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NewsHamburg’s Tamtam Film on working with European partners to expand drama, doc and series slate 2o1n6d
Company has two projects - Kerstin Polte’s Highly Explosive and Charlotte Sieling’s Way Home - playing at Filmfest Hamburg.
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NewsTIFF halts ‘Russians At War’ screenings after “significant threats”; producers lament “heartbreaking” situation 3673t
“This decision has been made in order to ensure the safety of all festival guests, staff, and volunteers.”
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NewsTIFF backs North American premiere of ‘Russians At War’ doc despite Ukrainian-Canadian protests o2963
Documentary Organization of Canada also speaks out after TVOntario withdraws for Anastasia Trofimova’s film.
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FeaturesAlexander Rodnyansky on financing October 7 drama ‘Of Dogs And Men’ 1v3c5w
The drama is directed by Dani Rosenberg and premieres in Venice’s Horizons strand.
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NewsFrench hit ‘A Little Something Extra’ sells to key territories (exclusive) 413v2r
The comedy drama is the biggest film at the French box office so far this year.
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‘Limonov: The Ballad’ filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov backs Georgian protestors 4x471
Serebrennikov was speaking during a Cannes press conference about protests that have errupted in Georgia over a controversial new law.
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Sergei Loznitsa gears up to shoot Stalin-era drama ’Two Prosecutors’ (exclusive) 194052
Film based on a novel by little known Russian writer Georgy Demidov.
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How Estonia’s Ida-Viru region is building its film industry on the border with Russia 3n5c12
Ida-Viru shares a 77km border with Russia; the region has confirmed funding for a €15m film studio for 2025.
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‘Navalny’ director, film collaborators react to Alexei Navalny death; Berlin vigil underway 2h2p53
Hundreds of Berliners are gathered outside the Russian embassy.
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Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader, subject of ‘Navalny’ doc, dies in prison 56143i
Navalny was the subject of the 2023 Oscar & Bafta best documentary winner.
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Match Factory takes on sales for Victor Kossakovsky’s Berlinale Competition title ‘Architecton’ c1t3e
A24 will distribute the documentary in North America.
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Russia tops international markets for French films in 2023 14v3f
It was followed by , Poland, Italy and Spain.
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IDFA responds to open letter condemning inclusion of Russian film in programme 4x6r3s
The letter said: “To continue providing space for representatives of the Russian cultural sector on international platforms means to normalize the unequal circumstances in which filmmakers in Russia and Ukraine live and work today.”
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Russian buyers and sellers out in force at AFM 1rk9
“We are following the same protocol as last year,” said AFM’s organiser, IFTA.
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Reviews‘Air’: Tokyo Review 375n2e
Alexey German Jr focuses on female Russian pilots in this surprsingly conventional Second World War drama
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Why ‘Queendom’ director Agniia Galdanova put her cinematographer on roller skates 1p2hj
The filmmaker spoke at a screening of her film at DMZ Docs in South Korea.
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‘Empire V’: Fantasia Review 6c1e24
Banned in Russia, this fantasy feature sees the country ruled over by an elite, secret conclave of vampires
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‘Grace’: Cannes Review 54d29
A father and his teenage daughter take a roadtrip through rural Russia in this atmospheric debut
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Is the Russian industry trying to come in from the cold at Cannes? 5t5u43
Central Partnership, one of the biggest Moscow-based companies, is making a bold attempt to move back into the fold.
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How Ukraine is trying to maintain the momentum behind a generation of outstanding filmmakers 5r3e4d
The European industry has created initiatives, including for funding, co-production and raising awareness.
