005.She has rather wide experience of work in production as production manager, line and executive producer, having worked on Russian blockbusters like �Apocalypse Code� (2007) by V.Shmelev and �Terra Nova� (2008) by A. Melnik.She has production experience in working in ex-Soviet Union countries and South-Caucasus region. Several previ-ous lms (Farewell, Lighthouse) were shot in Armenia in cooperation with Maria Saakyan and in 2009 together they founded ANNIKO Films. Victoria�s project �I�m Going to Change My Name� by M. Saa-kian (now in post-production) was participant of Torino Film Lab Development Section 2009 and nalist of Sundance/NHK Filmmakers Award 2010. Victoria has participated in Torino Film Lab 2009, the train-ing �Co-producing in and with Eastern Europe� organized by the TrainEastFilm 2009, the EAVE Film Finance Forum Workshop 2010 and Berlinale Talents Campus 2011. Now she has 3 projects in development.

Masterovoy Michael Producer

Good Hope Films, LLCAddress: 7533 Lexington Avenue, Suite

210, West Hollywood, Califor-nia 77478, USA

E-mail: [email protected]

Michael is a producer and entrepreneur based in Moscow, Russia. Since 1992 his production company has made over 30 commercials and industrials. Documentaries Michael produced have played at festivals around the world, includ-ing the Toronto Jewish Film Festival and the Moscow Human Rights Festival. His feature documentary, Brailov. Judenfrei, had a successful run on Russian TV. Michael holds an MA in Social Sciences from Moscow State University.





Mishkinene Julia producer

Salvador D Production CompanyAddress: 7 Bolshoy Karetny pereulok

127051 Moscow, RussiaTel: + 7 495 699 32 90Mob: + 7 903 798 40 95Fax: + 7 495 699 14 65

Julia Mishkinene has been the managing partner of the Salvador D Production Company since 2005 and has pro-duced several documentaries that were shown by Russian governmental TV channels. In 2007 Julia produced 35 minute lm «Moscow» (awarded at the 18th Kinotavr, participant of different international festival) and in 2008 - the lm «Shultes» by Bakur Bakuradze (the participant of Cannes Film Festival (Quinzaine des Re-alisateurs), London Film Festival, Thessaloniki Film Festival, the holder of the Main Prize of Kinotavr). In 2009 Julia successfully graduated EURODOC Program with the project «Far away so close to me» and presented full-length lm «The Hunter» - at the CineMart in Rotterdam and at the Berlinale Co-production market. In 2011 «The Hunter» was selected to the Certain Regard of the Cannes Film Festival.

Selected lmography:2011 The Hunter, feature2008 Shultes, feature2007 Road of Dreams, documentary2007 Moscow, feature2005 The Diamond Way, documentary



Moroz Yury Producer, lm director

Phone: +7 916 1408113E-mail: [email protected]

His rst lm was �Arrival of a Train� (1995). In 2006 this lm was included in Berlin�s FFest Of cial Program. Since 2004 he�s produced over 30 movies and TV series, including:�VOLKODAV�, 2004, dir. N.Lebedev�The SPOT�, 2006, dir. Y.Moroz�DOKTOR ZHIVAGO�, dir. A.Proshkin �The Best TV lm� according to critics�The Golden Eagle� National Award: �Best TV mini series�: nominated�Best Actor�: winner (O.Yankovsky)�Best Actress�: winner (C.Khamatova)�LIQYIDATION�, 2008, dir. S.Ursulyak�The Golden Eagle� National Award: �Best TV series�: winner�Best Actor�: winner ( V.Mashkov)�Nika� National Award: �Best TV series�: winner�TEFI� National Award: �Best TV series�: winner�APOSTLE�, 2008, dir. Y.Moroz�Window to Europe� FFest (St.Petersburg) Award: �Best TV series�: winner �The Golden Eagle� National Award: �Best TV series�: nomi-nated�TEFI� National Award: �Best TV series�: nominated�The BROTHERS KARAMAZOV�, 2009, dir. Y.Moroz�PELAGIYA and the White Bulldog�, 2009, dir. Y.Moroz�BREAK AWAY�, 2010, dir. A.Mindadze�Kinotavr� National FFest: competition�The DARK WORLD�, 2011, dir. A.Megirdychev




Nazari Mary Scriptwriter, producer, managing and programming director of art-house cinema Pioner in Moscow (member of Europa Cinemas).

TOO MUCH PICTURES Film CompanyAddress: Maliy Sukharevsky pereulok 9,

str.1, of ce 36Tel.: + 7 495 789 78 37

Graduated from Moscow State University (psychology and psychology of art) and London Film School.Filmography: 2005 - Nastya�s Dairy/ Dnevnik Nasty - short lm 2007 - People of Shpak/ Ludi Shpaka - TV series 2008 - The Best Grandmother / Samaya Luchshaya babush-ka � Best Film for Children in Moscow Premier Film Festival.2008 - Un nished Lesson / Neokonchenniy Urok2010 - Silent Souls / Ovsyanki/ Le dernier Voyage de Tanya - Golden Ozzela Prize In Venice Film Festival, Grand Prix of Abu � Dhabi Film Festival, Best Director and Best Scriptwriter in Mar del Plata Film festival.

Popov Fedor Producer, lm director

«STELLA» lm studioAddress: Moscow, Russia, 119991

Mos lmovskaya str. 1Tel.: +7(499)143 9289Tel./fax: +7(499)783 0260

ell: +7(495)974 4537E-mail: [email protected]: www.stella- lm.ru

Head and producer of the «STELLA» lm studio. Member of the Union of Cinematographers since 1990Member of the Board of the Producers� Guild of Russia since 2008, Academic of �Golden Eagle� Film Academy, Academic of �Nika� Film AcademyDirector and producerIt�s Alright, Mama (2010)Four Taxi Drivers and a Dog-2 (2006) 4 awards, 3 national nominationsFour Taxi Drivers and a Dog (2004) best TV rating in Russia (2005), 5 awards at national lm festivals Caucasian Roulette (2002) Participant of Berlin Film Festival (2003) �New Russian Cinema�, 2 national awardsGeidar Aliev (1998) documentaryProducerThe Adventures of Masha and Gosha (2010) animationPete on the Way to Heaven (2009) Grand Prix of the Moscow International Film Festival, 4 national awards (2009)Kolya the Rolling Stone (2005) 5 national awards White Gold (2003)Spartak and Kalashnikov (2001) 5 awards, 6 nominations at international lm festivals

and also 7 features and 10 documentaries (1990-2010)




Rodnyansky Alexander Producer

E-mail: [email protected]: +7 916 641 67 19

Alexander Rodnyansky - Russian producer and media execu-tive. Mr.Rodnyansky is the founder of the Ukrainian TV-chan-nel 1+1 and the former CEO of CTC Media. With him as CEO CTC Media became the biggest independent publicly traded media conglomerate with ve channels in three countries and a market capitalization over $4 billion. He produced over 20 TV-series and more than 30 lms including East/West, A Chef in Love, Driver for Vera, The 9th Company, The Sun, Heat, Piter FM, The Inhabited Island, Innocent Saturday, Elena. His lms grossed over $100 million and were selected for the leading lm festivals of Europe. Two of them were nominated for Oscars as the �Best Foreign Language� lms. Mr. Rodnyansky�s AR Films controls the production company Non-Stop Production; distributor of independent lms Cin-ema Without Borders; one of the biggest lm licensing and distribution corporations in Europe A Company and runs the annual Russian Open Film Festival Kinotavr.

Rudovskiy Dmitry Producer, CEO of Art Pictures Studio

Art Pictures StudioAddress: Moscow � Mos lmovskaya

Street, 1, suite 2, of ce 203Phone: +7 (495) 933 36 28E-mail: [email protected]: www.art-pictures.ru

Dmitry Rudovskiy has been the CEO of Art Pictures Studio since 2005, a production company founded by Fedor Bond-archuk in 1991. Rudovskiy is engaged in developing, produc-ing, and nancing theatrical motion pictures with budgets in the range of $1M to $35M for releasing in domestic and for-eign theatrical markets and for subsequent post-theatrical release in other forms of media, including DVD. In 2005 he produced THE 9TH COMPANY, a full-length debut directed by Fedor Bondarchuk. The lm became a leader in the domestic box-of ce, raising $25 M and collecting a great amount of awards, including The Best Film of the Year. Besides that Rudovskiy produced such outstanding projects as a comedy THE HEAT, a sci- action movie THE INHABITED ISLAND, an animated children�s movie POLAR ADVENTURES, and a thriller THE PHOBOS. As a producer Rudovskiy has taken part in upcoming releases such as, a comedy TWO DAYS and a drama SOULLESS together with Central Partnership and Kinoslovo studios, respectively, and a comedy ODNOKLASS-NIKI.RU, a detective THE WINTER QUEEN and a war-drama STALINGRAD.



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Strizhenov Alexander Producer, director of Swift&CoMedia

Swift&CoMediaAddress: 17/3 Shvernika St., Moscow,

Russia, 117499tel/fax: +7(499)126-66-20E-mail: [email protected]

he famous representative of cinematographic dynasty. His actorish debut was taken place in 1974, when he was 5-years-old, on the stage of Moscow Art Theatre. He graduated from the best drama school in Russia - studio-school MAT. He has worked in leading Moscow theatres and starred in dozens of Russian lms. During the years he has been working as a host of the most Russia�s top-rated TV shows - �Cinematograph� and �Good Morning� on the 1st channel -the main state TV-channel of the country. Collabo-rated with several international advertising agencies as a director and creative producer.In recent years, released as an author, director and producer of a number of exceptionally successful pictures, such as: �Falling up� and �Ulen�ka�, which has become real hits of modern Russian cinematograph. And his remarkable com-edies �From 180 and higher� and �Love-dove� are still the most successful Russian comedies. This year he produced the lms �Female� and �Suiciders�.

Saksaganskaya Kira Producer

The Rock FilmsAddress: Kriukov kanal,12,

St.Petersburg, 190068, Russia Tel/fax: +7 812 714 2056 Moscow tel/fax: +7 495 951 7654E-mail: [email protected]: www.rock lm.ru

Kira Saksaganskaya worked for Rock Films since its founda-tion back in 1991, rst in St. Petersburg and then in Moscow where she opened the studio�s second of ce. She has co-produced every lm the studio has produced to date, including The Stroll (2003, Special Prize, Cottbus 2003), Dreaming of Space (Best Film, Moscow Film Festival, 2005), Captive (Best Director, Carlovy Vary, 2008) and the latest lm The Edge (Golden Globe Nomination for Best Foreign Film, 2010). With her progressive views on the international lm market and determination to further the progress of Russian-European co-productions she played a signi cant role in the success of Rock Films. Kira speaks English and Italian and is a member of Russian-German Film Academy and a frequent jury member of various international lm festivals.





Selyanov Sergey Producer

CTB Film CompanyAddress: 129272 Russia Moscow

Sutschevsky val 64 of. 318 CTB Film Company

Phone: +7 495 688 88 48E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Sergey Selyanov is one of the founders and director of the CTB Film Company of St. Petersburg and Moscow � one of Russia�s most proli c and successful producers of theatri-cal motion pictures. Founded in 1992, CTB has produced more than sixty feature lms in a whole range of styles unmatched in Russian production, from action, drama and comedy to animation, auteur and feature debuts. In 1999, Mr. Selyanov received a Producer�s Award from the American Motion Picture Association for outstanding achievement in the development of private lm production in Russia. The National Guild of Film Critics and the Film Press awarded Sergey Selyanov with a special award as the Best Film Producer of the 1990s and a special award �for bravery in the promotion of national lmmaking on Russian screens�. In 2003, the economics magazine Expert described Sergey Selyanov as �the only Russian lm producer whose name has become a brand in the sphere of lm production.� Since 2010 CTB Film Company has been selected as one 8 �majors� in lm production in Russia who are awarded with substantional bene ts in state nancing system.Most recent selected lmography as a producer:� The Hunter by Bakur Bakuradze (2011)� Stoker by Alexei Balabanov (2010)� Yakudza�s daughter never cries by Sergey Bodrov (2010) � Mor y by Alexei Balabanov (2008)� Native Dancer by Gulshad Omarova (2008) � Shultes by Bakur Bakuradze (2008) � Nirvana by Igor Voloshin (2008) � The Mongol by Sergey Bodrov (2007) � an Oscar nomina-tion





Sigle AndreyProducer, composer

Proline FilmAddress: Kamennoostrovsky 29 of.34

197022 St PetersburgRussia

Tel: (812)233 10 51E-mail: pr@proline- lm.ruSite: www.proline lm.ru

Born on the 15th of May 1964 in Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod). Graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire as a pianist, and the Gotenburg Academy of Music as a composer for cinema. He has written music for over 40 lms. In 2004 Andrey set up Proline Film, a lm company that aimed to support Russian independent lmmakers, and implement joint international projects. Projects have in-cluded: �Sun�, �Alexandra� and �Faust� by Alexander Sokurov; �The Ugly Swans� by Konstantin Lopushanksy; �Crime and Punishment� by Dmitry Svetozarov; �Serko� by Joel Farges, �The Orchard� by Sergey Ovcharov and �Missing Man� by Anna Fenchenko. Andrey Sigle�s work has been singled out for prizes on many occasions at festivals in Russia and abroad. In 2006 Andrey was awarded the title Honoured Art Worker of the Russian Federation. He lives and works in St Petersburg.

Uchitel Alexey Producer, lm director

The Rock FilmsAddress: Kriukov kanal,12,

St.Petersburg, 190068, Russia

Tel/fax: +7 812 714 2056 Moscow Tel/fax: +7 495 951 7654Site: www.rock lm.ru

Alexey E movich Uchitel was born in August 31, 1951. He graduated from VGIK In 1975, worked as a lm director on the Leningrad Documentary Film Studio. He became the head of the Rock Films In 1992. Alexey Uchitel is an author of several short documentaries, such as �Starting Up. Portrait of an Event�, �Rock�, that brought fame to its creator; �Mitki in Europe�, �Obvodny Channal�,�The Last Hero�, �Butter y�, �Mae-stro�. Many of them were awarded on lm festivals. Alexey Uchitel continues his work as a producer as well. Having been a producer of several successful debuts, like Katia Shagalova�s �Pavlov�s Dog�, Dunia Smirnova�s �Relations� and �Enemies� by Maria Mozhar, Alexey Uchitel also produced �The Game� by Alexander Rogozhkin. Selected Filmography2010 �The Edge� 2008 �Captive�2005 �Dreaming of Space2003 �The Stroll�2000 �His Wife�s Diary�1995 �Giselles� Mania�1993 �Butter y� (documentary)1990 �Obvodny Channal� (documentary)1988 �Rock� (documentary)



Vasiliev Artem Producer

METRAFILMS Ltd.Address: Russia, 123022 Moscow,

Rochdelskaya, 15, bld.32Tel: +7 495 956-6180Fax: +7 495 956-6181Cell: +7 903 363-8553E-mail: artem@metra lms.ruSkype: artem_vof ce

Artem Vassiliev was born on the 17th of December 1970 in Moscow.In 1993 becomes one of the founders and partners of the company �TEKO FILM�. In 1999 Artem Vassiliev becomes general producer of �TEKO FILM Production� (�METRAFILMS� since 2003).One of the partners of �Phenomen Films� production com-pany with 3 feature lms completed: (�Paper Soldier�, �Room and a Half�, «Act of Nature»)

2010 «Act of Nature� by Sergey Osipian and Alexander Lungin (Best Cinematography at Russian Open Festival �Kinotavr� 2010)

2009 �Room and a Half� by Andrey Khrzhanovsky (Best Film in East West competition Karlovy Vary Int Film Festival, 2009 Russian Fim Academy NIKA award � Best lm

2008 �Paper Soldier� by Alexey German Jr 2008 65 Venice International Film Festival, Competition Program. World premiereSilver Lion Best DirectorOzella for Best Cinematography2008 Russian Fim Academy NIKA award Best directorBest Cinematography2008 White Elephant � Russain National Prize of Film Critics&Film PressBest director



Vereschagin Leonid Producer

Studio Trite Address: 72-2, Sadovnicheskaya ulitsa,

Moscow, 115035, RussiaTel: +7 (495)933 60 37E-mail: [email protected]

Director General STUDIO TRITE by Nikita Mikhalkov. The producer of Moscow International Film Festival.

International awards:2007- Special �Gold Lion� for �12� of Venice International Film Festival.1999- Special Award «For outstanding achievements in the development of Russian lmmaking� of Motion Picture As-sociation (MPA).1994- Grand Prize �Burnt by the Sun� of Cannes International Film Festival.1994- Prize �Best Foreign Film� for «Burnt by the Sun�of the American Academy Award.1991- Prize �Golden Lion� and «Audience Award� for �Urga� of the International Film Festival in Venice. Selected lmography as a producer:STATION FOR TWO (1982)RUTHLESS ROMANCE (1983)A FORGOTTEN TUNE FOR THE FLUTE (1985)THE RUSSIA HOUSE (1990)URGA (1991)BURNT BY THE SUN (1994)ANNA KARENINA (1997)THE SAINT (1997)THE BARBER OF SIBERIA (1998)CAST AWAY (2000)TENDER AGE (2000)K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER (2002)72 METERS (2003)THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (2004)THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE (2005)THE TURKISH GAMBIT (2005)THE STATE COUNSELLOR (2005)ANNA KARENINA (2005)1612 (2007)12 (2007)THE EXODUS � BURNT BY THE SUN 2 (2010)THE CITADEL - BURNT BY THE SUN 2 (2011)




Zilberman MikhailProducer

Studio217Mob: +7 985 7603588Of: +7 499 1439121E-mail: [email protected]: zilber52

Born 1952 in Moscow. In movie business from 1977. In 1986-1988 � Director �Contact� creative unit. In 1988-1997 � established and worked as a general manager of �Starlight� joint-venture, the rst in Soviet movie Business coproduc-tion company. From 1997 � Deputy Manager �NTV-pro t� company. Now- Producer �Studio217�. The member of Film Makers Union of Russia and Board Member of Russian Producer�s Guild

Filmography: �Russian Singer� (1993, Russia-Denmark cooproduction, directed by M. Arnfred)�CineGlastnost�� (1993-94 Russia-France cooproduction, directed by B. Belkasem)�Martial Court� (1995, directed by V. Grammatikov, for Swe-den TV)�The Enemy�s Enemy� (1995, Sweden, TV series for Sweden TV)�Two Moons, Three Suns� (1997, directed by Roman Balayan), co-producer �Captain�s Daughter� (�Russkiy Bunt�) (2000, directed by Alexander Proshkin) �Come To Look At Me� (2002, directed by Mikhail Agranovich and Oleg Yankovsky) �A Driver For Vera� (2004, directed by Pavel Chukhray) �Papa� (2004, directed by Vladimir Mashkov) �The Border, 1918� (2008, Russian-Finland coproduction, directed by L.Torhonen), co-producer�The Dust of Time� (2009, Greece-Germany-Italy-Russian coproduction, directed by Theo Angelopulos), co-producer,and others�


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