Industry Forum Day 1 Introduction to Russian Film Industry Daily Schedule - November, 28
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BFI SOUTHBANK INDUSTRY FORUM DAY 1 INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN FILM INDUSTRY DAILY SCHEDULE - NOVEMBER, 28 - 11:00-12:15 Russia by numbers – What is the current state of the Russian cinema industry? Presented by the Managing Director of NevafilmOleg Berezin. - 12:15-12:30 Coffee break. - 12:30-13:15 Film financing in Russia. Presented by the Head of Financial and Production Department of the Russian Cinema Fund Vadim Potapov. - 13:15-14:00 Russian Export Center supports Russian film industry abroad. How can they facilitate cooperation between British and Russian filmmakers? Presented by General director Andrei Slepnev and the Head of Creative Industry Eugeniya Danilchenko from the Russian Export Center. - 14:00-15:00 Lunch break. - 15:00-16:00 Film commissions in Russia. Presented by the General Director of Moscow Film Commission Svetlana Maximchenko and producer and scriptwriter, leader of the strategic initiative ‘Cinema of Russia’ at the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Anna Krutova. - 16:00-17:00 – Round table ‘Distribution of independent foreign films in Russia and in the UK’. Participants: Julia Muravova (Exponenta Film), Leonid Godik (Beta Film GmbH), Denis Krupnov (Reason8 Films) and Wendy Reeds (Lionsgate). - 17:00-17:15 Coffee break. - 17.15-18:30 Educating future co-producers: challenges and opportunities. Presented by the Director of Moscow Film School Maria Sitkovskaya, Director of Universal University Katerina Cherkes-Zade, producer Artem Vasiliev, and representatives from UK film schools. DAY 2 PITCHING CO-PRODUCTION PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT NOVEMBER, 30 11:00-13:00 THE DEED / ПОДВИГ IN A WORLD, FULL OF EVERYDAY HEROES, IT TAKES A TRUE DEED TO KEEP ONE’S FAMILY TOGETHER. Writer: Anastasia Palchikova Director: Alex Smirnov Producers: Fedor Bondarchuk, Vyacheslav Murugov, Mikhail Vrubel, Alexander Andryushchenko Actors: Fedor Bondarchuk, Yuliya Vysotskaya Synopsis: Lena and Vova are middle-aged, but still in love. They have two kids, and still live life to the full. In London, where they come for their 15th wedding anniversary, they get caught up in the middle of a terrorist attack. They manage to get out alive, and Lena even rescues a little girl. When they come home, to everyone, Lena is a hero, and Vova a coward, hiding behind his wife. This will begin to tear the family apart, awakening all problems they had during their marriage, putting their love, self respect and their own selves to a great test. Until, when it is almost too late, Vova regains clarity. To save his family, he has to perform another heroic deed. Production companies: Vodorod Pictures was founded in 2011 and consists of a team of young ambitious producers, who work in the field of film production and cooperate with Russian and international industry majors (Art Pictures Studio, STV, Sony Pictures Releasing, 20th Century Fox etc). Their current titles include ICE (6.3 mln viewers), ATTRACTION (4 mln), COP BABY (643 079), JUNGLE (1.5 mln), GHOST (1.7 mln). CTC Media is a leading Russian TV company managing 5 television channels in Russia as well as an international version of Peretz channel and Channel 31 in Kazakhstan. The international version of Domashny and Peretz are available in the CIS countries, the Baltic and other European states, North America, Georgia, UAE, Mongolia, and Australia. Director CV: Alex Smirnov is a young ambitious director whose credits include TV show THE GARDEN RING (12 episodes), THE DRAIN MIRROR (short), DIAMOND PELL (short), THE HOME (short) dedicated to Marina Tsvetaeva. Looking for: mutual investment opportunities in respect of this project. Contact: Maria Karneeva [email protected] +79037410982 THE LAST FOUR DAYS OF PADDY BUCKLEY A RECENTLY WIDOWED DUBLIN UNDERTAKER’S LIFE SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL IN A DARK SUPER- NATURAL COMEDY ABOUT GANGSTERS, MIXED-UP COFFINS, TALKING CORPSES AND A PET WOLF Writer: Johnny O’Reilly, Jeremy Massey Director: Johnny O’Reilly Producer: Johnny O’Reilly Current status: Received development funding from Irish Film Board (2nd round) Synopsis: Desperate to preserve the memory of his recently departed wife, undertaker Paddy Buckley discovers that he can bring her back to life in his mind as long as he stays awake. In this catatonic, sleepless state, he accidentally knocks down and kills Dublin’s most notorious criminal. While the criminal’s mob are mobilized to track down the killer, Paddy finds himself having to arrange the funeral. To alleviate the stress of his circumstance, Paddy gets drunk and has sex with Kate, a recently bereaved customer who dies during orgasm. As his problems mount, Paddy’s wife encourages him to join her by killing himself. A budding romance with Kate’s daughter drags him back from the brink but with the criminal mob closing in, Paddy’s chances of surviving his last four days are rapidly diminishing. Production companies: With offices in Dublin and Moscow,Snapshot Films produces feature films and TV drama for the international market. Snapshot also provides production services to international co-productions seeking partners in both Russia and Ireland. It has a varied filmography, which includes documentaries, TV Drama as well as the Crimea-based film noir THE WEATHER STATION and critically acclaimed multi-narrative drama, MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS. Director CV: Johnny has worked as a TV and film writer/director for over 15 years. Among his early works is short film The Terms, which won over 20 prizes and was shortlisted for the Oscars. Johnny has written and directed three feature films including experimental film COMA with Mike Figgis, and two Russian films; the Crimea-based film noir The Weather Station and critically acclaimed multi-narrative drama, Moscow Never Sleeps. Looking for: UK co-production partners, equity finance, Russian co-producer (post-production). Contact: Johnny O’Reilly [email protected] +353831566600 THE FIRE / ОГОНЬ THE SUPERPOWERS’ LEADERS HAVE BEEN IN SECRET NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ALIENS FOR YEARS, NOW THE WAR IS COMING: A UN’S PSYCHOLOGIST TRIES TO PREVENT IT. Writer: Kirill Fokin Director: Valery Fokin Producers: Renat Dalvetiarov, Grigory Podzemelny, Artem Vitkin Synopsis: Vladimir, a UN official has discovered that world leaders have been in secret contact with aliens. Convinced that his wife’s stillbirth was caused by an alien spaceship hovering above Florida, he tells her everything and she calls him crazy. Vladimir goes to the sea shore to commit suicide but without any obvious reason he returns home just in time to save his wife from a suicide attempt. Several years later Vladimir now one of the top UN experts on extra-terrestrial life, receives an urgent call to participate in a Contact in St. Petersburg. The aliens propose that the world leaders declare universal disarmament. However, the world leaders decide to order a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the alien spaceships. Vladimir attempts to fly back to Washington to join his wife but he is detained for interrogation. This is the moment when the war starts. Production companies: Interfest is a dynamic Russian film company which each year produces 2-3 films. Widely distributed in Russia and the CIS, most of these films feature in national and foreign film festivals. The company’s first production LOVEY-DOVEY was a sure-fire national hit in 2007. Other titles are DONBASS. BORDERLAND, WIZARDS, PURE ART, THE DAWNS HERE ARE QUIET, ONCE and other. Director CV: Kirill Fokin is an artistic director of the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, president of the Meyerhold Centre in Moscow. Honored Artist of Russia. Director of more than 80 plays all over the world, including Poland, Hungary, Germany, Finland, Greece, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, France and the United States. This project will be his feature debut. Looking for: co-production partners, financing, sales and festivals representatives. Contact: Artem Vitkin [email protected] +79161842121 PAPER BIRDS / БУМАЖНЫЕ ПТИЦЫ GLENN MILLER. WHO WAS HE? JAZZ ICON OR LEADER OF THE KGB? DEVIOUS MYSTIFICATION OR COVERT OPERATION OF THE UK AND US SECRET SERVICES? ILLUSION OF A WOMAN IN LOVE OR REALITY? Writer: Alexander Gonorovskiy Producer: Alex Kessel, Inna Orkina (creative producer) Synopsis: December, 1944. A military aircraft took off from the UK Twinwood air base, however, it never reached its destination. Among the missing was Major Glenn Miller, the greatest big band bandleader of the swing era. In 1956 another plane landed in Budapest with Marion Hutton, a former star of Miller’s Orchestra, on board. Hutton came to communist Hungary to find Glenn Miller, many years after he had been officially declared dead. Having come to Budapest on the eve of the uprising, Marion was looking for the Soviet Ambassador Yury Andropov, who looked like Glenn Miller. Production companies: Sputnik Vostok Production has been exclusively dedicated to TV and film production since 2009. The company was founded by Alexander Kessel, creative and executive producer, director and member of the Russian Television Academy. The company’s creative portfolio consists of features, documentaries, TV series and TV shows, which are successfully broadcasted by Russian TV channels. The company has collaborated with respected Russian scriptwriters and is well-known for co-production activities. Titles include TV series BETTER THAN US, LONDONGRAD for CTC Media, DOCTOR’s DIARY (season 1 and 2) and others. Looking for: co-producers, co-financing partner, crew and cast. Contact: Alex Kessel [email protected] / Inna Orkina [email protected] LENIN / ЛЕНИН LENIN CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY, BUT HIS LIFE WAS TOO SHORT TO SEE THE REVOLUTION THROUGH TO ITS CONCLUSION. TO THIS DAY, THE REVOLUTION CONTINUES, CRAFTED BY OUR OWN HANDS. Writer: Vladimir Sorokin Producers: Enela Yatsura, Yuriy Krestinskiy Synopsis: In world history there might be only a dozen personalities whose accomplishments have changed the course of human history by reshaping views on global borders, political and economic sciences and even philosophy.