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series The Schism
In spring 2011 Russian production company Aurora is going to Pr o d u c e r : Vladimir Dostal′ Aurora finish the postproduction of the series The Schism. The project Di r e c t o r : Nikolai Dostal′ is developed in coproduction with Russian Etalon studio, and is Nu m b e r o f e p i s o d e s : 16 commissioned by TV channel Russia 1. The series has been shot Ge n r e : historical in Rostov, Suzdal, the Solovki, Kandalaksha and in the film stu- dios of Mosfilm.
Synopsis: The history of Russian Orthodox Church schism in XVII century. It narrates about the church reforms of Patriarch Nikon and ardent opponents of those reforms led by protopope Habakkuk. The picture’s characters are real people: tsar Aleksei Mikhaylovich, boyarynia Morozova.
series ON ALIEN FACE
15 March Russian production company BFG-Media-Pro- Pr o d u c e r : Yuri Glotser BFG-MEDIA-PRODUCTION duction started shooting series Alien Face. This is the first Di r e c t o r : Sergey Basin screening of the same name spy novel by Eduard Topol. Ge n r e : detective
Synopsis: The events of the movie as well as the book take place in 1985. The intrigue of this history is around two men, very dif- ferent by character, profession and their essence, however, very similar by appearance: Russian-American emigrant - dentist Ro- man Stavinski, and brilliant officer of General Staff, colonel Sergey Yurishev. The destiny in the face of two monsters of KGB and CIA brings them together and changes their places. Each of them has a craving desire to find himself on the opposite bank of the ocean. Will they become happier when changing places? Will the Soviet and American intelligence community achieve what they desire? And which way will the love suddenly bursting into the fine risky game mix all the cards? The history of this love will deadlock both American President and the chairman of KGB in the USSR.
series Life and Destiny Russian production company Central Partnership in copro- Di r e c t o r : Sergei Ursuliak Central Partnership, duction with movie studio Ded Moroz started shooting 12-epi- Nu m b e r o f e p i s o d e s : 12 Studio Ded Moroz sode television project Life and Destiny. The shooting process Ge n r e : military drama takes place in Ryazan region in Veretie village. The background of the movie is an eminent novel by Vasiily Grossman about the most frightening and dramatic events of the World war II. The ge- ography of the future movie is broad – the shooting will take place in St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl, and Smolensk, some scenes have already been staged in Moscow. The filming period is planned for finishing 15 December 2011 but the series’ TV premiere is planned for the late 2012 – early 2013.
Synopsis: Moscow in war 1942-1943, but the movie is not about Moscow – it is about the Battle of Stalingrad, firm people, and difficulties of war life. It depicts the whole truth of those days. In this series the authors have decided to bring down the historical facts of the World war II that have not been published anywhere until now – this is movie-anthem to little-known people who res- cued their Motherland without weapons, but only with strength of spirit. The picture will contain everything: holocaust with gas chambers and Soviet anti-Semitism with the camps.
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series MISTAKE IS NOT AN OPTION In March 2011 Russian production studio Solo-Film finished the Di r e c t o r : Alexander Vysokovski CENTRAL PARTNERSHIP postproduction of the 4-episode military drama Mistake Is Not Nu m b e r o f e p i s o d e s : 4 an Option. The series is commissioned by Russian production Ge n r e : military drama company Central Partnership.
Synopsis: December 1944. The Soviet troops have closely ap- proached the City – strategically vital point of German defense. The City is profoundly fortified by the Germans and the assault may cause huge losses among the attackers. The intelligence resident who acts in the City passes the information that the whole City is mined by Germans and it would be exploded when the Soviet units enter it. The intelligence group that received information from the resident is crushed: among alive only one soldier nicknamed Artist left. He is accidentally found near the City by another group of scouts under the leadership of lieuten- ant Papanin. This group has its own mission.
series SPECIAL AGENT-3 In February 2011 Russian production studio Panorama started Pr o d u c e r : Ada Staviskaya FORWARD FILM shooting detective series Special Agent-3. The project is com- Di r e c t o r : Andrei Elinson missioned by Russian production company Forward-Film. Ge n r e : detective
Synopsis: In the third season of the series Ignat Barabanov, who had been on the guard of Motherland interests for several years already, will come across unordinary crimes. In spite of the fact that his leadership sometimes does not approve his methods of work Barabanov still is a victor. Either he involves for murder investigation an extrasensory soothsayer who is not trusted by anybody but Ignat, or he penetrates into the gang of drug push- ers that is going to deliver into the city cocaine in immense vol- umes, or at all starts dancing cancan on the car bonnet and as a result he finds himself in psychiatric clinic. Ada Staviskaya
series THE THIN EDGE (Tonkaya Gran’) In March Russian production company Center Kinoproizvod- Di r e c t o r : Timur Kabulov FORWARD FILM stva (Center of Film Production) started shooting detective Ge n r e : detective series The Thin Edge (Tonkaya Gran’). The project is commis- sioned by Russian production company Forward-Film.
Synopsis: In district public prosecutor’s office appears a new worker – Pavel Krugliakov. He is modest, perfectly brought up, ironical and he does not like loud declarations. The colleagues aggressively perceive the new worker; however, the fresher is not that simple. During his first week he solves two seemingly des- perate cases without any problems. He does not react on gibes remaining friendly and reserved. Pavel is fond of a beautiful, smart and besides lonely colleague – Marina Sinitsina, who, in her turn, also pays much attention to a new collaborative. Only one man is not glad – their colleague Martynov, who has been long courting Sinitsina. An eternal triangle is formed, and Martynov is resolved to do a mean act. As a result of Martynov’s betrayal Sinitsina’s son is kidnapped. The kidnappers promise to set the boy free only on certain conditions. Will Sinitsina and Krugliakov be able to save the boy and preserve their love and jobs? Or the office romance is going to bring only misfortune to them?
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series COURIERS (YEGERYA) In March 2011 Russian production company Gamma Pro- Di r e c t o r : Vyacheslav Lavrov GAMMA PRODUCTION duction started shooting 24-episode action movie Couriers Nu m b e r o f e p i s o d e s : 24 (Yegerya).
Synopsis: Within the federal guard service a special force is or- ganized. It should carry out the most complicated missions relat- ed to communications of major commercial structures with the state ones. Each of courier packages is the target of competitive elements hunting, and the officers of special force of couriers have to fulfill the mission even at the price of their own lives. The courier group consisting of «formers» – military interpreter, re- tired police captain, champion of ultimate fighting, and a former referent of the major commercial structure – often suffers from attacks, frequently finds itself in extreme situations – hot spots, camp riot or hijacked plane …
series Big Noise (Vazhniak) This spring Russian movie company Plan 2 Media completes Di r e c t o r : Illya Khotinenko Plan 2 Media the shooting of 20-episode detective Big Noise (Vazhniak). Nu m b e r o f e p i s o d e s : 20 The project production is supported by movie studio Mosfilm, Ge n r e : detective and commissioned by TV-channel REN-TV. The series shooting takes place in Yekaterinburg and started in august 2010. TV pre- mière of Big Noise is planned for October 2011.
Synopsis: The series is about a prosecutor’s office investigator for particularly important cases Alexander Gubin – Big Noise, who having lost a close to him person – starts his own investi- Illya Khotinenko gation. He is surrounded by bandits, venal law enforcement of- ficers, corrupt officials… As well as in classical detectives the «salt» of the plot is not in pursuits, fights and bloody scenes, however there is enough of this stuff in the series, but in the in- tellectual component – in riddles to be guessed by the principal character, in hero’s fine psychological relations with life.
series PIRANHAS In March 2011 Producer Center of Sergey Zhigunov finished Pr o d u c e r : Sergey Zhigunov PRODUCER CENTER OF shooting the 8-episode adventure movie Piranhas. The series Di r e c t o r : Alexander Aravin SERGEY ZHYGUNOV shooting started in September 2010 and took place in Moscow, Nu m b e r o f e p i s o d e s : 8 Vladivostok and Sevastopol. Ge n r e : adventures
Synopsis: Young guys that work on the national fish resources start fighting against the poachers and fish mafia that inflict mul- timillion losses to the country. The actions take part in the Far East, Astrakhan and Murmansk. The guys are not afraid of that fact that their opponents are the primary power in the region.
Sergey Zhigunov
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series FORGOTTEN On the 15 of February prodco Russian World Studios (RWS) Pr o d u c e r s : Yuri Sapronov, Andrei Russian World Studios started the production of 8-episode criminal detective Forgot- Smirnov, Dmitri Meskhiev ten. The filming will take place in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Di r e c t o r : Yevgeni Zvezdakov region. The shooting is planned to be finished in the mid of May. Nu m b e r o f e p i s o d e s : 8 Ge n r e : criminal detective Synopsis: In the border port city the bandits plan to seize the power. The city may become a «window» for the trade of arms and narcotics. For implementation of their plan on the elections the criminal gang puts its candidate for the city mayors. Their competitors – power-holding structures – lead for the victory of their own candidate. To destroy the bandits’ plans they send to the gang a spy, experienced operative Vestnikov, who has to find out the insidious plans of the criminals, be disappointed in friends and find support not in the place where he expected it.
series MARIA’S HEART In the mid of March production company Russian World Studios Pr o d u c e r s : Yuri Sapronov, Andrey Russian World Studios (RWS) finished shooting of multi-episode drama Maria’s Heart. Smirnov, Dmitry Meskhiev The series shooting took place in Moscow and vicinities. The post- Di r e c t o r s : Sergey Karataev, Artem production period will last till the beginning of May. Nasybulin, Alexander Koruchekov Nu m b e r o f e p i s o d e s : 60 Synopsis: In the hospital for the dying young girl Anna a new heart Ge n r e : drama is transplanted. After recovery Anna accidentally meets 36-year- old Matvey and falls in love with him on the spot. Lately Matvey became a widower – his wife Maria died. He is breaking between the sorrows from the loss of the beloved woman and suddenly emerging unexplained craving to Anna: she has the same tastes, dreams and habits as Matvey’s late wife. What is the secret of this strange attraction? Answer for that question is found accidentally. Unexpectedly it becomes clear that Anna had Maria’s heart trans- planted. Along with the heart Anna acquired a part of her donor’s Yuri Sapronov soul. However complex situation is aggravated by the new cir- cumstance: it turns out that Maria died not accidentally, and the responsible person is Anna’s husband – Anatoliy… Anna will have to complete the earthly businesses of her savior, as well as to get used to her new personality and fight for her happiness.
series District Inspector Movie studio Star Media (Russia-Ukraine) has finished shoot- Pr o d u c e r s : Vitaly Bordachev, Vlad Star Media ing and started at the beginning of March postproduction of TV- Riashin series detective District Inspector. Di r e c t o r s : Alexander Stroyev, Mikhail Kabanov Synopsis: Police operative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Ge n r e : action detective Sergei Gromov after unpleasant history on service is bound to accept his chief’s offer concerning his temporary disranking to the district inspector of the Moscow district Novoselki. However, Gromov is not pleased with the very fact of «vacation» and he is eager to work and introduce order in his district. The district inspector has no time for boredom – there is lot of work in the district: either to sort out the fight of local hooligans, or save a frightened woman from the bully husband-drunkard, and he also has to take care of ex-wife Vera and daughter Oksana who has a complicated transitional age.
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series The Lecturer Russian movie company Studio Ankor has finished postpro- Pr o d u c e r s : Illya Neretin, Denis Pe- Studio Ankor duction of 8-episode drama The Lecturer. Admittedly the series tushkov, Vadim Shmelev premiere on TV this April. Di r e c t o r : Vadim Shmelev Nu m b e r o f e p i s o d e s : 8 Synopsis: An explosion of a car in the center of Moscow. A Ge n r e : drama double agent in the depths of Russian special services. An in- ternational arms dealer under surveillance of MI-6. A dissident poisoned in London. A monk from Kosovo who saves a unique icon. The American ballistic missile defense in Eastern Europe. A terrorist shot dead in Warsaw. A famous Russian physician in the center of political scandal. A dangerous criminal who lives in Tallinn under the false name and false face. All this is «crazy» world around us. He is a professor of political science. She is a «free» artist. And a strange feeling resembling love springs be- tween them two.
series Insurers In the end of February 2011 Russian production company Triix Pr o d u c e r s : Inessa Yurchenko, Triix Media Media started shooting the detective series Insurers. The proj- Sergei Shcheglov, Aleksei Rybin ect is commissioned by TV channel NTV. Di r e c t o r : Andrei Ivanov Nu m b e r o f e p i s o d e s : 24 Synopsis: The series shows the work of two investigators who Ge n r e : detective work in the department of investigations of a major insurance company. Each episode is a separate «insurance case»: from the theft of valuables from private collections to anthropogenic disasters, major accidents on the factories and transport, heavy bodily injuries to the insured people, abrupt deaths – the whole range of areas covered by the modern insurance. The crimes cause is insurance money – sometimes it is millions of dollars.
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TV Movies LOVE COMES IN THREE
On the 20th of March Russian production company PRO100 Pr o d u c e r s : Anastasiya Shipulina, PRO100 FILM Film finished the production of 2-episode melodrama Love Rodion Pabliuchik Comes in Three. Di r e c t o r : Svetlana Muzichenko Nu m b e r o f e p i s o d e s : 2 Synopsis: 45-year-old Irina is experiencing through leaving a fam- Du r a t i o n : 45 minutes ily by her husband Oleg. He left for young girl Alena – and this is a Ge n r e : melodrama double blow for Irina as far as she cannot have children – and Irina is young and may bear a child for Oleg. However, Oleg is rather quickly gets tired of naive girl and leaves her. The prodigal husband tries to return to the wife, and young Alena suffers from that. Alena’s father Ivan Smetanin comes to Irina’s house. Smetanin begs Irina to help him… to return Oleg to Alena! He is afraid that Alena may do some stupidity. That very thing does happen: while Oleg is rushing about the wife and mistress – Alena could not bear it and jumps out of the window. It turns out that she is pregnant from Oleg. At first Irina experiences a natural woman relief – «rival in love» is in hospital now, but the egoistic elation is changed with warm and light feeling of compassion to the miserable young girl. Together with the girl’s father Irina is nursing Alena and helps her bear a child. Gradually Irina starts feeling good not only to Alena but also to her father. Will the former rivals be able to understand and accept each other? Or maybe, they will become so close that they become one family?
TV Movies Two Tickets to Venice
On the 22th of March Russian-Ukrainian production company Pr o d u c e r s : Vitaliy Bordachev, Vlad STAR MEDIA Star Media announced the beginning of TV drama Two Tick- Ryashin ets to Venice shooting. Di r e c t o r : Anna Kelchevskaya Du r a t i o n : 90 minutes Synopsis: Liza and Sasha dream of going to Venice just after gradu- Ge n r e : drama ation exams in the institute. But Liza’s parents have different plans. They want to get her a prestigious job and during the dinner introduce her with influential friend of family Leonid Yakovlevich and his son Igor. Liza continues her preparations to Venice trip but she spends more and more evenings with Igor. The tickets have been bought and the girl gathers her luggage, however, Igor’s call drastically changes her plans… Ten years elapse, Liza and Igor are married; they have a daughter. Sasha became a successful advocate. But once Sasha and Liza meet on alumni reunion, and between them again the pas- sion breaks out capable of overthrowing their usual lives.
TV Movies MY HOME IS MY CASTLE
This March Russian production company Triix Media started Pr o d u c e r s : Inessa Yurchenko, TRIIX MEDIA shooting action movie My Home Is My Castle. Dmitry Shcheglov Di r e c t o r : Andrey Morozov Synopsis: They come back from destroyed by the bombs republic Du r a t i o n : 90 minutes where they were restoring the houses and roads. The men about Ge n r e : action movie 40 years that remained guys inside, got used that a float and level sometimes they had to change to machine-gun and builder’s work- ing clothes to bullet-proof vest. After another meeting on the front line the guys decide to settle on the native land and not to sign the contracts anymore. As a sign of a new settled way of life they decide to build a house to one of them – Sergey, whose family huddles in a little flat. However, as soon as the building received another brick a jeep appeared with the mobsters alleging that the land where Sergey’s house stands had been sold long ago and belongs to them. The friends have no other choice but to take again the weap- ons. And half-built house becomes a real castle for them.
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TV Shows MATERNITY HOSPITAL (RODDOM) In March FILM.UA Television company started shooting TV Pr o d u c e r s : Victor Mirskii, Alla Li- FILM.UA TELEVISION reality-project Roddom (Maternity Hospital). The shooting povetskaya, Elena Dmitrieva will last until the end of May in Kyiv maternity hospital No 1. Au t h o r o f i d e a : Irina Kostyuk Du r a t i o n : 26 minutes It’s a cycle of documentaries – amazing stories of real women that get prepared to become mothers. 40 lifelike collisions: some- times nice, affecting and romantic, sometimes dramatic and even shocking, but always real. The child’s birth is one of the principal events in woman’s life that often radically changes her world view and destiny and becomes a new stage of her existence.
TV Shows PLAIN JANE Ukrainian production-studio Friends Production started Pr o d u c e r : Aleksei Goncharenko FRIENDS PRODUCTION shooting a TV show based on the American format Plain Jane for Ukrainian TV channel TET. The casting of anchormen took place in March 2011. The project is being prepared for the au- tumn TV season.
There will be a heroine in the show who is unrequitedly in love. The project anchorwoman will give her some advice and the stylists will improve the girl’s image. In the final of the project the heroine meets her beloved and he is to decide whether he likes her in her new shape. By the way, till the very last moment the boy does not know whom he meets.
TV Shows ONE WORLD Ukrainian TV channel ICTV starts the production of the game- Du r a t i o n : 60/90 minutes ICTV TV channel show based on the format One World. Currently various versions of Ukrainian-language title of show are being tested. One World is an entertaining format distributed by British company Zodiak Rights. Duration: 60 or 90 min. Show is targeted for prime time. Some famous people will participate in the program. During 8 weeks the celebrities will compete among one another in cre- ation of public auctions. They will use the technique of flash-mob in order to invite the spectators for participation in the auctions and also to attract as much as possible media attention (internet buzz). The spectators will be also the judges on this project. In each program only one idea will be implemented.
TV Shows All ours (Vse Svoi) Ukrainian TV channel Inter started production of a new TV show An c h o r m a n : Dmitry Nagiev Inter TV channel All ours. The shooting takes place at the Dovzhenko film stu- dio in Kiev. In March the shooting of program Bloody Marathon: Love and Blood took place. It was an episode about Vasylkiv Murderer who shot dead from the rifle thee his neighbors. The program invited mother and son of the deceased as well as the murderer’s brother and wife. The creators of the program promise granting a multitude of «family» and «neighbor» dra- mas based on real events. The show première took place on Monday, 21 of March.
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TV Shows Stand OUT OF THE CROWD (VIRVANNIY IZ TOLPI) PRIME PRODUCTION Ukrainian production company Prime Production is making Di r e c t o r : Mikhail Komarovsky for a game show Stand Out Of The Crowd for TV channel An c h o r m a n : Sergey Sivoho Inter. The project is shot under the acquired by Inter channel international format (right holder is British company 2way- traffic).
In the program any person may earn UAH 50 thousand thanks to his knowledge and intuition. To win this money one will have to participate in the fascinating quest and answer the ques- tion of the anchorman correctly. As far as everything is going to take place in crowded public places the participants may attract other passersby to their game. The anchorman is not visible – he will direct the process from the monitor screens set on the place of shooting.
TV Shows The X-Factor
Russian TV channel Russia 1 started production of talent- Ju r y c h a i r m a n : Alla Pugacheva RUSSIA 1 TV CHANNEL show Factor A (by British format The X-Factor). The show pre- An c h o r p e r s o n s : Philip Kirkorov, mière took place on the 1st of April. The air time is on Fridays Vladimir Zelensky at 9 p.m. Du r a t i o n : 60 minutes
This is a contest of music performers where all the contestants will be divided into age groups. The first group will comprise the young people from 16 to 25 years, the second one – people from 25 and older. The music bands will compete separately. Out of them the jury will select 9 participants with 3 persons in each category. The winner will be selected by the TV audi- ence. Alla Pugacheva will be the jury chairman. Each of judges will become some kind of tutor of the contesters in one of the categories.
TV Shows Trouble with the Neighbours (SOSEDI) SOHO MEDIA Russian prodco Soho Media prepares a new project Trouble Pr o d u c e r : Andrei Praslov with the Neighbours (by format of Dutch Talpa company) for DTV channel. According to TV channel Director General Alek- sei Zuinkin the pilot project Neighbors has already been giv- en to the channel, however, the date of program launch and broadcasting slot have not been identified yet.
The program has in the plot the people’s complaints on their neighbors with request to sort the situation out. Two anchor- persons by means covered cameras, evidence collection and direct dialog try to make clear who is in fault. Their mission is not only to understand the roots of the conflict but also to help people to survive it and sometimes to find out an original way out.
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TV Shows Push The Button (Nazhmi Na Knopku)
Ukrainian TV channel STB launched a new TV project – family An c h o r m a n : Dmitry Tankovich STB TV channel entertaining show based on the British format Push The But- ton. The show premiere on STB is planned on autumn 2011. The British version of the program that was launched in Febru- ary 2010 is airing on TV channel ITV1.
In the program two teams-families pass cheerful contests com- peting for the possibility to win the money prize. Each team comprises the members of one family: mother, father, immedi- ate relatives and children (excluding the junior ones). To pass through the whole game, pass ahead of the competitor team and leave with money the whole family needs to work together and in harmony. During the contests implementation the partici- pants press the special button which is the symbol of the game.
TV Shows Hide and Seek (VSENARODNIE SEMEYNIE PRIATKI)
STUDIO PILOT Ukrainian production company Studio Pilot started shooting An c h o r m a n : Dmitry Tankovich the first season of the game show Vsenarodnie Semeynie Priatki based on the Japanese format Hide and Seek. Studio Pilot acquired the format from international distribution net- work Sparks Network (headquarters in Sweden). The project will be launched on Ukrainian TV channel «1+1». Hide and Seek is a format in which a family should hide their child or children in their own house and the guest star – celebrities – should find him/them. If the celebrity fails to do that the family receives a prize.
TV Shows Male/Female (FACTOR POLA) In the end of February TV channel Ukraina started shooting An c h o r w o m a n : Tina Beradze UKRAINA TV CHANNEL new TV show factor pola based on the format Male/Female of Dutch Company Talpa Content B.V. The show première will take place this spring.
This cognitive and entertaining talk-show has the purpose to show the difference and similarity between men and women. The program by means of scientific tests and special questions proves or disproves the stereotypes in the peculiarities of men and women. The audience gets to know the professional’s opin- ion who easier – women or men – agrees to short-lived relations, who is more talkative, who drives the car better and a lot more.
TV Shows The Marriage Ref (SEMEYNIY PRIGOVOR) Russian group of companies WeiT Media started shooting hu- An c h o r m a n : Gennady Khazanov WeiT Media moristic TV show semeyniy prigovor for TV channel TV3. This is an adaptation of American show The Marriage Ref created by American stand-up comic actor Jerry Seinfeld. The rights for the exclusive distribution and adaptation of this format be- yond the USA were acquired by Dutch Endemol company in June 2009.
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The plot forming conflict of show is stories of family couples that have some controversies (or something that they think like that). Video story about a couple and its problem is shown to three «star» guests that discuss all «pro» and «cons» in this dis- pute in humoristic way and then vote for that member of family whom they consider to be right. Except the «expert-celebrities» there is a «statistician» in the studio – a girl that informs about additional data to help make choice for the participants. De- spite any decision taken by the guests the final verdict is taken by the anchorman of the program who is the Judge as well.
TV Shows TOP GЁRL Russian group of companies WeiT Media has announced the WeiT Media beginning of shooting of the original entertaining show Top Gёrl for TV channel Russia 2. The program will be aired every week on Saturdays starting this spring.
During the show the girls participate in various contests and tests (for loyalty, intuition, female wisdom etc.). According to their outcomes there should be selected the very girl that would get along with any man. In contrast to ordinary competitions here the winner is not the girl who has fulfilled the task more correctly, faster and better but the one whose answer satisfies the competent jury (or, as it is said in one joke, whose boobs are bigger). The zest of the show is its humoristic component – jokes about women and female logic through the prism of male stereotypes. The judges in the project are three humorists and one VIP-guest that represent various male prototypes – from melancholic romantics to pragmatic cynics.
TV Shows FROM LADETTE TO LADY-2 (VID PATSANKI DO PANIANKI-2) «1+1» TV channel Ukrainian TV channel 1+1 launches the second season of the Pr o d u c e r : Oksana Kucherova From Ladette to Lady show based on the format of the similar British RDF Media company show. The program’s participants will be unmarried girls and women from 18 to 30 years old. In the second season of From Ladette to Lady the project group is going to broaden the geography and will also involve the finalists of the first season – Ksenia Vereskovskaya, Victoria Zubreychuk and Yulia Balayeva. The teaching staff remains the same.
TV Shows CONNECTED TV channel 1+1 started the production of the local adaptation Pr o d u c e r : Roman Lukin «1+1» TV channel of Israel format Connected (creator – Israeli producer Avi Ar- moza). Video diaries of common people have attracted the at- tention of half of Israeli audience. Now the format is purchased by 15 countries including France, Denmark and Ukraine.
Five people take part in the TV experiment – either women or men. They do not know one another; they have different char- acters, life styles and likings. Everyone receives a camera by means of which he or she films their lives during several months.
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No restrictions, no forbidden topics – the whole life of heroes is opened in full view – from working moments to private life: plainly, boldly, without taboos and filters. It is almost a series; only the characters on the screen are not fictional.
TV Shows THE BABY BORROWERS (DETI NAPROKAT) TV channel «1+1» started working over a new reality-show «1+1» TV channel The Baby Borrowers based on the British format of BBC Company. The show in this format is aired in Britain, USA, Ger- many, Netherlands, India and other countries. The show invites the couples that plan to live together and parents with children in the age from 6 months to 15 years. The couples-participants will have to live with the children of various ages: from infants to teenagers. The children will live with «adopting» parents for several days. It is a chance for the couple to try their readiness, to prepare for future family life and understand whether they are ready for that. The parents that «borrow» their babies will be able to live nearby and permanently observe their descen- dants.
TV Shows STARS IN OPERA (ZVEZDY V OPERE) Ukrainian TV channel l +1 starts production of new TV show «1+1» TV channel under the working title Stars in Opera. Judging by the proj- ect description it will probably be produced on the basis of the British format Popstar to Operastar (original version of show started airing on British channel ITV in January 2010).
In the program the stars of Ukrainian show-business will be singing the opera parts. Among the project participants are Alena Vinnitskaya and Jamala. The show should start in the new autumn TV season.
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feature films Dumb Russian prodco A 1 Kino Video started the preproduction Pr o d u c e r : Lyudmila Kukoba А 1 KINO VIDEO works on a new feature criminal action-drama Dumb. The Di r e c t o r : Denis Karasev project shooting beginning is planned for July 2011. Ge n r e : criminal action-drama
Synopsis: History of brilliant career of a young handsome and talented man whose destiny offers him a choice: either you destroy yourself or everything that surrounds you.
Lyudmila Kukoba
feature films Two Days This March Russian production company Central Partner- Pr o d u c e r : Dmitri Rudkovski Central Partnership ship finished postproduction of the feature comedy Two Di r e c t o r : Avdotya Smirnova Days. The shooting of this joint project of Central Partner- Ge n r e : lyric comedy ship and Art Pictures Media Russian prodcos finished in the mid of September 2010. The production budget is $17M.
Synopsis: The main character of the story is an official from the capital Petr Drozdov. He comes to the provincial museum of half-forgotten Russian literature classic to help the gover- nor of the region to take away from the museum the lands and build there a new residence. However, everything changed after the Drozdov’s meeting with young expert in literature Masha who works in the museum as a deputy director. A se- rious feeling arises between Petr and Masha for the sake of which Drozdov is ready to reverse all of his life.
feature films Maternal Instinct Russian production company EnjoyMovies started produc- Pr o d u c e r : Georgi Malkov EnjoyMovies tion of full-length feature movie Maternal Instinct (second Di r e c t o r : Pavel Ruminov name of the picture is I Will Be Near). The Company plans to Ge n r e : drama produce both feature movie and 4-episode series.
Synopsis: In the plot of the movie is main character Inna who works as manager in the restaurant. She brings her 6-year son Mitya up by herself. Between them exists complete un- derstanding. Then she got to know that she is incurable ill. Inna understands that the most precious she may do during Georgi Malkov her last days is to find new parents for her son. feature films Blood and Iron This summer American production company Epic Pictures Pr o d u c e r s : Patrick Evald, EPIC PICTURES, Group and Ukrainian prodco FILM.UA Group entered copro- Shaked Berenson, Victor Mirski duction of feature drama Blood and Iron (working title of the Ge n r e : historical drama FILM.UA GROUP movie is Rus).
Synopsis: The actions in the movie spread in Medieval Rus. The picture will become visualization of epic saga about war- rior-Viking Ryurik. When Ryurik becomes a king he faces a complex task: to beat the army of marauder-invaders who are obsessed with the idea of destroying everything before them.
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feature films 5 Days in August This March Georgian production company Georgia Interna- Pr o d u c e r s : Myrza Davitia, Georgia International tional Films finished the postproduction of full-length movie Koba Nakopia, Renni Harlin 5 Days in August. Project was filmed in coproduction with Di r e c t o r : Renni Harlin Films, Rex Media American production studios Rex Media, Midnight Sun Pic- Ge n r e : political action movie, tures and ICF Production. The movie release is planned for drama summer 2011.
Synopsis: Anti-war movie about conflict in South Ossetia that took place in August 2008. In the center of the plot is an Amer- ican journalist, operator and peaceful Georgian citizens that got under cross fire of Russian and Georgian troops.
feature films Sunny Days In February 2011 Kazakhfilm studio started the shooting of Di r e c t o r : Nariman Turebaev KAZAKHFILM feature drama Sunny Days. Ge n r e : drama
Synopsis: The main character step by step looses his girlfriend and his best friend. He has almost lost a flat, and the electricity and phone in his house are switched off. However, it seems the hero is not distressed very much about it. Eventually he disappears himself. And there is no any tragedy – another little man appears and the life goes on. Nariman Turebaev
feature films WHAT ELSE THE MEN TALK ABOUT Russian production company Kvadrat started shooting the Pr o d u c e r s : Leonid Barats, Rostis- KVADRAT (Square) full-length feature comedy What Else the Men Talk About. lav Hait This is a sequel of What the Men Talk About movie. Di r e c t o r : Dmitri Dyachenko Ge n r e : comedy Synopsis: The men – actually characters – are the same, only this time they do not go anywhere – just vice versa – they gathered and sit. The matter is that Sasha has got some problems and his friends came to help him. Another problem is that everything happens on 31 December and they should hurry up because – presents, fir-trees, congratulations, wives, children and mis- tresses… But the first shot glass is drunk – and suddenly there is no need to hurry up, and it is good there is nobody else – par- ticularly women and once again it is possible to talk sincerely and openly about everything what happened to each of them lately, Rostislav Hait and complain to friends, and ask for a piece of advice and get that advice. And only one thing embarrasses – they cannot go out until Angela Victorovna’s husband comes… And who he is, and what it threatens them with – they do not understand yet…
feature films Having Passed Through Fire Ukrainian studio Insight Media finishes postproduction of Pr o d u c e r s : Vladimir Philippov, An- Insight Media historical feature movie Having Passed Through Fire. Ac- drei Suyarko, Alla Ovsyannikova cording to its director Mikhail Ilienko, it has been already ed- Di r e c t o r : Mikhail Ilienko ited two thirds of draft material. The movie shooting started in Ge n r e : historical 2008 and finished in December 2010. It took place in Kiev and region, Kamenets-Podolsky and Argentina. The project bud- get is more than UAH 16 M ($2M). The movie is carried out with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.
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Synopsis: History of Ukrainian Ivan Datsenko – person who dur- ing World War II was a prisoner in fascists, then in torture cham- bers of NKVD. Pilot who performed more than 300 operation flights, Hero of the Soviet Union who was imprisoned by fascists in 1944 and after his escape was convicted by the Soviet authori- ties in high treason… He did not break, escaped from Siberian exile and immigrated to Canada where he became a chief of the Indians simultaneously preserving Ukrainian spirit and culture…
feature films Convoy This March Russian prodco Pavel Lungin Studio started Di r e c t o r , s c r i p t : Aleksey Mizgirev Pavel Lungin Studio shooting the psychological feature drama entitled Convoy. Ge n r e : psychological drama The shooting takes place in Moscow. The movie release is planned for 2012.
Synopsis: This is a modern Moscow history. The action in the movie takes place during one single day: two men walk along the street, between morning and night trains waiting for de- parture. And various histories happen to them…
feature films Generation «П» Russian production company RUM finished postproduction Pr o d u c e r s : Stanislav Yershov, Alek- Production Company RUM of the new feature movie Generation «П» filmed by novel of sei Ryazantsev, Victor Ginzburg, the same name by Victor Pelevin. The picture is coprodaction Gina Ginzgurg, Andrei Vasiliev of RUM, Karo production, Gorky Studio and Rambler Media Di r e c t o r : Victor Ginzburg holding. Release is planned for April 2011. Ge n r e : fiction, drama, comedy
Synopsis: Fantastic comedy about the process how post-Soviet vacuum was being filled by the spirit of commercial advertisement and international brands. This history is about the life and adven- tures of Vavilen Tatarsky – his metamorphoses from the frustrated from life young man from the dull post-communist Moscow to the main ideological creator of Russian advertising and PR. Genera- tion «П» carries the philosophical idea of human personality in the modern society. However, the Pelevian humor does not tolerate in- Victor Ginzburg structiveness. Everything to take place on the screens will happen in the range from terrible to utterly ridiculous.
feature films IN THE MIST In September 2011 Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa starts Pr o d u c e r : Oleg Kohan SOTA Cinema Group, Ma.Ja. shooting a new feature entitled In the Mist. Filming process Di r e c t o r : Sergey Loznitsa will take place in Latvia. The project is a coproduction of four De films, Rijafilms countries – Ukraine (Sotocinema Group), Germany (Ma.Ja.De films), Latvia (Rijafilms) and the Netherlands.
Synopsis: The action occurs in Belarus during World War II. Two partisans receive a task to kill the traitor. However, they do not know that he is a victim of vicious plan of a German officer because he rejected to cooperate with the Nazis…
Oleg Kohan
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CCTV
The Channel of Central Television of China (CCTV) acquired from Rus- Di r e c t o r : Illya Popov sian group of companies Rikki the television rights for animated series Smeshariki (Funnies) produced by studio of computer animation Pe- tersburg. The première of adapted version of Russian animated series entitled Kaysitsu was on Chinese channel in March. This year Chi- nese television will show 104 episodes of the first season of series that will be completely localized for Chinese audience. In total during 2011 the Chinese audience will watch two seasons of Smeshariki. Currently the third season of animated series Smeshariki’s Journey in China is produced where two new characters will appear – Panda and Dragon. These heroes that are dear in China will show the Russian characters their country.
FILM.UA DISTRIBUTION On the international film market market FILMART that that took place in Hong Kong from 21 to 24 March Ukrainian distribution company FILM.UA Distribution (part of group of companies FILM.UA) signed an agreement with Chinese independent distribution company H.G.C Entertainment Ltd concerning rights sale on the territory of China (television, DVD, VOD, internet) for a number of war movies and series produced by FILM.UA. The agreement concerns such Ukrainian proj- ects as Werewolf Hunt (4 episodes, 2008), The Ballad about the Bomber (8 episodes, 2011), No Third Option/Tertium non datur (4 episodes, 2009) and Black Sheep (4 episodes, 2010). Besides, FILM.UA Distribution is now negotiating of selling the aforementioned movies to South Korean and Taiwanese companies (as far as the actual conditions of deals have not been settled yet, the purchasers’ names for Ukrainian war series are not announced). Note that Ukrainian and Chinese distributors have already had the experience in coopera- tion – a year ago in FILMART Chinese H.G.C Entertainment acquired DVD-rights for war projects of Ukrainian production for the territories of Hong Kong and Makao. It is worth mentioning that war movies by FILM.UA production have great popularity all over the world, and war mini-series The Black Sheep was already sold to 20+ countries.
FILM.UA TELEVISION International formats distribution network Sparks Network (headquar- ters in Stockholm, Sweden) took for international distribution a number of projects produced by Ukrainian prodco FILM.UA Television. Par- ticularly, TV series program Mystical Tales will be represented on the international market both as a format and as a ready-to-use product. The format of project Doctor Komarovsky's School is also represent- ed to the international TV markets. The negotiations are carried out of international representation of some other projects produced by FILM. UA Television. This cooperation became possible thanks to the fact that company FILM.UA Television (television production unit of Ukrainian group of companies FILM.UA) in March 2011 officially became a mem- Yevgeny ber of international network Sparks Network – one of the biggest media Komarovsky associations of the world that performs development and distribution of television formats and content.
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GALA MEDIA
The catalogue of Russian distribution company Gala Media – which Di r e c t o r : Derek Kyanfrans primary direction of activity is acquisition of all the types of television St a r r i ng : Ryan Gosling, Mi- rights for foreign movies and their further sale on the territory of CIS chele Williams, Fate Vladyka, countries – now includes feature melodrama Blue Valentine pro- John Dowman, Mike Fogel duced by American companies Hunting Lane Films and Silverwood Du r a t i o n : 72 minutes Films. This movie (with production budget of $1 million) box-office in the USA rose to $9 million, and international box-office additionally amounted $11 million. The movie plot is about the complex relations between a man and woman that tooth-and-nail try to save their mar- riage and during a single night revive the diminishing passion.
INTRA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (ICI) Russian production and distribution company Intra Communica- tions, Inc. (ICI) acquired from US Spanish speaking telecommunica- tion company Telemundo Free TV rights (Russia + 6 CIS territories) and Pay TV rights (the whole world with limitation of sale to certain channels) for two TV novels.
Aurora
Clean and candid love blossoms in the hearts of Aurora and Lorenzo, Di r e c t o r s : David Posada, but lies and deception will divide them and forever change their lives. Tony Rodriguez, Otto Rodri- When Aurora’s parents get to know that she is waiting for a baby, whose guez father is a humble simple man, they decide to hide her and forbid them St a r r i ng : Sara Maldonado, to see one another. They think that this man is going to ruin Aurora’s Eugenio Siller, Jorge Luiz life. After baby’s birth Aurora is hit by a strange disease and her father Pila, Lisette Morelos – famous scientist – puts the daughter into a cryogenic capsule until Pr o d u c t i o n : USA-Spain, he finds the cure. 2010–2011 Du r a t i o n : 130 x 45 minutes
Somebody’s Looking at You (Alguien te Mira)
The story full of secrets, tensity and passions about four friends who Di r e c t o r s : Luiz Manzo, Leon- became the witnesses of a crime. The murdered woman belonged to ardo Galaviz the elite society and her death is the third in the series of murders that St a r r i ng : Danna Garcia, shook the whole city. According to the investigation version the ma- Christian Meyer, Rafael niac-murderer selects as victims beautiful and independent women. Amaya Their murders occur by the same scenario: on the bodies of all victims Pr o d u c t i o n : USA-Spain, there is a cut till the very heart. Policemen try to find evidences that 2010–2011 would help them figure out the maniac. At the same time… everyone Du r a t i o n : 80 x 45 minutes will be under suspicion, and the situation of eternal triangle among Piedad, Rodrigo and Julian will lead the former friends into the state of war.
INTRA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (ICI) Russian production and distribution company Intra Communica- tions, Inc. (ICI) acquired from distribution company RusImages (France) free air television rights on the territory of CIS (except Russia and Ukraine) for the French feature movies: Fantomas se dechaine, Fantomas contre Scotland Yard, Fantomas, Les Comperes, Les Ri- poux, Ripoux contre Ripoux, Le comte de Monte-Cristo, Palais Royal.
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ISUM Russian distribution company Isum sold the format of Let’s Get Mar- ried! (Davay Pozhenimsia!) program (original format of Russian com- pany Red Square (Krasniy Kvadrat) to Kazakh Commercial Television Channel (KTK). The license is purchased for production of the first season of the show. Currently the channel carries out the host cast- ing. The Kazakh version of program completely repeats the subject line of the original: the hero or heroine of the show makes choice who of the participants to continue the relations with, whom he or she will be ready to say: «Let’s Get Married!» It is supposed that the first series of Kazakh version Let’s Get Married! KTK audience will see this year. Note that the program format had already been sold to Ukrainian STB chan- nel and is aired on daily basis with average share 14%. The Belarusian version Let’s Get Married! is also successfully aired on TV channel OHT every week.
MUZ TV Russian television channel Muz TV acquired from international distri- bution company Banijay Entertainment Group (headquarters in Par- is) the first two seasons of TV show Love Games. The original show, commissioned by the American cable network Oxygen, was created by Californian company Bunim/Murray Productions that specializes in production of entertainment content. It is a dating competition that features three bad girls fighting to find the man of their dreams. In each episode, the bachelors compete for the attention of the women in a se- ries of off-the-wall challenges and entertaining group dates. The girls must work together to narrow the field while trying to protect the guys they are individually most interested in. The men that don’t catch their eye and win their hearts are eliminated. In the end, only one bad girl and her beau will be left standing.
TV CHANNEL СТС (STS)
Russian TV channel CTC acquired from the British distribution com- Du r a t i o n : 60 minutes pany All3Media the rights for the format Meet the Parents. It is worth mentioning that the adapted version of this format in Ukraine is pro- duced by TV channel TET (show in Ukraine is named Unreal Ancestors (Nerealnie Predki).
The guy does not know that all the members of the family of his be- loved girl are professional actors whose task is to play inadequate peo- ple and irritate him. However, if he heroically sustains all the ordeals and stays with newly-fledge relatives till the end of evening he wins the prize – a romantic trip with his darling.
STAR MEDIA DISTRIBUTION
Russian-Ukrainian company Star Media Distribution has concluded Pr o d u c e r s : Ekaterina Yefano- agreement with International Distribution Agency company on the va, Vitalii Bordachev, Vlad rights sale for the series In The Forests and Mountains (produc- Ryasin tion 2010, Star Media). The rights will be extended for the countries Di r e c t o r : Alexander Holmsky of Middle East and Northern Africa – Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Ku- St a r r i ng : Igor Kostolevsky, wait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen, Libya, Sudan, Vladimir Gostiuhin, Leonid Tunis, Algeria and Morocco. The plot is wound around inhabitants of Gromov, Elena Drobisheva, the house of trans-Volga merchant Potap Maksimych Chapurin. Love Olga Kabo and jealousy, fidelity and treacherous betrayal, death of close people, Nu m b e r o f e p i s o d e s : 24
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establishment of capital that leads to crimes and a lot of other things – such passions boil against the background of modest nature of the midland of Russia of the middle of the XIX century.
STUDIO U7
Russian distribution company Studio U7 bought all types of rights for Du r a t i o n : 26 x 30 minutes the CIS territories to the series Advertisement Prisoner (Ad Persua- sion, 2008, USA-Canada). This is a collection of funny original and fanciful advertising preview trailers. The experts in the area of adver- tising industry will help understand why these trailers so «catch» and how the advertisers manage to convince the audience to prefer this very product to the competitor’s: from high technologies to out-of- date schemes, from simple plots to complex, from incredibly cheap to shockingly expensive.
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2011 (1st quarter): Ukrainian Cinema Distribution Market Overview The first cinema distribution quarter (December 2010 – February 2011) in 2011 for the Ukrainian cinemas and distributors ended on an optimistic note - gross box-office of released movies virtually repeated the results of a record 1st quarter of 2010, while the number of released features has increased significantly. Totally during the period from December 1, 2010 to March 1, 2011 the Ukrainian cinemas released 59 movies. These results are significantly higher than those of past years. So, according to industry publication Bulletin Kino- prokatchika, for the first three months of 2010 the Ukrainian releases numbered 40 films, and for the same period of 2009 this figure stopped at 36 releases. So, talking in absolute figures, the quantity of Ukrainian cinema releases grew significantly during the first quarter of the year (the growth almost hit 50% rate). At the same time, talking about the overall box-office, for the first three months of the current year it amounted to more than $21 million (top 20 released films box-offices totaled $19.76 million). Comparing with the same period of last year it’s a bit fewer (2010 first quarter box-office in Ukraine hit $24.1 million with only 40 releases). But amid such a significant dif- ference between the number of the theatrical releases in 2010 and in 2011 the negative dynamics of the total box office explained simply enough: last year launched the most grossing film in nowadays cinema history – Avatar, that gathered till March 1, 2010 in Ukrainian cinemas $7.32 million, and by the way is still screened in Ukraine.
box-office top-20 in ukraine (december 2010 – february 2011)
Total Box-office Premiere Premiere Box-office Tickets sold, № Movie Distributor 02.12.2010. – date , $ /000 01.03.2011 , $ 1 Tron: Legacy* B&H 30.12.2010 596 944 2 205 929 337,26
2 Tangled* B&H 16.12. 2010 617 216 2 107 802 426,43
3 Christmas trees 3D (Yolki 3D) (rus) Gemini 16.12. 2010 524 376 1 997 372 464,84
4 The Tourist* B&H 5.12. 2010 678 286 1 635 630 380,87
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the 5 Gemini 9. 12. 2010 597 336 1 544 260 262,18 Dawn Tteader
6 Little Fockers B&H 30.12. 2010 486 024 1 246 532 281,24
Three heroes and the Queen of Shamahan 7 Sinergia 30.12. 2010 185 292 1 132 844 274,95 (Tri bogatyrya i shamakhanskaya tsaritsa) (rus)
The best movie 3D (Samiy luchshiy film 3D)* 8 Gemini 20.01.2011 498 641 1 006 380 183,96 (rus)
9 Vykrutasy * (rus) Gemini 17.02. 2011 484 992 974 176 229,05
10 Season of the Witch Aurora Film/Paradiz 13.01.2011 413 851 942 563 220,01
11 No strings Attached B&H 10.02.2011 350 982 860 619 211
12 Green Hornet* B&H 3.02.2011 325 161 708 461 119,89
13 The mechanic* Gemini 3.02. 2011 286 114 622 215 140,98
703,42 (total) 14 Harry Potter and the Death Hallows. Part 1 ** Kinomania 18.11.2010 1 409 623 538 075 150,12 (in 2011)
15 Burlesque* B&H 27.01. 2011 г. 224 980 530 956 124,68
16 Sanctum* Top Film Distribution 3.02.2011 192 899 487 130 85,98
17 Morning Glory* B&H 13.01.2011 137 604 366 554 83,09
18 Love and other drugs* Gemini 27.01.2011 131 190 291 795 70,92
19 The NutCracker: the real story Inter Film 1.01.2011 178 179 297 423 61,36
20 I am number four* B&H 24.02.2011 260 355 260 355 57,81
Total TOP-20 19 757 071 4165,89
Source: Bulletin kinoprokatchka, boxofficemojo.com *Film screening continues ** Harry Potter and the Death Hallows. Part 1premiere in Ukraine was 18.11.2010. During two first weeks of last year (up to 01.12.2010) film box-office amounted $2.394 million, nevertheless film box-office in 2011 was additional $538 thousand, that resulted in 14 position in this Top-20. Total film box-office in Ukraine hit $2.932 million.
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Distributors shares of total Ukrainian box-office, %
1st quarter 2010 1st quarter 2011 0,75 0,97 0,39 1,24 1,17 1,29 1,41 2,48 0,04 3,19 4,06 3,17 4,68
5,07 8,91
43,39
51,63 15,72 31,56 18,89
B&H Aurora B&H Inter Film Gemini Kaskad Gemini Top Film Distr. Kinomania Mulplex Aurora Kaskad Inter Film JRC Sinergia Vol’ga Kvartal Cinema Others Kinomania Sinergia
Source: multiplex.ua
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 90-ies of the past century the movies market was in decline. The independent states had little care to cartoons and the screens were filled with American heroes: Don- focus ald Duck, Chip and Dale, Mermaid and Snow White. Then local animation became popular. In this material we tried to analyze the situation with animation in Russia and Ukraine, state support to the sector and private investing. Re v i v a l o f a n i m a t i o n g e n r e in Ru s s i a a n d a t t e m p t s The breakthrough in Russian animation may be considered 22 October 2001 – this very date has become t o s a v e it in k r a i n e the birthday of animated character Masyania who won public love. The episodes of flash-cartoons of St. U , Petersburg’s artist Oleg Kuvaev about funny characters of student age – Masyania, Hryundel and Lo- Be l a r u s a n d Ge o r g i a hmatiy – at first were distributed as internet virals. Then a website mult.ru was opened where the new episodes of the animation could be watched. On the television Masyania got promoted thanks to program Namedni (The Other Day) with Leonid Parfenov. In this program new episodes were shown every week. Gradually the amateur animated series grew into the project of professional studio Mult.Ru
The beginning of XXI century was indicative and hopeful for Russian animation – it was mentioned on the international level. Russian artist-animator Alexander Petrov from 1996 to 1999 lived and worked in Montreal (Canada) where he was working upon his animation movie The Old Man and the Sea. To make this animation Petrov needed 30 months. However, the result was worth it – in 2000 The Old Man and The Sea – becoming the first in history animated movie for the cinemas of large format IMAX – was awarded by British Academy of Films and Television Arts BAFTA as the best short-length movie.
RUSSIAN STRONGMEN Animation Three Strongmen and the Queen of Shamakhan (Tri Bogatyria I Shamahanskata Tsaritsa) produced by company CTB and animation studio Melnitsa (Mill) and released this New Year Hollidays be- came the most box-office hit cartoon during the whole distribution history of Russian animation ($20+ mil- lion). The previous record was set in the end 2007 the third part of strongmen’s adventures Illya Murom- ets and Solovei the Whistler-Robber ($9.7 million). According to CTB CEO Sergey Selyanov all four parts of strongmen’s adventures were profitable, the latter two – already after cinema distribution, the others – after selling DVD and TV rights. And the company is not going to stop on that. “We have a number of animated projects in the development. These are such cartoons as The Castle and Sherlock Holmes. There is also project Sinbad and several drafts without working titles for the time being. We have enor- mous plans for animation and our joint company Melnitsa plans to develop this direction actively” – says Selyanov. He also promotes the idea of animation support from the Fund of State Support. According to the words of the deputy executive director of State Fund of Social and Economic Support to Russian Cin- ematography Dmitry Ruzhentsev it has already appeared the legal possibility to allocate the assets from the Fund for full-length animation movies. In 2010 for the whole Russian animation the state allocated 200 million roubles (more than $6.5 million).
Another successful Russian animation to be recollected is Belka and Strelka – Star Dogs by studio Cen- ter of National Film that collected in cinemas $6.3 million (as of 29.12.2010). The bright event in Russian animated sector in 2010 was the première of animated series The New Adventures of Piglet Funtik that took place 20 December 2010 on production studio Soyuzmultfilm. The animators showed 3 first epi- sodes out of total 52 planned for further production.
The animation is the target of major Russian companies that have already established reputation on the market of television content, and also feature full-length movies. Thus, in 2010 WeiT Media company along with Comedy Club Production company and Mukha (Fly) animation studio started working over the animated full-length movie entitled The Moscow Fairy Tale. In the cinemas it will appear in the end of 2012. The project is aimed for family view and will be made with 3D-technologies use. “As Russian box- office of 2010 showed the niche of animated 3D-movies is very prospective and with regard of digital movie theaters growth in Russia by 2012 it will have become even more profitable. However, the production of qualitative animated 3D-movie takes quite a long time” – tells Timur Weinestein, WeiT Media producer general.
In 2010 studio BERG SOUND studio issued on DVD its cartoon Volga and Sultan’s Wife. Its creation took about two years. Also the company deals with direct-to-DVD educative cartoons devoted to Russian language, chemistry, physics, history, geometry, geography, reading and writing and other subjects – it has already been produced more than 20 such movies.
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Bazelevs production company this year launched the production of two full-length animated movies. One is about adventures of Alisa Selezneva (the plot is based on the books by Kir Bulichev). Second is based on fairy tale The Wizard of Emerald City. In preparatory stage Paradis company has animated movie West of Eden that will be produced according to the plot of the book of American writer-fantast Garry Garrison. Trilogy Eden (West of Eden, Winter in Eden, and Return to Eden) describes the history of world in which the dinosaurs did not become extinct (as a result of meteorite fall) and have evolved into smart creatures and created a developed biological civilization – iilane.
Studio Angel-Film is working over the animated trilogy Star Mountain. The first part of trilogy should ap- pear on the screens in 2012. For the production of the whole trilogy and construction of animated studio the company plans to spend $60 million.
Studio of computer animation Petersburg – a part of group of companies Rikki – finished this year pro- duction of the second season of Smeshariki series, and is working now over the third season of this animation, but already in 3D. Also Petersburg studio works over the new episodes of Fiksiks. By the way, recently it finished the production of the first full-length movie Smeshariki. The Beginning. The theatrical release of this animation is planned for this December.
D3 Media Group production company started recently preproduction on a new animation entitled On the Edge of the World. The project is planned to be finished by the end of 2011 and its release in cinemas should happen in 2012. Also the company with its affiliated company D3 Media Group Ukraine produces multi-episode animated 3D-movie KUTI. The first episode is ready, in total the company plans to produce 16 episodes of the project. Besides, the company is producing the educational animated series Bo and Su – out of 16 planned episodes two are completely ready. Also the company is producing 16-episode humoristic animated series for the children Homosapiens (6 episodes are ready). In 2012 the company plans to finish the production of animation Master and Margarita that will be in two variants: the full length and series. Company D3 Media, as well as all others expects to receive state financial support in future. TOP-5 ANIMATION RELEASES IN RUSSIA, 2010
Box-Office Title Production ($, mln.)
1 Shrek Forever DreamWorks Animation, USA 51.449 2 How to Train Your Dragon DreamWorks Animation, USA 23.534 3 Tangled Walt Disney Pictures, USA 22.656 4 Mega Mind DreamWorks Animation, USA 22.132 5 Despicable Me Illumination Entertainment, USA 11.135
Source: «Bulletin Kinoprokatchika». Data for 29.12.2010
UKRAINIAN DREAMS Created in 1990 by producer Victor Sleptsov Ukrainian production studio Borysfen-C in a year along with the Americans launched another studio REF-Borysfen that created animation for export. Particularly, it worked for series Peter Pen produced by American corporation Fox Television. And in other three years a Ukrainian-French studio Borysfen-Lutes was organized. However, the crisis was too much for the Bo- rysfens – studio didn’t survive.
Currently there are several private companies that produce animation in Ukraine. The truth is that for most of them it is a faraway task to earn on animated movies that is why they create music videos and television ads or they search for sponsors for their projects.
Ukrainian Marcus Studio is developing now an animation entitled The Book of Shadows. Last year the idea of movie won the main prize in the contest NESCAFE Idea X – 50 thousand UAH (about $6 thousand). The preproduction of this animation has already been completed and even a pilot was made. Now its direc- tor Anatolii Lavrenishin is looking for partners in France for coprodouction. “The French work to make out of festival project a commercially successful one. The plot is being amended to adapt it to locations, that is to have not a simple tale but anchor to some legend” – says Vitalii Halo, Marcus Studio CEO. According to him: looking for sponsor in Ukraine is unreal task because the budget of full-length animation exceeds
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$1 million. Will The Book of Shadows be a full-length project or a series has not been decided yet. The project authors plan to finish production of this cartoon in two years.
In 2010 Animatix 4D Studio issued three projects – Zvezdochka (Little Star), Shield Of Galaxy and Suitcase, Love, Bandits. All these three animations are shown in cinema-attractions in Ukraine and abroad. These and other movies of the studio were watched by the audience of TV channels in Azerbaijan and Lithuania. Also last year premiere of Zvesdochka took place in Indonesia, and The New Year Fairy Tale (release 2009) on Christmas holidays was watched by the TV audience of CIS countries, Italy and Germany. This year the studio plans the releases of three more movies. The first two – Air Foxes and Tough Cucumber – are principally different by director’s decision movies-adventures: the first one is shot in genre of comedy spy movie, the second one – musical parody for Hollywood clichés. The third movie with working title The Country of Lost Knowledge opens a new educative cycle of stereo-movies. The working titles of episodes – Chlorophyll and Volcano. The authors of this project will try to educate and popularize the scientific knowledge through vivid images, and fascinating stereo-effects. Another movie with working title The Unfortunate Squirrel has lately been taken to production – it is adventures of funny animals that live on the island.
In 2010 Animation Studio FOCUS finished production of the first season of children educational animat- ed 3D-series The Adventures of Compass and Alarm Clock. “This product professionally adapted also for English-speaking audience is the object of our active distribution all over the world. This year we plan to start working over the next season of series. However, the final decision concerning the second season will depend very much on the level of sales of the first season and on finding coproducer/investor” – says director general of the studio Petr Semenchenko. Also the studio has in development fantastic animation series Demigori. It is planned to finish it by the beginning of 2012.
Odessa Studio of Animation in general deals with creation of animated music videos. “There are three cartoons that we invented with the colleagues. The first one is a big children animation about little brownie (domovenok). The second is fancy-dress animation of ethnic origin of three-field civilization. And the third is a humoristic and hooligan movie for teenagers and adults about the journey into the world beyond the grave. We would like to realize them” – says director of the studio Yuri Grinevich.
UKRAINIAN STATE SUPPORT ISSUES Concerning the state support of animation in Ukraine the situation here is quite vague. The state budget for 2011 has allocated for the National cinematography office 122 million UAH (more than $15 million). However, how much of this will go for animation is yet unclear. According to Lidia Klimenko, deputy head of National cinematography office, the animation financing is not indicated as a separate title. According to her words in 2010 Ukranimafilm studio of animated movies received the money for animation Oh, Pari! (Oh, Paris!) as well as the money for the preproduction and shooting beginning of animation Who is Afraid of Uncle Babay? (Hto Boyitsia Dyadechka Babaya?). Also more than 2 million UAH (about $250 thousand) was received by NovatorFilm studio for a couple of episodes of My Country is Ukraine proj- ect. However, it is unclear how much money this year will be granted from cinema pie to the animators. According to analysis of the last year results it is possible to say with great probability that this sum would be about 5 million UAH ($653 thousand).
Also Ukranimafilm is going to produce13-episode series The Adventures of Kotigoroshko and His Friends. In 2008 a pilot animation about Kotigoroshko was created. Actually it will be the first episode of the future series if the state finances the whole project. The series genre is determined by the creators as joyful adventurous tale for the children aged from 7 years and on. It is planned to make 13 episodes with timing 13 minutes each. Also the studio prepares the booklets of series Cop and Shtyk – Eager Moles. This is an animated series for the children from 5 to 10 years. The season format is 13 episodes 13 minutes each. Cop and Shtyk are young moles that instead of learning in their underground school go on a journey.
Studio NovatorFilm has already produced more than a half of series My Country is Ukraine – it is a cycle of short-length animated movies which narrates about various little known facts and legends about Ukrainian cities. In a year or year and a half the animators plan to finish all 26 episodes of the project. At the same time the studio created 17 short movies from project Popular Wisdom that was commissioned by National TV Company of Ukraine. Besides, in the end of last year creative director of the project –Ste- pan Koval – told that the studio has the project of animated musical for which it has been even written the music, and the studio has been actively searching for the sponsors for this project.
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TOP-5 ANIMATION RELEASES IN UKRAIN, 2010
Box-Office ($, mln.) Title Production
1 Shrek Forever DreamWorks Animation, USA 4.013 2 Mega Mind* DreamWorks Animation, USA 1.793 3 How to Train Your Dragon DreamWorks Animation, USA 1.422 4 Tangled* Walt Disney Pictures, USA 1.362 5 Despicable Me Illumination Entertainment, USA 1.105
*still in cinemas Source: “Bulletin Kinoprokatchika”. Data for 29.12.2010
ANIMATION IN BELARUS AND GEORGIA In post-Soviet space the animation gradually revives. We decided to take example of two countries – Belarus and Georgia – and look which animated projects were state supported in these two countries last year. In 2010 the state studio Belarusfilm was working simultaneously over several animated short- length movies and animated series. Among them there is a cycle of animated movies that were united into The Story of the Passing Years. In 2010 Belarusfilm animators were working on the fourth part of the Story which included six micro-length plots of the coats of arms of Belarusian cities: Braslava, Korelichi, Logishin, Bragin, Gorky and Zaslavlya. Duration of each episode is 1 minute 45 seconds. Studio began working on this almanac in 2006 – then it was created the first part which included 3 movies about the history of emergence of coats of arms of Minsk, Grodno and Brest. In 2007 the second part was created about the history of emergence of coats of arms of Gomel, Vitebsk and Mogilev. And the third part made in 2008 included 6 movies about history of emergence of coats of arms of Polotsk, Shklov, Mozyr, Cherven, Pruzhan and Novogrudka.
Also in 2010 the animators of Belarusfilm finished 13-minute cartoon Fish Named You Can’t and 6.5-min- ute Centipede. Production studio also develops an animation project Nesterka-7. The release of this 6.5- minute animation is planned for July 2011. Besides, in the end of last year the studio started the produc- tion of 10-minute animation Kurochka Ryaba (Chicken Speckled) by motives of popular tale. The movie release is planned for June 2011. In preproduction Belarusfilm has the first episode out of total 8 About Girl Zjenia-1. The movie release is supposed for this May. In addition Belarusfilm cooperates with Russian studio М.И.Р. – the companies plan to start production of 26-minute cartoon Bach – Tchaikovsky (from cycle Tales of the Old Piano). The animation release is planned for December 2011.
In Georgia the state money for cinema support and particularly animation are distributed by National Cinema Center that allocates certain share of budget for production of certain movie. Thus, in 2010 Geor- gian production studio X-P finished production of 52-minute animated movie A Tall Story Teller about lonely old man Cikeli who tells the tales to the children. Company Ritual Studio finished production of 15-minute animation Ritual. The movie consists of two parts: In Captivity of Feelings and Jealous Husband. The first part is a parody to famous fairy tales in which terrible creature locks a princess in the castle. The second part tells about a jealous man who had a beautiful wife. Also last year Georgian pro- duction company Kvali XXI finished production of 25-minute animated movie about Vincent van Gogh entitled The Last Letter.
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More and more often the production companies from the CIS countries consider as their strategic part- ners not only the the neighbors by former socialistic camp and even not the countries of Eastern Europe Interview but target India and China. Particularly, Russian production company Russian World Studios (Vsemirnie Russkie Studii, RWS) in coproduction with India has shot series Hindu aired on TV channels in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and India. In the exclusive interview to CIS:Content Report RWS Director General Yuriy Sapronov told about new projects of his company and specificity of collaboration with the eastern Yuriy Sapronov: countries. «Although we already know Series Hindu has been the first joint Russian-Indian project for last 20 years. Are you satisfied how to make good content with its ratings on Russian and Indian television? for TV channels we still have In general we are satisfied. It had good ratings on Russia 1. During its airing the series had not got below challenges with features the second position in channel’s TOP-10. In India it was aired on two channels: state Doordarshan and production and distribution» digital pay channel Zee Smile. Buy the way those two Indian broadcasters cover more than 100 territo- ries, so the Hindu series distribution was quite wide. Hindu has also attracted interest in CIS region. For example, in Kazakhstan the series should be on air in the nearest future. In Ukraine it was airing on Ukraina TV channel.
Does company RWS plan to continue coproduction with India? If yes – what king of project will it be?
No doubt, we are interested in collaboration with the Indian partners. And currently we are thinking over the ways of collaboration, discussing the projects that may be filmed in Bollywood. Also we are greatly interested in China.
Will it also be the series?
Probably, it will be a kind of motion movies. However, we will consider the series as well.
Is China interesting for you in terms of locations or coproduction of content for the markets of both countries?
As a matter of fact, China is interesting as a market as well as India. Certainly, ideally we would like to produce for China with Chinese and for India with Indians. It is very interesting and there the cinema dis- tribution and production market is better than in Russia. No need to tell about Bollywood. They shoot a thousand movies for their market annually. Besides, there is no competition at all from Hollywood majors with their blockbusters. The Indian audience just does not want to watch that Hollywood movies choosing its own home-made product. In India the producers understand their audience, know it and make for it qualitative merchantable product.
Almost the same situation is in China. They shoot less about 500 movies annually. But the cinema distribu- tion market is strictly regulated there. It seems there could be released only 10 foreign pictures per year, all the rest is Chinese local product. And currently the market is actively developing there. It is supposed that by 2012 there will have been 15 thousand movie theaters in China. Thus, both China and India are very prospective markets with huge potential. And sure we want to work on them and for them.
If we touch upon economic component, where is it cheaper to film?
It depends on the fact what you are. If you simply come as foreign filmmakers and you use the services of local contractors then, no doubt, the prices for you will be several times higher than for the local produc- ers.
Has the interaction scheme between Russian TV channels and video content producers changed in 2010? Have they (TV stations) recovered from the crisis and, in your opinion – is it possible to talk about the return to pre-crisis level of content prices? How actively do the channels commis- sion and purchase the series?
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Everyone is active to certain level. And it is clear that nowadays the talks about the crisis arouse some smile. It is too early to declare that pre-crisis prices restored 100%; however, the production prices have reached the pre-crisis levels. They restore faster than purchase prices. Though, I think that in 2011 we will work on the same conditions as in 2007-2008.
Which of the Russian channels is the most active as to acquiring the content?
The most active, as usually, are the leading three channels: Perviy Kanal (The First Channel), Russia1 and NTV. Most of all, certainly, Russia1 and NTV because they have more series slots than Perviy Kanal.
By which criteria do you select the scenarios that you later launch into production? Which genres are the most prospective now, and which – vice versa – are not so successful?
There’s no secret of success in the genre. The secret of success is in several components: first of all it is strong script, good director, decent casting, and then – to be in necessary time in necessary place. Be- cause it is possible to make a good product but to make it too early – in two years you would get exactly into the audience but now it does not accept it. And the other way – you may create a qualitative product but too late.
Tell about the nearest plans of RWS Company concerning new projects launch? Particularly – about project Vasilisa Kozhina…
Yuriy Sapronov This is a working title, probably, it will change. Vasilisa Kozhina is a large-scale project. It is about love against the background of the war of 1812. (Vasilisa Kozhina is a leader of a partisan detachment during the Patriotic war of 1812 that destroyed or captured the retreating Napoleonic soldiers. Vasilisa was rewarded with a medal and money prize. – CR reference).
What stage is the project on? When do you plan to start shooting?
Currently we perform the actors’ casting. The start of location shooting is planned for July-August this year, and the second – next winter.
How much product is it produced currently in RWS?
In 2010 we filmed about 500 hours of series product.
In 2010 many people were talking that Russian cinema distribution looses its positions. Do you share that point of view? And if yes, what in your opinion does impede it to develop?
The statistics is a tough thing. If in 2009 there was 25%, in 2010 – 15% (share of Russian movies in gen- eral box-office – CR reference). What impedes? I guess several reasons do. On the one hand it is lack of understanding of the modern audience, of the things this audience wants to watch on the screens. On the other hand – now it is difficult to force through any movie to the domestic screens because they are occu- pied by the foreign majors. You can’t say that we produce bad movies or that all the Russian features com- ing into local theatrical distribution are bad. Although we know how to make good content for TV channels we still have challenges with features production and distribution.
A good material resource is also required for production of qualitative movie as well as correct market structure. Nowadays our cinema market is biased toward Hollywood. Certainly, we would like that the state has already started taking some measures for our market protection. I am not talking about the prohibi- tion of Hollywood movies. However, it is possible, for instance, to create some preferences for domestic features or reconsider the taxation conditions for the foreign ones.
Do we need to borrow the model of state support for cinema in other countries or do we need to choose our own way?
In my opinion it is necessary to create such a model when the foreign majors have benefits in spending the money, in investing into construction of movie theaters, movie studios, and content production here. It is
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required a certain taxation mode so that the money they have invested here during 5-10 years were freed from the taxes, and in case of money withdrawal just another way – the tax rate was high. And then in 2-3 years we will live differently. There will appear the skilled personnel and education will go to another level because they (foreigners) will not take their own specialists here every time. Step by step more cinemas will appear and it’ll broaden distributors’ coverage and earnings. We just need to talk not about granting some more $100-200 millions for certain prodcos or directors but to invest this money into cinema net- works construction and show there the more local movies, we should create such conditions that it would be profitable to invest into the theatres networks, movie studios and content production.
Reference
CJSC Russian World Studios is one of the biggest private movie companies on Russian content produc- tion and distribution market. It exists since 1998. The company possesses 2 movie studios – in Moscow and St. Petersburg – it makes preproduction, production and postproduction content works of any com- plexity, possesses specialized transport, filming equipment and decoration workshops.
Yuriy Sapronov In the end of 2007 RWS Company was affiliated to JSC Sistema Mass-Media – company that controls the media assets of JSFC Sistema. Except CJSC Russian World Studios the structure of SMM includes: CJSC Telekompania STREAM, Maxima communications group, Cyfrovoe Teleradioveshchanie (Digital TeleRa- dioBroadcasting). At that time RWS company was renamed in CJSC Vsemirnie Russkie Studii (Russian World Studios).
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