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...

February 29, 2016
CTC Media, Russia’s leading broadcasting company, CTB Film Company, and Melnitsa animation studio have entered a joint strategic partnership in the area of production of animated content for children. CTC Media and CTB Film Company will co-finance the production of...

January 20, 2016
With a budget of $4 million, the animated feature Prince Ivan and the Gray Wolf 3 by Melnitsa Studios and CTB Film Company has grossed $10.08 million in the first 17 days after its release. Whether any other...

January 14, 2016
We are happy to announce that the animated short We Can’t Live without Space by director Konstantin Bronzit was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Short Film category. The film tells the story of two friends who...

December 21, 2015
The production of a new feature-length film with the working title Salyut 7 by CTB Film Company, Lemon Films Studio, and Vita Active Production is underway in St. Petersburg, Russia. Director: Klim Shipenko Producers: Sergey Selyanov, Bakur Bakuradze, Julia Mishkinene Starring:...

November 9, 2015
Santa Monica, November 5, 2015: Tom Telton, Ruby Rose, and China Anne McClain join the new project by Wizart Animation and CTB. The stars will lend their voices to the characters of the new animated feature  Sheep...

October 6, 2015
On October 5, KARO Oktyabr Center held the premiere screening of Petr Buslov’s Motherland, which had been first screened to the audience of the Kinotavr Film Festival in summer 2015. The film was presented by general producer Sergey...

September 9, 2015
Lenfilm Studios and CTB Film Company, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture of Russia and the Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg, began principal photography for the upcoming feature "Petersburg. A Selfie". "Petersburg. A...