THE FILM INDUSTRY IN THE FEDERATION OF RUSSIA A report for the European Audiovisual Observatory by Nevafilm with contributions from RFilms November 2009 The Film Industry in the Federation of Russia Research by Nevafilm, with the collaboration of RFilms (Invest Collegium) for the European Audiovisual Observatory. Director of Publication: Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory. Supervising Editor: André Lange (European Audiovisual Observatory). Study carried out by: Oleg Berezin, Xenia Leontyeva, Svetlana Mudrova (Nevafilm Research); Konstantin Nafikov, Anastasia Tchudakova, Anastasia Bitkova (RFilms); with the participation of Alexei Sokhnev (Ministry of Culture, RF). Chief Editor: Xenia Leontyeva (Nevafilm Research). Translation: Michael Prokofiev. Editing and proofreading of the English text: Eclectic Translations and Susan Newman-Baudais (European Audiovisual Observatory) Publisher: European Audiovisual Observatory 76 Allee de la Robertsau – F – 67000 Strasbourg, France Tel.: +33(0)3 90 21 60 00, Fax: +33(0)3 90 21 60 19 E-mail:
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