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Directors approved the launch of a database with information on state support of the film industry
Russian directors approved the launch of an open database with information on state support of film projects, which began its work on the basis of the Unified Federal Automated System of Information on Screenings of Films in Cinemas (UASI). Earlier on Monday, the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky presented two new services – “State Support” […]
The Program of the Russian Film Week in the UK is published
The program of the Fourth Annual Russian Film Week in the UK, which will be held from November 24 to December 1, is published. According to the organizer of the event, 340 applications were received for participation in the Festival, of which 37 full-length and 18 short films were selected, which display the entire genre […]
Sergei Makovetsky told Parisians about the Vakhtangov Theater
In Paris, at the Russian Center for Science and Culture, a creative meeting was held with Rimas Tuminas, Artistic Director of the Vakhtangov State Academic Theater and Sergei Makovetsky, actor, the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Member of the Council of the Russian Union of Rightholders. The event was held as part of a […]
Nikita Mikhalkov, President of the Council of the Russian Union of Rightholders held casting of actors to his Academy
Nikita Mikhalkov, a famous filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, President of the Council of the Russian Union of Rightholders, completed casting to the acting workshop of N.S. Mikhalkov Academy of Cinematographic and Theater Arts. This year, the Academy received nearly 400 applications from more than 30 cities of Russia. As part of […]
Russian film “To Paris” will be shown in the USA and Canada
Russian film “To Paris” will be shown in the USA and Canada, informed “Blitz Film” company, which concluded an agreement with the American corporation ATI (Associated Television International) on the sale of rights to screening and distribution of the film. One of the roles in the film was played by Sergei Makovetsky, the Honored Artist […]
Bulgaria hosts The Nights of Russian Cinema (Soirées du Cinéma Russe)
On August 12-16, Burgas hosts The Nights of Russian Cinema (Soirées du Cinéma Russe). In an open-air cinema, citizens and visitors of the city were able to see films that were released in the last few years, became leaders at the box office, and represented Russia at international festivals. The following films were screened at […]
Online cinemas will be tagged against pirates
The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation has prepared amendments to the Law on Cinematography, which provide for special tags in search engines for legal online cinemas. Producers, Internet companies, and officials came up with the idea of such tagging after much debate about how to restrict pirates in search results. According to Olga […]
The Czech Republic will host the Festival of Contemporary Russian Cinema
The Festival of Contemporary Russian Cinema “New Russian Film” will be held in five cities of the Czech Republic in September and October 2019. Nikolay Bryakin, Press Secretary of the Russian Embassy in the Czech Republic, announced this. “The Festival will be held in five cities – Prague, Ostrava, Pilsen, Brno and Zlin,” he said. […]
IPChain has expanded partnership in the blockchain market in the field of intellectual property
IPChain Association has entered into a partnership agreement with one of the largest developers and providers of blockchain solutions Bitfury Group, the President of the Association Andrey Krichevsky informed TASS on Friday. “We significantly expand the functionality of services and bring to the market new projects dedicated to development of industry-specific business needs,” he said. […]
Andrey Krichevsky: “Forget about rights collective management societies, the world has changed”
President of IPChain Association on the Stone Age in the Protection of Intellectual Rights and the public-private blockchain for Musicians and Inventors Andrey Krichevsky has been working in the field of intellectual property for more than 11 years: he was at the origins of the creation of two of the four state-accredited societies for collective […]
