January 15, 2018
Preliminary data from the weekend box office revenue in China just came in. The Russian space drama Salyut 7 is the seventh top-grossing film in China with 11.8 million yuan ($1.82 million). The results of Klim Shipenko’s...

December 27, 2017

Character-posters and the final trailer for The Scythian, scheduled for release on January 18. Producer Sergey Selyanov: “This is not, strictly speaking, a historic film, even though the events that unfold in it take place a millennia ago. It’s a fantasy film heavily based on the events of our distant past…”

December 18, 2017
Formula Kino hosted the first screening of the most successful Russian animated franchise from Melnitsa Animation and CTB Film, The Three Heroes and the Egyptian Princess. In the theatre’s foyer, children were entertained by full-sized figures of...

November 6, 2017
Salyut 7 from CTB Film Company won the Grand Prix and the People’s Choice Award at the Utopiales International Science Fiction Festival in Nantes, France. Les Utopiales is the largest sci-fi festival in Europe. [gallery...

November 2, 2017
Have a sneak-peek at the final trailer and poster for the animated film The Three Heroes and the Egyptian Princess — the next instalment of the highest-grossing Russian animated series from Melnitsa Animation and CTB Film...

September 18, 2017
Six largest film distribution companies have joined efforts to form the Association of Film Distributors. The members of the Association are: Vadim Smirnov (20th Century Fox CIS), Alexey Ryazantsev (Karo Premiere), Sergey Selyanov (Nashe Kino), Anton Sirenko (Walt Disney Studios...

September 12, 2017
On September 11, "Karo Oktyabr 11" hosted the premiere screening of the science-fiction comedy The Partner, the first Russian film project featuring a hundred-percent CG protagonist. Actor Sergey Garmash lent his voice and facial expressions to...

July 4, 2017
Russian director Boris Khlebinov's compelling, engagingly acted new drama takes a failing marriage into the emergency room. Proving that not all Russian relationship dramas have to be gloomy Chekhovian chamber pieces, writer-director Boris Khlebnikov returns to Karlovy Vary, where both...

September 14, 2016
On September 13, KARO Oktyabr Center held the premiere screening of Petersburg. A Selfie. The film was introduced by the following cast and crew members: directors Renata Litvinova, Avdotia Smirnova, Natalia Kudriashova, Natalia Nazarova, producers Sergey Selianov and Natalia Drozd, actresses...

August 21, 2016
The man behind over 120 films, more than a hundred awards from all over the world, most culturally significant films of the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. The creator of CTB Film Company, Melnitsa Studio, and Nashe Kino distribution company, producer...

June 8, 2016
The film Petersburg. A Selfie, which premiered on June 6 at the opening of the 27th Russian Kinotavr Film Festival, attracted a great deal of attention from the press. Metro, June 8, 2016 The 27th kinotavr opened with the screening...

April 29, 2016
Sheep and Wolves produced by CTB Film Company and Wizart Animation was included in the main program of the world’s most prestigious Annecy International Animated Film Festival and will compete to win the Best Feature Film award. Alongside...

April 20, 2016
April 20, 2016, Moscow. KARO Oktyabr Center held the premiere screening of the animated feature film Sheep and Wolves, a joint production of the creators of the top Russian franchises, CTB Film Company and Wizart Animation. The cartoon...

April 8, 2016
April 8 is National Animation Day in Russia. The world’s first puppet animation film, The Beautiful Leukanida by Vladislav Starevich, was premiered on this day in 1912. For CTB Film Company this day is undoubtedly close to home. For over...

March 25, 2016
On March 25, Vladimir Putin gave Presidential Awards for Achievements in Literature and Art for Children and Adolescents for the year 2015. Among the recipients of the awards were head of the CTB Film Company Sergey Selyanov, producer of Melnitsa...