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series Extrajuridicial

Russian film company Central Partnership wrapped up shoot- Director: Murad Aliyev. Central Partnership ing on 8-episode spy thriller Extrajuridicial commissioned by Script: Rodion Beletsky. NTV channel. The project is currently in post-production period. Cast: Igor Petrenko, Sergei Filming took place in Riga and Moscow and its vicinities. Gazarov, Sergei Burunov, Daniil Spivakovsky. Synopsis: Spring 2001. Retired national security officer Andrey Number of episodes: 8. Voronov is under investigation, being charged of kidnapping and Genre: Thriller. aiding government officials who defected country. To save his life Andrey asks for help a man once wanted by the Russian and foreign secret services.

series The Jewelers Clan

Ukrainian production company Front Cinema starts working on Director: Dmitri Goldman. Front Cinema 95-episode period drama The Jewelers Clan commissioned by Script: Tatyana Gnedash. Ukraine TV channel. The project is currently in pre-production Number of episodes: 95. period. Shooting will start this May and will take place in Lviv, Genre: Period drama. Kiev and its oblast’. The series is due to premiere in August 2015.

Synopsis: This is the story about the dynasty of jewelry masters living in Lviv.

Dmitri Goldman series Fizruk 3

Russian film company Good Story media is preparing the third Producer: Anton Shchukin. Good Story media season of sitcom Fizruk for TNT channel. Shooting takes place Director: Dmitry Gubarev. in Moscow. The series will premiere this fall. Cast: Dmitriy Nagiev, Aleksandr Gordon, Polina Grents, Anastasya Synopsis: The security director of a major Russian businessman Panina, Vladimir Sychyov. was fired because of his old fashioned and violent work meth- Number of episodes: 20. ods, and started a job as a sports teacher (‘fizruk’ in Russian) Genre: Sitcom. in High school where the daughter of his ex-boss was studying. But, trying to impress the girl and get his old job back he ended up behind the bars. Now he has to find the way out.

series Born to Be a Star

Russian prodco INK Film started shooting 10-episode autobio- Director: Vladimir Shevelkov. INK Film graphical drama Born to Be a Star. The project is commissioned Script: Larisa Stepanova. by Russia-1 channel. Filming takes place in Saint Petersburg. Cast: Marina Aleksandrova, Igor Petrenko. Synopsis: It tells the romantic story of love between the legend- Number of episodes: 10. ary singer Edita Piekha and equally well-known composer and Genre: Biopic. orchestra director Aleksandr Bronevickyi.

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series Tomorrow

Russian Dozhd channel in co-production with production centre Producers: Natalya Sindeeva, Ivan, Dozhd Ivan is working on new 4-episode political comedy with thriller Aleksandr Bondarev. elements entitled Tomorrow. The producers are using the Script: Yelena Vanina, Roman crowdfunding platform to start filming. Volobuev. Cast: Alice Khazanova, Vladimir Synopsis: Set in alternative Moscow in 2018 TV series show how Mishukov, Klavdiya Korshunova, the opposition suddenly wins the presidential and parliamentary Mikhail Gavrilov, Alexandr elections. Now main heroes have to find a new Prime Minister, Naumov. form the Cabinet of Ministers, fight the corruption, implement Number of episodes: 4. reforms in all the spheres of legislation and much else besides. Genre: Political comedy.

series Kazakh Eli

Kazakhfilm started working on 10-episode period drama Ka- Directors: Rustem Abdrashev, Kazakhfilm zakh Eli based on the first part of the trilogy The Nomads by Ili- Ermek Tursunov. yas Esenberlin. The project is currently in pre-production period. Script: Timur Zhaksylykov, Shooting will start this June in Turkestan. The series premiere is Smagul Elubai. th scheduled for the 16 of December 2015. Number of episodes: 10. Genre: Period drama. Synopsis: the story is taking place about 550 years ago when first Kazakh nomad tribes appeared, ruled by sultans Ganibek and Kirey.

series Violation of Rules

Russian film company Mars Media Entertainment is shooting Producers: Ruben Dishdishyan, Mars 4-episode romance Violation of Rules. The project is commis- Irina Putyatina. Media Entertainment sioned by TV Tsentr channel. Filming takes place in Moscow Director: Leonid Mazor. and its vicinities. Script: Aleksey Belyakov, Leonid Mazor. Synopsis: Due to dramatic circumstances 20-years-old woman Cast: Ingrid Olerinskaya, Sonya from the rich family became… the housemaid. But as the time Hilkevich, Yevgeniya Dmitriyeva, pass she is moving closer to her harsh employer – geography Roman Polyanskiy, Igor Bochkin, teacher. Friendship starts up. Lyubov Germanova, Aleksandr Makogon. Number of episodes: 4. Genre: Romance.

series The Maternity Clinic

Russian film company Obshestvennoe Mnenie is shooting Producers: Olga Danova, Mariya Obshestvennoe Mnenie 20-episode romance The Maternity Clinic. The project is com- Komina. missioned by Domashniy channel. Director: Valeriy Ignatyev. Cast: Gleb Podgodinskiy, Yana Synopsis: Within the four walls of the Maternity Clinic the most Arshavskaya, Evgeniya Evchina, guarded secrets got broken – in each episode nurses and doc- Danila Islamov, Svetlana Gera, tors have to shape the future of their patients. Sergey Kolosov Vadim Shanaurin. is the most demanded gynecologist, and also charismatic and Number of episodes: 20. handsome man… Genre: Romance.

Gleb Podgodinskiy

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series Captain Zhuravlyova

Russian company Panorama in co-production with Forward- Director: Alan Dzotsiev. Panorama, Forward-Film Film started shooting multi-episode detective Captain Zhurav- Script: Ivan Ritari, Anna lyova. Filming takes place in Saint Petersburg. Ganshina, Sergey Dolgikh. Cast: Mariya Sinyayeva, Synopsis: Having been victimized, young medic Varvara Zhurav- Konstantin Strelnikov, Vyacheslav lyova decides to become a cop. She quickly moves up the career Malezhik, Anton Yurev, Yuri Baturin. ladder and finally becomes the captain. But the higher her rank Genre: Detective. is the more cases she gets. Once she starts to investigate the murder of a young woman and realizes that very powerful people are involved.

series Cop Saga

Director: Pyotr Zabelin. Russian studio Progress in co-production with the film compa- Progress, Forward-Film Script: Maxim Yesaulov, Sergey ny Forward-Film is working on detective TV series Cop Saga. Maiorov. Filming takes place in Saint Petersburg. The project is commis- Cast: Dmitriy Palamarchuk, sioned by NTV channel. Andrey Gorbachev, Andrei Gulnev, Maksim Blinov, Aleksey Fedkin. Synopsis: This is the story about four friends-investigators, who Genre: Detective. started to work in 1990s and became the direct participants of hard post-perestroika times.

series The Second Life

Producers: Anastasiya Shipulina, Russian production company Pro100 film is working on 4-epi- Pro100 film Rodion Pavluchik. sode romance The Second Life. The movie is commissioned by Script: Uriy Tarabanchuk. studio Telemaster. The project is currently in pre-production with Number of episodes: 4. filming due to start this May. Genre: Romance.

Synopsis: Yulya and her pregnant sister Katya become the wit- nesses of the cash transit van robbery. The criminals killed all the collectors but didn’t notice someone saw them. Still, Katya got heavily injured, and died in the hospital soon after. Year later Yulya finds out that the gang leader had been finally caught and now she may be the only one person to put him behind the bars.

series The Drunken Firm

Russian World Studios Russian film company Russian World Studios in co-produc- Producer: Yuriy Sapronov. tion with TNT channel is shooting 4-episode comedy film The Director, script: Grigori Drunken Firm. Konstantinopolsky. Cast: Nikita and Mikhail Yefremov, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Marat Synopsis: Grygoriy Mikhailovich Shtuchnyi is a polyclinic watch- Basharov, Anna Mikhalkova. men and… chronic alcoholic. Several years ago he was a re- Number of episodes: 4. spectable resuscitationist-anaesthetist, and developed the Genre: Comedy. methodology to stop binge drinking. He helped others and failed with himself. But now he will get the chance to change as Anas- tasiya Grigoriyevna gets the seat of the chief doctor.

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series Black Marketeering

Sreda Russian production centre Sreda started working on the second Producer: Alexander Tsekalo. season of multi-episode drama Black Marketeering. The proj- Genre: Drama. ect is commissioned by Russian Channel One and is currently in pre-production period. Shooting will start this summer and will take place in Moscow.

Synopsis: They are 20 years old and they are ready for everything in the name of friendship. They have dreams, but have no choice but to work as black marketers. What is worse – they are successful and don’t want to throw up the game.

series Debtor Shanty

Sreda Russian production centre Sreda is preparing multi-episode Producer: Alexander Tsekalo. futuristic drama Debtor Shanty inspired by the works of Soviet Director: Alexander Kott. and Russian poet and writer Vadim Shefner. The project is cur- Genre: Drama. rently in pre-production period.

Synopsis: XXIII century. Stepan Kortikov is getting acquainted with Pavel Belobrysov, who is going to join him in a journey to another planet. It appears that Pavel was born in XX century and participated in an experiment to prolong life. And now he wants to find the planet that mirrors Earth.

Alexander Tsekalo

series Klim

Sreda Russian production centre Sreda has finished shooting 8-epi- Producers: Konstantin Ernst, sode detective Klim, an adaptation of British TV series Lu- Alexander Tsekalo, Ruslan ther aired on ВВС. The project is commissioned by Russian Sorokin. Channel One and is currently in post-production period. Director: Karen Oganesyan. Script: Dmitriy Ivanov. Cast: Konstantin Lavronenko, Synopsis: Former scientist-ethologist who studied animal be- Evgeniy Dobryakov, Grigory havior with emphasis on the behavioral patterns that occur in Chaban, Anna Vardanyan, Denis natural environments, becomes the policeman. Now as a detec- Starkov, Sergei Kudryavtsev. tive he feels that has an animal instinct to hunt down the crimi- Number of episodes: 8. nals. Genre: Detective. Konstantin Ernst

series Life Has Just Begun

YarCinema Russian film company YarCinema has wrapped up shooting on Producers: Sergey Bagirov, Yuri 4-episode comedy Life Has Just Begun. The project is current- Vaksman, Stanislav Chepaev. ly in post-production period. Filming took place in Yaroslavl’ and Director: Stas Ivanov. on Mosfilm studio. The film will premiere in winter 2015-2016. Script: Tamara Lisitskaya, Stas Ivanov. Cast: Anna Nosatova, Dmitry Synopsis: A successful businesswoman is suffering from panic Miller, Maksim Lagashkin, attacks. Soon she has to conclude very important deal, and her Aleksandr Robak, Valeriya competitor sends a man, who gives himself out as a mental phy- Lanskaya, Aleksey Fedkin. sician – the goal is to remove heroine from business and the city Number of episodes: 4. at all. Genre: Comedy.

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series The Last of the Magikyans 5

YBW Group, Nebo Russian film company YBW Group in co-production with Nebo Producers: Vyacheslav Murugov, company started filming the fifth season of sitcom The Last of Vitaliy Shlyappo, Eduard Iloyan, the Magikyans 5 commissioned by CTC TV channel. Shooting Aleksey Trotsyuk. takes place in Moscow. Cast: Hrant Tokhatyan, Anna Ardova, Andrey Burkovskiy, Alina Grinberg, Luiza-Gabriela Brovina. Synopsis: Karen Magikyan – a man who does not bend under Number of episodes: 20. the changing world. He is true Armenian, and tradition for him Genre: Sitcom. – above all. He has monochrome mobile phone, does not send e-mails, and never talks on Skype. He lifelong dreams of son, but brings up 3 daughters. In the new season Karen will face an ordeal – Natasha will kick out him out of the house…

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TV Movies Once You Step Across The Line Russian film company Mediaprofsoyuz started working on Producers: Aleksandr Kushaev, Mediaprofsoyuz new TV-drama Once You Step Across The Line commis- Vladimir Ignatyev. sioned by Russia-1 channel. Shooting takes place in Belarus. Director: Maksim Demchenko. Script: Peter Stepin. Cast: Svetlana Timofeeva- Synopsis: Lyudmila Kolesnikova works as a maid in a hotel, Letunovskaya, Michael Khmurov, while her son Pavel goes in for sports, studies well and wants Yuliya Kudoyar, Aleksandr Gurban, to make it into the university. Once several hooligans attack Aleksandr Zelenko. and beat Lyudmila and Pavel so bad that they are taken to the Genre: Drama. hospital. Mother recovers consciousness and finds out that her son is under coma. It looks as if the policemen want to keep the matter quiet, so Lyudmila buys a gun and starts to trail criminals…

TV Movies Our Great White Hope Russian film company Paradise started filming new TV-social Director: Karen Gevorkyan. Paradise drama Our Great White Hope. Shooting takes place in Guko- Number of episodes: 2. vo and Shakhty. The movie premiere is set for the end of 2015. Genre: Drama.

Synopsis: Our hero sacrificed his whole life to the mining company, but its executives try to accuse him of having caused an accident. He can’t clear himself – neighbors become insuffer- able and the main character decides to leave the town.

TV Movies The Third Try Russian film company Russkoe has wrapped up shooting on Producers: Aleksandr Kushaev, Russkoe new TV-romance The Third Try commissioned by Russia-1 Irina Smirnova. channel. The project is currently in post-production period. Director: Igor Mozzhukhin. Script: Natalya Marfina. Cast: Ekaterina Ryabova, Synopsis: Nastya and Oleg have been together for five years. Aleksandr Astashenok, Aleksandr She works as a nurse, he is a musician and plays in orchestra. Pashkov, Pyotr Barancheev. Once Nastya comes home earlier than usually and finds Oleg Genre: Romance. in bed with another woman. They bust up and she gets married the second time. But husband appears to be a very jealous man. And after a new divorce Nastya decides it is much better to be alone.

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TV Shows The Desperate Ukrainian NLO TV channel announced casting call for the new NLO TV entertaining show entitled The Desperate. Auditions will take place in Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk and Odessa.

In each episode 8 contestants have to pass three tests, for example, jump from the bridge, make a selfie with the policeman or even break the law…The winner will get 8 000 UAH.

TV Shows Ukrainian Super Model 2

Ukrainian Novy Channel started shooting the second season Host: Alla Kostromicheva. Novy Channel of the reality show Ukrainian Super Model, a local adaptation Format: Supermodelo. of the Spanish format Supermodelo distributed by Endemol Shine Group.

Two hundred young women aged 16-30 dream of becoming the professional fashion model. But only 15 will be selected to compete with each other in the course of photo sessions and defiles. The show will last for 14 weeks and only one will be left – a new top model will become the ‘face’ of Ukrainian brands and take part in one of the European fashion shows.

TV Shows Hearts of the Three 3

Ukrainian Novy Channel started working on the third season of Host: Aleksandr Pedan. Novy Channel the reality show Hearts of the Three, a local adaptation of Is- raeli Keshet Media Group format entitled Girlfri3nds. The project is produced by STB TV channel’s production house.

Three single women each try to find the soulmate, with 100 single men to choose from. They share a large house for the duration of the series. The first part of the show is an audition, where 100 men introduce themselves in turn to the female singletons trio. The girlfriends have to decide whether they would like to see the man again. The second part of the series sees the girl- Aleksandr Pedan friends go on dates with the men.

TV Shows The Deal 3

Russian TV channel Pyatnitsa! started working on the third sea- Host: Kseniya Sobchak. Pyatnitsa! son of the show The Deal. Shooting will take place in Yekaterin- burg, Perm, Saint Petersburg, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod.

This is the show where TV viewers play with those in the studio. The host offers contestant to answer the viewer’s question and win some money. But to do that he has to bet some goods bought in the supermarket. If player is wrong – viewer gets his bet.

TV Shows The Bachelor 6

Ukrainian STB channel has opened casting call for the sixth sea- Format: The Bachelor. STB son of the reality show The Bachelor. Auditions will take place in Lvov, Odessa, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Kiev. Project is a local adaptation of the American format The Bachelor, distributed by Warner Bros. International Television.

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The series revolves around a single bachelor who starts with a pool of romantic interests (25 candidates) from whom the bachelor is expected to select a wife. During the course of the season, the bachelor eliminates candidates with proposing marriage to his final selection.

TV Shows MasterChef 5

Ukrainian STB channel is preparing the fifth season of the cook- Format: MasterChef. STB ing show MasterChef, a local adaptation of Endemol Shine Group format of the same name. Auditions are underway.

The series takes 20 amateur chefs – many of whom simply cook as a hobby – and attempt to turn one of them into a culinary master. Contestants are put through the paces with various challenges as they compete head-to-head to create delicious dishes and become the best chef in Ukraine and get the money prize.

TV Shows Love Online 2 Ukrainian ТЕТ channel has opened casting call for the second ТЕТ season of the original romantic reality show Love Online.

Our heroes live in different countries. They love each other, but… only on the Internet – in social nets. They talk every day, write hundreds of messages, but have never seen each other in a real life. Now they will get the chance – three days to meet and get acquainted with parents, and to realize do they suit one another.

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feature films Back to Mother Kazakh director Akan Sataev is preparing new feature period Producer: Svetlana Korotenko. Akan Sataev’s Project drama Back to Mother. Filming takes place in Kazakhstan, Be- Director: Akan Sataev. larus and Azerbaijan, and will wrap up in June 2015. Cast: Altynay Nogerbek, Berik Aytzhanov, Aruzhan Jazilbekova. Synopsis: The story is set in different dark periods in the history Genre: Period drama. of Kazakhstan – collectivization, jute, Great Patriotic War etc. Main hero has gone through many hardships, but still dreams of coming home – his mother is waiting.

Akan Sataev

feature films Duelist Russian prodco A.R. Films is working on full-length period Producer: Aleksandr Rodnyansky. A.R. Films drama Duelist. The film budgeted at 580 mln. rubles. (about Director, script: Aleksei Mizgiryov. $10.75 mln.) will be produced in 3D-format. The movie premiere Genre: Period drama. is set for 2016.

Synopsis: Set in 1860s the film tells the story of retired officer and professional duelist Yakovlev. He got used to duel instead of others – he is ready to kill and to be killed. But no one knows that actually in each fight Yakovlev tries to vindicate his own honour – long ago he was defamed and lagged. Aleksandr Rodnyansky feature films Kara-Mergen Kazakh film company ART Doydu is preparing the screen ad- Producer: Marianna Skrybykina. ART Doydu aptation of the Turkic folk tale called Kara-Mergen. Project is Director: Zhaynyk Syzdykov. currently in pre-production period with shooting due to start this Cast: Ayan Utepbergen. summer. The movie premiere is set for 2016. Genre: Drama.

Synopsis: Long ago among the Kazakh people lived a hunter called Kara-Mergen. He wasn’t rich and had no children. Kara- Mergen used to hunt down red deer, gours and other animals for living. But once he decided to go far away, there where no hu- man has ever set foot. And when Kara-Mergen stopped for the night he met a strange women.

feature films The Queen of Spades Russian film company Art Pictures Studio started shooting Producers: Pavel Lungin, Dmitry Art Pictures Studio new feature psychological thriller Queen of Spades. Produc- Rudovsky, Fyodor Bondarchuk. tion budget totals $8.5 mln. Director: Pavel Lungin. Script: Pavel Lungin, David Synopsis: Main hero – unfortunate singer Andrey Razumikhin, Seidler, Valery Pecheykin. who dreams of singing the part of German in The Queen of Cast: Kseniya Rappoport, Igor Spades by Tchaikovsky. Once he is granted a chance – Mos- Mikrurbanov, Vladimir Simonov, cow opera star Sofiya Mayer comes to his town to produce just Arkadiy Parsegov. exactly this play. Andrey pursues her like one possessed, and Genre: Psychological thriller. finally starts to believe that he is the real German and she is the countess.

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feature films Beirut Russian film company Art Pictures starts working on new Producer: Fyodor Bondarchuk. Art Pictures feature drama Beirut with the budget of 600 mln. rubles Genre: Drama. ($11.11 mln.). Project is currently in pre-production. Shooting will take place in Morocco. Film premiere is set for 2018.

Synopsis: It is a real story which took place in Lebanon almost 30 years ago. On September 30, 1985, a group of gunmen seized four Soviet diplomats and embassy workers (Arkady Kat- kov, Valery Myrikov, Oleg Spirin, and Nikolai Svirsky) in Beirut. During the kidnapping right outside the embassy, Katkov was wounded in the leg. The Shiite radicals demanded that Moscow Fyodor Bondarchuk force Damascus to suspend the Tripoli offensive and close its embassy in Beirut. To demonstrate that they meant business, only two days after the kidnapping, Mugniyeh murdered the wounded Katkov by riddling him with machine gun bullets and left his body in a Beirut rubbish dump. But after the Russian mis- sile threat against one of the holy cities of Shiism the surviving three hostages were finally released.

feature films Tummy Russian film company Art Pictures started working on new Producers: Fyodor Bondarchuk, Art Pictures feature family comedy Tummy. Project budgeted at 225 mln. Dmitry Rudovsky. rubles ($4.22 mln.) is currently in pre-production period. Film is Script: Oleg Roy, Vitaliy due to premiere in 2017. Gogunskiy. Cast: Michail Galustian, Mariya Synopsis: The main hero is one of the most popular children’s Kozhevnikova, Aleksandr Revva, poets in the Russian language – Korney Chukovsky. His wife Ma- Yuri Stoyanov. ria is leaving him with his daughter Nastya just at the moment Genre: Comedy. when Korney has no money, but has a writer’s block instead – he can’t finish the book for several months already. So Nastya makes a wish that Tummy – the superhero from father’s book – was alive. On the 1st of January Tummy appears at their home…

Dmitry Rudovsky

feature films Double Trouble Russian film company Bazelevs is finishing the production of Producer: Timur Bekmambetov. Bazelevs feature-length comedy Double Trouble, the remake of South Director, script: Edouard Korean movie Scandal Makers, which became the most suc- Oganessian. th cessful in the local box-office. Release is set for the 28 of May Cast: Daniil Belykh, Yekaterina 2015. Varnava, Valeriya Kulikova, Daniil Kuznets. Synopsis: Roman is bachelor about 40. He runs his own show on Genre: Comedy. the radio where he gives advices whatever the situation is. Once one of the callers, Alyona, asks him would it be right to visit her father. And Roman answers ‘yes’ without realizing that he is this ‘father’ – twenty years ago he had a one-night stand. Moreover, Alyona has her own child and Roman’s life seems to be turned into living hell.

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feature films The Best Day Russian film company Bazelevs is working on feature karaoke- Producers: Timur Bekmambetov, Bazelevs comedy The Best Day. The project is currently in pre-produc- Zhora Kryzhovnikov, Aleksey tion period. Shooting will start on the 18th of May and will take Kazakov, Sergey Kornikhin. place in Tver’, Voronezh and Lipetsk oblast’. Film is due to pre- Director: Zhora Kryzhovnikov. th miere on the 24 of December 2015. Script: Zhora Kryzhovnikov, Aleksey Kazakov. Synopsis: Successful provincial Road Patrol Service officer Cast: Dmitriy Nagiev, Yuliya Petya Vasyutin has just married Olga. Being on duty he stops Aleksandrova, Valentina Mazunina, drunken TV star Alina, who is looking for a house for her mother. Sergey Lavygin, Inna Churikova, This casual encounter leads to a binge, and Petya proposes Ali- Elena Yakovleva. Genre: Comedy. Timur Bekmambetov na marriage. She refuses. So, the only way out to win her heart is to become a star too…

feature films Our Guys Russian film company Central Partnership started working on Script: Ruslan Tatrintsev. Central Partnership new feature-length action Our Guys. Project is currently in pre- Genre: Action. production period. Shooting will start in summer 2016. The film will premiere on the 23th of February 2017.

Synopsis: Present time. Russian people celebrate May holidays when suddenly US embark on intervention – American marines are air dropped in one of small city in the south of the country. A group of local teenagers decide to take the fight.

feature films Salyut 7 Russian film company CTV in co-production with Lemon Films Producer: Sergei Selyanov. CTV, Lemon Films Studio Studio is preparing new full-length space thriller Salyut 7. Proj- Genre: Thriller. ect is currently in pre-production period. Shooting will start in August with premiere planned for 2017. Production budget totals 320 mln. rubles ($5.93 mln.).

Synopsis: 11 February 1985. An autonomous space station Salyut 7 lost connection with Earth several months ago. But USSR government doesn’t want to lose it and decides to send someone there and check out what happened.

feature films Ever Frozen Russian film companies Glavkino and Lunapark started work- Producers: Fyodor Bondarchuk, Glavkino, Lunapark ing on new feature fantastic thriller Ever Frozen. Shooting takes Ilya Bachurin. place in Saint Petersburg, Moscow and Blashikha. The film pre- Director: Andrei Migachyov. miere is set for 2016. Cast: Ivan Shakhnazarov, Artur Sopelnik, Vasiliy Kopeykin, Nikita Synopsis: Just the day before the crucial match one of the hock- Kukushkin, Arnas Fedaravicius, eyist breaks up with his girlfriend, as he finds out that she loves Artyom Suchkov. another – someone from museum staff. To encourage their Genre: Thriller. friend other hockeyists decide to visit his ‘rival’, but they didn’t expect there were a lot of ancient creatures in the museum vault and not all of them were sleeping.

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feature films Viking Russian film company Direkciya Kino started working on fea- Producers: Leonid Direkciya Kino ture period drama Viking. Shooting takes place in Mozhaysk, Vereschtchaguine, Konstantin Moscow and Crimea. Film is budgeted at 1.23 bln. rubles Ernst, Anatoliy Maksimov. ($23.26 mln.) and is financed by Columbia Pictures and Federal Director: Andrei Kravchuk. Fund For Social And Economic Support To National Cinematog- Cast: Danila Kozlovskiy, Maksim raphy. Matveev, Kirill Pletnev, Maksim Sukhanov, Ekaterina Vilkova. Synopsis: Set in X century it tells the story of Vladimir Sviatoslav- Genre: Period drama. ich the Great, a prince of Novgorod, grand prince of Kiev, and ruler of Kievan Rus’ from 980 to 1015. Transferring his capital to Pereyaslavets in 969, his father Sviatoslav designated Vladimir ruler of Novgorod the Great but later gave Kiev to his legitimate son Yaropolk. After Sviatoslav’s death in 972, a fratricidal war erupted in 976 between Yaropolk and his younger brother Oleg, ruler of the Drevlians. In 977 Vladimir fled to his kinsman Haakon Sigurdsson, ruler of Norway, collecting as many Norse warriors as he could to assist him to recover Novgorod.

feature films Nut-Tree Kazakh film company Kazakhfilm in co-production with artistic Director, script: Yerlan Kazakhfilm, Kadam group Kadam has wrapped up shooting on new feature family Nurmukhambetov. film Nut-Tree. Project is currently in post-production period and Genre: Family film. is due to be completed this May.

Synopsis: This film has no main characters, still there are several storylines about one ordinary family. The whole idea is to be more kind to others, and first of all – to your relatives.

feature films Khovrino Russian film company KinoEst is working on new feature horror Producer: Evgeniy Loshak. KinoEst movie Khovrino. The project is in pre-production period, audi- Director: Sergei Kuznetsov. tions are underway. Shooting will start this summer and will take Genre: Horror. place in Moscow.

Synopsis: Young woman Irina is fond of urban legends about Khovrino hospital. Once she gathers the group of students to explore the derelict building. They take camera to record everything, but do not even realize what will find there.

feature films Chekhov Russian director Mikhail Matsuvara-Mashikhin is working on Producer: Maria Inari- Mikhail Matsuvara- futuristic steampunk film entitled Chekhov. The project is cur- Kolesnikova. Mashikhin’s Project rently in pre-production period. Creators are using crowdfund- Director, script: Mikhail ing platforms to fund the project. Matsuvara-Mashikhin. Genre: Steampunk. Synopsis: In Saint Petersburg, an unknown genius inventor cre- ates a miracle – a device called Affector which transforms reality into beautiful illusions. This wonder invention would have got lost among his laboratory mess, had one millionaire lady not discovered it. She is a former movie star who lost her fame a while ago. She sets up a new illusion industry based in Hong-Kong Maria Inari-Kolesnikova Ellizeum. From here Affector sets on a triumphal and dangerous mission of zombifying the whole world.

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feature films Anna Karenina Russian film consortium Mosfilm in a co-production with the Director: Karen Shakhnazarov. Mosfilm All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Com- Script: Aleksey Buzin. pany (VGTRK) starts working on the adaptation of Anna Kar- Genre: Drama. enina by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. Project is currently in pre-production period. There will be two versions of the film – one for TV and another one for cinema release.

Synopsis: It is the tragic story of a married aristocrat and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The story starts when Anna Karenina arrives in the midst of a family broken up by her brother’s unbridled womanizing – something that prefigures her own later situation, though she would experience less tolerance by others. A bachelor, Vronsky is eager to marry her if she would agree to leave her husband Karenin, a senior government of- ficial, but she is vulnerable to the pressures of Russian social norms, her own insecurities, and Karenin’s indecision. Although Vronsky and Anna go to Italy, where they can be together, they have trouble making friends. Back in Russia, she is shunned, becoming further isolated and anxious, while Vronsky pursues his social life. Despite Vronsky’s reassurances, she grows in- creasingly possessive and paranoid about his imagined infidel- ity, fearing loss of control.

feature films Red Hound Russian film company Nonstop Media with the support of the Producer: Sergey Zhdanovych. Nonstop Media US-based Solomon Films Production is shooting new fea- Director: William De Vital. ture war drama Red Hound, an adaptation of Viktor Krukov’s Script: Denis Sobolev. book of the same name. Filming started in February 2015 and Cast: Aleksandr Volkov, Igor will commence this May. Savochkin, Nikolai Dobrynin, Oksana Skoropad, Vladimir Synopsis: Few people know that in the beginning of the Great Tolokonnikov. Patriotic War there were special dog units to stand against the Genre: War drama. tanks. Soldiers used to teach dogs to carry explosives to tanks, armored vehicles and other military targets. Although the original dog training routine was to leave the bomb and retreat so that the bomb would be detonated by the timer, this routine failed and was replaced by an impact detonation procedure which killed the dog in the process

feature films Rough Draft Russian film company Novye Lyudi is working on new feature Producer: Natalya Mokritskaya. Novye Lyudi fantasy film Rough Draft, an adaptation of Sergei Lukyanenko’s Genre: Fantasy. novel of the same name. Project is currently in pre-production period. Shooting will start in 2016 and will take place in Moscow, Rotterdam and China. The film budget is set at $8 mln.

Synopsis: The story starts with the hero, Kirill, being ‘erased’ from daily life in present-day Moscow. Everybody forgets him (even his parents and dog), another person lives in his apartment, all IDs and files in all offices disappear. After a while he is phoned and invited to an old water tower – but inside is his future home and working place. There it is revealed to him that he is Natalya Mokritskaya able to open doors, leading to other worlds – although at first all but one are locked. Once opened each door becomes rigidly connected to some world, but which one can’t be predicted. All of the worlds have mostly similar environments and seem to be on the planet Earth but the societies and people are different.

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feature films The Snow Queen Russian film company Orbita is shooting steampunk feature Producer: Dina Grin. Orbita movie The Snow Queen. The project pre-production took four Director: Maksim Dyachuk. years. Film premiere is set for 2018. Cast: Anastasiya Krivenko. Genre: Steampunk. Synopsis: A well-known story. Kai goes out with his sled to play in the snowy market square and hitches it to a curious white sleigh carriage, driven by the Snow Queen, who appears as a woman in a white fur-coat. Outside the city she reveals herself to Kai and kisses him twice: once to numb him from the cold, and a second time to make him forget about Gerda and his family; a third kiss would kill him. She takes Kai in her sleigh to her palace. The people of the city conclude that Kai died in the nearby river, but Gerda, heartbroken, goes out to look for him.

feature films Viy 2. A Journey to China Russian film company Russian Film Group started shooting se- Producer: Aleksey Petrukhin. Russian Film Group quel of mystery movie Viy with the tentative title Viy 2. A Jour- Directors: Oleg Stepchenko, ney to China. Filming will take place in Russia, Czech Republic Dmitriy Paltsev, Aleksey Petrukhin. and China. Production budget is set at $36 mln. Cast: Jackie Chan, Jason Flemyng, Charles Dance, Rutger Synopsis: Peter the Great gives Jonathan Green an order to Hauer, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Anna make a map of the Russian Far East. So he takes the road with Churina, Aleksey Chadov, Oleg the group of Cossacks and finally ends up in… China. There he Taktarov. will meet princesses, martial arts masters and even dragons. Genre: Mystery.

feature films Mysterious Passion Russian film company Russian Project started shooting new Director: Vlad Furman. Russian Project full-length romance Mysterious Passion, an adaptation of Cast: Yulia Peresild, Aleksey Vasily Aksyonov’s novel of the same name. Filming takes place Morozov, Vlad Furman, Oleg in Lenfilm studio. Shtefanko, Valeriy Boyarintsev. Genre: Romance. Synopsis: One of the most famous Moscow filmmakers is shooting the documentary about veterans. Suddenly his wife and her lover – poet Vakson – get caught in the lens of the camera.

feature films Migratory Children Russian film company Russian World Studios is preparing new Producer: Yuriy Sapronov. Russian World Studios children fantasy movie entitled Migratory Children, based on Director: Anna Chernakova. the short novel Crystal Key by Anna Chernakova and Aleksandr Script: Anna Chernakova, Adabashyan. The project is currently in pre-production pe- Aleksandr Adabashyan. riod. Shooting will start this May. The film premiere is set for Cast: Sonya Galishnikova, 2016. Dmitriy Pevtsov, Julia Snigir, Leonid Bichevin, Alyona Babenko. Synopsis: Little girl Marusya and her father accidentally spoil Genre: Fantasy. mother’s drawing and break her watches. Mother takes offence at them and goes to the city. It doesn’t look that she will be back soon, so father wants to take Marusya and wander out. Girl decides to play for time – makes up a long-long fairy tale about mother and tell it to distract father’s attention.

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feature films The Librarian Russian film company WeiT Media in co-production with Art Producer: Timur Vajnshtejn. WeiT Media, Art Pictures Pictures is preparing full-length city fantasy entitled The Li- Script: Mikhail Elizarov. brarian, the adaptation of Mikhail Elizarov’s novel of the same Genre: City fantasy. name. Principal photography is scheduled to start this summer with the release set for 2017.

Synopsis: Main hero Aleksey is a lifelong learner and a superflu- ous man in his reality. Being a complete loser until now he suddenly comes to collect an uncle’s inheritance. And unexpectedly becomes the librarian – the member of the secret organization which searches for magic books.

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1+1 Ukrainian TV channel 1+1 has acquired rights to the feature drama The Tribe directed by Miroslav Slaboshpitsky. The film received 40 awards and won Cannes’ Critics Week Grand Prix. The movie has already been released in 40 territories, including USA, UK, Japan, France, Germany, Switzerland and Romania.

The Tribe. Deaf mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for Director: Miroslav Slaboshpitsky. deaf-and-dumb. In this new place, he needs to find his way through Producers: Valentyn Vasyanovych, the hierarchy of the school’s network dealing with crimes and prostitu- Iya Myslitskaya, Elena tion, the Tribe. By taking part in several robberies, he gets propelled Slaboshpitskaya. higher into the organization. Then he meets one of the Chief’s concu- Cast: Grigoriy Fesenko, Yana bines Anna, and unwillingly breaks all the unwritten rules of the tribe. Novikova, Rosa Babiy, Alexander Dsiadevich, Yaroslav Biletskiy, Ivan Tishko, Alexander Osadchiy , Alexander Sidelnikov, Alexander Panivan. Duration: 130 min. Genre: Drama. 24 Doc Russian 24 Doc channel has acquired feature-length documentary Last Days in Vietnam from PBS International, which is the sales di- vision of USA public broadcaster PBS. The film was nominated for an Academy Award. Its premiere is set for the 28th of April, commemorat- ing the 40th anniversary of this complex and harrowing finale to the conflict in Southeast Asia.

Last Days in Vietnam. Panic gripped Saigon on the 29th of April, 1975, Director: Rory Kennedy. as thousands of Americans and Vietnamese scrambled to designated Producers: Rory Kennedy, departure points to flee a city about to fall to Communist forces. With Keven McAlester, Mark the airport in North Vietnamese hands, mobs swarmed the U.S. em- Samels, Patricia Bischetti. bassy, scaling the walls in an effort to get on one of the last choppers Duration: 98 min. out. Over the course of 18 hours, 70 U.S. helicopters flew 630 rescue Genre: Documentary. missions evacuating more than 1,300 Americans and almost 6,000 Vietnamese. But in the rush to get out, the U.S. government left behind $5 billion in military hardware and thousands of Vietnamese loyal to the United States, many of whom had reason to fear for their lives.

Arthouse Russian sales agent and producer Sam Klebanov with the support of the US-based media holding Lorem Ipsum Corp. launched new inde- pendent distribution company Arthouse. It has already bought several films including Daniel Burman’s El misterio de la felicidad, Ruben Östlund’s Turist, 10.000 Km by Carlos Marques-Marcet, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence by Roy Andersson and Ja- far Panahi’s Taxi.

El misterio de la felicidad. Santiago and Eugenio are more than Director: Daniel Burman. friends, they are life long business partners. They understand each Producers: Walkiria Barbosa, other without words, they care for each other, they need each other. Jimena Blanco, Daniel One day Eugenio disappears without leaving any clues behind. San- Burman, Diego Dubcovsky. tiago immediately notices his absence, but only realizes what have Cast: Fabián Arenillas,

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happened when Eugenio’s wife, Laura, lost and hopeless assures him Alejandro Awada, Sergio that Eugenio has left. Santiago and Laura begin a journey in order to Boris, Ponchy Brusse, Silvina find him and end up discovering that they prefer to stay together in this Escudero, Inés Estévez, María quest rather than finding out where he is. Fiorentino, Guillermo Francella, Jairo Garcia, Pablo Ini. Duration: 92 min. Genre: Dramedy.

Turist. A family on a ski holiday in the French Alps find themselves Director: Ruben Östlund. staring down an avalanche during lunch one day; in the aftermath, Producers: Katja Adomeit, their dynamic has been shaken to its core, with a question mark hang- Philippe Bober, Erik ing over their patriarch in particular. Hemmendorff, Marie Kjellson, Marina Perales, Yngve Sæther. Cast: Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Vincent Wettergren, Kristofer Hivju, Fanni Metelius, Karin Myrenberg, Johannes Moustos. Duration: 120 min. Genre: Drama. 10,000 Km. Two people in love, two apartments – one in Barcelona Director: Carlos Marques- and another on in Los Angeles - and the images of their past, present Marcet. and future. Can love survive 10,000 km? Producers: Tono Folguera, Daniel Hammond, Sergi Moreno. Cast: Natalia Tena, David Verdaguer. Duration: 99 min. Genre: Drama.

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence. An absurdist, Director: Roy Andersson. surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely Producers: Johan Carlsson, from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses Linn Kirkenær, Pernilla on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man. Sandström, Håkon Øverås. Cast: Holger Andersson Nisse Vestblom Viktor Gyllenberg Lotti Törnros Jonas Gerholm Ola Stensson Oscar Salomonsson Roger Olsen Likvern Charlotta Larsson. Duration: 101 min. Genre: Dramedy.

Taxi. It is the documentary-like film set in a Tehran taxi that is driven Director: Jafar Panahi. by Panahi himself. Passengers – men and women, young and old, rich Producer: Jafar Panahi. and poor – talk to him on different actual topics. Duration: 82 min.

Disney (Russia) France-based Go-N has sold animated comedy series Zip Zip to Dis- ney for its terrestrial TV channel in Russia. The project is oriented on 6-10-years-old children.

Zip Zip. Washington the fox, Sam the wild boar and Eugenie, Sam’s Director: Aurore Damant. little sister, are tired of living paw-to-mouth in the wilderness. They Duration: 52х13 min. crave the creature comforts only the suburbs can provide and decide Genre: Animated comedy. to zip into costume and disguise themselves as run-of-the-mill house pets. So far, their secret is safe but you can count on the gang’s wild

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animal instincts to surface at the very worst moments, driving the gags and suspense! They’ve tamed their new household, but they’re not out of the woods just yet.

FILM.UA Distribution Ukrainian FILM.UA Distribution, part of FILM.UA Group, has sold a package of titles to broadcasters in Europe and Asia. TV series The Sniffer, The Bomber, The Werewolf Hunt and Black Sheep were sold to Thailand. At the same time the first season of The Sniffer head- ed to Poland, Finland, Vietnam and Republic of Macedonia, and the second one went to Bulgaria, France (all rights), Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia (TV rights).

Docudrama Mystical Tales will now air in Latvia, whereas Lithuanian broadcaster has acquired new seasons of the show. Earlier FILM.UA Distribution has sold format Mystical Tales to Nova TV channel in Bul- garia while Belgian distributor Crazy Cow has picked up rights to Mys- tical Tales format for the territory of Benelux, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia and French-speaking Switzerland.

The Sniffer. They call him The Sniffer. He’s the proud owner of an ex- Director: Artem Litvinenko. traordinarily acute sense of smell. He can detect things about you that Producers: Victor Mirsky, you desperately want to conceal. He’ll find that needle in the haystack. Andrey Rizvanyuk. Don’t ever doubt his extraordinary skills! But the truth is that his sense Script: Artem Litvinenko, of smell is as much a curse as it is a gift. This guy can solve a mystery Andrey Babik. by having a single sniff around but what happens when all these myri- Cast: Kirill Kyaro, Ivan ads of smells force their way into his private life? Let’s just put it this Oganesyan, Maria way – he’s not exactly a happy camper. Anikanova, Agne Grudite, Sergei Yushkevich, Nikolay Chindaykin, Nina Gogaeva. Duration: 52 min. Genre: Detective. The Bomber. During World War II, a soviet aircraft crashes on Nazi- Director: Vitaliy Vorobyov. occupied territory. But the pilot Grivtsov and his beloved radio op- Producers: Victor Mirsky, erator Katya miraculously survive. Another survivor is flight navigator Maxim Ukhanov, Max Osadchiy. Linko, who ejected from the plane. Each of them has to find his way Script: Arkadiy Tigay. and perform military tasks, return to his own forces and simply to stay Cast: Nikita Efremov, Ekaterina alive. The situation becomes more complicated because of an act of Astakhova, Nina Usatova, sabotage, which has been committed before their take-off at the aero- Victoriya Tolstoganova, Boris drome. Honest Grivtsov gets on the bad side of the colonel of SMERSH Karmozin, Timofey Tribuncev, by defending his friends. Instead of being granted a medal ‘Star’ for Egor Barinob, Vladislav Abashin. his 100th flight, he is pronounced a traitor and is to be executed. Duration: 8x52 min. or 180 min. Genre: War drama.

The Werewolf Hunt. WW2. Nazi-occupied Ukraine. The Soviet High Director: Evgeny Mitrofanov. Command receives intel according to which the Nazi’s are planning Producers: Victor Mirsky, on setting up a command center called Werewolf somewhere on the Maxim Asadchy, Sergey territory of Ukraine. This Werewolf is of exceptional strategic impor- Nedzelsky. tance. A Soviet reconnaissance unit, led by Major Sedov, is deployed Cast: Vladimir Litvinov, in the area and their assignment is to deliver information concerning Boris Galkin, Vyacheslav the location of the object and the enemy’s military strength. But it is Razbegajev, Pavel Trubiner, not until the group is actually lodged at the lair of the enemy that they Michail Yefremov, Yevgeniya find out the actual aim pursued by the Soviet High Command. This was Glady, Vladimir Goryansky. nothing but a suicide mission from the start. Major Sedov realizes that Duration: 4x52 min. or 110 his people are but pawns in a bigger game. The pawns, however, do min. sometimes become queens. Genre: War drama.

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Black Sheep. The story is set during the World War II. Seven prison- Director: Serhey Chekalov. ers manage to escape from the penitentiary and hide in a small village Producers: Victor Mirsky, Sergey forsaken of God and men. Soon after they respire, they face a new Antonov, Andrey Rizvanyuk. hardship — a German subversive group appears near the village. And Script: Igor Shvetsov. as the fate decree, the former ‘enemies’ of the Motherland turn into its Cast: Kiril Rubtsov, Victor fierce defenders. War mutilates lives of millions of people, but some- Solovyev, Mikhail Tarabukin, times it is the war that makes even the most thorough scoundrel in the Andrey Frolov, Alexey Longin, world to remember that he is also a MAN. Mukhtar Gusengadzhiyev, Aleksey Dmitriyev. Duration: 4x50 min. or 110 min. Genre: War drama.

Mystical Tales. Almost everyone has experienced something that Host: Pavel Kostitsyn. could be described as supernatural. This is a collection of the most Duration: 44 min. fascinating mystical stories as told by ordinary people. One is a haunt- Genre: Docudrama. ing tale of three boys who come across some old jewelry in an uncov- ered grave at a cemetery. In the days that follow, two of the boys die under mysterious circumstances and the third is left paralyzed. Or here’s a story about a girl who sold her wedding dress. Suddenly her life turns upside down as she struggles to stay afloat. Eventually the girl finds that the new owner of the dress died while wearing it. Mere coincidence or is there more to it? Theories explaining these phenom- ena fall into two basic categories: scientific explanations (medical, physiological and psychological) and supernatural explanations (reli- gious, spiritual). The series offers both.

Intra Communications Russian company Intra Communications has signed a deal with the US-based Big Media concerning the distribution rights on the territory of Russia and the CIS to the documentary programmes My Animal Friends. Underwater Mission and Super Senses.

My Animal Friends. Underwater Mission. 26 amazing underwater Duration: 26х13 min. stories for kids hosted and narrated by Sara & Maxi and their insepa- Genre: Documentary for kids. rable friendly submarine, Emma “The Sea Turtle”. Young viewers (together with their parents) will be drawn into these awesome adventures at sea, in which stunning images reveal hidden worlds of action and beauty. We meet all favourite sea creatures and explore their wa- tery homes: playful dolphins, mysterious sharks, graceful sea turtles, waddling penguins and dozens of others; we visit coral reefs, kelp for- ests and other extraordinary underwater worlds.

Super Senses. Have you ever wondered why some animals have Duration: 13х26 min. such crazy looking sense organs? Why do snakes have a split tongue? Genre: Documentary. Why do elephants have such huge ears? Why do some bats have different looking ears and noses? Why do moths have antennae that look like feathers? Every feature has a special purpose that has evolved to ensure the survival of the animal. Just like us, animals rely on their senses to communicate with each other, to find food and to stay safe.

KIT Ukrainian distribution company KiT has added to its catalogue Lat- in American feature erotic film Latin Lover and Aussie docuseries Quirky Science.

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Latin Lover. The plot generally revolves around the character Ra- Director: Manolo Castillo. fael Carballo, the director of the “Latin Lover” novela. Rafael is por- Cast: Riccardo Dalmacci, Andrea trayed as an attractive man whom women often find difficult to re- Montenegro, Juan Carlos Salazar, sist. He is often equally incapable of declining the sexual advances Paola Martínez, Fernando Gaviria, of the scheming, seductive women involved in the novela and the Natalia Villaveces, Mónica production company behind it. Domínguez, Milene Vásquez. Genre: Erotic.

Quirky Science. For most, science is about discoveries in labs. Duration: 13х30 min. But do we ever think or imagine that to get to where we are today, Genre: Documentary. science sometimes has taken very quirky directions? This is a series that explores just exactly where science went awry and led to new discoveries and inventions. You’ll be amazed at how common household items were actually invented!

MK-Distribution Ukrainian company MK-Distribution has licensed TV rights on cooking show FunFood and traveling docu-series Seasons and World in Pictures to Spanish MarTV.

Fun Food is an extraordinary culinary show for all those who want to make something tasty, having spent thus a minimum of time and efforts.

Relaxing music and colorful shots turn a cooking into interesting Duration: 100х2 min. and enjoyable process. Prepare beautiful and delicious dishes with Genre: Cooking entertainment. Food Fun! Here you find video recipes that make your breakfasts, snacks, lunches and dinners turn into a real FUN!

Seasons. The show invites you into a fascinating journey into the Duration: 30х3 min. wonderful world of nature. Admire the spring flowering plants, a Genre: Traveling. variety of summer landscapes, autumn leaf fall and majesty of winter. Perhaps these experiences will help you to plan new routes for outdoor recreation!

World in Pictures. In this show you’ll find out a brief summary Duration: 100х5 min. certain country and / or city – its name, currency, language, popu- Genre: Traveling. lation, area. Also the viewer can learn about the local landmarks which are also represented in the form of a small informational and historical reference. Stunning and vivid photographs and interac- tive map with pedestrian and transport routes from one showplace to another make your trip unforgettable.

NCircle Entertainment US-based company NCircle Entertainment has picked up VoD and home video rights to Russian CG-animated series Alisa Knows What to Do! for the territory of the North America. The project is produced by Russian prodcos Bazelevs, Riki Group and Animation Studio Moskva. The second season of the series pre- miered on CTC in February 2015.

Alisa Knows What to Do! Based on Kir Bulychev’s popular sci- Producers: Timur Bekmambetov, fi book series Alice: The Girl from Earth, Alisa Knows What to Do! Ilya Popov, Elena Malenkina. follows the adventures of 12-year-old Alisa Selezniova and her Number of episodes: 12. friends in the year 2093. Genre: Animated.

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Parakeet Film Ukrainian distributor Parakeet Film has acquired theatrical rights on US musical dramedy entitled The Last Five Years.

The Last Five Years. A struggling actress Katie and her novel- Director: Richard LaGravenese. ist lover Jamie each illustrate the struggle and deconstruction of Producers: Janet Brenner, Kurt their love affair. Deutsch, Richard LaGravenese. Cast: Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan, Tamara Mintz, Cassandra Inman, Kate Meltzer, Emma Meltzer, Bettina Bresnan, Charly Bivona, Alex Stebbins, Lily LaGravenese. Duration: 94 min. Genre: Dramedy. Pixel Ukrainian Pixel channel has acquired a package of animation content from Paris-based distributor Cyber Group Studios. The deal includes among the others such projects as Mademoiselle Zazie, Mia, Animalia, Adam’s Bakery, Raju the Rickshaw and Grenadine & Peppermint.

Mademoiselle Zazie. Mademoiselle Zazie is a series about Number of episodes: 78. friendship: that of Zazie and Max, the inseparable best friends, Duration: 7 min. as well as that of the whole tribe: Pedro, Tariq, Cindy and Abigail! Genre: Animated. They are 7 year-old, live by the seaside and have so much fun together! The whole bunch takes us into their games, their private jokes and their daily adventures. They actually start to discover the world of grown-ups, and want to understand it. Friends will try to do so… but will shake it up to make it all their own! They will solve problems in a way we, as grown-ups, would never expect them to!

Mia. Mia is a six year old mouse who lives in the depths of a large Number of episodes: 39. house, with her Granny Mimi, her friends and neighbours. Inquisi- Duration: 11 min. tive, daring and fearless, Mia gets excited by everything and any- Genre: Animated. thing: she wants to see, try and experience it all! And it’s under- standable: she’s six now - the ideal age to go and discover the world around her... And start understanding she’s not the center of it all…

Animalia. Join Zoe and Alex on a thrilling adventure, as they are Number of episodes: 40. swept from their local library into Animalia – a unique world of talk- Duration: 24 min. ing animals! Unusual events have undermined the civilization of Genre: Animated. Animalia, and Zoe and Alex, together with their new friends, use their wits and imagination to help solve the mysteries and bring harmony back to the land.

Adam’s Bakery. Adam and his dinosaur friends live in a beautiful Number of episodes: 52. and colorful forest town: Shangri-la. And right in the middle of this Duration: 13 min. forest is the country’s most popular bakery: Adam’s Bakery. Then Genre: Animated. who is Adam? He is the very talented apprentice of Miranda, the baker master. Since the master had to leave, Adam has become the holder of this Bakery together with the lovely Candy Sisters. They share so much fun preparing some very special recipes with the Magic Baking Machine.

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Raju the Rickshaw. Finpur is an imaginative, wholesome and eco- Number of episodes: 78. friendly place, full of color and fun. It is unique in its ‘Indianness’ Duration: 7 min. and universal in its appeal. Here we meet Raju, his friends Tina and Genre: Animated. Charlie and the whole Funpur gang a motley collection of trucks and taxis, buses and bikes, boys and girls. Lively characters of Fun- pur learn to take responsability for ones actions, to help a friend in need, work as a team, to spell or simply have fun.

Grenadine & Peppermint. Grenadine is a little Inuit girl who is cu- Number of episodes: 78. rious, energetic and who is always up to mischief. She loves ad- Duration: 7 min. ventures: dangerous missions, strange investigations, commando Genre: Animated. operations that she gets into with her friend Peppermint, a usually placid penguin whom she thinks has the right stuff to make a super hero. Although he is rather lethargic, Peppermint accepts to play the super hero role so he can keep Grenadine’s esteem.

Russian Report Russian film company Russian Report has acquired Japanese feature-length horror film Kamisama no iu tôri for the territory of Russia.

Kamisama no iu tôri. Shun Takahata is a high school teen bored Director: Takashi Miike. with his humdrum life. But one day, a mysterious Daruma doll (a Producers: Minami Ichikawa, Akihiro traditional Japanese votive figure that represents Bodhidharma, Yamauchi, Yûsuke Ishiguro, Shigeji the first Zen patriarch) suddenly appears in class and announces Maeda. the beginning of a game that will put their lives on the line. After the Cast: Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Rirî Furankî, Daruma doll comes a beckoning cat, a Kokeshi doll, a polar bear, Atsuko Maeda, Shôta Sometani, Sôta and a Matryoshka doll... One after another, these strange manifes- Fukushi, Jingi Irie, Hirona Yamazaki, tations of toys introduce games that the students must succeed Mio Yûki. in winning. If they don’t, they die an instant death. Is this really a Duration: 117 min. game? If so, what is it for? Who are “God’s children”? And what Genre: Horror. awaits Shun and his classmates who survive these games?

Studio U7 Russian distributor Studio U7 has added to its catalogue Cana- da-produced animated TV series YOUniverse nominated for the Grand Prix of Kidscreen awards 2014. Also Studio U7 has acquired rights to British docuseries Lodging With Lions for the territory of Russia, CIS countries and the Baltic states.

Lodging With Lions. It is a fast-paced reality series that follows Duration: 13х30 min. volunteers from all over the world as they descend on Antelope Genre: Documentary. Park, Zimbabwe for the ultimate lion experience. We follow them in their daily duties, including taking the lions for daily walks and hunts, preparing the meat and vitamins for the cubs and assisting in research tasks.

YOUniverse. Targeted at children from 2 to 6 years old YOUniverse Duration: 26х2 min. is a preschool, interstitial series that explores space and the uni- Genre: Animated. verse through the eye and imagination of children. If you had your own planet what would it look like? Would it be green, purple or blue? Would it be filled with huge furry buildings or covered in gum- drop trees? Are the people small, tall or there at all? YOUniverse is a short interstitial illustrating how children see the universe and how they would describe their dream planets. Each episode is a mix of creativity and fun with a little science sprinkled on top. It’s your universe, how do YOU see it?

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TiJi Distribution and production company Gaumont Animation, divi- sion of the France-based studio Gaumont, has licensed the new version of animated series Calimero to the Russian kids channel TiJi. Being the remake of original 1963 TV series Calimero is produced by French Gaumont Animation and Calidra with Italian Studio Campedelli and Japanese TV Tokyo and Kodansha.

Calimero. With his big heart, three eager companions and an Director: William Renaud. old mill teeming with incredible inventions, Calimero sets off on Duration: 104х13 min. wild adventures to put right all those things in life that are just not Genre: Animated. fair. Between school, secret meetings in their workshop, our four friends have a whale of a time! They invite children of all ages to join them on their explosive adventures and take a fresh look at the world around them with an open heart.

Volga Film UK-based all3media International company has signed new broadcast agreements for multi-episode detective drama Bro- kenwood Mysteries including one with Volga Film for the territories of Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia.

Brokenwood Mysteries. Each telefeature in the series is a Directors: Mike Smith, Joshua standalone story which sees the show’s two lead police officers Frizzell, Michael Hurst. trying to solve a murder case. Producers: Chris Bailey, John Barnett, Kelly Martin. Cast: Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland, Pana Hema Taylor, Nic Sampson, Christina Ionda, Colin Moy, Andi Crown, Miriama McDowell, Marc Pritchard, Chris Sherwood. Duration: 8x120 min. Genre: Detective drama.

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UKRAINIAN THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION MARKET OVERVIEW

(JANUARY 1, 2015 – APRIL 19, 2015) Theatrical releases of 99 films took place in Ukraine starting from January 1, 2015. Information on box-office of 57 films was disclosed by local distributors. The gross box-office of these films totaled $18.16 million. About 7.18 million tickets were sold for these 57 titles. TOP-20 releases collected $15.74 million. Cinema goers bought near 6.15 million tickets to watch the films you see in the table below.

Total Box-office Tickets Sold № Movie Distributor Premier Date Premier Box-office, $ (01.01 - 19.04.2015), $ (01.01 - 19.04.2015)

1 Furious 7 B&H 02.04.2015 942 701 1 794 537 772 267 2 8 New Dates / 8 Novykh Svidaniy (Rus) UFD 01.01.2015 821 724 1 634 576 525 147 3 The Seventh Son B&H 01.01.2015 695 401 1 531 702 424 422 4 Fifty Shades of Grey B&H 12.02.2015 860 705 1 491 615 751 412 5 Exodus: Gods and Kings UFD 01.01.2015 519 211 1 268 531 317 265 6 Paddington VLG 22.01.2015 437 673 959 763 368 310 Three Bogatyrs. The Cavalry / Tri Bo- 7 GK 01.01.2015 398 731 930 463 377 374 gatyria. Hod Koniom (Rus) Night At The Museum: Secret Of The 8 UFD 08.01.2015 340 201 713 978 242 738 Tomb 9 Kingsman: The Secret Service UFD 12.02.2015 358 727 677 386 324 093 10 Cinderella B&H 12.03.2015 472 653 669 855 311 487 11 Chappie B&H 12.03.2015 260 748 590 063 258 249 12 Battle for Sevastopol / Nezlamna (Ukr) UFD 02.04.2015 199 058 518 140 235 838 13 Home UFD 19.03.2015 214 001 495 964 244 677 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out 14 B&H 05.02.2015 197 272 493 419 264 700 of Water 15 Insurgent MMD 19.03.2015 170 455 413 292 176 353 16 Blackhat B&H 15.01.2015 200 648 367 704 122 053 Tinker Bell and The Legend of the 17 B&H 01.01.2015 123 215 343 411 127 809 Never Beast 18 The Boy Next Door B&H 22.01.2015 145 128 335 867 117 114 19 John Wick UFD 15.01.2015 n/a 308 942 106 308 20 Ex Machina B&H 16.04.2015 202 777 202 777 78 562 TOTAL ТОP-10: 11 672 406 4 414 515 TOTAL ТОP-20: 15 741 985 6 146 178

Source: Ukrainian Film Distribution

Distributors: B&H – B&H Distribution GK – Galeon Kino MMD – Multi Media Distribution UFD – Ukrainian Film Distribution VLG – Volga Ukraine

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A significant event for Ukrainian TV industry - conference and screening FORMAT SHOW Spring Edition was held on the 27th of March in Kiev. Representatives of TV channels and prodcos from Ukraine and focus abroad gathered together at the largest Ukrainian private film studio FILM.UA to share their experience and discuss the current situation on TV content production market, listen to the opinions of their foreign colleagues as well as to see the latest titles of international formats and learn trends of the industry.

During the opening panel discussion TV Production in Ukraine: Challenges, Features, Opportunities mod- The prospects of erated by Ed Waller (C21 Media editorial director), Ukrainian TV market specialists (Olga Zakharova, Direc- tor of Strategic Marketing at Media Group Ukraine; Viktoria Liezina-Masliana, Producer of the production Ukrainian formats department of Ukrainian holding 1+1 Media; Dmitriy Kitsay, Head of Creative department of STB channel; Igor Storchak, Head of FILM.UA Distribution; Aleksey Goncharenko, Head of Friends Production) talked about trends of local and international format industry. The cornerstone of the discussion was the question whether Ukraine is able to change its status of one of Europe’s largest importers of TV formats into a significant exporter of its own content.

The first word on the rights of the moderator took Ed Waller, who noted that at the present time there has been some decline in the volume of new television formats acquisitions both in Central and Eastern Europe and in the whole world. Ukraine is not an exception. Furthermore inner economic and political problems caused large scale depreciation of the national currency. It influenced a lot the financial strength of Ukrai- nian TV channels that were forced to diminish their programming budgets and dramatically cut the quantity of content acquisitions (including non-scripted TV-formats licenses).

General producer of the production department of Ukrainian holding 1+1 Media Viktoria Liezina-Masliana insisted that the best strategy for Ukrainian TV channels and production companies now is to start developing their own formats. This is the line which in fact 1+1 Media started with their own experience.

The head of creative department of STB channel Dmitriy Kitsay sustained this point of view and said that Ukrainian channels gained good experience from the last five year period of adaptation of TV formats and now understand the format business peculiarities and are ready to create the new ones by themselves.

In turn, Igor Storchak, the head of FILM.UA Distribution, said that Ukraine has already got the experience of selling its local formats. Ukrainian emerging format market has already gained an ambitious goal: for the first time the local format series (The Sniffer, produced by FILM.UA) had been sold to European broadcaster TF1 (France) and its production has already launched, as well as Mystical Tales (FILM.UA’s docudrama) was also bought to Hungary and Bulgaria as a format. Storchak also mentioned the successful deals on Star Media`s format Go Dance and the international success of Crack Them Up produced by Studio Kvartal 95. Moreover we should not also forget the reality format Daddy’s House (Ukr. Hata na Tata) that was sold to Poland, and original format of the most successful Ukrainian TV show Take the Mike (Ukr. Karaoke na Maidani) was picked up for international distribution by Eccho Rights after UA Formats catalogue was presented at KIEV MEDIA WEEK in 2014. Ukrainian original formats have been also sold to Russia and other countries of the region.

At the same time, according to Storchak, there are two main trends in Ukrainian TV business – decrease in demand for foreign formats and reduction of budget for foreign content acquisitions in favor of developing local stories.

Following the opening panel discussion Anne Kirsipuu, FremantleMedia format sales director CIS & Baltic States, presented Global Format Industry Trends Report to FORMAT SHOW Spring Edition attendees. One of the most remarkable trends of 2014 was the decrease of the quantity of the so-called ‘travelling’ non- scripted formats, i.e. the whole number of the formats, which had been sold for adaptation to at least two new territories. The sales peaked in 2011 when there were 119 travelling formats, comparing with the 88 in 2014 (just as in 2008-2009).

Switching the focus of discussion back to Ukraine, Media Resources Management analytics counted that Igor Storchak totally 141 new non-scripted formats have been acquired and adapted during last 10 years by 6 major Ukrainian TV channels (Inter, STB, 1+1, Ukraine, ICTV and Novy Channel). The notable increase in the quantity of formats’ acquisition was observed in 2006, the peak of format adaptations was reached in 2011, followed by the recession period.

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International formats premiere adaptations in Ukraine, 2005-2014

45 41

30 23 25 21

20 17

15 10 11 10 6 5 3 4 5

0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Source: Media Resources Management

The recession period is caused by the self-identification of Ukrainian TV channels — they finally defined their line-ups structures and found demands of their target audience, so many purchased formats were prolonged for further seasons as well as broadcasters started experimenting with their own original TV shows creation.

Game-shows, reality and talent-shows are among the most frequent adapted non-scripted formats by TOP-6 Ukrainian TV channels. Genres of Format adaptations in Ukraine, 2005-2014

12 6 32 Reality 6 Talant

Game 14 Entertaining

Da6ng

22 Factual 16 Cooking

Others 33

Source: Media Resources Management

International format hits lead the TOP-10 of the most successful shows of Ukrainian TV: The Voice, X- Factor, Got Talent, Wife Swap, The Bachelor, etc. These shows were aired with 5 and more seasons, performing the highest TV ratings.

Ukrainian Television industry faced the new challenge: the audience became more demanding, being of- fered the whole variety of new formats simultaneously. Format adaptations decreased their life period to

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2-3 seasons on air and were closed, being considered unsuccessful. To keep the viewers involved, TV channels are challenged to surprise them with new content of exceptional quality. Ukrainian adaptations of The Voice and X-Factor are acknowledged as the most successful ones in the world.

But Ukrainian television is well-known not just for international formats’ adaptations. The original Ukrai- nian formats have been launched successfully and aired for number of seasons in a competitive environ- ment. Of course, any show has to be unique and extra-creative to be aired by Ukrainian TV channel in the present market context. So, if original ideas lived that long - they are worth to be discovered by the world. This exact idea became the fundamental reason for UA Formats catalogue appearance. Moreover, despite several cases of successful formats sales, format distribution market in Ukraine has not been developed. There are at list 20 original formats created in Ukraine, which have been mostly sold to post-Soviet territories and have never been presented to the international media market. Ukrainian formats have never been collected, organized and presented to international audience at global market level before.

Iryna Kostyuk (producer, FILM.UA Group) was the initiator of UA Formats catalogue creation. The largest players of the Ukrainian media market supported this idea and for the first time in Ukrainian history their shows had been united ‘under one roof’, in the first united catalogue of the most successful Ukrainian formats.

Fresh ideas

The important part of FORMAT SHOW Spring Edition conference was the final round of SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS contest. Its Judging panel, consisting of Ukrainian and international TV industry experts, have selected five Finalists. The TOP 5 was defined among more than 70 submitted ideas of non-scripted entertainment TV formats. The Judging panel choice was made according to the contest main selection criteria: innovation, creativity/originality, potential to develop multiple series, potential to travel around the world as a format, potential to become cross-media and multiplatform format.

SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS Finalist were:

Tasty Adventures (by Aleks Komarovskii, Ukraine). The show host arrives in one of the grocery super- markets and chooses two characters of the show from supermarket visitors, who are going to celebrate something and have a dinner or party. The host proposes them to spend only 2 hours not investing a cent to get an opportunity to win the grand prize – a delicious menu for the celebration and drinks for 20 persons. The sponsor’s cookery (supermarket chain) will prepare all the dishes from the characters’ menu, besides the winner will get several more valuable prizes for their kitchen. To that end, they are to get into 5 specific Tasty Adventures. The characters will have to learn how to quickly sell the goods to passers-by, taste things with their eyes closed, prepare meals within a limited time, look for alcoholic beverages in cars on parking etc.

The Maze (by Olena Sibiriakova, Ukraine). It is a global quest in a huge Transformer Maze with 16 teams involved. Each maze has a Sacred Room. Will a team of players be able to reach it in due time? From now on the victory depends on their dexterity, intuition and TV viewers. Each episode consists of a competition between two teams (4 players in each) and two consecutive peculiar quest routes. Each route consists of three rooms styled in a unique way, which have 3 doors, but only one of them will show the team the right way. Together with TV players the teams undergo tests, solve riddles hidden in the room and guess which one of 3 doors is the right one. With every next room, tests become more and more difficult…

Holiday Exchange (by Nadezhda Dyagileva and Victoria El-Muallya, Russia). Two persons from different countries and cities exchange their houses for the time of holidays. The first character is local, he/she is from the country where the program is broadcast. The second one is a foreigner. Over two days they live each other’s lives: meet friends and relatives of the one, whose apartment is used, learn their habits and try favorite leisure activities. And, for sure, they do a lot of sightseeing. Each new episode involves new characters and new cities.

Marriage 3.0 (by Yana Chernukha, Russia). By drawing lots three couples that are going to get married receive one of the three budgets: small, mid-sized and big. During a week they should invent and organize a unique wedding party, staying within the budget, and at the final show in the studio to present in the form of a storyline what they have managed to do. The programme psychologist helps the couples understand their relations and solve conflict situations. The comments of relatives and friends help to get known better

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the characters. At the second stage the same couples raffle 3 budgets and this time they make renovation in their bedrooms. The result of interior makeover in the form of a storyline they also present to the audience in the studio, that assesses the couples based on three criteria: idea, implementation and relations. The points of two stages are summed up. The couple that wins receives a wedding journey as a prize.

Star Races (by Pavel Peleshok and Nana Suhanova, Ukraine). The participants of this show are celebri- ties, who step out to a racing track. They fight for a prize and find out who is in fact the star in driving among them. They learn how to drive professionally, overcome obstacles and make fresh gains – they become car racers. In the course of 10 episodes the contestants should learn car racing nuances from scratch. 6 contestants take part in the show: 3 males and 3 females. All contestants are trained by their coaches, who are indisputable car racing professionals. The participants are not eliminated after each round. All contestants collect points in every episode race, passing through all stages. This makes it possible for a SMALL WORLD. team to get better results in the next episode and catch up with a competitor. BIG Ideas winners It stands to mention that celebrity reality format Star Races (working title) became the winner of SMALL WORLD. BIG IDEAS contest, and its creators were granted a very special prize from the project partners – MIPTV (participants’ badges to attend MIPTV and MIPFormats 2015) and Small World IFT (worldwide distribution of the winning format, presenting it at all major television markets globally).

Taking into consideration all the aforesaid as well as challenging circumstances that Ukrainian TV business is currently facing with, it’s quite obvious that Ukrainian television and content markets are in the eve of great changes. And who knows – quite possible that the boost of local creativity and its international recognition are around the corner.

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This year Kazakh National Television News Agency ‘Khabar’ celebrated its 20th anniversary. In an exclusive interview to CIS: Content Report its programming director Sandugash Rakhimzhanova told about Interview the Khabar achievements, local production volume increase, acquired content value formation and the geography of broadcasted programs.

Sandugash How would you characterize the present state of Kazakhstan TV market (not its technical infra- Rakhimzhanova: structure or advertising aspect, but rather in the context of content)?

Considering the Viewing Considering the viewing ratings the best performing is Kazakh-produced and Kazakh-speaking content. Ratings the Best Locally produced programs are the most-searched – people love talk shows devoted to real problems and characters, who speak the same language with the audience. As for musical-entertaining shows viewers Performing Is Kazakh- prefer Kazakh stars instead of those from Russia or abroad. And I think that this trend will be one of the Produced and Kazakh- dominants in future. If you recall the Russian experience, than the content replacement from the imported to locally-produced one is unavoidable. Within the last 2-3 years we have replaced the most of foreign Speaking Content line-up. Actually, more than 80% of content is locally-produced now – TV series, factual, entertaining and news programs.

What content is the most popular with Kazakh viewer? What genre preferences? And which programs prevail on Khabar? How does your broadcasting schedule is formed?

You won’t be surprised, obviously, if I say that the viewer has become more selective – if he/she doesn’t like some program then quickly switches it. The person in front of the screen definitely understands the content, chooses the suitable time, orients on the picture quality.

The target audience of our channel is adults aged 30+, coupled, socially active. Men prefer news programs and feature films, women – TV series, concerts, talk shows. But everyone likes music-entertaining and comic genre content. Of course, if there is a demand for entertaining programs, we put them in prime. The line-up is horizontal on working days and vertical on the weekends.

Who is the one that conducts the ‘genre policy’? Who should approve the content to put it on air?

As long as Khabar is the government-owned channel, we have to work on the public communications policy. Still, the viewer is in the first place and we offer content of different genres. General producer and programming director are responsible for TV program launch, and we base our conclusions on research data and the sixth sense. It refers to everything – the program concept, in-house projects, content licens- ing etc. All projects are reviewed by the creative committee.

Do you produce original programs by yourself or commission them from the contractors? What prodcos do you work with?

For several years we’ve worked with different production companies, and most programs are made by the third parties. But news programs are too important for the channel, so we produce them in-house. They take about 6 hours of daily broadcasting time.

Tell us about your production base – stages, shooting equipment, dubbing and editing studios…

Several years ago Khabar started broadcasting from Kazmedia Center – modern business and techno- logical complex for the full cycle of works in the sphere of digital media. Khabar takes on lease its stages and editing rooms to produce news programs and talk shows. At the same time the channel has its own Sandugash dub studios, as well as filming and lightning equipment. Rakhimzhanova Talking about your in-house produced programs, what does prevail – foreign formats adaptations or original ideas?

They are mostly original shows because you have to take into account the market conditions – viewers’ mentality, their preferences. But we do cooperate with foreign format distributors – some formats we have successfully launched already, and soon we will make another big hit.

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Are foreign distributors interested in Kazakh TV products?

We are not working actively in this sphere yet, but Khabar has sold several TV series abroad already – to Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

What projects are you working on right now?

Khabar has just started the spring season with the new line-up of entertaining programs – music and comedy shows. New Kazakh-language docuseries, one show and several educational programs air on working days. There will be more than 100 new episodes of TV series this year.

What about the plans for future?

We are trying to become better, more interesting and reachable. As we celebrate the jubilee, Khabar view- Sandugash ers will make more discoveries. Rakhimzhanova

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