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...

August 27, 2015
Presenting a new trailer and the official poster for the new animated feature The Fortress by Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company. The trailer was premiered at Kinopoisk.ru Release date of The Fortress is October...

August 26, 2015
The Third Russian Festival of Short Films, In Short, that took place in Kaliningrad, Russia from August 21 to August 23 was a memorable event for many reasons, two of which I’d like to cover here. One...

August 14, 2015
We are excited to tell you that Brother Dejan by Bakur Bakuradze won the Grand Prix at the Window on Europe Film Festival in the Co-Production category. Brother Dejan is the story of the last twelve months...

August 3, 2015
On August 1, 2015, principal photography for the upcoming feature The Partner began in Vladivostok. For the first time in Russian cinema, the protagonist is a CG child, created using a unique combination of two state-of-the-art technologies: motion...

June 17, 2015
On Tuesday, the film Pioneer Heroes was premiered in Moscow in Pioneer Film Theater. The film was presented by its director Natalia Kudriashova, producer Sergey Selianov, actress Yola Sanko, star Aleksey Mitin, actor Alexander Yatsko, the young actress...

June 15, 2015
We are excited to announce that Pioneer Heroes, directed by Natalia Kudryashova, received an award from the Guild of Film Experts and Critics at the 26th Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival! Watch the press conference of the film...

June 8, 2015
Alpha Violet, an independent sales company based in Paris, talks to director Natalya Kudryashova about "Pioneer Heroes" - her feature debut that won the Work in Progress Award at the Les Arcs European Film Festival. What was your...

June 2, 2015
April 28, 2016, is the official release date of Sheep and Wolves, a new animated feature by Wizart Animation and CTB Film Company. The feature will be distributed in Russia by Nashe Kino. Sheep and Wolves is...

May 28, 2015
"A surprisingly mature debut feature in powerfully arranged images." — Berliner Zeitung "A visually stunning fantasy about the loss of orientation and the new artificial worlds of post-socialist life." — Berliner Zeitung "A lot of things in this beautiful film live from the...

May 17, 2014
Director Bakur Bakuradze (Shultes, The Hunter) has finished principal photography for this new feature with the working title The General. Bakur Bakuradze also wrote the script for this joint Russian-Serbian film. With no financial support from the government, the...

May 14, 2014
We are happy to announce that Melnitsa Animation, one of the most prominent and successful companies in the Russian animation industry, has turned 15! Melnitsa is famous for its numerous projects that have enjoyed commercial success and viewers' appreciation on...

April 21, 2014
On April 17 CTB Film began the production of a new feature film with a working title of Pioneer Heroes. The film is being directed by Natalia Kudryashova. Producer: Sergey Selyanov. The film tells the story of three...

April 2, 2014
The 27th annual Nika ceremony of the Russian Academy of Motion Picture Arts took place on April 1 in the Moscow Operetta National Academic Theater. Georgiy Daneliya’s animated feature Ku! Kin-Dza-Dza won in the Best Animated Film category....