News archive on the topic "cinema"

A deputy from the A Just Russia party, director Nikolai Burlyaev, proposed canceling the decree on the corporatization and privatization of cinema. He stated this while speaking from the rostrum of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The screen is the spiritual and strategic weapon of the state. The state should not let go of weapons. It is necessary to revive film production at state film studios: Mosfilm, Lenfilm, and the Gorky children's film studio. Needs to be recreated...

The mossy principle “Everything new is well-forgotten old” in cinema takes on a special shade – somewhat comical and even tragicomic. Because modern films are as generous in bright special effects as they are poor in clear meanings and well-thought-out scenarios. That’s why we often have to re-shoot the old one. This is not always possible. Does the “Total Recall” film compare favorably...

Such rules must be taken into account in the work of the new Council of Film Industry Representatives. A new Council of Film Industry Representatives has emerged in Russia, consisting of distributors, producers and cinemas. The Council was created to develop rules aimed at resolving controversial issues of film distribution. Chairman of the Rodina party Alexey Zhuravlev voiced the main requirement for Russian film distribution. The words of the State Duma deputy were quoted by the official press service of the party. “In Russian film distribution...

Young Russian actresses want to be like catwalk models, but in the end there is no one to play ordinary women. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports that Olga Lyubimova, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, spoke about this in an interview with Izvestia. According to her, a large number of serial productions of excellent quality are launched in the country, but sometimes finding actors there is a big problem. “Two years ago for the role...

The Moscow cinema “Illusion” hosted a big premiere of the feature film “Alfa-R” shot in Donbass. War for Peace", which is a continuation of the legendary film "TASS is authorized to declare." The head of the Russian Hour studio, producer of the project, Alexander Korobko, announced this in his Telegram channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “This is a thriller about the confrontation between Russian intelligence officers and foreign intelligence services, filmed in Donbass during...

Writer Platon Besedin writes in his column for PolitNavigator about how to save and change cinema in Russia. More recently, Russian media - experts, analysts, journalists - and not only them, have been practicing their wit regarding the new recommendations of the American Film Academy. According to these same recommendations, a nomination for best film at the Oscars is now possible only if...

The sale of Ukraine to please Western puppet masters under President Vladimir Zelensky has reached an unprecedented scale. Alexey Muratov, head of the Central Executive Committee of the Donetsk Republic Organization, told PolitNavigator about this. “Vladimir Zelensky signed a law amending the Tax Code, which, by reducing the tax burden, will provide support to foreign video content producers. In particular, foreign companies are exempt from the obligation to pay...

The 9th international film festival “Cinema Assembly on the Dnieper” was held in Dnepropetrovsk. Based on its results, the second prize was given to the film by the Azerbaijani director Arzu Urshan, “Three for All Seasons,” about the great hockey players Valery Kharlamov, Vladimir Petrov, and Boris Mikhailov. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte This was a shock troika not only of the Soviet Union national team (the official successor of which...

We need to look at Crimea with an open mind and get rid of many prejudices, writes British director Gareth Jones in Izvestia. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “I am British, and Crimea is still a closed book for our country. We learn about what is happening there from the media, which often suffer from subjectivity and unacceptable bias not only in relation to Crimea, but also...

Ukraine was declared the progenitor of cinema after France and India. Ukrainian screenwriter and film director Andrei Kokotyukha stated this on Channel 5. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to him, films in Moscow and even Hollywood began to be made much later than in Ukraine. “Hollywood started making movies after Ukraine. First, cinema, as we know, began...