Moscow Never Sleeps

MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS

A Russian/Irish co-production Written and directed by Johnny O'Reilly

CONTACT:

Anna Gryaznova Snapshot Productions 13 Mespil Road, Dublin D04 K1C5 Ireland tel: +353 83 156 6600 e: anna@snapshot-films.com

CONTENTS

POSTER ...... 2

PRESS QUOTES ...... 3

SYNOPSIS ...... 4

WHY MOSCOW? ...... 8

THE SCRIPT ...... 9

THEME ...... 10

POLITICS AND PROPAGANDA ...... 10

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT ...... 12

HOW THE FILM WAS FINANCED ...... 13

CINEMATOGRAPHY ...... 14

PRODUCTION DESIGN ...... 15

POST PRODUCTION ...... 16

MUSIC ...... 17

PRINCIPLES' BIOGRAPHIES ...... 18

CAST BIOGRAPHIES ...... 22

BILLING BLOCK ...... 27

END CREDITS ...... 28

PRESS QUOTES

“★★★★ A film that bows to none in its scope and ambition” -Donald Clarke, The Irish Times

“★★★★Cinematic Chekov set in Modern Day Moscow” -Bloomberg

“★★★★A slick, Sexy, Sophisticated Drama” -Village Magazine

“★★★★★A pure, true reflection of Moscow life” -Forbes

"★★★★Absorbing" -Hilary White, Sunday Indepdendent

“★★★★Amazing and dynamic” -Rosisskaya Gazeta

“★★★★★Stunning” -Louise Dickson, ReadRussia.com

“★★★★Captures dynamic, toxic and insomniac Moscow” -Jason Corcoran, BNE Intellinews

“Beautifully made, hilarious and touching” -Shaun Walker, The Guardian

“Vivid and Unique” -Afisha

“Sleek and Stunning” -Louise Dickson, ReadRussia.com

“★★★★ An amazing, exotic and dynamic depiction of a Russian metropolis” -Rosisskaya Gazeta

“★★★★Subverts all stereotypes about Russia.” -Woman Magazine

“★★★★A cosmopolitan portrait of Moscow.” -GQ Magazine

“★★★★ Vivid and unique” Afisha

"★★★★An absorbing and bittersweet love letter to the many corners of life in the Russian capital." -Hilary White, Sunday Indepdendent

COUNTERPUNCH Louis Proyect

Those who follow my reviews, especially those of narrative films, know that I am averse to hyperbole. So when I tell you that “Moscow Never Sleeps” is a masterpiece, you’d better damn believe it.

Irish Director/Screenwriter Johnny O’Reilly has created a picture of Russian life that reflects both the humanity of the people as well as the demons that are eating away at the very fabric of their society.

Like James Joyce’s Dublin-based “Ulysses”, it not only takes place in a single day and in an iconic city but seeks to capture the soul of a nation through a group of characters.

VARIETY Jessica Kiang

It’s not often that we get such a fresh-faced look at a city that foreign art house and festival devotees know better from the laceratingly critical work of brilliant doom-meister Andrey Zvyagintsev, among others. But with something of the zeal of the convert, Dubliner O’Reilly, who lived in Moscow for a decade, presents his low-cal-Altman stories of life, love, death and catharsis against a backdrop that gleams with modernity.

The vast wides of sparkling nighttime streets pulsating with traffic under skies bursting with fireworks are impressive but also prove the impersonal truth that while hearts within might be breaking — or stopping altogether — life in the impervious city goes on.

LA TIMES Noel Murray

More than a slice-of-life piece, “Moscow Never Sleeps” is ultimately a portrait of a thriving, eclectic modern metropolis with its own unique political and cultural struggles.

Given the widespread fascination with modern Russian culture in the wake of recent events, it’s eye-opening to see a movie that shows Moscow from the perspective of someone who’s at once an outsider and insider.

HUFFPOST Jared Feldschreiber

In this sprawling, occasionally brilliant narrative, Johnny O’Reilly, the film’s director, effortlessly interweaves disparate plot lines, in which the characters not only experience revelations after they undergo harrowing experiences. The film also exhibits how its city – a key ingredient serving the narrative – spectacularly re-defines itself.

VILLAGE VOICE Kristen Yoonsoo Kim,

Irish filmmaker Johnny O’Reilly exhibits such a confident understanding of Moscow in his latest Russian-language film that you’d think he was a native. He captures the Russian capital with grand landscape photography before zeroing in on intimate, familial territories as he weaves the story of several characters over the course of a day.

NEW YORK TIMES Ben Kenigsberg

American cinephiles are used to seeing Russia portrayed as a dour caldron of corruption, desperation and suppression. “Moscow Never Sleeps,” a Russian- Irish coproduction by the director Johnny O’Reilly, who was raised in Ireland and is now partly based in Moscow, seems intended as a counterweight. It depicts Moscow as a bright metropolis filled with immigrants, traffic jams, restaurants and clubs, the settings for familial dysfunction and frustrated love affairs.

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Frank Scheck

Irish Filmmaker Johnny O’Reilly doesn’t ignore the darker aspects of the Russian capital and the nation’s culture in Moscow Never Sleeps. There’s no denying his passion for his titular setting, which he presents as a sophisticated, cosmopolitan city filled with gorgeous architecture, a vibrant night life and crowded streets.

THE FILM STAGE Jared Mobarek

O’Reilly has crafted a meticulously drawn tapestry of universal human themes within a setting that’s as unique as it is familiar. With so much heartache and tough decisions tearing heart from soul, but we definitely experience the breadth of Moscow’s complexities and power.

FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL André Hereford

Like haunted portraits on a wall, Vladimir Putin and his government cronies loom heavily, both figuratively and literally, over the heads of several harried Muscovites in writer-director Johnny O’Reilly’s ambivalent love letter to Russia’s most populated city. This bittersweet portrait of the city’s moods and idiosyncrasies ultimately does back up its apparent mission statement: “Moscow’s a prison, but we love it.”

THE IRISH TIMES Donal clarke

Johnny O’Reilly, director of the excellent Russian drama The Weather Station, returns with a film that bows to none in its scope and ambition.

Moscow Never Sleeps has many moments of beauty and grandeur. The entire film profits from that mixture of dark humour and resigned pessimism that characterises so many of the Russian greats. The Irish too, come to think of it.

COMPUSERVE Harvey S. Karten

Moscow Never Sleeps has so much depth, so much pathos and tenderness mixed with outright joy, that even we in the United States come away from this gorgeous film with an understanding of one of the world’s great capitals that exceeds what we might learn even as a tourist.

THE YOUNG FOLKS Nathanael Hood

Johnny O’Reilly’s Moscow Never Sleeps aspires to more than just being an ensemble drama. It seeks to encapsulate the very spirit of that great Russian city, all its wonder, all its corruption, all its desperation, all its beauty. if O’Reilly doesn’t find room for hope, he finds plenty for the strength and indomitable spirits of Moscow’s citizens.

SYNOPSIS

MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS is a multi-narrative drama about the hidden bonds that connects us all. The film dives headlong into the volatile intersections of contemporary Moscow and the intimate lives of five people: An ENTREPRENEUR whose business empire comes under siege by powerful bureaucrats, a TEENAGE GIRL mired in the misery of a broken home, A YOUNG MAN forced to chose between his girlfriend and his grandmother; a beautiful SINGER torn apart by the pursuit of two men and an ailing FILM STAR who gets embroiled in a bizarre kidnapping. Over the course of one day, their lives will change forever.

These stories weave through Moscow’s choked cityscape as it celebrates its birthday with a massive fireworks display. They reveal the unrestrained energy of Europe’s biggest city and the cruelty and beauty of the Russian spirit.

The film stars many of Russia’s best-known actors including Alexey Serebriakov (LEVIATHAN, McMAFIA). The film aims to give audiences a unique view of Russian humanity, to present a true impression of a vibrant culture overshadowed by egregious policies of a corrupt government and to capture the pulsating spirit of Europe’s biggest city.

MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS is an official Russian-Irish co-production, financed by Russian private equity funding, the Irish Film Board, the Irish Section 481 Tax incentive, Eurimages and AI Film. It was produced by Johnny O’Reilly of Snapshot Films (Russia), Katie Holly from Blinder Films (Ireland)

WHY MOSCOW?

The origins of MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS date back to the early 1990s, when Johnny O’Reilly was a young student of Russian in Trinity College Dublin. He arrived in Moscow on an exchange programme to study at Moscow State University. With a collapsing political system and an exploding sense of freedom, Moscow in 1993 was a heady, intoxicating place for a young visitor keen for adventure and life experience. When Yeltsin sent in the tanks to resolve the constitutional crisis of October 1993, O'Reilly was inside the white house parliament building reporting on the historical moment for foreign newspapers. “When you witness a tragic event like that of October '93 close up, you can’t help thinking about your own place in society, about how history and politics can affect the lives of individuals. This experience give me the desire to make a film about Russia that could somehow connect the personal to the political.” In the early 2000’s, Johnny made a short film, THE TERMS, which won many international awards and was shortlisted for the Oscars. The film caught the eye of Russian producer Sergey Selyanov, who invited Johnny to direct a feature film PRYACHSIA (English title release: THE WEATHER STATION). Starring Alexey Guskov, Sergey Garmash and Marina Alexandrova, the film garnered critical plaudits and had a robust run on the international festival circuit. Due to the film’s success, Johnny was invited to join Hollywood mega- agency, Creative Artists Agency (CAA). “Following the release of THE WEATHER STATION,” said Johnny, “my agents wanted me to move to Los Angeles, but I didn’t want to leave Russia without making a more personal film which reflected my feelings about the country". Moscow has become Europe's first Megapolis — a unique, exciting and thoroughly modern setting that is still not well known in the West. According to O’Reilly, who has lived there for 12 years “The 'Russian soul' is an oft-touted cultural tag. But it quickly becomes apparent from living in Moscow that the amplitude of humanity there is higher. People tend to fight and to love each other more there. There’s more suffering, but there's also more soul. And that makes for great drama.”

THE SCRIPT

Given that Moscow is a sprawling city of 15 million people with dozens of ethnicities and languages, massive gaps in income and a huge geographical spread, the decision was made early on that a multi-narrative structure would allow to wide snapshot of the city and its inhabitants. The challenge was to weave multiple personal storylines cross-sectioned from Moscow life into one narrative whole, to give a wide impression of the city’s culture, while also revealing the intimate lives of characters which audiences could sympathise with.

In the spectrum of multi-narrative film structures, there are many examples: Robert Altman’s SHORT CUTS presents separate storylines with minimal overlapping elements but without a commonly identifiable theme. At the other extreme, Paul Haggis’ CRASH contains compressed interlinked narratives crafted around a very distinct theme of racism and xenophobia. O'Reilly: "I knew that Moscow Never Sleeps would not have a clear-cut single theme as with Crash, but I also didn't want the narratives to be as separate as they are in Short Cuts. I wanted the film to feel like a single whole, not an almanac, nor a series of short films." Moscow Never Sleeps would take shape in the middle- ground model between the CRASH and SHORT CUTS models. " In essence, the story deals with two families so I structured the narratives around two clusters of characters. In this regard, it's most similar to the film MAGNOLIA."

This two-family-cluster-structure allows the characters to get involved in multiple storylines, and allows for a wider range of characters and interlocking events to give a broader overview of Moscow society.

THEME

Architecturally and topographically, Moscow projects itself as the capital of a vast and sprawling empire. It’s a city with a huge history and an uncertain future and was always going to be the metaphysical lead character in the film. The soaring aerial shots of Moscow’s cityscape confirm this, but so does the love/hate relationship that many the characters in the film have with the city.

Like many of the world’s biggest cities, Moscow is a fast-moving metropolis where people live for the moment. Pinballing around the city, they form a seething mass of human consciousness that the city pushes from one wave to the next without allowing them time or space to recognize what’s important in their lives. Ambition conflicts with love and they become blind to the importance of their deep bonds with their loved ones. In Moscow Never Sleeps the characters are asleep to this effect until they are confronted with an important decision about their lives. The city never sleeps because it is a seething mass of human consciousness which is constantly moving, constantly grinding its way through the minds of its inhabitants like a giant turbine, chewing them up and spewing them out.

POLITICS AND PROPAGANDA

According to O’Reilly, “In the West, decisions in tend to be made in a consensual manner, making things evolve gradually and strategically. Relationships in Russia are shaped along more vertical power structures. This seems to be the case at work and within personal relationships and it makes events happen more quickly and unexpectedly. It characterizes a cultural nuance both in the political life of the country as well as the personal lives of its citizens and it makes for great drama.” The original intention of MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS was to provide a macroscopic view of the city by putting its citizens under the microscope, to

11 merge the political with the personal and to provide some insight into structures within Russian society without scoring any political points. This was a delicate task, given the sensitivities of Russian audiences as well as censorship encouraged by the Russian government. At the beginning of the production process, the film was perceived by as an apolitical project by the Russian press, who were eager to support the idea of international cultural collaboration between Russia and the West. However, by the time the film was released in Russia cinemas, the atmosphere in the country had changed. Since the invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent economic sanctions, Russian airwaves became saturated with rabid nationalism and anti- west sentiment. In the eyes of some in the Russian press and government, the idea took hold that Moscow Never Sleeps was a provocation, that a foreigner had came to Russia to demonize the country’s government for a Russophobic audience abroad. The fact that one of the storylines depicts a businessman whose business is raided and taken over by corrupt government officials only fuelled this impression. Moreover, the role was played by renowned anti- government émigré dissident, Alexey Serebryakov who also played lead actor in searing anti-corruption drama, LEVIATHAN. For reasons that were never made clear, the film was originally greenlit for funding by the Russian ministry of Culture but the funding was never confirmed. Once the film was completed, the Ministry slapped an 18+ rating on the film. This was later successfully appealed by the distributor and the film was released 16+. Despite the perception in some quarters that Moscow Never Sleeps is a political film, the movie does not concern itself with the partisan question of Russia's role in the world. While some scenes touch on social issues such as the role of government in business, attitudes towards migrant workers, and the fractures within Russian families, the film focuses on the most part on the intimate bonds between individuals. Indeed, in the words of O'Reilly, "We are not putting Russian society on a pedestal, nor are we throwing it under a bus, we simply aim to place it under the microscope, and to put it in a frame."

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS is about awakenings. It’s about the undiscovered bonds that connect us all and the love that we all need and cherish but sometimes can’t see.

Having spent twenty years split between living in Moscow and the West, I’ve become acutely aware of how little the outside world really knows about modern Russia. My intention with MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS is to help bridge this gap this by capturing the spirit of the city and revealing it to audiences in a series of interweaving parallel narratives.

I see Moscow as a place of romance and celebration, but also a city of contradictions. The sense of community is fractured, but everyone shares the deep bonds of a common history. In a place where the authority of the state is more important than the rule of law, the state rules firmly, but offers weak ineffectual support for the people. The justice system, emasculated by corruption, has resulted in widespread mistrust among the population, and they have to rely on each other to sustain themselves.

Structurally, the film is designed as a multi-narrative in the traditions of films such as MAGNOLIA and CRASH. Each story takes place in parallel and most characters interweave through multiple narratives. The intended effect of this structure is to draw the audience into the personal lives of several characters, while giving a vivid impression of a singular overall setting. This structure is designed to reveal Moscow the city as the conceptual and visual core of the film and to convey it as a striking and memorable setting for audiences around the world.

Johnny O’Reilly

HOW THE FILM WAS FINANCED

MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS is a rare hybrid of two different financing systems. An official European co-production between Russia and Ireland with a $3.7 million budget, the movie was the first Russian film to receive majority funding from the European film fund, Eurimages. Added to this were public subsidies from the Irish Film Board and Ireland’s Section 481 tax credit scheme to make up 45% of the film’s financing. The remaining 55% was raised through private finance from a syndicate of 14 Moscow-based investors.

Given the nationality of the film’s writer, director and producer, this hybrid system was a natural, if unorthodox, fit for the film. All production took place in Moscow and Post Production in Dublin. Private investors were incentivized by the soft position taken by the public subsidies in the recoupment waterfall and the fact that the no territorial pre-sale had been made to complete financing. The investors therefore had a senior recoupment position on revenues from all worldwide territories including Russia.

The investor syndicate included a colorful collection of Russian and expat businessmen. Included in the mix was a leading Moscow restaurateur, a French/Armenian banker, the son of a Russian metals magnate, and Irish ex- government minister, a Hungarian media owner and the renowned US/Ukrainian businessman, Len Blavatnik. With the exception of Blavatnik, none of the investors had invested in movies before. According to one investor, ex- Goldman Sachs investment banker Mike Workman, “All of us were aware of the financial risks of investing in the film, but we all live in Moscow and have great affection for the city. We bought into Johnny’s vision of capturing the unique spirit of the city and showing this to international audiences.”

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Moscow is a city of great scale, loomed over by hulking, gothic, Stalinist skyscrapers and interlaced with wide multi-lane motorways. The filmmakers wanted to capture a sense of contrast between the tiny individual and the scale of the city. This required a more classical approach to camera work. Slow, purposeful moves were chosen instead of cinema-vérité handheld shots. The film was shot in wide cinemascope aspect ratio to capture the scale of the city’s architecture. The film needed to feel real and to be shot in a naturalistic way. A plan was put in place to shoot as much as possible on location and using available light. This was partly logistical – the less lighting equipment on set, the more time available for shooting. And it was partly creative – If the intention was to capture a true impression of the emotional lives of Russians, this should also extend to the lighting setups. Cinematographer, Fedor Lyass, is a specialist in this area. “Available light is the currency of guerilla filmmaking. It allows you to shoot fast and in difficult locations. Nowadays, with advances in technology, you can realize extremely high-quality imagery using inexpensive equipment and a small flexible crew.” It was also important to remind the audience of the film’s central character by filming overview images of the city’s expanse using aerial footage. Early on in the process O'Reilly teamed up with a group of consultants from the Russian military who had upgraded a civilian drone so that it could fly with extreme balance and capture smooth imagery. Luckily, there was a period of a few months when civilian drone technology had arrived, but city authorities had yet to regulate against it. Despite the risks, the team were able to fly the drone all across Moscow and including over the Kremlin.

PRODUCTION DESIGN

All shooting took place on location and there were no set builds. Interior apartment locations, which were already dressed with authentic props, were preferred.

The characters in the film come from a variety of backgrounds, so an effort was made to find filming locations that contrasted with each other. Luckily, classical and contemporary architecture are merged haphazardly throughout the city in a way that highlights their contrasting nature. According to production designer Katia Zaletaeva, “The gleaming Foster-design skyscrapers of Moscow City are just as typical of Moscow as are the cheap suburban multi-story housing cement blocks built in Brezhnev’s time”

Finding locations that exuded the uniqueness of Moscow was not difficult. O'Reilly points out that "in general, most cities can double for each other. Berlin can be dressed to look like London or Paris. But a street like Noviy Arbat with its massive post-modernist Soviet blocks and Vegas-style neon could never exist anywhere else in the world." Certain locations were chosen simply for being beautiful or exceptional. Featured heavily in the film is “Moskva Citi” a collection of 12 newly built skyscrapers, 6 of which are in the top ten highest buildings in Europe. These buildings have taken over Stalin’s hulking wedding cake blocks as the most recognizable silhouettes across Moscow’s jagged horizon.

The most important location in the film is Gorky Park, a place which many Muscovites hold great affection for. Recently renovated, the park has become a mecca for hipsters, skateboarders, roller bladers, cyclists, dog walkers, young lovers, and foodies looking for quality street bites. It's the heart of the new Moscow, pumping with young people and is the epicenter for the Moscow City Day celebrations.

POST PRODUCTION

Post production was undertaken mostly in Ireland at Windmill Lane Studios. One of Europe’s top post production houses, Windmill has been in business for 25 years and delivered hundreds of projects including those by directed such as Luc Besson, Stephen Soderbergh, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Joel Schumacher, Jim Sheridan and Neil Jordan.

The editing process on MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS was originally planned for 18 weeks, but was extended to 34 weeks, due to the complexity of the film’s structure. Three editors were tasked with bringing the project to completion - Dermot Diskin, one of Ireland's leading editors who also edited Jim Sheridan's THE SECRET SCRIPTURE (2016) starring Rooney Mara, Belgian editor Nico Leunen, who edited the Oscar-nominated BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN (2012) and Ryan Gosling's directorial debut LOST RIVER. The third editor was Welsh TV commercial specialist Dan Gannon.

Sound post production place in Moscow at Central Partnership Studios, under the guidance of renowned Russian music producers and sound mixers Sergei Bolshakov and Andrey Belchikov.

www.cp-pro.ru

www.windmilllane.com

MUSIC

Moscow is a city of fifteen million people and hundreds of different ethnicities with their own language and musical traditions. Music from places as varied as Tuva, Uzbekistan, Georgia and Chechnya can be heard blasting from taxis and kitchens across the city. This variety is reflected in the choice of incidental music in the film. The film features marching music from the great pipe bands of the Soviet Union, two tracks from the “Soviet Frank Sinatra” FYODOR SHLYAPIN, music from the popular Russian rockabilly quarter BRAVO, Dagestani music performed by IBRAHIM MADANI and three tracks by Russian pop singer NASTIA ZDEB.

O’Reilly had a very specific goal to find a composer who could reflect the contemporary as well as the classical nature of Moscow city. Many composers across the world including Philip Glass were considered. O’Reilly decided however to take a risk on a young Russian composer, Roman Litvinov who had never scored a film before. Also known as MUJUICE, Roman is a highly regarded electronica composer who has a taste for classical sounds. He’s a very successful DJ working in fashionable underground clubs across Russia. His music captures the zeitgeist of Moscow’s hipster culture but is also rooted in Russian classical traditions. According to O’Reilly “Roman’s melodies are highly unique and original. His music isn’t Russian in the traditional sense, but he reflects the best part of contemporary Russian culture in its respect for the avant-garde and in its search for a new style and identity. His music was perfect for Moscow Never Sleeps because it penetrated to the heart of each storyline while also reflecting the geometrical scale and beauty of the city’s architecture.”

All music in the film, including compositions by MUJUICE, are released on the album soundtrack by Warner Music.

PRINCIPLES' BIOGRAPHIES

JOHNNY O’REILLY - Writer/Director/Producer

A graduate of Russian at Trinity College Dublin, Johnny worked as a journalist in Moscow and in Dublin in the early 1990’s and then attended post- graduate studies in film at New York University. His first short film, EMPIRE STATE, was written and directed by Johnny in New York in 1997. Since then, Johnny has worked solidly in the TV and film industry, building up credits as a writer and director of documentaries, TV commercials and films including the short film THE TERMS, which won 21 prizes at international film festivals and was shortlisted for the 2003 Oscars. In 2005, Johnny teamed up with Mike Figgis to co-write and co-direct an experimental feature film, COMA. Since 2006, Johnny has lived in Moscow, working as a producer and director on a variety of Russian and foreign co- productions. He co-wrote and directed the Russian-language thriller PRYACHSYA (THE WEATHER STATION) which was released worldwide in 2011. Johnny is currently based in Ireland, where he is preparing to shoot his follow-up film, a dark comedy about undertakers.

KATIE HOLLY - Producer

Katie Holly is Managing Director of Blinder Films, where she has produced several award-winning and critically acclaimed features including One Hundred Mornings (2009), Sensation, (2010), Citadel (2012) and The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology. Her latest feature, Whit Stillman’s Love & Friendship (starring Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny, Xavier Samuel, and Stephen Fry) recently premiered to critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival 2016 and will be released in the US by Amazon and Roadside Attractions and in the UK by Curzon Artificial Eye in May of this year. Another recent release is The Queen of Ireland, a feature documentary about accidental activist Panti Bliss; recently picked up by Universal Pictures for distribution in the UK and Ireland, went on to secure the highest opening box- office of any Irish documentary to date. Her next project will be Grace Jones: The Musical of My Life, a documentary on the musical and fashion icon to be directed by Sophie Fiennes. Katie has also produced and exec-Produced comedy series for RTE including the award-winning The Savage Eye and Irish Pictorial Weekly. She is a graduate of EAVE, Inside Pictures, was a former Producer on the Move at Cannes, and is a member of the board of the Irish Film Board.

LEN BLAVATNIK - Executive Producer

Len Blavatnik is a major American industrialist with global interests in three sectors: natural resources and chemicals, media and telecommunications, and real estate. He is the founder and Chairman of Access Industries, a privately held industrial group through which he controls his holdings. Incorporated in 1986, Access Industries has strategic investments in the United States, Europe and South America. Mr. Blavatnik, a U.S. citizen, was raised in Russia and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1978, becoming a citizen in 1984. He received his Master’s degree from Columbia University and his MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Blavatnik is a director of various companies in the Access portfolio, including UC RUSAL (the world’s largest vertically integrated aluminum producer). Access also owns a significant stake in Lyondell Basell Industries (the world’s third-largest independent chemical company with major production facilities in Europe and the United States) and Warner Music Group, one of the world’s leading music companies. An active philanthropist, Mr. Blavatnik and the Blavatnik Family Foundation have been generous supporters of numerous leading cultural and charity institutions including The National Gallery of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate, the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts and the Prince’s Trust. Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries owns AI Film, an independent film finance and production company which invests in projects fulfilling a canny blend of the creative and commercial. The company focuses on feature films which will stand out in the international marketplace. The AI Film team are highly experienced in production, financing, sales and distribution. Legendary producer Lawrence Bender is also on the team. He previously worked on such films as An Inconvenient Truth, Reservoir Dogs (1992), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (2004), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Anna and the King (1999), The Mexican (2001) and others. AI Film have recently scored huge critical and box office successes with films such as I, Tonya and American Animals.

ROMAN LITVINOV (aka MUJUICE) - Composer

Mujuice is the musical alias of Roman Litvinov, a Russian musician, songwriter, film score composer, visual artist and designer. Mujuice is a Moscow-based artist who is at the forefront of electronica in Russia. His music combines the robotic glitches of modern electronic music with dense layers of natural sounds. Working without a formal musical education, he started experimenting with electronica when still a teenager and released his first album SUPERQUEER in 2004. His early works were sparsely arranged electronic compositions akin to European minimalist electronica. Since then he has released four full albums. Even though his music relies on sampling methods, Mujuice uses a wide range of available resources and composes his own melodies. Blurring the lines between genres, he borrows elements from acoustic jazz and the orchestrated grandeur of Russian composers such as Dmitry Shostakovich and combines these elements with clicks’n’cuts, microsampling and glitch tech. Over the course of his career, he has walked the line between delicate instrumental and pop songs sung in a mixture of Russian and English. Mujuice’s work is a testament to the cramped nature of his native city, stuffing lush, highly counterpointed string samples into deep beds of 90s boom-bap drum breaks. Among the awards he holds are GQ Russia Musician of The Year 2011. He has performed across the world at festivals including Transmusicales Rennes, Sonar Barcelona, Fusion Berlin, SXSW Austin. He also presented a personal multimedia exhibition “Mujuice / Metamorphosis” with print art, sound and visual installations at MMOMA Moscow Museum of Modern Art in 2014.

NICO LEUNEN - Editor

Belgian-born editor, Nico Leunen graduated in 1998 from the Hogeschool St. Lukas art school in Brussels with a masters in audiovisual arts. Among the long list of 60 credits for his film editorial work are BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN by Felix Van Groeningen (nominated for Oscars 2012) and Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut LOST RIVER (Cannes Film Festival premiere 2014). In 2007 Nico Leunen was nominated for the Flemish Culture Prize for Film and in 2012 and 2013 he won the Flemish Culture Prize for Film. In 2012 Leunen was nominated for the Ensor Best Editing for THE INVADER by Nicolas Provost and was awarded the Ensor Best Editing for the BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN in 2013. In June 2015 Nico Leunen was selected to be a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

FEDOR LYASS - Director of photography

Fedor Lyass was born in Moscow in 1979. He graduated from the Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK) in 1995. Fedor shot his first feature film in 2006, and since then has completed 12 feature films and two TV shows. He has worked with many of the top Russian mainstream and independent directors and has won many prestigious Russian cinematography awards. In 2012, Fedor shot DUKHLESS, the highest grossing Russian film of the year, which was directed by Roman Prygunov and was nominated for Best Cinematography at the Golden Eagle Awards. He also shot the film, I’LL BE AROUND, which won the Grand Prize at 2012 Kinotavr Film Festival in Sochi. Among his credits are the TV series OTTEPEL, directed by Valeriy Todorovskiy which won the Film & TV Producers Association Award for Best Cinematography and a TEFI Award for Best TV Series 2013. He also shot the controversial series SHKOLA, directed by Valeria Gai Germanika, which won Best Cinematography at the Golden Horn Awards 2011. Fedor was Director of Photography on the reknowned documentary MEDIASTAN, written by Julian Assange. Fedor’s upcoming projects include MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS, a international co-production directed by Johnny O'Reilly, HADCORE, directed by Ilya Naishuller and produced by Timur Bekmambetov, was released in 2015.

EKATERINA ZALETAEVA - Production designer

Ekaterina Zaletaeva is one of Russia’s top Production Designers. She is based between Moscow and Budapest where she runs the successful production services company ORYX FILM. She was born in 1966 into a prominent family of scientists. In her teenage years, Ekaterina developed a passion for animation. By the age of 16 she was already employed by the legendary Soviet Animation studio SOYUZMULTFILM, where she designed over a dozen animations. Ekaterina studied at the production design faculty in VGIK in 1989. Since then she has designed over 30 feature films and dozens of TV dramas. She worked with Andrey Konchalovsky on his film GLOSS, with Fyodor Bondarcuk on his box office smash THE 9TH COMPANY, on Disney Russia’s production of CINDERELLA and with director Philip Yankovsky on his film IN MOTION. Ekaterina is a specialist in hand-drawn art of animal portraiture and is considered one of most technically proficient painters of animal art in Russia.

CAST BIOGRAPHIES

ALEXEY SEREBRYAKOV (Anton) Alexey Serebryakov is one of the most celebrated Russian actors of his generation. With over 150 films to his credit, he has been honoured with many awards in Russia and throughout the world. He played the lead role in the Andrey Zvyagintsev’s 2014 masterpiece LEVIATHAN. Alexey was born July 3, 1964 and had his first leading film role at the age of 12. By the time he graduated from Moscow’s venerable theatre school GITIS in 1986, he had already accumulated 6 film credits as a leading actor. After graduating, Alexey started work at the Oleg Tabakov Theatre. In 1991 Alexey started to fully devote his career to film acting. Since then he has appeared in over 150 movies. His most notable films are CARGO 200, directed by Aleksey Balabanov, THE PENAL BATTALION directed by Nikolai Dostal, GLOSS directed by Andrey Konchalovskiy, IVANOV directed by Vadim Dubrovitskiy, ONCE UPON A TIME, and, THERE LIVED A WOMAN directed by Andrey Smirnov. He has won numerous awards for his leading role in LEVIATHAN.

EVGENIA BRIK (Katya) Evgenia attended the Rostropovich Music scholl and the Stanislavsky Theatre School of Acting between before enrolling in the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (RATI) where she graduated in 2004. She has been nominated for multiple acting awards includes a Nika Award for Best Supporting Role in the film HIPSTERS and at the ‘Flashes Film Festival’ for Best Supporting Role in the film VICE. She has appeared in fourteen feature films, five of which has seen her in a main role. She is best known for her BUGI NA KOSTYAKH (2008), GEOGRAF GLOBUS PROPIL (2013), and TICKSI (2007). Her experience in television encompasses 12 prominent drama serials for Russian TV including MATRIOSHKI, MEN DO NOT CRY, BAY PHILIP, LOVE LIKE MOTIVE, and TIME FOR TWO. In theatre, she has played the lead role in BEHIND THE CLOSED DOOR (Dir. J Sartr) in the Moscow Drama Theatre, and HOMAGE TO YALTA (Dir. I. Brodsky) in the Sovremennik Theatre. A fluent English speaker, Evgenia currently lives between Los Angeles and Moscow

YURI STOYANOV (Valery) Yuriy Stoyanov has featured in 59 films from 1974 to 2015 and won a Golden Eagle award in 2008 for Best Actor in Nikita Mikhailkov’s film “12”. He is also known for his roles in “RABBIT OVER THE VOID” (2006), and “LANDYSH SEREBRISTYY” (2000). Yuriy was born in Odessa in 1957. He graduated from the “School of Young Actors” at the Odessa Film Studio. In 1974, Yuriy was accepted to the A.V Lunacharsky State Institute of Theatrical Arts and upon graduating, was invited to perform in the Bolshoi Drama Theatre in Leningrad, led by the reknowned Director Georgi Tovstonogov. Yuriy’s most famous role in the theatre was the role of Mozart in Peter Shaffer’s play “AMADEUS.” In 1989 Yuriy teamed up with Ilya Oleynikov to create “THE LITTLE TOWN”, which became the most popular and award-winning comedy show on Russian television airing for 20 years. Described it as a unique encyclopedia of Russian life, the comedy was co-written, directed and co-produced by Stoyanov.

MIKHAIL EFREMOV (Vladimir) Mikhail Efremov was born in Moscow in 1963 is one of Russia’s most cherished and popular actors. He was born into a theatrical dynasty. His father Oleg Efremov was one of the most popular actors of the Soviet Union. Efremov’s career started as a young boy and since then he has appeared in over 200 films. One of his early breakthrough leading roles was in the hugely popular “WHEN I BECOME A GIANT”. In 1987, he graduated from the Moscow Arts Theatre School and founded the theatre-studio “Contemporary-2.” Between 1991 and 1996, Mikhail performed at the Anton Chekhov Moscow Arts Theatre. Between 2011 and March 2012, Efremov performed in the hugely popular topical satirical poetry project “CITIZEN POET”. The project fell foul of the Russian TV censors but found a new home on youtube, where it became a massive cult sensation in Russia. Throughout his illustrious career, Mikhail has been decorated with many awards including the MTV Music Awards Russia for Best Comedic Performance for his role in “TOCHKA” (2006), at the Nika Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “PARK SOVETSKOGO PERIODA” (2006), and he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2002 Nika Awards for his role in “GRANITSA. TAYOZHNYY ROMAN” (2001).

LUBOV AKSENOVA (Kcenia) Lubov Aksenova is Russia’s most exciting young star, having recently played the female lead ‘Eva’ in Russia’s biggest-ever budget film,MOTHERLAND. She first came to prominence playing the ditzy student in SHORT STORIES(winner of Best Film at the Dublin Film Festival 2012) and followed this with roles in LYBIT NE LYTBIT and SHIPOVNIK before landing another leading role ‘Kesnia’ in MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS directed by Irishman Johnny O’Reilly. In 2014, she played the recurring role of ‘Marina’ in the TV seriesVYZHIT POSLE. Lubov was awarded the Spotlight European Breakthrough Award at the recent Subtitle Film Festival.

OLEG DOLIN (ILYA) OLEG DOLIN was born in 1981. He graduated from the acting department of the Boris Shukin Theatre institute, and subsequently in 2009 from in the directing courses in Moscow’s renowned college GITIS. In that same year, he won the prestigious Best Acting award from his leading role in arthouse drama WILD FIELD. He has appeared in over a dozen feature films including the wildly popular radio drama, PETER FM and in 2012 THE RELATIVE. He is based in Moscow with his wife and four kids and has been performing with the Theatre School of Modern Drama since 2003.

ANASTASIA SHALONKO (Lera) Anastasia Shalonko was born in 1998 and is currently in secondary school in Moscow. Anastasia is also a correspondent and the lead presenter for the children’s channel “TeensVoice.tv”. She plays the piano and guitar, and plays in the vocal-theatrical studio and dance studio “Todes”. Anastasia has appeared in minor roles in many TV films and dramas. MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS is her first major role in a feature film.

ELENA BABENKO (Marina) Elena Babenko was born in 1972 in Kemerovo, USSR. Before embarking on an acting career, she studied applied mathematics and cybernetics in Tomsk State University. While in her fifth year, she met reknowned TV director Vitaly Babenko. She dropped out of university and moved to Moscow, where she married Vitaly soon after and gave birth to their son, Nikita. In 2000, Elena graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). Elena has appeared in over 20 Russian film, the most prominent of which was her leading role in Pavel Chukray’s classic A DRIVER FOR VERA for which nominated Best actress and won discovery of the year award and at the 2005 Nikas. She was also nominated as Best Actress for her role in Best Actress for her role in “INDI” at the 2007 MTV awards.

TAMARA SPIRICHEVA (Vera) Tamara Spiricheva was born in 1940. After graduating from the Gorkovski theatre studio in 1960, Tamara worked in drama theatres in Archangel, Simferopol, and Kirov. Between 1971 and 1998, she was an actress at the Gogol Moscow Theatre. Since 1992, she has also regularly performed with in the Russian spiritual theatre GLASS and at the Literary-Dramatic Theatre VTO (Russian Theatre Society).

She is known for her roles in the films “WE ARE FROM THE FUTURE” (2008), “CHERV” (2006), and “KNYAZHNA IZ KHRUSHCHYOVKI” (2013) In 2004, she was awarded a place on the list of Honoured Artists of the Russian Federation.

RUSTAM AKHMADEYEV (Arto) Rustam Akhmadeyev was born in 1986. In 2010 he graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS). His debut film performance was in Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “ELENA” in 2011 and he has featured in multiple television series such as “GRATCH” (2012) and “PODARI MNYE VOSKRESENYA” (2012). Akhmadeyev has also had many theatre roles including “ISTORIA MAMONTA” by A. Ivanov (Director. E. Granitova), “UNIZHENNII I OCKORBLENNII” by F. Dostoyevskii (Director. S. Zemlyakova), “PECHALNAYA ISTORIYA ODNOI PARI” (Director. O. Glushkov)

ELENA SAFONOVA (Natasha) Elena Safonova was born in 1956 in Leningrad. In 1973 she graduated from Moscow’s No. 37 school and began studying in the Russian State Gerasimov University of Cinematography (VGIK). In 1981, Elena graduated from the Leningradski Institute of theatre, music and cinematography. In the same year she started performing at the Komisarzhevski theatre. Her debut film role was Lyuba in the film “SEARCHING FOR MY DESTINY” in 1974. Since 1986, Elena has regularly performed in films was an actress in the film studio “Mosfilm”. Between 1992 and 1997 she lived mostly in both France and featured in many international productions include Pavel Lungin’s TAXI BLUES and VENT D’EST with Malcom McDowell. After relocating to Russia in 1997, she returned to the stage and won the Russian theatre industry award for best actress. Elena was the recipient of a Nika Award in 1997 for Best Actress in her role in “THE PRESIDENT AND HIS WOMAN,” and was nominated for Best Actress at the 2000 Nika Awards for her role in “ZHENCKAYA SOBSTVENNOST” as well as Best Supporting Actress in “POKLONIK”(1999).

SERGEI BELOV (Stepan) Sergei was born on the 21st of January 1986 in Alexandrov, Russia. In 2007 he graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), and since 2008 he has been an actor in the Moscow Theatre for Young People (MTUZ). He has featured in multiple television series including “TOLKO TI” (2011), “UCHITEL V ZAKONYE 2” (2010), and “OTBLESKI” (2009).

BILLING BLOCK

SNAPSHOT PRODUCTIONS AND AI FILMS PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH BLINDER FILMS WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF BORD SCANNÁN NA HÉIREANN /THE IRISH FILM BOARD AND EURIMAGES “MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS” ALEKSEY SEREBRYAKOV MIKHAIL EFREMOV EVGENIA BRIK LUBOV AKSENOVA ELENA SAFONOVA VIKTOR VERZHBITSKIY ELENA BABENKO YURIY STOYANOV ANASTASIA SHALONKO & OLEG DOLIN COMPOSER ROMAN LITVINOV PRODUCTION DESIGNER KATIA ZALETAEVA DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY FYODOR LYASS CO-PRODUCERS ANDREY ZAKHAROV JACQUES DER MEGREDITCHIAN ROBERT MANTSE DANIIL GRUBMAN MICHAEL WORKMAN NOEL QUINN JAMES CORRIGAN & Kieron J WALSH EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS LEN BLAVATNIK YEVGENY KATSENELSON PRODUCED BYJOHNNY O’REILLY &; KATIE HOLLY WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY JOHNNY O’REILLY

END CREDITS Lera ANASTASIA SHALONKO Ivan DMITRI PAVLENKO Written and Directed by JOHNNY O'REILLY Anton ALEXEY SEREBRYAKOV

Dima AKIM EFREMOV Produced by JOHNNY O'REILLY Slava PAVEL KHRULEV KATIE HOLLY Anton's Ex-Wife ANNA NEVSKAYA

Doctor VIKTOR ZAPOROZHSKY Executive Producer LEN BLAVATNIK Natasha ELENA SAFONOVA

Ilya OLEG DOLIN Executive Producers YEVGENY KATSENELSON Reporter SERGEY NABIEV AVIV GILADI Day Nurse ANNA SKIDANOVA

Katia EVGENIA BRIK Co-Producers ANDREY ZAKHAROV Director IVAN GLUBOKOV JACQUES DER MEGREDITCHIAN Young Doctor ILYA GAVRILENKOV ROBERT MANTSE Head Nurse YANA POPOVA DANIIL GRUBMAN Marina ELENA BABENKO MICHAEL WORKMAN Ksenia LUBOV AKSENOVA KIERON J. WALSH Lubov ANNA GULYARENKO

Gorbunov VIKTOR VERZHBITSKY Associate Producers ANNA KATCHKO Trusov SVYATOSLAV NASTASHEVSKIY CONOR LENIHAN Vova ALEXANDER SHELUDKO NOEL QUINN TV Presenter OLGA EFREMOVA JAMES CORRIGAN Vladimir MIKHAIL EFREMOV

Stylist TATYANA VASILYEVA Composer ROMAN LITVINOV Arto RUSTAM AKHMADEYEV Zhenya MAXIM DERICHEV

Cafe Owner FLORID LAPITOV Editors DERMOT DISKIN Student In Cafe 1 DANIIL GRUBMAN NICO LEUNEN Student In Cafe 2 YULIA DZHITAEVA

Retirement Home Manager LARISA KRUPINA Director of Photography FЁDOR LYASS Igor MICHAEL PAVLIK Production Designer EKATERINA ZALETAEVA Pavel IVAN MOZGOVOY Line Producers ANTON SMETANKIN Lyosha ALEXANDER USERDIN PAUL MYLER Radio Announcer MARIA ARMAS First Assistant Director SHUKHRAT KODIROV Sasha LUDMILA CHIPIZHENKO Casting Directors ELINA TERNYAEVA Luda EVGENIA AGENOROVA YULIA MILOVIDOVA Nina ANASTASIA IMAMOVA

Roman ANATOLI KHROPOV CAST (in order of appearance) Club Hostess IEVA ANDREJEVAITE

Nightclub Dancer ERIC KRAUS Valeriy YURI STOYANOV Julia ELENA STAROSTINA Anaesthetist NATALIA VARNAKOVA Yuri GRIGORI BARANOV Masha SOFYA RESNIANSKAYA Taxi Driver SHUKHRAT KODIROV Vera TAMARA SPIRICHEVA Concierge ALEVTINA BARANOVA Stepan SERGEY BELOV Kamilla MARINA KONDRATYEVA Stewardess YULIA KIRILLOVA

29 Make-Up Assistants ELENA AKHTIRKO NADEZHDA BULANOVA

PRODUCTION CREW

Sound Mixer SERGEY MOVCHAN Production Manager MAXIM MAKHORT Boom Operators IVAN MAKAROV Production Co-ordinator ARPINE KHACHYAN ALEXEY TIKHONOV Assistant Production YULIA DVUHRECHENSKAYA Managers Standby Sound Mixer ARKADIY EROPKIN RUSTAM TALIBOV

ARTEMIY SAVELYEV Assembly Editor OLEG KORNEEV Location Managers IVAN PERFILYEV Playback LILIYA MADAY ILONA KRIGER Logger MILENA CHAPLAI

Script Supervisor MILA SHABLUKOVA Second Assistant Director KARINA MIRZOYAN

Third Assistant Directors SVETLANA CHEREMUSHKINA Script Consultants NIKOLAY KULIKOV ALINA CHURILOVA MICHAEL KINIRONS Personal Assistant to ANASTASIA MITSUL Director MARY KATE O'FLANAGAN

Camera Operator VLADIMIR KANAREYKIN Casting Assistant TAMARA YURGANOVA Focus Pullers ALEXEY GRIGORYANTS Extras Coordinators ROMAN SHIROKOV PETR DYAKOV MARIA PASCHENKO VLADISLAV KUZNETSOV Stunt Coordinator ANDREY BOBROV Steadicam ANTON ISAEV Camera Assistants EVGENIY BELOZEROV Stills Photographer ILYA DOLGOPOLSKIY MAXIM TKACHEV Additional Stills GARRET PAPPAS Second Unit Director of BORIS LITOVCHENKO Photography Aerial Filming TVCOPTER.PRO Catering REGINA KENZHAEVA Octocopter Operator PAVEL FADIUSHIN Gaffer ANDREY PETROV Drivers ALEXANDER TOMCHUK Best Boy DMITRIY DAVIDENKOV SERGEY ERMACHENKOV Electricians EVGENIY MASLENIKOV ALEXEY KUKAREV ALEXANDER SHALASH MIKHAEL DENISEVICH DZHAMMIK TURAYEV Art Director DMITRIY VASILYEV UMED TURAZADE Decorator MICHAEL BORISOV ZHIRABEK KHADZHAKILDIYEV Stage-Hands MAXIM MUSTYATSE OLEG DIVERU IVAN ZAKHAROV ANTON POZDNYAKOV Props Masters NATALIA LUGININA SERGEY KORSHUNOV EGOR VASILYEV SERGEY FIODOROV SAIDA ANVAROVA SERGEY TARLOV Standby Props EVGENIY SULTANOV PAVEL TKACHENKO YURIY TSVETKOV MIKAELLA DEL Truck Drivers ANDREY GUDKOV Production Runners NIKOLAY RIKIMBAYEV Costume Designer VICTORIA BOGDANOVA AZAMAT ABDRAIMOV Costume Assistant GALINA IVANOVA Financial Director MARINA KUZNETSOVA Dresser LUISA ALLAKHVERDYAN Production Accountant DMITRI SHARONIN Video Recordist GUILLAUME PROTSENKO Hair & Make-Up YULIA SHISHKINA

ADDITIONAL PROUDCTION CREW Hair and Make-Up TATIANA GORBUNOVA

Make-Up Assistant ANASTASIA JIGALEVA First Assistant Director IVAN GLUBOKOV Production Executive ELIZAVETA ROMANOVA Casting Assistant DMITRY KOVALENKO Second Assistant Director MIKHAIL STARKOV Extras Coordinator ALEXEY GUSEV Assistant Extras ALEXEY DEMIN Third Assistant Director PAVEL DEMENTIEV Coordinator

Line Producers ANDREY BULATOV Script Supervisor KIRA KORNEEVA ALEXEY KAZAKOV Assembly Editor IVAN GAEV Production Coordinators MARIA PORK Logger EVGENI PANKOV DINA DEMIDOVA Production Manager MIKHAIL PAVLOV Stills Photographer JEREMY NICHOL Location Manager VALENTINE SAVCHENKO Director's Assistant OLGA SIMANOVA Production Accountant EKATERINA KATCHKO

Director of Photography DAVID ROM Catering LILIYA ISHMETOVA Focus Puller SAM RAWLINGS Camera Assistant ALEXANDER DREMIN Drivers MIKHAIL KOZLOV Second Unit Camera MIKHAIL MOISEEV DMITRIY OBIEDKOV Operator Second Unit Focus Puller VADIM MARTINENKO MIKHAIL MOISEEV Second Unit Camera IAN ZHARSKIKH Assistant Gaffer ANATOLY NEZNANOV POST PRODUCTION Electricians VSEVOLOD VOLK MIKHAIL SAVELIEV First Assistant Editor THOMAS POOTERS SERGEI USTINOV Editing Assistant ROBERT O'CONNOR ALEXEY PASHKOV Additional Editing DAN GANNON ANDREY FEDCHENKOV ULTAN MURPHY Key Grip CONSTANTIN SHTAFF Grips ARTEM ANTONOV Post Production Facilities WINDMILL LANE PICTURES ALEXANDER ROGOZHIN Director Of Facilities TIM MORRIS ARKADI SAVCHENKO Post Production Supervisor MAURA MURPHY Post Production SANDI MCGRATH EVGENI RADUGIN Coordinators SARAH CARAHER Boom Operator IVAN MAKAROV DI Colourist MATT BRANTON Dailies Colourist EOGHAN MCKENNA Production Designer PIERRE BRAYARD VFX Editor TOM PIERCE Art Director ALEKSANDR AREFIEV Online Editor ROBBIE O'FARRELL Decorator REZO KOSATKIN Digital Cinema Mastering ERIK GOODBODY Stage-Hands VLADIMIR EFREMOV MARK KELLY KIRILL KARASEV Sound Designer NIKKI MOSS Props Master EKATERINA SHEVIKINA Dialogue Editor FIONAN HIGGINS Standby Props MARIA MURATOVA Assistant Sound Editor JOHN LAMBERT DENIS KOCHETKOV Post Production Facilities CENTRAL PARTNERSHIP PRODUCTION (Russia) Costume Designer ALEKSANDRA FEODOSIEVA Re-Recording Mixers SERGEY BOLSHAKOV Wardrobe Supervisor ANNA MATVEEVA ANDREY BELCHIKOV

31 ADR Editor ALEXEY KUZNETSOV Project Finance VINCE HOLDEN Sound Effects Editor ALEXEY KOBZAR Development BEN GILADI Foley Editor ALEXANDER SHARASHENIDZE Acquisitions TOBY HILL Sound Recordist IVAN ARAPOV Consultant RICHARD MANSELL Music Supervisor SERGEY BOLSHAKOV BORD SCANNÁN NA hÉIREANN/ IRISH Music Editor ANASTASIA ZDEB For FILM BOARD VFX Supervisor ILYA (CELT) MATLIN Executive Producer EMMA SCOTT VFX Compositor DENIS HATIN Deputy Chief Executive TERESA MCGRANE Credits Designer ILYA (CELT) MATLIN Business and Legal CIAN MCELHONE Executive

Marketing and Post Production LOUISE RYAN DARIA PROKHOROVA Communications Manager Coordinator (Russia)

For EURIMAGES Sound Mixing Facility ARDMORE SOUND (Ireland) Executive Director ROBERTO OLLA Re-Recording Mixers GARRET FARRELL (Ireland) Project Managers ALESSIA SONAGLIONI KEN GALVIN MARIE GERARD Foley Artist CAOIMHE DOYLE Russia Representative LEONID DEMCHENKO Foley Recordist JEAN MCGRATH Ireland Representative EMMA SCOTT

Legal Services PHILIP LEE SOLICITORS Visual Effects (Ireland) IMAGE IRELAND JONATHAN KELLY VFX Supervisor STEPHEN LOHAN CIAN MCELHONE Senior VFX Compositors JENNY KEANE CIAN MARTIN

IAN MURPHY VFX Compositors and MARC BUCKLEY Auditors (Ireland) CROWE HORWATH Pipeline LUKE PAGE Auditors (Russia) LAKIRUMLAB Post Production Accountant (Ireland) BILLI WEBSTER Insurance MEDIA INSURANCE COMPANY STAFF CREDITS Insurance Broker JOHN O'SULLIVAN For SNAPSHOT FILMS Collection Agent FINTAGE HOUSE Production Executive DARIA PROKHOROVA Relationship Manager WILLEMIJN McNALLY

Marketing Director TATIANA MISCHENKO Product Placement MICHAEL MASTEROVOY MUSIC CREDITS

Production Lawyer OLGA ELETSKAYA (Russia) IT HAPPENED IN EARLY SPRING THE CITY NEVER SLEEPS Accountant (Ireland) MARTIN KEEGAN Composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Composed by Ivan Burlachko Translator ELENA KUSTOVA Lyrics by Alexey Tolstoy Lyrics by Evgeniya Tedgebova Performed by Seregey Lemeshev and the All-Union Radio and Performed by Evgeniya Brik and For BLINDER FILMS Television Orchestra of Russian Evgeniya Tedgebova Production Executive AILISH BRACKEN Folk Instruments Published by the Russian State Courtesy of Ivan Burlachko Production Coordinator AOIFE KELLY Fund of TV and Radio Programmes Development Executive YVONNE DONOHOE Production Assistants AOIFE O'KELLY GRENADIER MARCH SHINE Performed by the Border Troops Composed by Anastasia Zdeb JANE MADDEN Orchestra of USSR Published by the State Fund of TV Accounts Assistant PATRICIA KELLY Performed by Anastasia Zdeb and Radio Programmes 1981 Legal Advisors MATHESON By Kind Permission of Anastasia Zdeb RUTH HUNTER

EVERYTHING THAT'S PASSED I'M YOURS For AI FILM Composed by Dmitry Pokrass Composed by Anastasia Zdeb

32 Lyrics by Pavel German Performed by Anastasia Zdeb Performed by Pyotr Leschenko By Kind Permission of Anastasia Zdeb ALL ORIGINAL MUSIC Composed and performed by Roman Livtinov ELEGY ROMANCE SONG ABOUT LOVE Score Mixer Sergey Bolshakov Composed by Jules Massenet Composed by Madani Ibragimov Published by Snapshot Productions Performed by Fyodr Shalyapin Performed by Madani Ibragimov

By Kind Permission of Madani Ibragimov THE PRODUCERS WOULD LIKE TO THANK

AVRIL CONROY I AM WATER HAPPINESS ROMAN POLONSKIY MAEVE O'REILLY Composed by Stanislav Bukreev Composed by Anastasia Zdeb ANTON SVEKOLNIKOV Performed by Maria Bukreeva Performed by Anastasia Zdeb LIA KULIGINA TREVOR BROWNE By Kind Permission of Stanislav By Kind Permission of Anastasia Zdeb EVGENIY CHUIKOV Bukreev DENIS O'BRIEN

TIM THEROUX GERARD MICHAEL MAC CARTHY FAREWELL WHAT'S WITH YOU VOLVO CARS RUSSIA

FRANK MANNION Folk Song Composed by Mikhail Riabov MARINA KHRIPUNOVA Performed by Evgenia Agenorova, BORIS BARABANOV ROMAN OSIN Yuri Stoyanov, Rustam Akhmadeev Performed by MORDOR and Ludmilla Chipizhenko. GER FOOTE VLADIMIR DEDUKHIN By Kind Permission of Mikhail Riabov DONAT ETIENNE HUW BENYON PRESTON MENDENHALL ALEXANDER CHERNOV VALENTINA NAUMOVA ALEXANDER NAKHIMSON BATURLINSKY TROOP MARCH NO FANATACISM OXANA KHARTONYUK NATASHA VLASOVA Performed by the Moscow Military Composed by Anastasia Zdeb MARIA KOMAROVA CATHERINE FITZGERALD Music School Brass Band Published by the State Fund of TV Performed by Anastasia Zdeb ANNA TARIVERDIYEVA PADDY DIGAN and Radio Programmes 1992 VITALIY SIDNYAEV FIADNAIT MCCANN By Kind Permission of Anastasia Zdeb ELENA MAKUSINSKAYA RICHARD COOK

NADEZHDA ABRAMOVA GARY WELCH NIGHTCLUB ASTRONOMIA VLADIMIR POPOV SERGEY BONDAREV Composed by Daithí Ó'Drónaí Composed by Anton Igumnov MICHAEL KUPRIN MAGDANI IBRAGIMOV Arranged and Performed by Daithí Arranged and Performed by Tony Igy Ó'Drónaí MARINA KONTSEVAYA ANASTASIA ZDEB Courtesy of Daithí Ó'Drónaí Courtesy of Anton Igumnov JULIA PETRENKO MARY NAZARI ALAN GATSUNAEV ROBERT KENNEDY

DANCE № 1 TO MY FRIENDS NIKITA TRYNKIN DONAT ETIENNE Composed by Andrey Lebedev Composed by Madani Ibragimov SERGEY BONDAREV VICTOR GINZBURG Performed by Andrey Lebedev Performed by Madani Ibragimov By Kind Permission of Andrey BAND'EROS SKOLKOVO FOUNDATION By Kind Permission of Madani Ibragimov Lebedev MORDOR RENAISSANCE CAPITAL

KIDS OF THE 80'S EVERYONE'S PLUGGED IN TELEKANAL DOMASHNY INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL MOSCOW

Composed by Roman Panitch Composed by Alexander Dulov ZAO NEW CHANNEL STUDIO ON-DESIGN Performed by Dva Tipa Performed by BANDEROS 4A GAMES WILLIAM GRANT & SONS DISTILLERS LTD By Kind Permission of Roman Published by ALL STARS Panitch DEEP SILVER MULTI-MASTER

DONSTROY PARK MUZEON

KING ORANGE SUMMER ELEGY TRADING HOUSE TSUM GORKY PARK Composed by Evgeny Khavtan Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov

Lyrics by Vadim Stepantsov Performed by Natalia Sergeeva Performed by BRAVO COMMERCIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Published by Yevgeny

Khavtan Video Game Excerpt “METRO 2033 REDUX" WITH THE KIND PERMISSION OF: DEEP SILVER & 4A GAMES

33 TV Excerpts WITH THE KIND PERMISSION OF: DOMASHNY TV CHANNEL Volvo Cars WITH THE KIND PERMISSION OF: VOLVO RUSSIA

Filmed on location in Moscow, Russia.

A Russian/Irish Co-Production under the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Productions.

Produced with the support of investment incentives for the Irish film industry provided by the government of Ireland.

This film is a work of fiction and the characters and events portrayed in this film are also entirely fictitious. Any resemblance between them and actual characters or events is therefore entirely coincidental.

The motion picture is protected under the laws of Ireland, Russia, the United States of America and other countries. Any unauthorised exhibition, distribution, or reproduction of this motion picture or any part thereof (including soundtrack) may result in severe civil and criminal penalties.

Developed with the assistance of Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board

The Film was supported by Eurimages