Archive for category Russia Industry News

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118049536?refCatId=19 Berlin Daily Spotlight: Russian Cinema By NICK RODDICK Back in the USSR, the film industry’s chief export was propaganda — a rousing celebration of the achievements of the first socialist state. Nowadays, the Russian industry’s chief export seems to be money. And, where once the Soviet frontier was firmly closed to all but a handful [...]

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2012/s3405062.htm Norman Hermant TANYA NOLAN: In Russia the Orthodox Christmas celebrations are coming to an end and millions of people have been flocking to cinemas over the holidays. But unlike Soviet times chances are that the movies are made in Hollywood not Russia. Twenty years after the collapse of the USSR, one of the country’s [...]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/18/us-russia-film-idUSTRE76H1F620110718 By Nastassia Astrasheuskaya (Reuters) - Russia may not become the next Hollywood, but Tinseltown is definitely coming to Russia, where audience numbers are growing fast and U.S. blockbusters are gaining greater popularity over domestic films. Recognizing Russia’s potential as a rapidly emerging film market, Hollywood has been flying silver screen stars to Moscow for red [...]