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C ONTENTRREPORT
EPORT
CIS
C ONTENT
C
Review
of новостей
audiovisual
content
production and
distribution аудиовизуального
in the CIS countries конт
Обзор
рынка
производства
и дистрибуции
№ 1(9)
13 января,
2011
№11
February
№2
1 April,
22, 2013
2012
РЕСУРСЫ М
ЕНЕДЖМЕНТ»»
Media
Resources
Management
« М ЕДИА
слово
редакции
DEAR COLLEAGUES
КИ Н О ТЕ АТР АЛ Ь Н Ы Й
TV
MARKETS
Р ЫН
О К
В УКР АИ Н Е :
Ц ИIN
Ф Р TAJIKISTAN,
О В И З АЦ И Я
КА К
О СН О В Н О Й ТР ЕAND
НД
UZBEKISTAN,
(25)
Р АЗ В И ТИ Я
(22)
KAZAKHSTAN
интервью номера
INTERVIEW
сергей
каратаев :
«на данный момент
еще
остаются
ALEXEY
нераспроданные
фильмы,
FEDORCHENKO:
“WE
которые
были созданы
до
кризиса»
CAN’T
EARN A(31)
LOT ON
THE FESTIVAL FILMS,
BUT I DON’T WANT TO
DO ANYTHING ELSE”
СОДЕРЖАНИЕ
(24)
ПР ОИ З В ОД СТВ О : (2)
СЕ Р И АЛ (2)
ТЕ Л Е Ф И Л Ь М (7)
ТЕ Л Е Ш ОУ (10)
CONTENTS
АНИМАЦИЯ (12)
ДОКУ МЕ НТАЛЬ НЫ Й ПР ОЕ КТ (13)
К И Н ОФ И Л Ь М (14)
Production: (2)
Д И СТР И Б УЦ И Я
(15)
Series (2)
КАД Р TV
Ы (20)
movies (6)
TV
(7)
Т Е Л Е ПО Кshows
АЗ (21)
Feature films (10)
Е ХН ОЛ ОГ И И (16)
(22)
DТistribution
CПinema
Р О КАТDВistribution
УКР АИ Н Е (24)
YОear
2012
ТР АСЛЕ В Ы Е
inМЕUР kraine
(21)
О ПР ИЯ ТИЯ (29)
focus (22)
Interview (24)
1
Уже
в happy
первые
дни нового
нам,issue
редакции
We are
to present
you theгода
February
of the
Content
Report,
сразу
стало
понятно,
что вthe
2011м
CIS Content
Report
where
we tried
to gather
most
все
мы будем
усердноinformation
и неустанно
трудиться.
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interesting
up-to-date
about
rapidly deнимаясь
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но
veloping content
production
andвыпуска
distribution
markets
востей
рынка
производства
и аудиовизуального
of the CIS
region.
As far as most
of the locally proконтента
в этом
мы с радостью
обнаружили,
duced series
andгоду,
TV movies
are further
distributed
что
в новогодние
праздники
во мно
and даже
broadcast
mainly inside
the CISработа
territories,
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гих
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полным ходом,
а дальше,
как
picked
up the most
interesting
and original
projects
говорится,
станет ещеthat
больше.
Как неоднократно
with those script-ideas
have international
appeal
было
отмечено,
вследствие
основательно
and may
further travel
abroadкризиса
to Europe,
Asia or the
изменилась
конъюнктура
рынка, поменялась
North America
both as readymade
product or рас
forстановка
сил иthere
возможностей,
поэтому работать
mats. Besides
are a lot of full-length
features
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будет над чем.
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recently launched
intoи production
in Russia,
Ukraine,
нием
тому является
собранного
в этом
Kazakhstan
and otherколичество
CIS countries
that for sure
may
(полупраздничном)
номере
материала.
have not only successful
international
distribution but
also are the award winners and nominees of different
international
film festivals.
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new movies,
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report on the
мых
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deals with the
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CIS-partners.
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we would like
однократно
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to the TV markets of
вали
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о том,
such CIS
countries
asчто
Tajikistan, Uzедва
ли and
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bekistan
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сдерживающей
stance, are
just starting to evolve and
развитие
integrate into индустрии
global TV tendencies.
«полного
метра»
на
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ern TV world and represents
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interview
виваться.
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по to Content
Report Alexey
Fedorchenko (a wellводов
для оптимизма
known Russian увеличе
filmmaker, who speотносительно
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Souls, David,
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of awards at theсовре
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внедрению
festivals) технологий
told about hisзаplans, about
менных
the companies
working exclusively
прошлый
год имеются
on the
festival films
все
основания
для and
горthe reasons
why
do
the
Russian
cinemagoers
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prefer
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to the
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comedies,
pirated
copies
браться, есть ли свет в
of which
they watch at home. To our
конце
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Content
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в канун
great
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appeared
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thereвыходит
are directors
who
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film industry
an art
rather than
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вершает череду праздников, поэтому еще раз
хотим пожелать нашим подписчикам в 2011
And one
more
thing
we’d like
you. ему
Planгоду
найти
свой
верный
путьtoи remind
следовать
с
ning
you
business
calendar
for
2013
do
not
forget
to
упорством, трудясь не покладая рук. У каждого
book time
to visit
major
event
for– television
and
своя
дорога,
но the
цель
у нас
одна
развивать
и
media
professionals
in
the
CIS
region
KIEV
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PRODUCTION
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№11 February 22, 2013
ANGEL OR DEMON
SERIES
Russian film company Amedia in co-production with Action
Art company is working on mystery TV series Angel or Demon.
The project is commissioned by Russian СТС channel. Shooting
started in the mid-December and currently takes place in Moscow. It is an adaptation of popular Spanish TV series Angel o
Demonio produced by Plural Entertainment company and aired
on Telecinco in 2011.
AMEDIA
Director: Mark Gorobets.
Cast: Anna Andrusenko, Kirill Zaporozhsky, Daria Poverennova,
Yaroslav Boyko, Alexei Komashko,
Tatiana Fedorovskaya, Maria
Gorban, Sergey Chirkov, Vasilisa
Mrochko.
Genre: Mystery.
Synopsis: The lead character Masha is always coming to the rescue no matter who is in need. Actually, she is an angel, who looks
like an ordinary girl and does not stand out of other high school
students. The Devil never sleeps, and sends a demon named
Dan. To neutralize Masha Dan has to make her fall in love with
him. But there is one serious problem – it is Dan who falls in love
with Masha and obviously he doesn't want to do her any harm…
THREE STARS
SERIES
Russian production company DixiМedia started shooting multiepisode drama Three Stars. The project is commissioned by
Russian NTV channel. Filming takes place in Anapa. Series premiere is planned for 2013.
DIXIМEDIA
Synopsis: Slava and Marina are brother and sister. Their family
was incomplete, and being kids they used to compete with each
other in everything. No wonder their relations are far from ideal.
Slava is 31 years old now, but still, he had not found his place in
society and he is just seizing his days. As for Marina, there was a
time, when she was a popular TV-host, but now she is 36 and is
not seen on the TV screen anymore.
Producer: Yefim Lubinsky.
Director: Michislav Yuzovsky Sergei Lesogorov.
Script: Ilya Kulikov.
Cast: Anna Dankova, Ivan Kolesnikov, Yaroslav Leonov, Maxim
Turans, Vladimir Tebenko.
Genre: Drama.
THE GIRLS 3
SERIES
Russian film company Kosfilm started preproduction of the
third season of sitcom The Girls. The project is commissioned
by Russian TNT channel.
KOSFILM
Synopsis: Four heroines – Masha, Olga, Katya and Vasilisa – will
continue to fight for their personal happiness. Masha wants a
meaningful relationship, Vasilisa is building a career, Katya tries
to gain heart of the man she loves, and Olga puts her best foot
forward to become wealthy.
Producer: Evgeniy Nikishov.
Director: Sergei Koryagin.
Script: Olga Frenkel.
Cast: Galina Bob Taisia Vilkova,
Anastasia Denisova, Polina Maximova, Alexei Vorobyov.
Genre: Sitcom.
Sergei Koryagin
THE FLOWERS OF EVIL
SERIES
Russian film company Luch wrapped up shooting on 4-episode
TV romance with thriller elements The Flowers of Evil named
after the volume of poetry of Charles Baudelaire. Filming took
place in Rostov-on-Don, Novocherkassk and Moscow. The project is commissioned by Russia One TV channel and is likely to be
finished in April 2013.
LUCH
Synopsis: Film heroine is a police psychologist trying to help
three investigators to catch a very dangerous maniac, who is
mad about poetry of Baudelaire.
Director: Anna Legchilova.
Script: Maria Kulidzhanova.
Cast: Svetlana Antonova, Dmitry
Ulyanov, Anfisa Chernykh, Alexander Ustyugov Maria Zvonareva,
Sergey Chirkov, Dmitry Isaev.
Number of episodes: 4.
Genre: Detective drama.
Anna Legchilova
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PRODUCTION
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№11 February 22, 2013
THE THAW
SERIES
MARMOT-FILM
Leonid Yarmolnik
Russian production company Marmot-film is working on
12-episode TV drama The Thaw. The series is commissioned by
Channel One Russia. Shooting takes place in the Mosfilm studio.
Synopsis: 1961. The Mosfilm studio. Viktor Khrustalyov is a young
and talented director of photography. Once he was drinking with
his friend Kostya, a promising scriptwriter, but their binge ended
tragically – while drunk Kostya fell out of the window and died.
Soon Viktor has found Kostya's screenplay, which had never been
approved for shooting, and decided to make the film…
Producer: Leonid Yarmolnik.
Director: Valeriy Todorovskiy.
Cast: Mikhail Efremov, Nina
Dvorzhetskaya, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Alexander Yatsenko, Anna Chipovskaya Konstantin Chepurin Pavel
Derevyanko, Victoria Isakova.
Genre: Drama.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON 2
SERIES
PRODUCING CENTER SREDA
Alexander Tsekalo
Russian Producing Center SREDA started working on the
second season of the detective drama series The Other Side
of The Moon (the company recently acquired rights from BBC
Worldwide). The project is Russian adaptation of the British TV
series Life on Mars which originally aired in 2006. Currently the
project is in pre-production period.
Producer: Alexander Tsekalo.
Cast: Pavel Derevianko.
Genre: Detective drama.
Synopsis: Police investigator Mikhail Solovyev had been chasing
the criminal when hit by car. Being taken to the hospital Solovyev
slips into a coma and in some mysterious way – appears to be in
his father’s body in 1979. Journey in time continues…
THE SECRET CITY
SERIES
REN-TV, STUDIO TG-FILM
Russian channel REN-TV in co-production with Russian film
company Studio TG-Film started shooting fantasy series The
Secret City based on the cycle of romances by Vadim Panov.
Panov approved the script himself and the series is to be premiered this year. Cast, director and scriptwriter are still unknown.
Genre: Fantasy.
Synopsis: No one knows that there is a hidden city on the territory of Moscow – the Secret City inhabited by the ancient civilizations of all kind. They became too weak and the union of the
three magical Houses left is their only chance to survive, but they
have to ask us – people – for help…
TOPI
SERIES
Russian-Ukrainian prodco RUmedia started working on 4-episode mystery thriller Topi. Project is in a preproduction now
(casting will start soon). As the synopsis shows it is likely that the
shooting will start this summer.
RUMEDIA
Synopsis: Summer. The whole Moscow is covered with an industrial mist. Five young Moscowites decide to escape the city for an
expedition. The road takes them to the Topi – small village hidden in the neck of the woods far from federal highways. Strange
place, strange people. Strange if not to say scary and sinister.
In fact, no one has ever returned from Topi yet. Will these five
be the first?
Producers: Andrei Kretov, Dmitry
Agnevsky.
Director: Nikolai Khomeriki.
Script: Dmitry Glukhovsky.
Genre: Mystery thriller.
Andrei Kretov
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№11 February 22, 2013
POLICE MAJOR
SERIES
RUSSIAN WORLD STUDIOS
On the 30th of January Russian film company Russian World
Studios started shooting 16-episode detective Police Major.
Shooting takes place in St. Petersburg (RWS studio including),
Gatchina, Pushkin, Shlisselburg and Kronstadt.
Synopsis: Police major Andrey Kamyshin was a man of honor
and principle, but hindering powerful criminals never ends well.
He had been set up and sentenced to a term of imprisonment
and forced treatment in the nut hospital. Years passed and finally
Andrey was acquitted of the charges and released. Now he is a
policeman again and his aim is to clean the city from all kinds of
criminals. Whatever it takes…
Producer: Yuri Sapronov.
Director: Artem Antonov.
Script: Victor Olshansky, Mikhail
Bartenev.
Cast: Andrey Ilyin, Anna Banshchikova, Dmitry Blokhin, Olga
Kalmykova, Elizaveta Kutuzova,
Valery Dyachenko, Tatyana Ivanova.
Genre: Detective.
Yuri Sapronov
MOVE ON
SERIES
On the 7th of February Russian film company Russian World
Studios started shooting 12- episode romance Move on.
The project is commissioned by Channel One Russia. Shooting takes place in Moscow and Moscow region and due to be
finished in June 2013. Production budget for each episode is set
for $300.000.
Director: Nurbek Egen.
Cast: Maria Mashkova, Marat
Basharov, Barbara Brylska, Nina
Ruslanova, Veniamin Smekhov,
Vladimir Yepifantsev.
Genre: Romance.
Synopsis: This is a story of a young woman Vera, who loses everything in one time – her full sister, beloved man and well-paid
position in a bank. It completely changes her life, and Vera decides to go to work in a domiciliary nursing agency. Each episode features one of her patients whose problems and tragedies show Vera that there are no coincidences in her life and she
should redefine her personal values.
CAPTAIN BRAGIN – SUPEROFFICER
SERIES
Anatoliy Artamonov
On the 11th of January Russian film company Russian World
Studios started shooting multi-episode romantic comedy Captain Bragin – Superofficer. Filming takes place in Moscow.
Synopsis: Alexey Bragin has been working as a police investigator for many years. He is not the sharpest pencil in the box, so
being 35 years old he is just a captain. But everything changes
when he marries Sonya from Odessa. She is smart and sharpwitted woman, and she wants Alexey to become a general. That
is why she helps him to solve the most complicated offences.
Producer: Yuri Sapronov.
Director: Anatoliy Artamonov.
Cast: Sergei Sharifullin, Natalia
Kosteneva, Evgeniy Antropov,
Yegor Koreshkov, Julia Borilova,
Tamara Spiricheva, Dmitry Gusev,
Alexei Ovsyannikov, Andrei Kozlov.
Genre: Romantic comedy.
SALAAM, MUSKOW
SERIES
RUSSIAN PROJECT STUDIO
Russian prodco Russian project studio finished shooting
16-episode TV drama Salaam, Muskow. The project is commissioned by Channel One Russia. Filming, which was made
with an agile camera, took place in Russia and Dagestan from
February till September 2012.
Synopsis: Two leading characters – Russian and Dagestani policemen Alexander and Rustam – are the agents of special N Department, formed to prevent crimes committed by Vietnamese,
Tajiks, Azerbaijani etc. migrants, all those who come in Moscow
in numbers and are usually called ‘ponaehavshie’. Alexander
and Rustam do not like each other, but they will team up to do
their duty.
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Producer: Denis Evstigneev.
Director: Pavel Bardin.
Script: Pavel BardinMaria
Saprykina, Alexander MolchanovAndrey Berezhansky, Andrey
Zhitkov.
Cast: Alexander Golubkov, Ali
Aliyev, Sayera Safari, Farhad
Makhmudov Magomedarip Surhatilov Maria Boltneva, Lisa Martinez.
Genre: Drama.
PRODUCTION
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PRODUCTION
№11 February 22, 2013
ASH
SERIES
American director of Russian origin Vadim Perelman finished
shooting 9-episode historical drama entitled Ash. Filming started in March and took place in Kronstadt, Moscow, Vyborg and
Karelia. Film is commissioned by Russia One TV channel/ The
project is currently in post-production and is set to premiere this
year. Russian WeiT Media company is producing the series.
WEIT MEDIA
Director: Vadim Perelman.
Script: Eduard Bagirov.
Cast: Vladimir Mashkov, Yevgeny
Mironov, Sergei Garmash, Chulpan Khamatova, Petr Mamonov.
Genre: Historical drama.
Synopsis: Film will cover historical episodes of the USSR life in
1938-1948, focusing on the war tragedy and valorous victory of
the Soviet people.
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PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION
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PRODUCTION
№11 February 22, 2013
THIS IS QUITE SOMETHING
TV MOVIES
MEDIAPROFSOYUZ
Russian film company Mediaprofsoyuz starts working on new
television romance This is Quite Something. Currently the
project is in pre-production period. Filming start is planned for
this spring.
Synopsis: Marina is on the shady side of forty, she works as a
dressmaker in the parlor, lives with an adult daughter Lera whom
she brought up on her own. Respectable businessman Veligorov, one of the customers, falls in love with her daughter. But
he is very shy. A parlor friend persuades Marina that he is an ideal match for her daughter. Worried for Lera’s happiness Marina
makes everything to arrange her daughter’s life with Veligorov
but instead falls in love with him. She does not even suspect
that he shows affection to her daughter only to be closer to the
mother. Meanwhile, Lera falls in love with Veligorov’s assistant
Artem and when she says to her mother that she has met a man
of her dream Marina is convinced that she talks about Veligorov.
Producer: Alexander Kushaev,
Vladimir Ignatiev.
Director: Alexander Khvan.
Script: Alena Platun, Alexey Tagushev, Marianna Sokolskaya.
Cast: Elena Drobysheva, Vladislav
Vetrov.
Genre: Romance.
IN PLACE WHERE I AM HAPPY
TV MOVIES
Russian film company Russkoye started shooting 2-episode
TV romance In Place Where I am Happy. The project is commissioned by Russia 1 TV channel.
RUSSKOYE
Synopsis: The plot is a story of a woman who is experiencing
the middle-age crisis and who in a single moment loses all her
family.
LIFE AFTER LIFE
TV MOVIES
Russian-Ukrainian film company Star Media started filming
new TV crime melodrama Life After Life. Filming is currently
taking place in Ukraine.
STAR MEDIA
Synopsis: Having lost hopes to find happiness with her beloved
man Dmitriy (he is her chief and much older than the girl) journalist Masha accepts Yuri Kozakov’s attention. He is wealthy,
handsome, gallant and honorable. Soon after the rapid-fire
marriage Masha begins to notice strangeness in the behavior and life-style of her husband. And when he goes in business trips Masha permanently hears somebody’s steps in her
house, sees a hovering shadow in the garden. Soon the girl
finds out a terrible secret and her life is in deadly danger… Will
Masha save herself? Who will be near in the difficult times?
Producers: Alexander Kushaev,
Irina Smirnova.
Director: Rauf Kubaev.
Script: Alexei Aleshkovsky.
Cast: Natalia Antonova, Oleg
Maslennikov-Voitov, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Sergei Astakhov, Darya
Jurskaya, Anastasia Akatova.
Genre: Romance.
Producers: Vlad Riashyn, Larisa
Zhuravskaya.
Director: Alexander Budyonny.
Script: Elena Zhukova.
Cast: Julia Mavrina Evklid Kurdzidis, Anton PampushnyAlena Kolesnichenko, Sergei Siplivyi Miroslav
Belonogiy, Irina Melnik.
Genre: Crime melodrama.
UNLOVED
TV MOVIES
Russian film company Russkoye started shooting 2-episode
TV romance Unloved. The project is commissioned by Russia
1 TV channel.
RUSSKOYE
Alexander Kushaev
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Synopsis: Ania is a promising student of the medical institute in
the capital. She has to quit the studies and come back home to
take care of her family: father-alcoholic and little brother Vania.
The main character does not even suspect that at home much
more serious changes are waiting for her. With the girl’s arrival
in the town the gossips reemerge about her late mother’s affair with chief doctor of the local polyclinic Sergey. So, Masha
makes DNA-test to her brother. Sergey’s fatherhood is proved
but the results are hidden from Ania. Meanwhile, Sergey and
his son Misha devise a cunning plan of adoption in which the
main part is dedicated to Ania who does not suspect anything.
Producers: Alexander Kushaev,
Irina Smirnova.
Director: Artem Nasybulin.
Script: Natalia Kudryavtseva, Tatiana Sharno.
Cast: Dmitriy PchelaNadezhda
Mikhalkova, Oleg MaslennikovVoitov, Natalia Gvozdikova Anatoly
Uzdensky Igor Bochkin Sasha Bulatov, Svetlana Pavlova.
Genre: Romance.
PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION
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PRODUCTION
№11 February 22, 2013
GOT TALENT
TV SHOWS
Early February casting to fifth season of Ukrainian version of
the popular British talent format Got Talent wrapped up. The
project is produced by the local STB channel. Show premiere
is planned for this spring.
STB
Format: Got Talent.
Contestants of the show have to perform their talents in front
of the judges and a live audience. The show follows live shows
where the final 40 contestants will perform throughout the week
in order to impress the public. The winner receives a significant
cash prize.
COMEDIANS AT WORK
TV SHOWS
Russian TV channel СТС started production of the local adaptation of Israeli company Armoza Formats format Comedians
at Work. Russian version of the format premiere is planned for
this spring. Note that the local adaptations of the show have already been aired on Israeli Reshet Channel 2, Germany’s RTL,
Norway’s TV2 etc.
СТС
Host: Mikhail Shats.
Format: Comedians at Work.
The format combines a live stand up act with reality themes.
Comedians at Work has a simple and effective premise: each
week, 2 stand up comedians go out to different workplaces and
experience them for a day. When they return to the studio, each
performs a brand new and fresh sketch on their experiences offering us a glimpse at how stand up punches are born.
BRAINIEST
TV SHOWS
TRK UKRAINE
Ukrainian TV channel TRK Ukraine announced casting for
participation in the local version of the TV intellectual show
Brainiest based on the British ITV Studios Global Entertainment
company format. Ukrainian version of the show will consist of
10 episodes. Project premiere is planned for this spring. Note
that Russian version of the show aired on CTC TV channel in
2003-2012.
Host: Lyudmyla Dobrovolska.
Format: Brainiest.
The original featured 4 different rounds.Round 1 - a set of 12
multiple choice questions, whittling down the number of male
contestants from 12 to 3. Round 2 - a set of 12 multiple choice
questions, whittling down the number of female contestants
from 12 to 3. Round 3 - a subject-based round, where contestants answered questions on two subjects, this halved the
number of competitors to 3. A final round, where the remaining
3 contestants were tested on their own specialist subject and
that of their fellow finalists.
KILLER KARAOKE
TV SHOWS
Russian TV channel U starts production of new TV entertainment show Killer Karaoke based on the British company Zodiak Rights format. Project premiere is planned for a new TV
season.
U
Format: Killer Karaoke.
Six different contestants appear in each show. They are separated into three preliminary rounds of two contestants, and
each have approximately 90 seconds to sing their song. Con-
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testants are introduced to the audience and told their challenge.
Before every challenge, host says to the contestant: “No matter
what happens, do not stop singing.” The winner for each round
is picked by the live studio audience via popular vote and is automatically advanced into the Killer Karaoke Final Showdown.
CLASH OF THE CHOIRS
TV SHOWS
Ukrainian TV channel 1+1 prepares a new singing TV show
which will gather on one scene different choirs that will compete each other. Casting for this show produced by Sister’s
Production will start this spring. The show will premiere this
fall. The project is to be the local adaptation of Shine’s Clash
of the Choirs format.
1+1
Format: Clash of the Choirs.
The show involves several community choirs from around
Ukraine competing against each other in a knockout competition that sees them performing songs from many different
musical genres. The winning choral group will receive money
prize.
THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF
TV SHOWS
Ukrainian TV channel 1+1 announced casting for participation
in new cooking TV show The Great Bake Off based on the British BBC Worldwide format. The Ukrainian version shooting will
start this summer. The project premiere is planned for this fall.
«1+1»
Format: The Great British Bake
Off.
The Great British Bake Off is the ultimate baking battle where
passionate amateur baking fans compete to be crowned the
country’s Best Amateur Baker. During 10 weeks 12 keen bakers – young, old and from every corner of the country – will mix
and bake their way through progressively tough challenges.
They will be under the eye of presenters and professional judges. The experts will inspect, prod and sample the baked goodies and decide who gets to have their cake – and eat it.
PROMZILLAS
TV SHOWS
Ukrainian TET TV channel announced casting for participation
in the third season of television reality show The Queen of the
Ball. The programme is Ukrainian adaptation of Promzillas
format by Zodiak Rights Company. The project will premiere in
new season.
TET
Host: Inna Tsymbalyuk.
Format: Promzillas.
During the project a trendy lilac bus of Promzillas reality-show
with a team of experts - makeup artist, hairdresser and host will
visit the towns and villages. Girls from different Ukrainian regions – Kyiv, Donetsk, Odessa etc – will participate in the project. In each program viewers will see four challengers for the
crown.
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PEDAN-PRITULA SHOW
TV SHOWS
NOVY CHANNEL
On the 5th of February Ukrainian channel Novy started production of the original entertaining TV project Pedan-Pritula
Show with hosts Alexandr Pedan and Sergey Pritula who are
also the creative producers of the show. Project premiere is set
for the 10th of March.
Hosts: Alexandr Pedan, Sergey
Pritula.
In this new show Alexandr Pedan and Sergey Pritula will raise
the most vital problems but talking about them in a pawky humor style.
THE BIG DANCE
TV SHOWS
Russia 1 TV channel is holding casting for its new TV dancing
show The Big Dance. Eight dance crews of 100 people each
from eight different cities – Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara,
Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Kazan’ and
Saratov – will compete for the title of the dance capital of the
whole Russia. Show will premiere on the 9th of March.
RUSSIA 1
Choreographer: Paul Domaine.
Under the guidance of choreographer Paul Domaine they will
prepare modern and dynamic dance performances in a hiphop, breakdance, housedance, r&b, rock’n’roll, jazzdance
styles. Every Saturday two crews will battle for the right to stay
in project. Jury will allot the marks, but the TV viewers are those
who shape crew’s destiny.
PRACITCAL MAGIC
TV SHOWS
STORY FILM, DOMASHNIY
Russian channel Domashniy is preparing new TV show Pracitcal Magic with Story Film company producing the project.
The show premiered on the 17th February.
Duration: 49 minutes.
This programme should help to solve problems with children
health, family well-being and husband cheating by applying
the mystical sciences – numerology, horoscopes, fen shui etc.
Each episode is divided into five blocks: children, health, love,
work and money.
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EPIC
FEATURE
FILMS
FILM AND MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, METRAFILMS,
BRANDSTORM ENTERTAINMENT, 20 STEPS
Mid January in Georgian capital Tbilisi commenced principal
photography of Ben Hopkins’ feature “black comedy” Epic.
The film is a co-production between U.K.-based Film and
Music Entertainment company, Frankfurt-based Brandstorm Entertainment, Russian Metrafilms and Georgian 20
Steps prodco. Project was developed by the British Film Institute (London), and is supported by the HessenInvestFilm Fund
(Frankfurt), Metrafilms and the French-German cultural channel Arte as well as the Georgian National Film Centre. Shooting
will move from Georgia to Germany in the last week of February
2013 for a week on location in and around Frankfurt. Post production will take place in Germany from March 15th. Film premiere is planned for 2014.
Producers: Mike Downey, Daniel
Zuta, Artem Vasiliev, Vladimir
Katcharava.
Director: Ben Hopkins.
Script: Ben Hopkins, Pawel Pawlikowski.
Cast: Mathew MacFadyen, Myanna Buring, Noah Taylor.
Genre: Black comedy.
Synopsis: A gentle black comedy about a confused, washed-up
Academy Award winning British movie director who gets invited
by a nascent state to make a national Epic in an obscure Caucasus Republic. When Emil Forester receives an invitation to the
Embassy of the Autonomous Republic of Karastan in London to
discuss his career and to receive an invitation for a retrospective of his films in ‘Karastan- Land of Inspiration’ - little does he
know that he is embarking on one of the wildest journeys of his
already diverse and colourful career.
FEATURE
FILMS
MY GRANDMA IS A WITCH
LENFILM
Russian film company Lenfilm finishes postproduction of the
children-oriented feature My Grandma is a Witch. Shooting
took place in Saint-Petersburg in 2010-2011. The film premiere
is planned for this spring.
Synopsis: The main character Vasya Novikov, a 12-year-old
schoolboy, lives on the outskirts of a provincial town and dreams
of having at least some talent. Vaska’s mother spends most of
her life on business trips, so Vaska spends a lot of time with his
father who works in the zoo. Vaska lives his ordinary life until his
grandma comes to him from the village. She turned out to be a
real witch. And as far as his mother is in the long business trip,
the grandma, when she dies, passes her unusual skills to Vaska
instructing him to use this gift only for the good of people.
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Producer: Vyacheslav Telnov.
Director, script: Sergei Karandashov.
Cast: Vasily Ivanov, Ovsyannikova Anna Alexander Plaksin, Maria
Semenova.
Genre: Children’s film.
GUIDE
PRONTO FILM
Ukrainian production company Pronto Film finished shooting
some episodes of the feature drama Guide. Principal photography took place in spring and summer of 2012 in and around
Kharkov. The project received $2 million state grant from the
Ukrainian Film Commission.
Producers: Igor Savichenko,
Maxim Asadchiy.
Director: Les’ Sanin.
Cast: Stanislav Boklan, Anton
Svyatoslav Green etc.
Genre: Drama.
Synopsis: The action take place in Ukraine, Mongolia, USA
and Switzerland in 1920-1930 and in our time. This is a story of
American boy Peter who came to Ukraine in the late 1920-s. He
speaks with a heavy accent but tries to learn Ukrainian… After
his father was killed the boy met blind Pandora-player Ivan Kocherga. Ivan and Peter were traveling throughout Ukraine. Peter
turned into Petr and grew up very quickly experiencing the joys,
grieves, love, human disaster and death. In winter 1934 Ivan
Kocherga along with several hundreds of other Pandora-players and lyrists who gathered on a conference were executed
near Kharkov. Peter was the only alive witness of those events.
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SPACE MOWGLI
FEATURE
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FEBRUARY 29
Russian film director Alexei Fedorchenko starts working on feature romantic drama Space Mowgli based on the Arkady and
Boris Strugatsky’s novel, written in 1971. Currently the film is in
pre-production period. The project is financially supported by
Russian Cinema Fund and is produced by February 29 prodco.
Film premiere is planned for 2015.
Producers: Dmitriy Vorobiev,
Alexei Fedorchenko.
Director: Aleksei Fedorchenko.
Script: Mikhail Maslennikov.
Genre: Romantic drama.
Synopsis: The plot of the original source narrates about the
group of earthmen that land on, as it was supposed to be, uninhabited planet Ark in order to prepare it for further colonization
by the inhabitants of planet Pantha which was going to perish
soon. On site the earthmen discover the crashed spacecraft
of the space independent researchers from the Group of Free
Search on which a married couple with a little baby arrived. The
parents died during the crash. However, the baby survived and
was brought up by the mysterious race of aboriginal-nonhumanoids impossibly alien to the human race. The team members had to decide what to do with the child…
FORT ROSS
FEATURE
FILMS
MOROZ FILM
Dmitry Kharatyan
Russian film company MOROZ film finished principal photography of the historic feature adventures Fort Ross based on
Dmitriy Poletayev’s novel. Currently the postproduction is underway at Mosfilm facilities. On the 1st of March film crew goes
to California (the USA) to shoot some final scenes of the film.
The project with a $10 million production budget is supported
by Russian Cinema Fund. Film premiere is planned for this summer.
Producer: Dmitry Kharatyan.
Director: Yuriy Moroz.
Cast: Artem Tkachenko, Maxim
Matveev, Anna Starshenbaum,
Maxim Vinogradov.
Genre: Historical adventure.
Synopsis: One of the main intrigues of the Russian history has
been disclosed! How did it happen that in XIX century Russia
lost for good its lands in North America? It possessed a huge
territory from Alaska to North California! In quest of the answer
the group of TV journalists: intellectual Dmitriy, simple-minded Phimka and beautiful Margo – travel through the time and
space visiting both tsarist palaces and Indian wigwams. Their
discovery is going to stun you and make you look at the known
historical events quite differently. The characters find the answer in the facts which have been thoroughly concealed until
now. Nonetheless, are you ready to take the truth?
WHITE REINDEER MOSS
FEATURE
FILMS
VLADIMIR
MENSHOV’S PROJECT
Vladimir Menshov
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Russian film director Vladimir Menshov started working on
new feature mythological drama White Reindeer Moss. Currently the project is in pre-production period. Shooting will
commence this March and will take place in Yamal-Nenets autonomous district (Russia). Film premiere is planned for late
2013 – early 2014.
Producers: Vladimir Menshov,
Alexander Litvinov, Svetlana Dalskaya.
Director: Vladimir Tumaev.
Script: Valery Bakirov.
Genre: Mythological drama.
Synopsis: The plot is dedicated to the dramatic destiny of a
young Nenets whose sweetheart went to study to the regional
center. The guy suffers and wants to join his darling. Meanwhile
in the tundra a wolf nicknamed Lame Devil kills the girl’s mother
and little sister. The girl arrives to her father, she is beautiful and
inaccessible. She wears citified clothes and she does not like
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to the city. The guy’s mother brings another girl to the nomads’
camp but the main character is not interested in her. The young
Nenets and Lame Devil meet in the tundra. The guy wins a bloody
fight. The girl whom brought the guy’s mother takes care of the
young man and cures his terrible wounds. Thanks to her attention she gets the right to light the fire in his chum.
IVAN PODDUBNY
FEATURE
FILMS
KRASNAYA STRELA, TRITE
Valeriy
Todorovskiy
FEATURE
FILMS
Russian film companies Krasnaya Strela (aka Red Arrow) and
TriTe finishes working on the feature biopic Ivan Poddubny.
Postproduction is currently underway at Mosfilm facilities.
Shooting started in March 2012 and took place in Feodosia,
Kiev, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Paris, and New York. The project
budget totals almost $12 million. Film premiere is planned for
the second half of this year.
Synopsis: Film is based on a life story of Ivan Poddubny - a Russian Empire and Soviet wrestler of Ukrainian Cossack descent.
When he was a child he already showed a remarkable strength
easily doing the hardest work. His first partner and coach was
his father. He began his sports career around 1900 and his career lasted for about forty years. Poddubny received numerous
invitations to tours in many countries. The strongest opponent
was a Pole Stanislaw Zbyszko-Cyganiewicz and Poddubny finally prevailed over him in the United States. During the Nazi
German occupation, he refused to leave the Soviet Union to
train German wrestlers…
Producers: Valeriy Todorovskiy,
Leonid Lebedev, Vadim Goryainov, Leonid Vereshchagin.
Director: Gleb Orlov.
Script: Yuriy Korotkov.
Cast: Mikhail Porechenkov,
Denis Lavan, Vladimir Ilyin, Yuri
Kolokolnikov, Roman Madyanov,
Alexander Mikhailov, Ron Perlman.
Genre: Biographical drama.
THE TRIBE
GARMATA FILM
Myroslav Slaboshpitskiy
Ukrainian production company Garmata film started preproduction of new feature drama The Tribe. Filming start is
planned for the autumn 2013. Production budget is about $1.5
million. The project is financially supported by Ukrainian Film
Comission and The Hubert Bals Fund of the Rotterdam Festival
(Netherlands). Expected release date is April 2014.
Producer: Valentyn Vasyanovych.
Director: Myroslav Slaboshpitskiy.
Genre: Drama.
Synopsis: Sergey is a deaf-and-dumb teenager who enters a
special boarding school. There he tries to find his place in the
hierarchy of the boarding school community, which operates
like a Mafiosi group ruled by the King.
SAMSON
FEATURE
FILMS
TRIKITA ENTERTAINMENT
Sergei Bodrov
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Russian film company Trikita Entertainment starts working on
new feature adventure drama Samson. The project will be Russian-American coproduction and is currently in pre-production
period. Film release is planned for 2014.
Synopsis: Samson overflows with life. The Philistines are his
tribe’s enemies, but they are also his closest friends. Only with
them can he be himself, drinking and laughing and entertaining
them with his jokes. When his closest friends kill his wife and her
family, Samson vows revenge. He burns their fields and towns,
killing hundreds, and then flees. The Philistines send their army
to capture him. To save his people from war, Samson surrenders. He is rescued by friends, but then betrayed by a woman
who loves him. The Philistines blind him, robbing him of his
Producer: Sergei Bodrov, Yury
Krestinskiy.
Director: Sergei Bodrov.
Script: Sergei Bodrov, Carolyn
Cavallero, Eric Nazarian
Genre: Adventures.
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power…The years pass. Blind Samson knows that the Philistines plan to invade his homeland and destroy his people. The
day of the great festival to the gods arrives, and Samson takes
a horrible revenge. Samson was the first Super hero in history.
His story comes to us from the ancient past, from the land of
the Dead Sea. Yet a Super hero never dies. He will live again in
this movie.
THE LAST SUMMER
FEATURE
FILMS
VALDAY FILMS
Russian prodco Valday Films finishes working on the feature
action The Last Summer. The project postproduction is currently being proceeded at Mosfilm. Shooting started in Moscow
in September 2012.
Director: Eugeniy Zvezdakov.
Script: Oleg Molovichko.
Genre: Crime drama.
Synopsis: Kostya is bored of his life despite his parents are
wealthy and he can afford everything he wants. Being offended
by his father, Kostya is left alone and wants adventures. However he sees an opportunity to try something new and becomes a
person who finds and marks a likely place for robbery. But very
soon he will understand that it’s not a childish game and finding
the way out will be a problem for a young man.
LOVE IN THE BIG CITY 3
FEATURE
FILMS
LEOPOLIS, STUDIA KVARTAL 95
Late January Ukrainian prodco Studia Kvartal 95 in coproduction with Russian Leopolis film company started shooting
feature romantic comedy Love in the Big City 3. Principal photography started in Las Vegas and then will move to Moscow.
Production budget of the project totals 2.5 million. Film release
is planned for 2013.
Synopsis: The movie describes the actions that happen after
5 years since the second movie events. Everything is great in
the life of the main characters, they love each other and their
children grow up. But everything is too good, all their romance
and passion has turned into routine. The men once a week meet
in the pub and women completely dedicated themselves to the
family and children. Their lives look something like that: job,
home, sleep, zoo, job, home… Welcome to the adult life…
Producers: Sergei Livnev, Lev
Nicholau.
Director: Marius Weisberg.
Cast: Alexei Chadov, Vera
Brezhneva, Ville Haapasalo, Anastasiya Zadorozhnaya, Vladimir
Zelenskiy, Svetlana Hodchenkova, Philip Kirkorov, Leonid Yarmolnik, Mikhail Efremov.
Genre: Comedy.
KENZHE/YOUNGER BROTHER
FEATURE
FILMS
KAZAKHFILM
Mid February Kazakhfilm started shooting new feature actiondrama Kenzhe/Younger Brother. Filming will last two monthes and will take place in Spain, Thailand and Kazakhstan. Production budget of the project totals $5 million.
Synopsis: The movie is about two brothers from the far-away
distant kolkhoz. One of them is twelve, another is eight. The
boys’ parents died and they stayed all by themselves. The orphanage wanted to take the brother but they ran away to the
city. Some time passed and the brothers conquered the city:
the was taking the orders to kill the people; the younger became
the executive, killer. As a result Kenzhe gave himself away. He
was being tracked and the trackers found the elder brother who
splits up the junior. Thus, they started hunting each other.
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Director: Ermek Tursunov.
Cast: Mikhail Khmurov, Ekaterina Zaitseva, Philip Voloshin,
Gulbanu Ashimova, Bolat Abdilmanov etc.
Genre: Action-drama.
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7 MAIN WISHES
FEATURE
FILMS
ROCK FILMS
Alexei Uchitel
At the end of January Russian film company Rock Films started
shooting new feature romantic comedy 7 Main Wishes. Filming takes place in Saint Petersburg and will last till the middle of
this spring. Movie premiere is planned for the end of this year.
Synopsis: Masha is a present-day office employee who does
not know what she wants from her life. Having lost her job on
the eve of the holiday she rejoices with the dreams about magical fulfillment of wishes. A shy doctor who is in love with Masha
since school days presents her a magical amulet that may make
7 wishes a reality. Though, making a wish you’d better be careful because the wish may come true…
Producer: Alexei Uchitel.
Director: Vadim Sokolovskiy.
Cast: Anton Makarskiy Irina
Pegova, Julia Kozyreva Yekaterina Klimova, Igor Petrenko.
AMORI ELEMENTARI
FEATURE
FILMS
ZORI FILM, CENTRO
SPERIMENTALE DI CINEMATOGRAFIA, RAI CINEMA,
SHARONCINEMA
On the 24th of January started shooting of new feature romantic comedy Amori Elementari (Elementary Love). The project
is produced by Russian Zori Film in coproduction with Italian
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Rai Cinema and
Sharoncinema. Filming locations are Rome and Moscow.
Shooting will wrap up this April in Italian Alps. The production
budget of the movie totals €2 million.
Synopsis: A romantic comedy that has as its protagonists ten
years old children who play hockey and are fond of figure skating. Film is about first love and first “adult problems” of the
kids…
FEATURE
FILMS
MAXIM OSA: A MAN FROM THE AFTERWORLD
HANZHONKOVFILM
Ukrainian prodco HanzhonkovFilm started pre-production of
new feature adventure detective Maxim Osa: a Man from the
Afterworld, based on the comics of Ukrainian writer Igor Baranko. Filming will take place in the vicinities of Kiev and will start
this summer. Film release is planned for 2014.
Director: Sergio Basso.
Cast: Cristiana Capotondi, Anita
Kravos, Edoardo Pesce, Rachele Cremona, Andrea Pittorino,
Laura Gaia Piacentile, Bonny
Mappilamattel, Anya Potebnya,
Maxim Bichkov, Andrey Chernishov, Olga Pogodina.
Producer: Alexei Shaparev.
Director: Alexei Mamedov.
Script: Irene Rozdobudko.
Genre: Adventure detective.
Synopsis: The main character of this movie is a Cossack that
returned to his native village after a raid in the Crimea in 1636.
The adventures start from the moment when Osa is sitting by
his own grave and thinking-guessing how it happened: a man
that is still alive was buried. Naturally, further events are a mix of
thriller, mysticism and grim humor.
THE SPY’S SOUL
FEATURE
FILMS
LENFILM, RUSSIA 1
Russian Lenfilm company in coproduction with Russia 1 TV
channel starts working on new feature spy drama The Spy’s
Soul based on the book of ex-intelligence officer Mikhail Lyubimov. Principal photography will commence this April. Shooting
will take place in St. Petersburg, London, Paris and Egypt.
Director: Vladimir Bortko.
Genre: Spy drama.
Synopsis: The movie describes the work of our agent in London. The events take place nowadays. In the book And Hell Followed Him most of the scenes are autobiographic, and the main
antagonist – a “rat” inside the Russian Intelligence – in greate
detail is copied from the Soviet defector Oleg Gordievskiy who
had been working for many years on English Intelligence while
being the deputy of M. Lyubimov.
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TAL
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FORMA PRO FILMS, PIAR CITY
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Latvian prodco Forma Pro Films in coproduction with Russian
producing centre Piar City starts working on biographical feature drama Tal. Currently the project is in script development
stage. Production budget of the feature is $2.75 million. The
project is $400 000 supported by Rigas filmu fonds. Film premiere is planned for 2014.
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Genre: Drama.
Синопсис: Film is about world famous chess player - Mikhail
Tal who was a Soviet-Latvian chess Grandmaster and the eighth
World Chess Champion. Widely regarded as a creative genius
and the best attacking player of all time, he played in a daring,
combinational style. His play was known above all for improvisation and unpredictability. The movie itself consists of two parallel lines: the real world where Mikhail Tal lives, and the world
of chess.
TAKING YOUR PAIN
FEATURE
FILMS
GEORGIY PARADJANOV’S
PROJECT
Georgiy
Paradjanov
15
Russian film director Georgiy Paradjanov starts working on his
second feature movie Taking Your Pain. The project is currently in pre-production period. Shooting of this feature drama
are planned to start in the second half of this year.
Producer: Ekaterina Filippova.
Director, script: Georgiy Paradjanov.
Genre: Drama.
Synopsis: The plot is a real and unique story in which simple
people from the Armenian village Kerkenj in Azerbaijan and
Azerbaijani village Kyzyl-Shaphagh in Armenia during the conflict escalation peacefully agreed, and with passive disapproval
of the authorities, simply exchanged the villages. One of the
main story lines is unfolding ten years before the exchange: Armenian girl Asmik from one village and Azerbaijani guy Rovshan
from another fall in love and want to be together but the relatives of both parties are against their marriage. Then the enamored notwithstanding the pressure decide to end their lives and
in a death note they ask to bury them together.
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АURORA
Аurora Distribution – acquisition and sales branch of Ukrainian
group of companies Аurora – signed deal with production company
Gulfstream production on international distribution of sketch comedy Dairy of Pregnant (Dnevnik beremennoy, Ukraine, 2012). It was
premiered in November 2012 on Ukrainian TV channel K1.
The story is built around the young pregnant girl who lives together
with her husband and eccentric mother-in-law, and who constantly
gets into funny situations thanks to her “certain condition”. Sketches
are full of witty and sometimes cynical humor about all the truth of
pregnancy: it could be either visit to ultrasound doctor, meeting with
her unmarried girl-friends, attending courses for pregnant women
or communication with the “most beloved” and extremely wise husband’s mother.
Producer: Pavel Pozdnyakov.
Director: Nataliia Pasenitskaia.
Cast: Evgenii Smorigin, Oksana
Stashenko, Victoriia Bulitko, Tamara Iatsenko.
Duration: 44 x 26 min.
Genre: Sketch comedy.
DT PRODUCTION
Russian company DT production specializing on production of TV
series as well as content distribution licensed season one of French
detective series Jo (France, 2012) to Ukrainian TV channel 1+1. Previously DT production acquired rights for the series for CIS and Baltic
territories from Red Arrow International (formerly: SevenOne International) worldwide programming sales company of German Red
Arrow Entertainment Group (production and distribution branch of
ProSiebenSat.1 Group).
The main hero, brilliant and brutal detective St-Clair, matches wits
with pathological killers to solve a series of shocking murders. St-Clair
is partnered with rookie detective Bayard, a good-looking college-educated cop whose by-the-book approach stands in marked contrast
to St-Clair’s lone-wolf methods. Supervising them is Commissaire
Dormont, a tough-minded boss with a long tumultuous history with
St-Clair. St-Clair’s personal life is as challenging and dangerous as
the cases he solves. There are two women in his life - Karyn, an unorthodox nun who works in the city’s underbelly, and his own daughter
Adele, a young Emergency Room nurse as implacable as her father.
Cast: Jean Reno, Jill Hennessy,
Tom Austen, Orla Brady, Heida
Reed and others.
Genre: Crime.
VIASAT
Pan-European TV Channel Viasat acquired from Sky Vision - distribution branch of British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB) - rights for
the documentary series Kingdom of Plants 3D (Great Britain, 2011)
for Eastern Europe and Scandinavian countries. The series has also
gone to France 5 (France), Servus TV (German-speaking Europe),
RTL (Germany), VRT (Belgium) and TV2 (Norway).
This series reveals a whole new dimension in the lives of plants, from
the most bizarre to the most beautiful. Using timelapse and macro
photography, the host, David Attenborough, explores fascinating
world of plants tracing them from their beginnings on the Earth to their
vital place in nature today, exposing new revelations along the way.
He moves from human time scale to theirs, revealing the true nature
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Director: Martin Williams.
Genre: Documentary.
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of plants as creatures that are every bit as dynamic and aggressive
as animals. He does all this in one unique place, a microcosm of the
whole plant world, where some 90% of all known plant species are represented: The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in London.
MEGOGO.NET
Ukrainian online video portal Megogo.net acquired 300 hours of programmes from international distributor BBC Worldwide. The deal –
which covers drama, comedy, science, cookery, documentary, natural history and children’s shows – includes titles like Sherlock, The
Fades, Luther, Extras, The Naked Chef, Human Planet and Frozen Plant.
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Sherlock depicts consulting detective Holmes, assisting the Metropolitan Police Service, primarily DI Greg Lestrade, in solving various
crimes. Holmes is assisted by his flatmate, Dr John Watson, who has
returned from military service in Afghanistan. Although the series depicts a variety of crimes and perpetrators, Holmes’ conflict with his
enemy Jim Moriarty is a recurring feature. Pathologist Molly Hooper
assists Holmes in her laboratory.
Genre: crime, drama, mystery.
The Fades. The main hero, teenage boy named Paul, is haunted by
apocalyptic dreams that nobody can explain. As if that weren’t terrifying enough, he begins to see spirits of the dead, known as The Fades,
all around him. The Fades can’t be seen, smelt, heard or touched by
other humans. When an embittered and vengeful Fade, Polus, finds a
way to be human again, it’s up to Paul to stop him - and all of the dead
- from breaking back into the world and destroying the human race.
Genre: Fantasy, horror.
Luther follows the cases of a troubled yet brilliant English police detective, DCI John Luther. Separated from his wife, whom he loves passionately, he is torn between an unrelenting approach to solving serial killings and his attempts to rekindle his marriage. Luther is a highly
charged emotional man who is not above stretching the law to solve a
case or save a life. A woman named Alice Morgan proves she is equally
brilliant by committing the perfect murder of her parents, which challenges Luther as never before. At the same time Luther’s edgy police
tactics make him a serious concern to his superiors, who feel that he is
a threat to their reputations and that of the Police force.
Genre: Crime, drama,
mystery.
Extras follows Andy Millman - an actor with ambition and a script. Reduced to working as an extra with a useless agent, Andy’s attempts to
boost his career invariably end in failure and embarrassment.
Genre: Comedy, drama.
The Naked Chef. The title of the cooking-show means that chef Jamie Oliver strips down recipes and presents the bare essentials of
cooking.
Genre: Documentary.
Human Planet. The series explores the ways the humanity partially
adapts to types of natural environment and tends to change them.
Each episode examines how life differs for men and nature in some
type of environment, from Arctic to desert and jungle, from coasts to
mountains.
Genre: Documentary.
Frozen Plant. The series focuses on life and the environment in both
the Arctic and Antarctic. Authors tried to explore the effects of global
warming and the process of climate change on the both Poles.
Genre: Documentary.
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RUSSIAN WORLD VISION
Russian content distributor Russian World Vision signed an international distribution deal with Russian film company Enjoy Movies.
According to the agreement Russian World Vision provides worldwide
sales of latest films produced by Enjoy Movies including The Nannies
(Nianki, Russia, 2012), Moms (Mamy, Russia, 2012), A Man With a
Guarantee (Muzhchina s garantiey, Russia, 2012) as well as I′ll Be
Around (Ya budu riadom, Russia, Ukraine, 2012) – coproduction with
Ukrainian company Studio Kvartal 95.
The Nannies. The lead characters, two provincial businessmen in the
travel industry, who have never really treated seriously family life, children and their work, have a very important trip abroad. They dream of
successful results in the negotiations. But suddenly the responsibility
for the three entirely unmanageable children falls on them. Everything
would be fine, if they were not children of the capital business-woman,
our heroes’ potential investor. Friends have to deal with the children,
their grandmother, who came ostensibly to help, and German rivals,
trying not to fail in such an important deal for them.
Director: Ashot Keshyan.
Cast: Nikolay Naumov, Ararat
Keshyan, Ludmila Artemyeva,
Aglaya Shilovskaya, Lina Dobrorodnova.
Genre: Comedy, family film.
Moms. Every year on the International Women’s Day telephone networks transfer millions of phone calls and SMS messages. The vast
majority of phone calls are addressed to the most important women in
the life of everyone - to the mothers. The film tells eight different stories of how sons of different age and status congratulate their mothers.
Cast: Sergey Bezrukov, Dmitriy Duzhev, Mikhail Porechenkov, Egor Beroev, Gosha
Kucenko, Aleksandr Oleshko, Igor Vernik.
Genre: Comedy, family film.
A Man With a Guarantee. The lead character is an unusual person
working as the security guard in shopping mall. He knows everybody
and everything, and everyone knows and loves him. He doesn′t only
work here, but also leads full-fledged life — he dresses free of charge,
eats at restaurants, sleeps in a furniture department and participates
in night races on floor polishers. One day a trainee appears in his life.
Their relations gradually start to develop into friendship. However, he
doesn’t know one important detail: his “colleague” is the owner of the
shopping mall.
I’ll Be Around. The heroine named Inna is a typical new Russian comfortable middle class young woman, working as a manager at a Moscow restaurant where she is surrounded with respect and love of her
colleagues. Her 6-year-old son Mitya is the centre of her universe, her
best friend and ally. But one day Mitya sees his mum with a bandage
on her head. Inna tells him that she had a car accident, but the truth
is ruthless - brain tumor... Knowing that she will die soon, Inna starts
looking for foster parents. Inna’s twisted journey of anxiety, weakness
and dismay will lead to unexpected encounters, rediscovering her
strength, self-restraint and in the end – hope.
Director: Artem Akseenko.
Cast: Alexander Oleshko,
Nonna Grishaeva, Dmitriy
Nagiev, Petr Fedorov, Olga
Volkova.
Genre: Comedy, romance,
family film.
Director: Pavel Ruminov.
Cast: Maria Shalaeva, Roma
Zenchuk, Maria Semkina, Ivan
Volkov, Alisa Khazanova.
Genre: Drama.
Russian World Vision also signed a deal with Russian film studio Rock
Films and added its film Break Loose (Vosmiorka, Russia, 2013) to
the catalogue of international rights. The project is in postproduction.
The film tells the story of four best friends – Herman, Lykov, Shorokh
and Grekh. They’ve been to war, they’ve seen life, but they are still
passionate, young and willing to serve their country. They found their
place at OMON - Russian Special Police Squad. They can count only
on each other, and their real family is themselves. After working hours
they become simple guys with ordinary dreams like family and comfort. But life changes when once in a night club the friends incidentally
get in a fight with the local mafia. The trivial fight on the dance floor
turns into a real war.
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Director: Alexey Uchitel.
Cast: Maria Alexey Mantsigyn,
Artur Smolyaninov, Alexander
Novyn, Artem Bystrov, Pavel
Vorozhtsov, Isidora Simijonovic.
Genre: Drama.
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EXCLUSIVE RELEASING
US based Exclusive Releasing – distribution arm of international
group of companies Exclusive Media – acquired UK and CIS distribution rights for Two Mothers (France, Australia, 2013). The deal was
closed at Sundance Film Festival where the world premiere of the film
took place on January 18. Two Mothers is the first acquisition for Exclusive Releasing, which was launched in September 2012. The distributor plans to bow the film in theaters and on VOD day-and-date.
Supposedly inspired by a true story, this film is about two mothers who
really like their son’s best friend and they are best friends as well. It
tells a women story with all their friendships, husbands, relationships,
sons and lovers. The film was set in Australia, so, the other main peculiarity is the location.
Director: Anne Fontaine.
Cast: Robin Wright, Naomi
Watts, Ben Mendelsohn, Xavier
Samuel, Sophie Lowe, James
Frecheville and others.
Genre: Drama.
CHANNEL ONE
Russian Channel One acquired broadcasting rights for drama series
House of Cards (USA, 2013) from international distributor Sony Pictures Television (SPT), which has also struck an SVoD deal in the territory of Russia with digital platform Yota. The series was produced by
American provider of on-demand Internet streaming media Netflix that
launched House of Cards in UK, Ireland, North America, Latin America
and the Nordics at the beginning of February. In countries where Netflix doesn’t operate, broadcasters and online platforms have to pick
up the series from SPT as did Canal+ (France), Sky Deutschland (Germany), Zon (Portugal), Digiturk (Turkey), Hot and Yes (Israel).
House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, an ambitious Democratic congressman and the House Majority Whip. Following his assistance in ensuring the election of President Garrett Walker, Underwood
is informed by Chief of Staff Linda Vasquez that the existing agreement to appoint him Secretary of State will not be honored. Furious at
Walker’s betrayal, Underwood and his wife Claire, an environmental
activist, begin seeking out pawns in a protracted political war against
Walker.
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Michael
Gill, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly,
Kristen Connolly, Sakina Jaffrey
and others.
Genre: Drama.
DARO
Monaco-based independent distribution company Daro Film Distribution made a deal with American sales-company Premiere Entertainment Group on distribution of The Outsider (USA, 2013). Daro
acquired rights for Eastern Europe and CIS. The film is in the postproduction. It was also sold to VVS for Canada, DDDream for China, Eagle
for the Middle East, Polarstar for Latin America.
The Outsider centers on a British military contractor Lex Walker who is
told his daughter has died. When he arrives in Los Angeles and discovers the body is not hers, he begins an investigation.
WEST
Russian independent film distributor West acquired rights for fantasy
adventure Blood Sisters for CIS territories from film financing, production, sales and distribution company IM Global (has offices in Los
Angeles, London and Mumbai). The deal was closed at European Film
Market (EFM) in Berlin. And it was one of the numerous. US rights were
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Director: Brian A Miller.
Cast: James Caan, Shannon
Elizabeth, Craig Fairbrass,
Johnny Messner, Melissa Ordway and others.
Genre: Action, crime, drama.
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picked up by The Weinstein Company. IM Global licensed rights in the
UK and Canada (eOne), Germany (Universum), France (Metropolitan), Australia and New Zealand (Hoyts), CIS (West), Benelux (DFW),
Latin America (Sun), Scandinavia (Nordisk) and Spain (Aurum). Deals
also closed in Switzerland (Frenetic), Portugal (Lusomundo), Bulgari
(Tandem), Czech and Slovak (Hollywood), Poland (ITI), Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia (Padora), Hong Kong (Intercontinental), Indonesia (PT Amero), Philippines (Pioneer), Thailand (M
Pictures) and South Africa (Ster Kinekor).
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The project is in pre-production. Shooting is scheduled to commence
in early summer. Such companies as Preger Entertainment, Angry
Films and Kintop Pictures are engaged. Reliance Entertainment and IM
Global are co-financing the production. Blood Sisters to be released
worldwide in February 2014. It is supposed to be franchise based on
the six‐volume Richelle Mead young adult novel series that chronicles
the life of 17-year-old Rosemarie Hathaway, a dhampir - half human/
vampire, and her best friend Vasilisa Dragomir belonging to the race
of peaceful, mortal vampires – Moroi. They are brought back to their
school, St. Vladimir’s Academy, after running away two years previously. On returning, Guardian Dimitri Belikov, who was the leader of
the team of guardians sent to retrieve the two, is assigned to be Lissa’s
guardian as she is a princess of Moroi.
Director: Mark Waters.
Cast: Zoey Deutch, Danila Kozlovskiy, Lucy Fry.
Genre: Fantasy, adventure.
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UKRAINIAN THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION MARKET OVERVIEW
(NOVEMBER 29, 2012 – FEBRUARY 3, 2013)
Theatrical releases of 56 films took place in Ukraine in the period of November 29, 2012 – February 3, 2013. The gross box-office of
these films totaled $20 million. 3.4 million tickets were sold for the premieres of the new theatrical year. At the same time films released
before November 29, 2012 starting from December collected $2.8 million with almost one million admissions. So the total Ukrainian
theatrical box-office amounts to $22.8 million. 4.4 million people visited cinemas during two month.
TOP-20 releases collected $21.1 million – 92.5% of the total amount. 89% of the cinema-goers – more than 3.9 million – bought tickets
to watch the films you see in the table below.
№
Title
Distributor
Release date
Premier weekend Box
Office, $
Total Box Office 29.11.2012 03.02.2013, $
Tickets sold
1
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
KNM
19.12.2012
1 388 677
4 029 210
557 477
2
Life of Pi
UFD
01.01.2013
822 160
2 418 055
342 590
3
Three Warriors on Far Shores / Tri
bogatyria na dalnikh beregakh (Rus)
GK
27.12.2012
507 697
2 392 851
522 900
4
Jungle / Dzhungli (Rus)
GK
29.11.2012
698 186
1 473 419
254 894
5
Anna Karenina
B&H
01.01.2013
535 537
1 251 502
243 977
6
Rise of the Guardians*
B&H
22.11.2012
631 611
1 130 642*
229142*
7
Django Unchained
B&H
17.01.2013
403 835
955 856
142 318
8
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters
B&H
31.01.2013
922 501
922 501
140 474
9
Mommies / S Novym godom, mamy!
(Rus)
GK
27.12.2012
193 900
822 208
164 087
Gentlemen Of Fortune / Dzhentelmeny,
10
udachi!(Rus)
AVR
27.12.2012
174 929
803 908
152 137
11 Jack Reacher
B&H
10.01.2013
337 941
687 121
137 508
12 Backer-up / Dubler (Rus)
GK
10.01.2013
328 196
643 993
128 983
The Snow Queen / Snezhnaya Koroleva
13
(Rus)
AVR
01.01.2013
371 668
627 067
124 373
14
Solovey the Bandit / Solovey-Razboynik* (Rus)
AVR
22.11.2012
433 376
557 559*
119 624*
15
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2*
UFD
15.11.2012
1 605 724
543 658*
368 541*
16 Flight
B&H
06.12.2012
240 286
488 210
94 302
17 Playing for Keeps
UFD
06.12.2012
192 090
422 069
87 521
18 Ticket to Vegas / Bilet na Vegas (Rus)
AVR
24.01.2013
179 343
337 698
32 704
19 Cloud Atlas*
B&H
08.11.2012
658 937
318 729*
137 157*
20 Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
B&H
27.12.2012
47 326
315 237
51 259
21 141 493
3 937 666
TOTAL ТОP-20:
Sources: boxofficemojo.com, Ukrainian Film Distribution
* films released before November 29, 2012, box-office and admissions over a period of November 29, 2012 – February 3, 2013
Distributors:
AVR – Aurora Film
B&H – B&H Distribution
GK – Galeon Kino
KNM – Kinomania
UFD – Ukrainian Film Distribution
CNG - Cinergy
GK – Galeon Kino
IF - Inter Film
KNM - Kinomania
UFD - Ukrainian Film Distribution
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Television markets in such Central Asia countries as Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan differ a lot from
the points of view of their volume, number of broadcasters, TV-content production facilities and trends of
development. TV markets in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, for instance, are just starting to evolve and integrate into global TV tendencies. From the other hand Kazakh TV industry is rather powerful and already
meets all the requirements of modern TV world and represents all the main trends of global TV market. In
this article we’ll give a short analysis of these three CIS territories from the point of view of current situation
on their television markets.
Tajikistan
TV industry in Tajikistan is the least developed among other CIS countries but for Turkmenistan, which is
the only one “closed for the others’ eyes” market of the region with only 5 TV state-owned channels and
without private TV stations at all. According to the TV and Radio Broadcasting committee of Tajikistan
there are totally 57 TV stations in the country, 17 of which are private and the others are state-owned ones.
The main distinctive feature of the local TV market is absolute dominance of regional and local TV broadcasters (the majority of local TV channels are operating in the province of Sughd (one of 4 administrative
divisions of Tajikistan situated on the north of the country).
Currently there are only four national-wide TV stations in Tajikistan that cover more than two thirds of the
state territory by means of terrestrial and satellite distribution. They are: First Channel Tajikistan (99.7%
coverage), TV Safina (77.4%), Chahonnamo (75.7%), and Bakhoriston TV (72.1%). All of these TV channels are state-owned. Nationwide private broadcasters absence is the main obstacle of the country TV industry development. Local authorities actually stopped issuing new broadcasting licenses in 1999 – from
that time and till the beginning of 2013 only one TV channel was “awarded” by TV license – it was private
NTT channel (stands for Independent Television of Tajikistan) which started broadcasting in summer 2007
and covers with its signal the capital of the state Dushanbe and its suburbs.
TV advertising market in Tajikistan is rather small – less than $10 million (the population of the country nears
7.4 million people, there are approximately 2 million households). Out of 2 million television households,
1.5 million households rely on the terrestrial platform for their primary television reception while 500,000
households rely on satellite. Dominance of the state-owned channels on the market prevents the substantial
growth of advertising industry in the country. This is also one of the main reasons of poor TV content production– there are neither local series nor local adaptations of the international TV formats on the Tajik TV.
Situation may change after analogue terrestrial signal switch off – it is planned for mid 2015. DTT-signal
transmission first started in May 2010 in Dushanbe in DVB-T, MPEG-4 standard. In 2011-2012 DTT became available in three more regions of the country. Nowadays Tajikistan is implementing DVB-T2 standard. Currently four abovementioned nationwide TV channels are available in the first DTT-multiplex.
Overall two terrestrial multiplexes, which will include 20 channels, are planned.
Uzbekistan
For the number of TV households TV market of Uzbekistan is more than twice bigger than one of Tajikistan
– there are about 4.7 million households and 7.4 million television sets in use in the country. The terrestrial
platform is used by 81% (near 3.8 million) of all television households. Cable and satellite television delivery platforms are becoming increasingly popular with viewers and account for 10-15% and 4-5% of all
television households, respectively.
Although a government decree officially eliminated state censorship in 2002, independent media are still
severely restricted. In 2006 authorities further tightened state control by requiring re-registration of all
media outlets not passing a summary review of qualifications. In 2012 almost 40 independent private television stations and 9 state-owned regional TV channels were operating in Tajikistan, but four state-owned
television stations, run by the Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan, dominated the market. They
are: Ozbekiston, Yoshlar, Sport TV and Tashkent. The biggest and the most popular private TV channels in
Uzbekistan are: Markaz TV, NTT, Forum TV and SofTC.
TV advertising evolves rapidly in Uzbekistan. Its volume last year reached $50-55 million, and its annual
growth is forecasted for further few years at the 12-15% level. TV content production is just starting to
develop in the country. The main producers of TV series and TV movies are state-owned Uzbektelefilm and
Uzbekkino companies. In the last two years some private productions and TV stations started shooting local series and TV shows (no international TV formats are yet officially adapted in Uzbekistan).
In June 2008, the first DTT pilot project in central Asia was launched in Tashkent - the capital city of Uzbekistan. Viewers could access 8 standard-definition television services using MPEG-4 AVC compression technology. In September 2008, the further multiplex was launched offering viewers in Tashkent and
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Bukhara access to four government-owned television services. Regular DTT broadcasting started in September 2009 offering 12 DTT channels (the services are a mixture of 4 government-owned and 8 commercial pay-DTT channels). Currently DTT-multiplexes cover near 42% population of the country.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, but its population is only 15.9 million people.
The total number of TV households is estimated to be 4.2 million while the total number of television sets in
use is approximately 4.6 million. The analogue terrestrial television platform is the primary television delivery platform for 86% of television households. Approximately 600 villages do not have access to analogue
terrestrial television signals. Cable is used by 12% of the population, satellite TV penetration reaches for
now up to 5% of the market while first IPTV service was launched in the capital city Astana in February 2009
by the broadcast network operator Kazakhtelecom (IPTV penetration in the country now is less than 1%).
Kazakhstan has significant potential for further growth in the television advertising market and is the third
largest among the countries in the region after Russia and Ukraine. TV advertising in Kazakhstan reached
more than $420 million in 2012.
Television viewership is remarkably high among young audiences, with viewers younger than 35 years old
comprising nearly half of the total television audience in the country. Kazakhstan-1 is the most popular
state-owned television channel of Kazakhstan. Other popular national-wide state-owned television stations are Khabar and El Arna. According to government statistics there are 116 private channels, and the
most popular among them are Perviy Kanal Evraziya, KTK, and Russian CTC Media owned Kanal 31.
In Kazakhstan feature movies production is rather developed mostly due to the government-owned Kazakhfilm company. In terms of TV content production this country is also evolving rapidly. For instance, in
2011-2012 there were more than 10 local TV series and more than 20 local TV shows produced. Kazakh TV
stations already adapted such international TV formats as The X Factor, Pop Idol, Operación Triunfo, The
Money Drop, Strictly Come Dancing, I Love My Country etc.
Digital Terrestrial Television implementation in DVB-T2 standard started in Kazakhstan in summer 2012.
Currently more than 370 towns and villages of the country (3.5 million of people) are covered be DTT signal.
The state planes to deploy 7 digital multiplexes and complete the analogue switch-off process till mid 2015.
Author: Artem Vakalyuk, Media Resources Management, Ukraine
P.S.
Data on TV ratings and share of the TV channels in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan is not available because of the
absence of national-wide TV researches in these countries.
TV Shr Kazakhstan, December 2012, % (all 6+)
35
31,04
30
25
20
14,75
13,07
9,75
15
10
8,18
5,3
4,08
3,75
5
0
Data: TNS Gallup Media Asia
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2,47
1,58
1,25
INTERVIEW
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ALEXEY FEDORCHENKO:
“WE CAN’T EARN A LOT
ON THE FESTIVAL FILMS,
BUT I DON’T WANT TO DO
ANYTHING ELSE”
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Alexey Fedorchenko is a well-known Russian filmmaker, who specializes on shooting auteur festival movies. His titles Silent Souls, David, First on the Moon, etc. won a score of awards at the top international
festivals. In an exclusive interview to Content Report Alexey Fedorchenko told about his plans, about the
companies working exclusively on the festival films and the reasons why do the Russian cinemagoers prefer US action blockbusters to the Russian comedies, pirated copies of which they watch at home. To our
great joy it appeared that still there are directors who treat film industry as an art rather than a business.
Please, tell us about the projects you currently work on, especially about the feature films Angels
and Revolution and Space Mowgli. When will you release them? As far as we know Angels and
Revolution received the government subsidy – what are the financing proportions?
It happened so that currently I’m working on two projects simultaneously. The first one is Angels and
Revolution based on Denis Osokin book of the same name. Denis is a writer who I have been working with
lately. When Angels are done, I will start shooting The Kid [aka Space Mowgli] based on a novel of Strugatsky brothers. Its tentative title was Operation Mowgli when Strugatsky started to work on it. Angels and
Revolution and Space Mowgli are in a preproduction now – the script is being written for both of them. We
bought the rights for The Kid last year, when Boris Natanovych [Strugatsky] was still alive. As for grants,
Angels received support from the Ministry of Culture, and The Kid – from the Russian Cinema Fund. The
state will provide with 30–50% of production budgets, the rest is up to private investors.
What do you think about the Russian Cinema Fund activities? What is your attitude towards the
old funds allocation scheme approved by the Cinema Fund to finance not the specific films but
the leading prodcos instead?
Actually, I didn’t understand that scheme perfectly. My The 29th February Film company is not on the list
of “major” companies, but still, we did get the money. I suppose the old scheme will be canceled in the
nearest future – it didn’t prove to be working.
How can you explain the fact that even with this new allocation scheme the market share of the
Russian movies continues to fall? What should be done by the film companies or the government
itself to change this trend?
Alexey Fedorchenko
The viewer had been habituated to watch US movies. To make them go and watch the Russian ones we
have to teach them from the cradle. In the past our children used to watch Spokoynoy nochi, malyshi!
evening show every Saturday. Every Saturday at the same time. They wanted a cartoon, but it was not the
cartoon why they did it actually – it was the tradition. Our films were the vital element of education and parenting. But they are no longer – the Soviet-made animation has vanished and the films that have been shot
during the last 20 years can only be seen on the festivals. Still, it makes no sense to chase the Hollywood
and try to copy its ideas. Transformers will always be better than Black Lightning.
What happened to Mertvie Pashni project, which took part in the pitching held within the framework of XXIII Kinotavr?
Our company is well-known in the festival sphere, but we want to occupy some niches in the commercial
film industry. That’s why we are still working on the script for Mertvie Pashni. The project is graphics, very
interesting and unusual. This will be an adaptation of Mikhail Klikin novel of the same name. We don’t want
to hurry trying to idealize the script. Locations have not been chosen yet, but I think we won’t move too far
from Yekaterinburg.
Do you rent equipment or The 29th February Film Co. has its own technical basis?
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We have our own equipment. It is enough to produce, for example, a TV series. There are also no problems
with the rent, so you can shoot wherever you want – Russia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, USA or China. The
planet had become so small. It’s very simple.
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What lessons did you learn from the co-production with the foreign colleagues? What is the difference between theirs and ours approach? Did you face any complications?
Last year American producers from Grolsch Film Works | VICE offered me to take part in their The Fourth
Dimension project. It was an international film almanac consisting of three novels, each half an hour long,
which should have been made by the Russian, American and Polish directors correspondingly. Curiously
enough, there were no complications at all and I really loved to work on it. I learnt a lot. The film proved to
be the great job done by the producer, story editor and assistant director. We don’t have that – story editors completely disappeared in Russia. But working abroad you always have the man to assist. I used to
have a proofread and professionally analyzed material the same day I sent it in USA. And what is the most
important – they do not give you orders, just some pieces of advice. I mean I could choose – to do what
they say or not to do. I liked that very much. We are competitive in terms of equipment, but not in story
editing right on the film set.
Doing business in festival film industry, have you ever thought about producing TV content or
movies for cinema distribution?
There are some ideas. The Kid is B movie and simultaneously we are working on a TV series based on a
book of Strugatsky. But I won’t tell which one.
What festival achievements are you most proud of?
There are many awards and I do really have my favorites. They are: my first Stockholm Film Festival Grand
Prix for documentary David, Venice Horizons Documentary Award for First on the Moon and a quite unexpected award for Silent Souls – Abu Dhabi Film Festival’s Black Pearl.
Strugatsky brothers
Modern companies fall into two categories: the first one focused on the production of TV content, the second produce films for cinema distribution. There is small number of those working on
the festival movies. What is it for you? Is it for the love to art? It’s rather difficult to make money
on the festival movies...
Yes, we can’t earn a lot on the festival films, but I don’t want to do anything else. Of course we can make
series or ‘one-weekend’ films, but it is so boring, just don’t want to waste my life on that. I like what I’m
doing and I want to go on. To me it is the best and the most interesting job. By the way, I’d like to mention
that our company doesn’t operate at a loss.
Is there any lack of the qualified HR on the market generally and in your company particularly?
We have a good fully formed crew. We teach and train people ourselves – on set.
What about the distribution of films you produce?
I wish each our project was commercial-oriented. Any work should be paid for. For example, Silent Souls
did well when released in Russia. It earned about $650.000 in 30 territories [about two thirds in Russia]
including USA, Australia, Switzerland and Brazil. It had been released on 40 copies in France and 42 in
Italia. To me, this project is worth to be envied.
How did you manage to do that? Does your company have its own distribution arm?
No, we don’t. Igor Mishin, Silent Souls producer was the one who released the film, and actually it was very
strange distribution. Igor had to decide on the cinemas himself, because this kind of films is definitely not
for one weekend release. For instance, one copy had been in release for three months.
Distributors don’t want to have anything to deal with such films, but Silent Souls proved that our festival
movies can and moreover – must – be shown in the cinema. In Russia are focused on big cities with two or
three cinemas for auteur films screenings such as Salyut in Yekaterinburg, Pioner in Moscow and Pobeda
in Novosibirsk. These theaters have been educating their own (and ours) audience for years, so they were
the best choice to show our movies.
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22, 2012
2013
№9 February
31 October,
Are you
pleased
with
the Russian
results projects
of your can’t
last movie
Zheny
Lugovykh
Mari?
did
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some
specific
issue.
afford it.Nebesnye
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Russian
producers
mayHow
ask me
viewers
andocean
critics
accept
it? it in The Perfect Storm (2000). And I have to explain them that a group of
to
make the
like
they saw
100 programmers described the behavior of physical phenomenon during a year. Then the results of their
work
were
set intoFilm
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of to
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that
created
such a storming
ocean.
funds spent
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pleased.
turned out
authentic
and
very interesting.
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daysAnd
yetthe
to speak
about
for
researches
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to the
budget of–Russian
project. on the Rome Film festival (November
thethe
viewer
– actually,
onlywhole
one screening
world premiere
2012 – edit.). Film received positive reviews in Italy and France. And Vatican official newspaper claimed
Nebesnye
Lugovykh
to beBekmambetov
the best festival
filminvested
of the year.
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is booked-up
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who
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whole 2013.
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distributors. Can’t wait to
(Kinoyazyk)
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take
theRussia
researches
of his
company
Bazelevs?
show it!
Alexey Fedorchenko
We do cooperate with Bazelevs in some researches. But this cooperation is rather sketchy. Actually we do
What
areinto
your
year? What will
youthat
work
on? have some results that are different
not
delve
theplans
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for next
the FilmLanguage
I know
Bazelevs
from the declared objectives but still…
We’ve got a pretty rich script slate. I had been filling it up for several years, and now there are five excellent
storiesiswaiting
to be in
shot.
some
them
in development
already.
scriptasmust
have spice.
There
information
theAnd
Web
thatofyou
areare
going
to launch your
own The
projects
a producer.
Is Its
storytelling
that
true? should be unusual in terms of the language, the story, the turning points etc. And it should not
be cliched and novelettish.
I have some ideas. I have knowledge and skills that would be sufficient to launch a project. And the company is strong enough to realize it. We just need to try and move on if it works.
In the nearest future we’ll decide on the range of projects that would be interesting to work on. At the same
time we are going to separate company’s activity as a producer from providing postproduction services
which is our core business. Most likely postproduction department will accomplish orders for our projects
otherwise there will be a risk of failing in both areas.
Alexander Gorokhov
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