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Russian Film Week
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Founded2016
AwardsGolden Unicorn
LanguageRussian, English
Websitewww.russianfilmweek.org

Russian Film Week is an annual film festival in London founded in 2016. It is currently the biggest Russian film and culture event outside of Russia.[1] The festival is supported by the Russian Ministry of Culture and the British Council [2] and is aimed to promote Russian film to international audience, stimulate European-Russian film production collaboration and build cultural links between Russia and the UK.

The festival screens both Russian and co-produced feature films, shorts, documentary and animated films. Additionally, the programme of the Russian Film Week includes auxiliary events, such as the Co-production Day (Russian: День Копродукции), master-classes by the award-winning filmmakers, round tables, lectures, exhibitions and other entertainment events for film-makers, distributors and audiences from both Russia and Europe.[3] [4] In 2016, the invited filmmakers included Anna Melikyan[5], Renata Litvinova, Alexey Uchitel, Johnny O’Reilly, Vera Glagoleva and the founder of the Raindance Film Festival Elliot Grove, who is also one of the patrons of the Russian Film Week. [6][7]

The Golden Unicorn Awards ceremony concludes the festival to recognise excellence in 10 categories and is held in the format of a Charity Gala in support of a chosen charity - in 2016 this was the Gift of Life UK.[8][9] The Best Film and Best Actor awards of 2016 were given to The Student by Kirill Serebrennikov and its lead actor Pyotr Skvortsov[10] and Renata Litvinova received the Best Actress award for her role in Anna Melikyan's film About Love.

In 2017, the Russian Film Week will be held between 19th and 26th November.[11]

Venues

Russian Film Week events are held in several venues across London and at Cambridge University[12]. The London venues include the historic Regent Street Cinema, as well as culturally significant venues such as Pushkin House and Russia House in UK.

References

  1. ^ "Russian Film Week 2016 - Regent Street Cinema". Regent Street Cinema. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  2. ^ "Russian Film Week". www.russianfilmweek.org. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  3. ^ "Russian Film Week". www.russianfilmweek.org. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  4. ^ "Russian Film Week Launches in London". Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  5. ^ "RUSSIAN FILM WEEK: Screening and discussion with Anna Melikyan". Pushkin House. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  6. ^ "Russian Film Week". www.russianfilmweek.org. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  7. ^ "Russian Film Week". www.russianfilmweek.org. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  8. ^ "Russian Film Week & Golden Unicorn Awards - British Cinematographer". British Cinematographer. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  9. ^ Guzeva, Alexandra (2016-11-25). "New Ralph Fiennes film to grace London's Russian Film Week". Russia Beyond The Headlines. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  10. ^ Noir, John McArthurEditor-in-Chief at Moviescramble A. Fan of all things cinematic with a love of Film; Sci-Fi; day, Julia Roberts in Notting Hill He hopes to grow up some (2017-01-31). "The Student – Trailer". moviescramble. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  11. ^ "Russian Film Week". www.russianfilmweek.org. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  12. ^ "Russian Film Festival in CambridgeCambridge Russian-Speaking Society". www.camruss.com. Retrieved 2017-06-28.


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