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Media Resources Management. 22 Zakrevsky St., Kiev 02660, Ukraine www.mrm.ua Tel.: +380 (44) 459-4610; e-mail: [email protected]

Dear colleagues!We are happy to present you the July issue of the cIs: content report where we tried to gather the most in-teresting up-to-date information about rapidly devel-oping content production and distribution markets of the cIs region. as far as most of the locally pro-duced series and TV movies are further distributed and broadcast mainly inside the cIs territories, we picked up the most interesting and original projects with those script-ideas that have international appeal and may further travel abroad to europe, asia or the North america both as readymade product or for-mats. Besides there are a lot of full-length features recently launched into production in russia, ukraine, Kazakhstan and other cIs countries that for sure may have not only successful international distribu-

tion but also be the award winners and nominees of different international film festivals. Despite large portion of information on the new movies, shows and series you’ll also find the detailed report on the re-cent deals of international distributors with the cIs-partners.

In our “Focus” we would like to dwell on ukraine as a high-prospective territory for the international con-tent. ukraine has entered the new era of transforma-tions driven by the change in content consumption, but also due to new legislation which obliges the TV channels to change their programming policy: namely, the new amendments to the law on Broad-casting which came into force on June 4 that prohibit to broadcast really huge portion of russia-made content. To understand better ukraine as a high-pro-spective territory for the international producers and

distributors, the Kiev-based Media re-sources Management (MrM) conduct-ed a research of content that was aired by the Top 6 local broadcasters in 2014.

operating in the market since 2005 MrM is the first ukrainian media consulting company that offers its competent ex-pertise and services in the sphere of me-dia and entertainment. MrM conducts researches in all the main segments of the media market of ukraine, russia and other cIs territories, eastern and West-ern europe and other world regions. In an exclusive interview to cIs: content report MrM ceo Victoria Yarmoshchuk told about the structure of ukrainian me-dia market, challenges of its TV industry players, and the possible way outs amid the absence of governmental support.

and one more thing we’d like to remind you. Planning your business calendar for 2015 do not forget to book time to visit the major event for television and media professionals in the cIs region - KIeV MeDIa WeeK, september 7-11, 2015. organized by Media resources Man-agement company, this unique media industry project, one and only of a kind in the cIs and central and eastern europe is a one stop destination for the whole range of international events for media industry professionals.

Please do not forget that we are here to be your local source of information and analytics.

We wish a pleasant reading!

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тема номера слово редакцииУже в первые дни нового года нам, редакции Content Report, сразу стало понятно, что в 2011м все мы будем усердно и неустанно трудиться. Занимаясь подготовкой первого выпуска обзора новостей рынка производства и аудиовизуального контента в этом году, мы с радостью обнаружили, что даже в новогодние праздники работа во многих продакшнах идет полным ходом, а дальше, как говорится, станет еще больше. Как неоднократно было отмечено, вследствие кризиса основательно изменилась конъюнктура рынка, поменялась расстановка сил и возможностей, поэтому работать действительно есть и будет над чем. Подтверждением тому является количество собранного в этом (полупраздничном) номере материала.

В сегодняшней теме номера мы остановились на одной из самых болезненных тем отечественной киноиндустрии – рынке кинотеатров. На страницах Content Report мы неоднократно публиковали мнения о том, что едва ли не основной проблемой (хотя эту тему активно поднимают все, кому не безразлична судьба национального кинематографа), сдерживающей развитие индустрии «полного метра» на постсоветском пространстве, является катастрофическая нехватка кинозалов. Однако рынок продолжает стремительно развиваться. И если поводов для оптимизма относительно увеличения количества кинотеатров попрежнему не так много , то по внедрению современных технологий за прошлый год имеются все основания для гордости за это. Между тем попытаемся разобраться, есть ли свет в конце тоннеля?!.

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Review of audiovisual content production and distribution in the CIS countries

Media Resources Management

We are happy to present you the April issue of the CIS: Content Report where we tried to gather the most interesting up-to-date information about rapidly developing content production and distribution mar-kets of the CIS region. As far as most of the locally produced series and TV movies are further distrib-uted and broadcast mainly inside the CIS territories, we picked up the most interesting and original proj-ects with those script ideas that have international appeal and may further travel abroad to Europe, Asia or the North America both as readymade product or formats. Besides there are a lot of full-length features recently launched into production in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other CIS states that for sure may have not only successful international distribution but also be the award winners and nominees of different international film festivals. Despite large portion of in-formation on the new movies, shows and series you’ll also find the detailed report on the recent distribution deals.

In our “Focus” we continue the cycle of articles dedi-cated to the current situation on TV markets of the post-Soviet countries. The region is developing rap-idly both in terms of its TV market volume and the number of players on it led by such states as Rus-sia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. In previous issue we focused on TV markets of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, and this time we’ll provide a short analy-sis of such territories as Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Moldova.

Last autumn members of Russian association of televi-sion and movie producers chose Red Square Screen-ings as the most important industry event of the season. The idea of the forum aimed at showcasing the Russian cinema for the international film community belongs to Yevgeny Gindilis – Red Square Screenings’ execu-tive director, founder and producer general of Russian film company TVINDIE. He is also a member of Euro-pean Film Academy (EFA). In an exclusive interview to CIS: Content Report he told about achievements, pri-orities and plans of his company and his own as well as about the experience of international coproduction.

And one more thing we’d like to remind you. Plan-ning you business calendar for 2013 do not forget to book time to visit the major event for televi-sion and media professionals in the CIS region - KIEV MEDIA WEEK 2013, September 10-13, 2013. Organized by Media Resources Manage-ment company, this unique media industry proj-ect, one and only of a kind in the CIS and Central and Eastern Europe is a one stop destination for five international media industry events.

Please do not forget that we are here to be your local source of information and analytics.

We wish a pleasant reading!

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TV MARKETS: UKRAINE, BELARUS, GEORGIA, MOLDOVA

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FOCUS

YEVGENY GINDILIS: THE WORK OF

EUROPEAN PRODUCERS CAN’T

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INTERVIEW

DEAR COLLEAGUES

Production: (2)SerieS (2)TV moVieS (7)TV ShowS (9)FeaTure FilmS (11)

distribution (16)cinema distribution Year 2012 in ukraine (22)

focus (23)

interview (25)

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UKRAINE BECOMES A HIGH-PROSPECTIVE TERRITORY FOR THE

INTERNATIONAL CONTENT

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FOCUS

VICTORIA YARMOSHCHUK:

Ukrainian law should be reformed to improve co-production climate

and investment attractiveness for foreign partners

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INTERVIEw

Production: (2)SerieS (2) TV moVieS (7)TV ShowS (8)FeaTure FilmS (10)

distribution (16)cinema distribution in ukraine (24)

focus (26)

interview (28)

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production production production

Producer: Elena Yeremeyeva.director: Bata Nedic.ScriPt: Irina Chernova.Cast: Yekaterina Varchenko, Stanislav Boklan, Elena Stefanska, Mark Drobot.Number of ePiSodeS: 24.format: La Patrona.GeNre: Romance.

director: Igor Chetverikov.caSt: Pavel Kharlanchuk, Valentina Gartsueva, Konstantin Mikhalenko, Aleksandr Zhdanovich, Sergei Vlasov, Sergey Chekeres, Andrey Senkin, Andrei Karako, Aleksandr Ovchinnikov.Number of ePiSodeS: 4.GeNre: Detective.

THE BOSS

ukrainian company 1+1 Production started shooting 24-epi-sode romance entitled The Boss, a local adaptation of the spanish-language telenovela La Patrona distributed by Tel-emundo Internacional.

synopsis: The Boss tells the story of Natasha suvorova, the woman working at ‘almaznaya’ coal Mine, the only source of in-come for those living in a provincial town nearby. Natasha is a single mother, but is not afraid of throwing in the battle with cor-rupt system of local administration.

LT. KATCHURA’S DISTRICT

Belarus national studio Belarusfilm started shooting 4-episode detective drama Lt. Katchura’s District, the fourth part in cy-cle The Black web. The project is financially supported by the Ministry of culture of Belarus.

synopsis: senior lieutenant Katchura runs against a body of an unknown man near the railway. In his bag criminal law experts find the remains of synthesized drug, used to make spice. In a few days two teenagers die of drug overdose. Katchura is sure – these two cases are linked.

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BELARUSFILM

Producer: Dzhanik Faiziyev.director: Aleksandr Franskevich-Leie.ScriPt: Alexey Slapovskiy.caSt: Aleksei Guskov, Yekaterina Guseva, Yegor Beroyev, Igor Ugolnikov, Yan Tsapnik, Andrei Rudensky.Number of ePiSodeS: 12.GeNre: Family drama.

BECAUSE OF LOVE

russian film company Bonanza finished shooting 12-epi-sode family drama Because of Love commissioned by russian Channel One. Filming took place in Minsk (Belarus) and its region. The project is currently in post-production period.

synopsis: successful mogul Igor Palagin, father and husband, had set up a dictatorship in his family long ago. But little did he realize what would happen should his wife Iryna meet business-man and auto racer andrei gavryushov. Igor doesn’t want any family quarrel…

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BONANzA

director: Dmitri Meskhiyev.ScriPt: Mariya Oshmyanskaya.Number of ePiSodeS: 4.GeNre: Drama.

THE wALL

russian filmmaker Dmitri Meskhiyev is preparing new 4-epi-sode period drama The wall commissioned by Russia-1 chan-nel. shooting takes place in Pskov and Izborsk.

synopsis: This is the story of smolensk, the city, which used to be the gates to Moscow. In the Time of Troubles Polish army be-sieged smolensk – defense lasted 20 months, but the russian garrison won.

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DMITRI MESKHIYEV’S PROjECT

Dzhanik Faiziyev

Dmitri Meskhiyev

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ProducerS: Rodion Pavluchik, Svetlana Snitko.director: Igor Draka.ScriPt: Vera Smirnova, Inna Vasileva.caSt: Vera Shpak, Ivan Oganesyan, Larisa Malevannaya.Number of ePiSodeS: 4.GeNre: Detective romance.

THE HEAVY ORDER

russian film company Eshelon film in co-production with Le-andra prodco started working on new 4-episode detective ro-mance The Heavy Order. The project commissioned by the Telemaster studio is currently in pre-production period.

synopsis: Nastya lives with her grandmother and runs small con-struction company. she gets an order to build the sokoliki social village. and right on the first day the body is found on the con-struction site – murdered one is Kira, wife of the famous busi-nessman Zotov. Nastya and Kira were classmates, and killers decide she may know something…

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ESHELON FILM, LEANDRA

ProducerS: Victor Mirsky, Katerina Shvets.director: Maksim Mekheda.ScriPt: Darya Fominykh-Dezombre. Featuring Magamet Bachaev.caSt: Aleksandr Kobzar, Anna Vasilleva, Anton Sokolov, Aleksandr Getmanskiy, Tatyana Lyapina, Oksana Zhdanova, Mark Drobot, Andrey Mostrenko, Irina Mak, Mihail Dosenko, Yakov Kucherevky, Igor Rubashkin and others.Number of ePiSodeS: 12.GeNre: Thriller romance.

FORGET AND RECALL

ukrainian media group FILM.UA started shooting new 12-epi-sode thriller romance Forget and Recall. Filming takes place in Kiev and will commence until october. Premiere is set for the spring 2016.

synopsis: a wealthy fianc with impeccable manners, advanc-es and bridal spectacular. Businessman and politician leonid Mazov is the ultimate dream, you may think, especially for 17-years old charity girl Natasha. But maybe all this is merely a screen to sponge the memory of husband’s another beloved one? Natasha finds the diary of the wife who died under un-clear circumstances, and realizes that the only way to save her life is to disappear forever. she fakes a suicide, but 7 years later the past finds her…

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FILM.UA

ProducerS: Victor Mirsky, Vladimir Issat, Sergey Demidov, Sergey Morozov.directorS: Valeriy Rozhko, Oleg Turansky.ScriPt: VASILI POPOV, Dmitri Lisovets.caSt: Sergey Strelnikov, Yakov Kucherevky, Viktoriya Litvinenko, Yaroslav Kucherenko, Viktor Saraykin.Number of ePiSodeS: 32+.GeNre: Detective.

ProducerS: Victor Mirsky, Aleksandr Bogutskiy, Alla Lypovetskaya, Marina Kvasova.directorS: Zaza Buadze, Taras Tkachenko.ScriPt: Grigoriy Kovrakh.caSt: Aleksandr Kobzar, Mikhail Kukuyuk, Marina Konyashkina, Robert Feldman, Oleg

VLADIMIRSKAYA, 15

ukrainian media group FILM.UA is working on multi-episode detective Vladimirskaya, 15 based on real events. shooting takes place in Kiev. Project is commissioned by ukrainian ICTV channel. Its premiere is planned for this fall.

synopsis: The head of the Kiev District office of internal affairs decide to create the task unit to investigate the most tangled and mystery cases. Four investigators – four completely different persons. They may choose their own methods to find out who the criminal is, but the purpose is the same – to find and neutralize.

NIKONOV & CO

ukrainian FILM.UA Group in co-production with Mamas Pro-duction started shooting 16-episode detective series Nikonov & Co. Filming takes place in Kiev and its region. Premiere is set for this fall – TV series will air on ICTV channel.

synopsis: In a shootout a 38-year-old employee of the opera-tional investigative department of MIa sergei Nikonov (alexander Kobzar) gets a serious injury of the spine. sergey’s legs are para-

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FILM.UA GROUP, MAMAS PRODUCTION

Rodion Pavluchik

Victor Mirsky

Alla Lypovetskaya

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lyzed legs, he can move only in a wheelchair. To escape from his personal tragedies and cope with depression, sergei organizes in his apartment an unofficial department to investigate criminal offenses.

Prymogenov, Antonina Makarchuk.Number of ePiSodeS: 16.GeNre: Detective.

Producer: Sasha Tkachenko.director: Dmitri Goldman.ScriPt: Tatyana Gnedash.caSt: Natalya Denisenko, Andrey Fedinchik, Konstantin Danilyuk, Vyacheslav Dovzhenko, Valeria Khodos.Number of ePiSodeS: 95.GeNre: Romance.

THE jEwELERS CLAN

ukrainian production company Front Cinema is working on new 95-episode romance The jewelers Clan commis-sioned by Ukraine TV channel. shooting is underway and will take place in lviv, Kiev and its suburbs. The series is due to premiere in august 2015.

synopsis: This is the romeo-and-Juliet-like story about two dynasties of jewelry masters living in lviv. They lead a cat and dog life without realizing that their young ones – Zoya and Timur – love each other.

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FRONT CINEMA

directorS: Rustem Abdrashev.ScriPt: Smagul Elubai, Timur Zhaksylykov.Number of ePiSodeS: 10.GeNre: Drama.

KAzAKH ELI

Kazakh film company Kazakhfilm is working on 10-episode period drama Kazakh Eli based on the first part of the trilogy The Nomads by Iliyas esenberlin. shooting which takes place in Turkistan is underway. The series premiere is scheduled for the 16th of December 2015.

synopsis: the story is taking place about 550 years ago when first Kazakh nomad tribes appeared, ruled by sultans ganibek and Kirey.

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KAzAKHFILM

ProducerS: Roman Atanesyan, Ilona Lakoba, Armen Davityan.director: Anario Mamedov.ScriPt: Yuliya Shalimova.caSt: Anastasiya Panina, Roman Polyanskiy, Anna Peskova, Andrei Butin, Yuliya Zhigalina.Number of ePiSodeS: 4.GeNre: Comedy.

IN SEARCH FOR LOVE

russian film company Mauris Film is working on 4-episode ro-mantic comedy In Search for Love. Produced for TV Tsentr the project is currently in post-production period. Filming took place in Moscow.

synopsis: Being in despair to find happiness police officer anna makes composite portrait of the man of her dream. and by ac-cident it ends up in wanted criminals database – everyone is sure this is the thief the police is looking for. Programmer sasha who is harmless as the day is long is unsuspicious that he and the man on composite portrait looks identical…

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MAURIS FILM

Producer: Andrey Zverev.director: Viktor Kustov.ScriPt: Eygeniy Timoshenko.caSt: Pavel Shmarev, Andrey Zai, Aleksandr Stankevych, Артемий Егоров, Konstantin Kyrilenko.Number of ePiSodeS: 8.GeNre: Romance.

THE MEMORY OF SUN

ukrainian film company Odessa Film Studio is preparing the pi-lot of 8-episode romance The Memory of Sun. shooting takes place in odessa.

synopsis: The story tells about the swiss and the Frenchman who come to ukraine to make wine from local grapes.

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ODESSA FILM STUDIO

Dmitri Goldman

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Producer: Igor Tolstunov.director: Ivan Kitaev.ScriPt: Dmitriy Novoselov.caSt: Denis Shvedov, Timofey Tribuntsev, Lidiya Milyuzina, Natalya Vysochanskaya.Number of ePiSodeS: 8.GeNre: Detective.

QUAD ERAT DEMONSTRANDUM

russian prodco Profit is filming 8-episode detective QED (Quad Erat Demonstrandum). shooting takes place in saint Petersburg.

synopsis: While taking on the most tangled cases, crime investi-gator shyryaev finds out that even the most complicated puzzle may be solved using…mathematics. Main hero meets an eccen-tric professor shtoppel’, who helps to seek and catch the author of a crime.

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PROFIT

director: Aleksey Gusev.ScriPt: Maksim Esaulov, Aleksandr Samoylov, Illya Litvyak.caSt: Dmitri Pevtsov, Vladimir Postnikov, Dmitriy Sutyrin, Igor Botvin, Sergei Malakhov, Emiliya Spivak.GeNre: Criminal drama.

16 DAYS

russian Progress-Studio in co-production with Forward-Film started shooting multi-episode criminal drama 16 Days. The series is commissioned by NTV channel. Filming takes place in saint Petersburg.

synopsis: 16 days left until the International tribunal will start court hearing on war crimes in Kosovo. Independent photo-journalist Philipp Morozov will witness and tender evidence – photos from the on-the-spot reportage. But first of all he has to survive these 16 days – too many people want him and his evidence disappear forever.

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PROGRESS-STUDIO

director: Sergey Korotaev.ScriPt: Alla Krinitsyna.Number of ePiSodeS: 12.GeNre: Drama.

A wONDERFUL LIFE

russian film company Russian Project is working on 12-epi-sode drama A wonderful Life commissioned by russian Chan-nel One. The project is in pre-production period, auditions are underway. shooting starts this July and will take place in Moscow and its vicinities and in Monaco. Premiere is set for winter 2015.

synopsis: a man whose personal worth is about $15 bln. sud-denly finds out that no amount of money can protect his relatives and dearest persons from severe illnesses.

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RUSSIAN PROjECT

director: Maksim Pezhemskiy.caSt: Mariya Mashkova, Aleksandr Palchikov, Egor Atamantsev.Number of ePiSodeS: 12.GeNre: Sitcom.

SVETA THE REVENANT

russian TNT channel started working on new 12-episode sitcom Sveta The Revenant. shooting is underway.

synopsis: Young wheelchair-bound girl wants to earn enough money to have an surgery done so that she can walk. The only way, as she thinks, is to pretend to be an internet-witch from the afterworld.

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TNT

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ProducerS: Valeri Fedorovich, Aleksandr Dulerain, Aleksei Ageyev.director: Vadim Perelman.ScriPt: Darya Gratsevich.caSt: Yevgeni Stychkin, Yelena Lyadova, Glafira Tarkhanova, Kirill Kyaro.Number of ePiSodeS: 16.GeNre: Comedy.

ADULTERY

russian director Vadim Perelman has wrapped up shooting on 16-episode ironic comedy Adultery. Filming took place in Moscow. currently the project is in post-production period. series premiere is set for this fall.

synopsis: asya is an ordinary woman, who has been married for many years. still, she doesn’t see any harm in having lov-ers. exactly – not only one lover, but three instead! all this time she managed to keep it in a secret. until she once walks into the entrance hall of her apartment house and sees a tablet with the message ‘asya and slava had their first sex here’ on it. asya de-cides to tell her husband the truth…

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VADIM PERELMAN’S PROjECT

ProducerS: Vitaliy Shlyappo, Eduard Iloyan, Sangadzhi Tarbaev.director: Konstantin Statsky.caSt: Mateusz Damięcki, Svetlana Ivanova, Sergey Chirkov, Aleksandra Ursulyak, Anastasiya Stezhko, Denis Pyanov.Number of ePiSodeS: 20.GeNre: Comedy.

HOw I BECAME RUSSIAN

russian group of companies Yellow, Black & white in co-pro-duction with Myway Production is preparing new comedy series How I Became Russian. The project is commissioned by CTC channel. shooting is underway.

synopsis: american Post newspaperman alex Wilson arrives in russia where he will not only learn about the russian reality, but find out what the mystifying russian soul is. alex decides to keep a blog and share his musings on the issue ‘How to be a rus-sian?’.

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YELLOw, BLACK & wHITE, MYwAY PRODUCTION

Vadim Perelman

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THE STATE BORDER. THE FALSE TARGET

Belarus national studio Belarusfilm has wrapped up shooting of 2-episode war drama The False Target, the twelfth part of series of films The State Border. The movie is in post-produc-tion period now. Its premiere is set for 2016.

synopsis: Major Konstantin Kudin is a border guard. He works in the same place where his father died. once Kudin finds a stone with a spying device, and thus disrupts plans of several criminal groups – local businessman Tyurin, linked to drug traf-ficking, his protection racket and terrorists. Kudin and his fam-ily are in danger now…

tV MoVies director: Sergey Talybov.caSt: Dmitri Ratomsky, Andrei Karako, Aleksandr Podobed, Vitaliy Novikov, Sergey Chekeres, Igor Sigov.GeNre: War drama.

BELARUSFILM

THE MOST IMPORTANT

russian film company Mediaprofsoyuz has wrapped up shooting on TV romance The Most Important. Filming took place in Belarus. The project commissioned by Russia-1 channel is currently in post-production period.

synopsis: Dasha is 20 years old. she lives in province and works with children in center for arts education. she has no one, but grandmother. However, once she is told that her fa-ther is still alive, lives in Moscow and doesn’t even know about daughter.

NOT BEAUTIFUL LOVE

russian film company Russkoye is working on new TV ro-mance Not Beautiful Love commissioned by Russia-1 chan-nel. shooting is underway.

synopsis: It seems that lyuba stroke a bad patch just when she was born. she is ugly and alone. everyone is laughing at her, and mother wants her to marry rich old man. In despair lyuba robs a bank and escapes with a big fish in a small pond offering him $1 mln. for the only night…

tV MoVies

tV MoVies

ProducerS: Aleksandr Kushaev, Vladimir Ignatyev.director: Aleksandr Yefremov.ScriPt: Elena Balandina.caSt: Olesya Grybok, Boris Khvoshnyanskiy, Alyona Ivchenko, Ivan Streltsov, Pavel Yaskevich, Tamara Mironova.GeNre: Romance.

MEDIAPROFSOYUz

RUSSKOYEProducerS: Aleksandr Kushaev, Irina Smirnova.director: Kira Anghelina.ScriPt: Evgeny Ungard.caSt: Darya Yakamasova, Sergey Zharkov, Mariya Buknis, Evgeniy Shtyrbul.GeNre: Romance.

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1+1

tV shows LITTLE GIANTS

ukrainian 1+1 channel is working on new children talent show Little Giants, a local adaptation of Pequeños gigantes format by Mexican Televisa company. auditions are underway. show is produced by Final cut Media.

This is the show for talented children aged 4 to 12. eight ‘coach-es’ – celebrities, actors and actresses, hosts and dancers – lead them to victory and the grand prize. But to become the best they have to impress 3 judges.

Producer: Vladimir Zavadyuk.format: Pequeños gigantes.

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tV shows THE VOICE 6

ukrainian 1+1 channel has announced a casting call for the sixth season of the vocal talent show The Voice, the ukrainian version of the Dutch format of the same name, distributed by Talpa. The project is produced in-house – by 1+1 Production.

The contest consists of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. Four judges/coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Then, each team of singers is mentored and developed by its respective coach. In the second stage, called the battle phase, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member is better. In the final phase, the remaining contestants compete against each other in live broadcasts.

format: The Voice.

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DOMASHNIY

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THIS IS MY ROOM

russia Disney TV channel is working on new TV show This is My Room. auditions are underway. The show premiere is set for this fall.

This program will give children an opportunity to design their room as they wish to make it ideal. olga shelest and the group of designers will help. But parents are not allowed – this will be a surprise for them!

wEDDING SIzE

russian Domashniy channel is preparing new reality show wedding Size devoted to long-lasting family relationships and their refreshment. The project is produced by Zamaleev Produc-tion.

Heroes of the show – married couples who have been living to-gether at least for ten years. TV viewers will have an opportu-nity to look at partners when they just married to compare their sizes. It appears that men and women got used to eat more after marriage, and now they want to lose weight. several specialists are here to help – fitness instructor, nutrition expert and family psychologist.

HoSt: Olga Shelest.

HoSt: Anita Tsoi.

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NOVY TV CHANNEL

tV shows HOw TO BECOME A SUPERMODEL

ukrainian broadcaster Novy is working on new TV show How to Become a Supermodel. The project is produced by Final cut Media.

The muses of famous designers will finally unveil the price they paid to become supermodels. They will tell about their dreams and what they are sorry about. The show features ukrainian su-permodels including alla Kostromichyova, snejana onopka, Natalya gotsyi, ella Kandyba, anna Zakusylo, Zhuzhu Ivanyuk, solomija Zgoda, sonya gorelova, evelina Mambetova, alyona osmanova.

format: The X Factor.zVEzDA

tV shows THE NEw STAR 2

russian zvezda channel is preparing the second season of The New Star TV show. auditions are underway. Project is support-ed by the Ministry of Defense.

several judges – russian celebrities, artists and producers – have to choose the most talented singers from 24 selected at the first stage. In a few rounds each contestant has to impress judges and the TV viewers as the last will send sMs to vote for the best – for the one who will be the new star.

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AXYONOV FILM

BAzELEVS

MOSCOw, I BEAR YOU

russian film company AXYONOV Film is working on new full-length comedy Moscow, I Bear You. The project is currently in post-production period. shooting took place in Moscow. The film will premiere at the end of this year.

synopsis: aleksandr wants to break free, to have some rest from daily routine. But the clients keep calling and his girlfriend only dreams of going shopping. everything changes in one day, when aleksandr’s classmate arrives and offers to meet and drink some beer, his other friend asks for help, and main hero falls in love with his client…It appears that it is very easy to lose yourself in a big city, but maybe it is no harder to find instead?

THE BEST DAY

russian film company Bazelevs is shooting full-length karaoke-comedy The Best Day. Filming started on the 25th of May in Moscow vicinities. Then it will take place in Tver’, Voronezh and lipetsk oblast. Premiere is set for the 24th of December 2015. Bazelevs Distribution has the worldwide rights on the film.

synopsis: successful small-town traffic police officer Petya Vasyutin is going to marry olga. But being on duty he stops drunken TV star alina, who is looking for a house for her moth-er. chance encounter runs into a binge, and Petya proposes to alina, but got the gate. The only way out now is to become a star himself!

Producers: sergey aksyonov, andrey aksyonov.director, scriPt: sergey axyonov.cast: Ilya ermolov, Denis shvedov, olga aksyonova, Dmitri suponin. Genre: comedy.

Producers: Timur Bekmambetov, Zhora Kryzhovnikov, aleksey Kazakov, sergey Kornikhin.director: Zhora Kryzhovnikov.scriPt: Zhora Kryzhovnikov, aleksey Kazakov.cast: Dmitriy Nagiev, Yuliya aleksandrova, Valentina Mazunina, sergey lavygin, Inna churikova, elena Yakovleva. Genre: comedy.

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CHANNEL ONE, B-TwEEN

NORMANDIE-NIMEN

russian Channel One in co-production with French production company B-tween is preparing feature war drama Normandie-Nimen. Project is in pre-production period with shooting due to take place in russia and France. The movie is supported by the Ministry of culture and the Federal Fund for social and eco-nomic support to national cinematography.

synopsis: six months after the germans invaded the ussr in June 1941, talks aimed at closer co-operation between Free France and the soviet union resulted in setting up a special squadron with an initial core of 12 fighter pilots and 47 ground staff for service on the russo-german front. after several re-markable operations in 1944 the group was expanded to be-come a rgiment, with latter being stylized as Normandie-Nie-men in recognition of its participation in the battles to liberate the river of the same name.

Producers: Konstantin ernst, arnaud Frilley, Nikolay Borodachev.Genre: War drama.

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CTV

A MAN FROM THE FUTURE

russian film company CTV is working on new feature fiction movie A Man From The Future. The Project is currently in pre-production period. It should be mentioned that it is the full-length version of the short film The Savior shot in 2013.

synopsis: 50 minutes till the end of the world. What would you do? supermarket cashier gulya decides to spend the rest of her time… on her working place. But suddenly a nude stranger ap-pears, and tells her that she has to become a mother of a man who will save the humanity.

Producer: sergei selyanov.director: roman artemiev.cast: aleksandr chislov. Genre: Fiction.

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FILMY NAVSEGDA

THE SUPER FAMILY

russian film company Filmy Navsegda started shooting new feature comedy The Super Family commissioned by Yellow, Black and white group of companies. The project budget to-tals 150 mln. rubles (approx. $2.9 mln.). Its premiere is set for 2016.

synopsis: The meteorite falls on the house of one ordinary fam-ily, and its members get invisibility, levitation…and other seem-ingly pointless powers – they can’t use them being on their own – only when the whole family comes together. However, at last oleg may bring to life his dream to become rich. The only thing he has to do is to persuade his ‘nearest and dearest’ to rob the bank.

Producers: eduard Iloyan, Vitaliy shlyappo, Denis Zhalinskiy.director: Dmitry Dyachenko.scriPt: aleksey Kazakov.cast: roman Madyanov, anna Mikhalkova, Boris ulitin, elizaveta Kononova, semen Treskunov.Genre: comedy.

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I-SIDER

russian film company Koktebel’ is preparing new fiction drama I-Sider. The project is in pre-production period now. Production budget is set at 400 mln. rubles (approx. $7.3 mln). The project is thought to be the first part of the franchise.

synopsis: The story is set in the dark and pessimistic future – people are prohibited to show any emotions, and those who abide get a cruel punishment. still, there are teenagers who have emotions, but they are detained in the special orphanages. Maya meets one of them and starts to realize that she has emo-tions too…

Producer: roman Borisevich.director: aleksei Popogrebsky.Genre: Fiction.

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KRYL’YA

THE PULP-wRITERS

russian film studio Kryl’ya has wrapped up shooting on new feature comedy The Pulp-writers. The project is currently in post-production period. Filming took place in Moscow and its vicinities. The film premiere is set for the end of this year.

synopsis: 1990s. The boom of publishing activities in the coun-try. a lot of pulp-writers think they are the real professional men of letters. and they do anything to see their potboilers published.

Producer: Marianna Balashova.director, scriPt: Vladimir Zaykin.cast: gosha Kutsenko, Daniil spivakovsky, Yuri stoyanov, Dariya Moroz, Katerina shpitsa. Genre: comedy.

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MILKY CINEMA PRODUCTION, zAFILM, PELLIKOLA LIMITED

jUST LIKE ADULTS

russian film company Milky Cinema Production in co-produc-tion with german zafilm and Maltese Pellikola Limited started shooting film almanac entitled just Like Adults. The project re-ceived grant from the russian P.o.V. fund. Production budget is €600 000.

synopsis: Five stories shot by different filmmakers in five differ-ent countries – russia, germany, France, georgia and Malta. each brings up an actual issue of the modern youth – first love, relationship with parents and equals in age, social inequality, loneliness and hunger for glory.

Producers: olga Zhirova, Juliya Vorobyova.directors: anton Bilzho, svetozar golovlev, anna saruhanova.scriPt: anton Bilzho, Dmitry Vachedin, aleksandr Bagration, angelika Müller, Dmitry Martirosyan.Genre: almanac.

Marianna Balashova

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MOSFILM

IVAN

russian film group Mosfilm is working on autobiographical feature drama Ivan about Ivan Yarygin, former soviet – russian wrestler and olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. shooting takes place in Moscow and Krasnoyarsk.

synopsis: This film is about a russian strongman, who had no nationality, religious, social or racial prejudice. about a man, who promoted equality and respect to others no matter of the skin color.

director: Mikhail shevchuck.cast: Vladislav Dyomin. Genre: Biopic.

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TANKMEN

russian film company Pimanov and Partners started working on new war drama Tankmen. The project is currently in prepro-duction period. It is financially supported by russian Channel One, Ministry of Defense and media holding Zvezda.

synopsis: Based on real events film tells the story of the sovi-et army lieutenant semyon Konovalov. In 1943 his tank, being broken and dropped behind the others, engaged in battle with 55 Nazis tanks. Konovalov and his crew managed to put 16 tanks and 8 troops trucks out of action. Three tankmen including Ko-novalov survived.

director: alexey Pimanov.Genre: War drama.

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PROFIT

THE ICEBREAKER

russian prodco PROFIT is working on new feature drama The Icebreaker based on real events. shooting in Murmansk wrapped up on the 1st of June, and film crew moved to saint-Petersburg. The project budgeted totals $10 mln. The movie re-ceived support from the Federal Fund for social and economic support to national cinematography. The film will premiere at the end of this year.

synopsis: Diesel-electric ship Mikhail somov had to deliver sup-plies to antarctic station russkaya, but had been iced up for 133 days. several helicopters managed to rescue most of the crew, the rest had to fight for lives on their own. What would you do in this icy trap?

Producers: Igor Tolstunov, Yuri Khrapov.director: Nikolay Khomeriki.cast: sergei Puskepalis, Pavel Derevyanko, anton shagin. Genre: Drama.

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PROLINE FILM

KHARMS

russian film company Proline Film has wrapped up shooting on feature-length autobiographical drama with a tentative title Kharms, devoted to a popular soviet-era poet Daniil Kharms. The project is currently in post-production period. Filming took place in saint-Petersburg at one of the sound stages of lenfilm studio. Movie premiere is set for 2016.

synopsis: Daniil Kharms was an early soviet-era surrealist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist. In 1928, Daniil Kharms founded the avant-garde collective oberiu, or union of real art, which focused on antirational verses, nonlinear theatrical per-formances and public displays of decadent and illogical behav-ior. Kharms was arrested in 1931 and forced to live in Kursk for most of a year – he was accused of being a member of “a group of anti-soviet children’s writers”, and some of his works were used as an evidence.

Producers: andrei sigle, Dmitriy svetozarov.director, scriPt: Ivan Bolotnikov.cast: Wojciech urbanski, aistė Diržiūtė, Darius gumauskas. Genre: Biopic.

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SERGEY MOKRITSKIY’S PROjECT

THE TEACHER

russian filmmaker Sergey Mokritskiy is working on new feature war drama The Teacher. shooting is taking place in crimea with setting built in Feodosiya.

synopsis: World War II. Nazis invaded many of ussr cities and towns, and one man who thought he would just wait out this war, ends up in the thick of things that will make him a hero. But at the expense of his own life.

Producer: aleksandr Kovtunets.director: sergey Mokritskiy.cast: Boris Komorzin, Yulia Pere-sild, andrei smolyakov, sergey Pokhodaev.Genre: War drama.

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SLON

STATUS, FRAMEPOOL

STATUS, FRAMEPOOL

THE STRANGER

russian film studio Slon is shooting full-length period drama The Stranger. outdoor filming takes place in Vilnius and Klaipeda, while stage shooting is planned at Mosfilm studio.

synopsis: It is said that love and hate are just one step apart. and the same is with happiness and tragedy. a young girl from lithu-ania loves Jewish adolescent. Being from completely different worlds, they met in childhood, went through many hardships, and still something keeps them together. But what it is actually?

THE FILMMAKER

ukrainian film company Status in co-production with german production centre FRAMEPOOL started working on new full-length criminal drama The Filmmaker. The project is in pre-production period. It is financed by the german party. shooting will take place in odessa.

synopsis: odessa. 1990s. several storylines will interlace – a cowboy and a snake; young woman, who works as procurator and wants more power; a freaky killer, who loves to play chess, but shows no mercy to his victims; a gang leader and his contact.

THE DEEP-SEA MASTER

ukrainian film company Status in co-production with german production centre FRAMEPOOL started working on autobio-graphical feature drama The Deep-Sea Master. The project is currently in pre-production period. It is financed by the german party. shooting will take place in odessa.

synopsis: Main hero is alexander Ivanovich Marinesko, who was a soviet naval officer and, during World War II, the captain of the s-13 submarine, which sank the german ship Wilhelm gustloff, with recent research showing that over 9 000 died when the ship sank. sometimes Marinesko is called the submariner №1 in the world.

Producer: sabina eremeeva.director, scriPt: Pavel chukhraj.cast: Yulia Peresild, sergei gar-mash, rinal Mukhametov. Genre: Drama.

director: Nadezhda rybakova.Genre: Drama.

director: Nadezhda rybakova.Genre: Biopic.

Sergey Mokritskiy

Sabina Eremeeva

Nadezhda Rybakova

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VALERY TODOROVSKY PRODUCTION COMPANY

YOUR TUTOR

russian Valery Todorovsky Production Company is preparing new feature-length psychological drama Your Tutor. The proj-ect is currently in pre-production period.

synopsis: This is the story about savva, graduate who falls in love with a mature woman, his world literature teacher.

Producer: Valery Todorovsky.director, scriPt: anton Kolomeets.Genre: Drama.

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VICTOR GINzBURG PROjECT

AMPIRE V

russian director Victor Ginzburg is working on new feature fic-tion movie Ampire V based on the novel of the same name by Viktor Pelevin. The project is currently in pre-production period. shooting will start this fall.

synopsis: 19-years old roman shtorkin turns into a vampire and gets a new name ‘rama The second’. From now on, he is a member of the corporation The Fifth empire. These vampires do not drink blood – they control ordinary people by reading their thoughts.

Producers: Yelena Yatsura, Yury Krestinskiy, Jim steel.director: Victor ginzburg.Genre: Fiction.

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wINTER FILMS

THE SHARDS OF THE DREAM

russian film company winter Films in co-production with film studio Nasha Molodezh’ and Yarcinema company is preparing new feature psychological drama The Shards of the Dream. shooting started on the 23th of May and takes place in Yaroslavl. The film will be released in 2016.

synopsis: after a horrible car crash a young man falls into a coma. Being unconscious, he constantly sees the strange vi-sions about separation from his girlfriend. This personal drama helps him to better understand his own life.

Producers: Yelena Yatsura, Yury Krestinskiy, Jim steel.director: Victor ginzburg.Genre: Fiction.

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STRELA

THE ELECTION DAY 2/DEN VYBOROV 2

russian film company Strela is filming the sequel of feature comedy The Election Day/Den Vyborov 2. shooting started this spring and will last until the end of this summer. Filming takes place in astrakhan and Moscow. The movie will be released in 2016. The first part – The election Day/Den Vyborov – premiered in 2007 and grossed $6.2 mln. in box-office.

synopsis: Moscow radio station ‘sort of radio’ team is heading to region again – to canvass the votes. But, just before the elec-tions candidate disappears without a trace. at the same time, the governor Igor Tsaplin is going to open the new bridge across Volga in astrakhan. and he disappears too – a gang of priests in disguise kidnap him. Maybe these two events are chained?

Producers: sergei Petreikov, leonid Baraz, rostislav Khait.director: aleksandr Barshak.cast: Mikhail Yefremov, aleksei Kortnev, rostislav Khait, leonid Baraz, Kamil larin.Genre: comedy.

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DIsTrIBuTIoN24 DOC, RUSSIA-1 russian TV channels 24 Doc and Russia-1, operated by all-russia state Television and radio Broadcasting company have bought rights to documentary film Citizenfour directed by laura Poitras.

Citizenfour. In January 2013, laura Poitras received an encrypted e-mail from a stranger who called himself citizen Four. In it, he offered her inside information about illegal wiretapping practices of the us Na-tional security agency (Nsa) and other intelligence agencies. Poitras had already been working for several years on a film about monitoring programs in the us that were the result of the september 11 attacks. In June 2013, accompanied by investigative journalist glenn greenwald and The guardian intelligence reporter ewen Macaskill, she went to Hong Kong with her camera for the first meeting with the stranger, who identified himself as edward snowden.

ALPHA VIOLET Paris-based sales agent Alpha Violet has pre-sold rights to Luxem-bourg by Myroslav slaboshpytskiy to greece and other countries for-merly known as republic of Yugoslavia. It should be mentioned that alpha Violet is responsible for international distribution of the previous director’s title – drama The Tribe, which received about 40 prizes on different international film festivals.

Luxembourg. It is a film noir taking place in the chernobyl exclusion zone, an area with the size of luxembourg. In the film, radiation, pas-sion and jealousy immerse sergey, a policeman working on shift, in the heart of darkness.

ANIMACCORD STUDIOspanish kids TV channel Panda acquired rights to season one and two of russian animated series Masha and the Bear produced by Ani-maccord Studio.

Masha and the Bear. series tell us about a unique relationship be-tween two main characters. Masha is an exceedingly active little girl who can’t sit still on one place and has to make everything a business of her own. The Bear is a big and hearty guy who loves comfort and quietness. after their first met the Bear is always in anticipation for an-other fun and wild adventure that Masha will surely pull him in.

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director: laura Poitras. duration: 114 min. Genre: Documentary.

Producer: anna Kachko.director: Myroslav slaboshpytskiy. Genre: Drama.

Producers: andrey Dobrunov, Dmitriy loveyko, oleg Kuzovkov. directors: oleg Kuzovkov, oleg uzhinov, Denis chervyatsov. cast: alina Kukushkina, Boris Kutnevich, eduard Nazarov, Mark Kutnevich, Irina Kukushkina. duration: 7 min. Genre: animation.

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A-ONE FILMSrussian distribution company A-One Films has acquired rights ton five feature films that will be released this fall. These are the follow-ing titles: French drama La tête haute, spanish drama Ma ma, Italian drama Youth, French-Italian drama Mia madre and French romance Mon roi.

La tête haute. Malony’s occasionally loving, but mostly erratic and angry mother lost him to the child protection services when he was six. at 13, he was back in the judge’s office for joyriding without a license. Now, four years later, Malony has spent a couple of stints at a juvenile center and is facing jail time.

Ma ma. an intimate woman’s drama, laced by moments of comedy, the film turns on Magda, a woman who reacts valiantly to tragedy, dig-ging deep into her interior. she and those in her intimate circle will live unsuspected scenes of humor and of delicate happiness.

Youth. Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children’s confused lives, Micks enthusiastic young writers, and the other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to fin-ish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again.

Mia madre. Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.

Mon roi. Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski-ing accident. Dependent of medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with georgio.


ProducerS: François Kraus, Denis Pineau-Valencienne.director: Emmanuelle Bercot. caSt: Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Magimel, Sara Forestier, Rod Paradot, Diane Rouxel, Ludovic Berthillot, Aurore Broutin, Enzo Trouillet.duratioN: 120 min. GeNre: Drama.

ProducerS: Penélope Cruz, Julio Medem, Álvaro Longoria. director: Julio Medem. caSt: Penélope Cruz, Luis Tosar, Jon Kortajarena, Àlex Brendemühl, Asier Etxeandia, Ciro Miró, Norberto Trujillo B., Jon Begoña Urrutia, Samuel Viyuela, Mónica Sagrera.GeNre: Drama.

ProducerS: Paul Sarony, Carlotta Calori, Francesca Cima, Nicola Giuliano, Viola Prestieri.director: Paolo Sorrentino.caSt: Michael Caine, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Jane Fonda, Harvey Keitel, Ed Stoppard, Tom Lipinski.duratioN: 118 min. GeNre: Drama.

ProducerS: Nanni Moretti, Domenico Procacci, Olivier Père.director: Nanni Moretti.caSt: Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Nanni Moretti, Beatrice Mancini, Stefano Abbati, Enrico Ianniello, Anna Bellato, Toni Laudadio.duratioN: 106 min. GeNre: Drama.

ProducerS: Xavier Amblard, Alain Attal.director: Maïwenn. caSt: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Bercot, Louis Garrel, Isild Le Besco,

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CP DIGITAL Paris-based wild Bunch has sold gaspar Noé’s drama Love to rus-sian distributor CP Digital for the cIs territory.

Love. a sexual romance about a boy Murphy and his two lovers – elec-tra and omi. It is a love story, which celebrates sex in a joyous way.

DOGwOOF london-based distributor Dogwoof has sold documentary Dior and I on the territory of russia. It has already been released in usa, great Britain, australia, New Zealand, Japan and Hong Kong.

Dior and I. Dior and I brings the viewer inside the storied world of the christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of raf simons’ first haute couture collection as its new artistic director-a true labor of love created by a dedicated group of collaborators.

FILM.UA DISTRIBUTIONFILM.UA Distribution has licensed Battle for Sevastopol to Beijing-based Lotus Film International Culture Media Co. Ltd. cinema re-lease is set for september 2015.

Battle for Sevastopol. It is a biographical film about lyudmila Pavli-chenko, a young soviet woman who joined the red army to fight the Nazi invasion of the ussr and became one of the deadliest snipers in World War II. she fought in the Battle of odessa and, eventually, the defense of sevastopol. after 309 confirmed kills, she was sent to the united states to campaign for american support, and met eleanor roosevelt.

ICTV All3Media International, part of all3Media group, has licensed for-mat rights on german TV series Niedrig & Kuhnt: Detectives Inves-tigate to ukrainian ICTV channel. according to the latest information there will be 56 episodes in the first season of the ukrainian version of the format.

Niedrig & Kuhnt: Detectives Investigate. Two real detectives inves-tigate fictional cases – murder, fraud, robbery etc. They interrogate the key suspects and analyze the evidence in the course of the episode, so that the viewers find out who the criminal is just at the same time as the officers do.

François-Marie Banier, Ludovic Berthillot, Félix Bossuet, Camille Cottin, Paul Hamy.duratioN: 130 min. GeNre: Romance.

ProducerS: Brahim Chioua, Sophie Mas, Lourenço Sant’Anna, Gaspar Noé.director: Gaspar Noé. caSt: Karl Glusman, Klara Kristin, Aomi Muyock. duratioN: 130 min. GeNre: Drama.

director: Frédéric Tcheng. duratioN: 90 min. GeNre: Documentary.

ProducerS: Yegor Olesov, Natalya Mokritskaya. director: Sergey Mokritskiy. caSt: Yulia Peresild, Yevgeni Tsyganov, Nikita Tarasov, Joan Blackham, Vitali Linetsky.duratioN: 120 min. GeNre: War drama.

GeNre: Detective.

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KITukrainian distribution company KiT has added to its catalogue three new titles – us docuseries Full Force Nature and Italian animation series Angel`s Friends and Christopher Columbus.

Full Force Nature. In recent years, we’ve seen just how unpredictable and dangerous weather can be. Flash floods. Tsunamis. class 5 hurri-canes. Freak ice storms. catastrophic mudslides. Nature has not only changed the face of the earth, but also the lives of those who’ve found themselves in its fierce path.

Angel`s Friends. Four angels (raf, uri, sweet and Miki) and four Dev-ils (sulfus, cabiria, Kabale and gas) are sent to earth, in an unused area of the golden school, where they learn everything they need to become guardian angels and guardian Devils. The angels and Dev-ils are required to form pairs as part of their education, each of which will have to deal with a human being, known as earthly ones, and help them choose between the right and wrong way in life without being dis-covered. angels and Devils cannot operate at the same time, so they decide, clashing in the challenge room, who will work first.

Christopher Columbus. christopher columbus’s life was full of dra-ma, but he was a man of strong will. Born in genoa, he realized his dream of becoming a sailor, dared to search for a new route, and finally reached his goal, discovering a new land in the process. Now, he is taking up the fourth, his last journey.

MK-DISTRIBUTION russian TV channel Mama acquired ukrainian cooking docuseries Little Foodies from MK-Distribution. It will be aired on the territory of russia, cIs and Baltic countries.

also Belarus national state TV and radio company Belteleradiocom-pany has acquired rights on ukrainian animation series Lessons of Aunt Owl from MK-Distribution. It is aimed at junior children, aged from 2 to 7.

Little Foodies – this is no-dialog program about cooking tasty and what is the most important – healthy – food for babies from 6 months to 2 years old.

Lessons of Aunt Owl. The thematic spectrum of the lessons is ex-tensive – here you have alphabets of a few languages, and narrations about times of year and rules of good conduct, and interesting geogra-phy, and so on, and so forth. and all this – not in the dry form of school subjects. In fact, it is implied in the very name that all the lessons are animated, therefore you will see and hear here cartoon characters only. aunt owl, hooligan cats and other silent living beings, children, winds, trees – there are enough of bright characters.

PARAKEET FILM ukrainian distributor ParakeeT Film acquired rights to american fea-ture drama Danny Collins.

duratioN: 24х30 min.GeNre: Documentary.

ProducerS: Orlando Corradi, Simona Ferri, Gian Claudio Galatoli, Eddy Jamous.director: Orlando Corradi. duratioN: 14 min. GeNre: Animation.

GeNre: Animation.

duratioN: 100х3 min. GeNre: Cooking series.

GeNre: Animation.

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Danny Collins. aging 1970s rocker Danny collins cannot give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager Frank grubman uncov-ers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John lennon, he decides to change course, and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act.

PROVzGLYAD International distributor Memento Films International has li-censed Joachim Trier’s drama Louder Than Bombs to russian PROvzglyad company for the territory of russia and cIs coun-tries.

Louder Than Bombs. Three years after her unexpected death, the preparation of an exhibition celebrating the famous war photogra-pher laura Freed brings her husband and their two sons together for the first time in years. When an unsettling secret resurfaces, the three men are forced to look at each other and themselves in a new light, redefining their innermost needs and desires.

RUSSIAN REPORTrussian agency Russian Report has acquired rights on new fea-ture comedy De Surprise, an international co-production of Neth-erlands, Belgium, germany and Ireland. The movie will be released in august.

De Surprise. an eccentric multimillionaire signs an agreement to have his life ended. While selecting his coffin he meets a young woman who has signed up for the same arrangement. Trouble ensues when the couple falls in love and wishes to get out of the contract.

SILVERBOX International sales agent TrustNordisk has sealed a deal with russian Silverbox on Danish thriller A Conspiracy of Faith – the third part of the franchise based on the book series by Jussi adler-olsen. The previous two movies are The Keeper of lost causes and The absent one.


ProducerS: Declan Baldwin, Denise Di Novi, Monica Levinson, Shivani Rawat.director: Dan Fogelman. caSt: Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale, Christopher Plummer, Melissa Benoist, Nick Offerman, Josh Peck, Aarti Mann.duratioN: 106 min. GeNre: Drama.

ProducerS: Naima Abed, Michael B. Clark, Sigve Endresen, Emilie Georges, Frederick W. Green.director: Joachim Trier. caSt: Jesse Eisenberg, Amy Ryan, Rachel Brosnahan, Gabriel Byrne, David Strathairn, Ruby Jerins, Isabelle Huppert, Megan Ketch, Devin Druid.duratioN: 105 min. GeNre: Drama.

ProducerS: Hans de Weers, Mike van Diem, Els Vandevorst.director: Mike van Diem. caSt: Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Georgina Verbaan, Jan Decleir, Henry Goodman, Naveed Choudhry, Oliver Gatz, Ronny Jhutti.duratioN: 102 min. GeNre: Comedy.

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A Conspiracy of Faith. Detective carl Mørck holds in his hands a bottle that contains old and decayed message, written in blood. It is a cry for help from two young brothers, tied and bound in a boathouse by the sea. could it be real? Who are these boys, and why weren’t they reported missing? could they possibly still be alive? carl’s investigation will force him to cross paths with a wom-an stuck in a desperate marriage – her husband refuses to tell her where he goes, what he does, how long he will be away. For days she waits, and when he returns she must endure his wants, his moods, his threats. But she is done with it. she will find out the truth, no matter the cost to her husband – or to herself.

SOVTELEEXPORTrussian Sovteleexport, part of all-russia state Television and radio Broadcasting company , has licensed rights to russian feature film we Are From the Future to Iranian company RO.IN Entertainment S.R.L.

we Are From the Future. Four young men in their early twenties make money in a dubious way: they perform excavations on the sites of World War II battles, digging for orders, medals and other relics that collectors may buy. one day, Borman, spirt, cherep and chukha go on an excavation mission in the countryside near st. Petersburg. Here, the story takes a mystical turn, when the young men first excavate military identity cards with their own names and photographs, and are then transported some sixty years back to the early stages of World War II. The young men barely avoid being executed as they are believed to be deserters, and then are given weapons and military uniforms to fight the Nazis alongside other soldiers.

STUDIO U7 russian company Studio U7 that distributes factual and docu-mentary content on the territory of russia, cIs and Baltic states, has taken rights on British doc The Beaver wisperers.

studio u7 has also acquired two titles – British doc Underwater Okavango and canadian docuseries Ultimate Pet Lovers – for the territory of russia, cIs and Baltic states.

Underwater Okavango. There is a hidden world beneath land-locked Botswana – the underwater okavango delta; an unex-plored wilderness brimming with life and diversity. Few have ever laid eyes on this eden for it is guarded by some of africa’s most dangerous creatures. Now, a team of filmmakers braves these perilous waters to track the remarkable journey of an epic flood that affects almost every creature in the Northern Botswana eco-system. From the smallest creatures to africa’s giants, all must run the gauntlet of this moving tide.

Ultimate Pet Lovers. This program is about those people that can not imagine their lives without pets. They are completely dif-ferent, but what unites them all is the passion for pets, who may be not only dogs and cats, but also crocodiles, snakes, kanga-roos, foxes etc.


director: Hans Petter Moland.caSt: Fares Fares, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Søren Pilmark, Lotte Andersen, Jakob Oftebro, Pål Sverre Hagen.GeNre: Thriller.

director: Andrei Malyukov. ProducerS: Sergei Shumakov, Ludmila Kukoba, Angelina Pavlichenko. caSt: Danila Kozlovskiy, Dmitriy Volkostrelov, Vladimir Yaglych, Andrey Terentyev, Yekaterina Klimova, Boris Galkin, Daniil Strakhov, Sergei Makhovikov, Zoya Buryak, Gloriya Avgustinovich. duratioN: 115 min. GeNre: Action, adventure.

duratioN: 60 min. GeNre: Documentary.

duratioN: 13х30 min. GeNre: Documentary.

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The Beaver wisperers. Beavers are an astonishingly resilient species. They have been on the planet for roughly 30 million years, surviving through all manners of predation and climate change. Today’s beaver somehow managed to survive the great Ice age while its larger cousin, castoroides ohioensis, did not. But how can we learn to love something we once nearly exterminated, and which many people still regard as a pest? In our own age of global warming, beavers may offer us some kind of environmental second chance, courtesy of their ability to conserve water resources, miti-gate drought and boost bio-diversity.

VOLGArussian distribution company Volga has acquired rights for theat-rical release of Eisenstein in Guanajuato, British drama film writ-ten and directed by Peter greenaway. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. The movie will be released in russia this fall.

Eisenstein in Guanajuato. In 1931, at the height of his artis-tic powers, soviet filmmaker sergei eisenstein travels to Mexico to shoot a new film to be titled Que Viva Mexico. Freshly rejected by Hollywood and under increasing pressure to return to stalinist russia, eisenstein arrives at the city of guanajuato. chaperoned by his guide Palomino caedo, he vulnerably experiences the ties between eros and Thanatos, sex and death, happy to create their effects in cinema, troubled to suffer them in life. Peter greenaways film explores the mind of a creative genius facing the desires and fears of love, sex and death through ten passionate days that helped shape the rest of the career of one of the greatest masters of cinema.

wEST russian distributor west has acquired theatrical rights on French thriller Dark Places.

Dark Places. a woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day by a secret society obsessed with solving notorious crimes.

wIzART ANIMATION russian studio wizart Animation has sealed deals with foreign broadcasters on several animated projects: it has sold The Snow Queen and The Snow Queen 2 to Pakistan, The Snow Queen 3 – to Middle east and Baltic countries and Turkey, and Oorfene jus and his wooden Soldiers to Baltic states and south Korea.

The Snow Queen. It is a 3D animation feature based on a famous fairy tale by Hans christian andersen. Wishing to create a New world – where clearness of lines replaces emotions and the polar wind cools human souls – the snow Queen is trying to find and de-


duratioN: 60 min. GeNre: Documentary.

ProducerS: Bruno Felix, San Fu Maltha, Cristina Velasco.director: Peter Greenaway. caSt: Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, Maya Zapata, Lisa Owen, Stelio Savante, Jakob Öhrman, Rasmus Slätis.duratioN: 105 min.GeNre: Biopic.

ProducerS: Matthias Ehrenberg, Tobin Armbrust. director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner.caSt: Chloë Grace Moretz, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Corey Stoll, Drea de Matteo, Tye Sheridan, Sean Bridgers, Dora Madison, Andrea Roth.duratioN: 113 min. GeNre: Thriller.

ProducerS: Olga Sinelschikova, Sergey Rapoport, Aleksandr Ligay.directorS: Maksim Sveshnikov, Vladlen Barbe.

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stroy all artists and their successors. The film represents fascinat-ing travel of gerda trying to find her brother Kai on the boundless spaces of the fantastic country bewitched by the snow Queen. During this travel gerda faces difficult obstacles and finds new friends…

The Snow Queen 2. after their victory over the snow Queen, the trolls have developed a taste for freedom. Having played a major role in the triumph, the troll orm has become a hero to all. This is not enough for him, however. comically exaggerating his exploits and achievements, he creates spins a web of lies, claiming that he personally defeated the snow Queen, and that he is destined to marry the princess and inherit great power and riches... But where will orm’s stories lead him?

The Snow Queen 3. after heroically defeating both the snow Queen and the snow King, gerda still cannot find peace. Her dream is to find her parents who were once taken away from them by the North Wind and finally reunite the family. Thus, gerda and her friends embark on an exiting journey to find her parents and encounter new challenges along the way: they discover an an-cient magical artifact of the trolls, the stone of Fire and Ice. From that moment on, things don’t go according to the initial plan…Will gerda be able to tame the mighty forces of the magical elements and get her family back?

Oorfene jus and his wooden Soldiers. It is the screen adapta-tion of aleksandr Volkov’s fairy-tale of the same name. evil car-penter oorfene Jus decides to make an army of wooden soldiers and conquer the Magic land. ellie and her friends have to stop him…


caSt: Nyusha Shurochkina, Ivan Okhlobystin, Galina Tyunina, Dmitriy Nagiev, Lyza Arzamasova, Lyudmila Artemyeva, Yuri Stoyanov, Anna Ardova, Ramilya Iskander, Olga Shorokhova. duratioN: 76 min. GeNre: Animation.

ProducerS: Timur Bekmambetov, Yuriy Moskvin, Vladimir Nikolayev.director: Aleksey Tsitsilin. caSt: Nyusha Shurochkina, Ivan Okhlobystin, Anna Khilkevich, Aleksandr Uman, Egor Bortnik, Aleksey Likhnitskiy, Roman Yunusov, Aleksandr Gudkov, Mikhail Tikhonov, Diomid Vinogradov. duratioN: 80 min. GeNre: Animation.

ProducerS: Yuriy Moskvin, Vladimir Nikolayev. director: Aleksey Tsitsilin. GeNre: Animation.

ProducerS: Sergei Selyanov, Anton Zlatopolski, Aleksandr Boyarskiy. director: Vladimir Toropchin.GeNre: Animation.

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Cinema releases overview Cinema releases overview

uKraINIaN THeaTrIcal DIsTrIBuTIoN MarKeT oVerVIeW

(JaNuarY 1, 2015 – JuNe 21, 2015)Theatrical releases of 149 films took place in ukraine starting from January 1, 2015. Information on box-office of 93 films was disclosed by local distributors. In total they gathered $26.04 million. about 11.05 million tickets were sold for these 93 titles. ToP-20 releases collected $19.59 million. cinema goers bought near 7.54 million tickets to watch the films you see in the table below. Worth mentioning that animation Three Bogatyrs. The Cavalry is the only russian project in the list of releases with high theatrical revenues. russian-language comedy 8 New Dates and war drama Battle for Sevastopol are ukrainian-russian co-productions.

№ Movie Distributor Premier Date Premier Box-office, $ Total Box-office (01.01 - 21.06.2015), $

Tickets Sold (01.01 - 21.06.2015)

1 Furious 7 B&H 02.04.2015 942 701 1 965 420 848 596

2 Avengers: Age of Ultron B&H 23.04.2015 727 458 1 806 354 635 909

3 8 New Dates / 8 Novykh Svidaniy (Rus) UFD 01.01.2015 821 724 1 634 576 525 147

4 The Seventh Son B&H 01.01.2015 695 401 1 531 702 424 422

5 Fifty Shades of Grey B&H 12.02.2015 860 705 1 491 778 751 513

6 Exodus: Gods and Kings UFD 01.01.2015 519 211 1 268 531 317 265

7 Jurassic World B&H 11.06.2015 590 505 1 208 138 408 772

8 Paddington VLG 22.01.2015 437 673 960 993 368 942

9 Three Bogatyrs. The Cavalry / Tri Bogatyria. Hod Koniom (Rus) GK 01.01.2015 398 731 930 463 377 374

10 Mad Max: Fury Road KNM 14.05.2015 315 325 794 228 272 542

11 Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb UFD 08.01.2015 340 201 713 978 242 738

12 Spy UFD 04.06.2015 421 707 700 816 282 019

13 Kingsman: The Secret Service UFD 12.02.2015 358 727 677 452 324 125

14 Cinderella B&H 12.03.2015 472 653 669 855 311 487

15 Battle for Sevastopol / Nezlamna (Ukr) UFD 02.04.2015 199 058 601 749 276 373

16 Chappie B&H 12.03.2015 260 748 590 454 258 465

17 Home UFD 19.03.2015 214 001 533 762 263 561

18 Tomorrowland B&H 21.05.2015 243 709 531 169 208 052

19 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water B&H 05.02.2015 197 272 493 419 264 700

20 San Andreas KNM 28.05.2015 211 149 482 369 179 628

TOTAL ТОP-10: 13 592 183 4 930 482

TOTAL ТОP-20: 19 587 206 7 541 630

Sources: Ukrainian Film Distribution

Distributors:B&H – B&H DistributionGK – Galeon KinoKNM – KinomaniaMMD – Multi Media DistributionUFD – Ukrainian Film DistributionVLG – Volga Ukraine

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The global television industry is changing its traditional paradigm due to the rapid development of new platforms of audiovisual content distribution like oTT, VoD services, cloud technologies, etc. ukraine has also entered this new era of transformations driven by the change in content consumption, but also due to new legislation which obliges the TV channels to change their programming policy: namely, the new amendments to the law on Broadcasting which came into force on June 4.

The ukrainian authorities have banned the broadcasting all russian-made content that focuses on rus-sian armed forces, police and all kinds of governmental security services. The restrictions also concern all films, shows and series that were produced with the participation of ‘personae non gratae’ who have ne-glected ukrainian laws and threaten the national security of ukraine. Moreover, all russian-made content produced after the 31st of December 2013 is also banned.

Taking into account the considerable share of russian productions on ukrainian TV, it is easy to see that the local broadcasters will develop a hunger for new acquired content. This will not happen immediately, as the channels will try to outlive this period by airing both locally-produced series and TV shows while also repeating earlier acquired non-prohibited russian content. But it is obvious that all ukrainian broadcasters will not be able to maintain their positions and avoid losing audience in the nearest future without introduc-ing brand new TV series and films. The channels are starting to seek for new partnerships, ideas, formats and ready-made content, dropping the traditional cooperation model and looking beyond russian-speak-ing productions.

To understand better ukraine as a high-prospective territory for the international producers and distribu-tors, the Kiev-based Media resources Management (MrM) conducted a research of the content that was aired by the Top 6 local broadcasters in 2014. Inter, 1+1, ukraine, IcTV, sTB and Novy collectively account for more than 51% of the TV viewing share in the country. last year, out of more than 52.300 hours of broadcasting time on the six channels more than a half was dedicated to TV series and shows and 15% to films and movies.

Content Broadcast On Ukraine’s 6 Leading Channels In 2014, By Genre

*”Other” stands for live-airs, concerts, short films and interprogrammes

Source: Media Resources Management

The programming policy of the major ukrainian channels differs a lot. For instance, Inter, Novy and IcTV give about a third of their air time to TV series; almost half of ukraine’s schedule is filled with this type of content, while sTB and 1+1 rely more on entertainment and only a quarter of their air time in 2014 was filled with series.

Things get even more interesting when we look at the share of russian series aired on the Top 6 ukrainian nets in 2014. In total, more than 18.260 hours of TV series were shown during last year. russian-produced TV series accounted for almost 12.680 hours or 69.4% of the total volume of series broadcast in ukraine in 2014.

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Russian-Produced TV Series On The Top 6 Ukrainian Channels In 2014, Total Hours

Source: Media Resources Management

The nets who relied the most on russian series in 2014 include Novy (87% of series in the air are rus-sian, while all scripted content comprise 33% of its total air time), ukraine (81% series in the air - russian, all series took 47%), IcTV (74% series - russian, 33% of the total air was occupied by series) and Inter (65% russian series, all series comprise 34% of its total air time). sTB and 1+1 had the much humble: 37% (series in the total air took 16%) and 32% (23%), respectively. The leader in aired ukrainian original series productions and co-productions was Inter with 32%, followed by sTB with 27% and 1+1 with 18%, while IcTV and Novy had only 9% and 4% in this category.

The issue with russian content gets even more serious when we take into account that almost 1.900 hours (or 15% of all russian-made series aired on the Top 6 nets) were produced in 2014. considering the restrictions mentioned above these 15 percent will also disappear from the TV grids. adding almost all detective and crime series as well as war and action dramas that depict the life and work of russian mili-tary and security services we come to the situation where almost 40% of the russian-made series (aired in 2014) are now banned for broadcasting in ukraine.

We should also not forget that totally there are more than 20 nation-wide TV channels in ukraine, 11 of which are general interest nets. The analysis above shows the situation on the leading TV channels, but the other broadcasters were also active buyers of russian TV content and now they will feel the hunger for content as well. MrM’s analytical department forecasts that even with the boosting of local series produc-tion the shortage of new TV series will vary at the level of five to seven thousand hours a year!

Moreover, recently the ukrainian Parliament voted on the reduction of the allowed volume of TV advertising from 20% to 15% of the broadcast hour. This will also open up additional space to fill in the grids.

The stats above prove that ukraine is now a new market where the traditional model of scheduling of rus-sian content will be replaced by new programming strategies: some channels will start relying more on own productions, others on more international acquisitions. This will open up great new for the interna-tional producers and distributors willing to fill the huge gap left by the disappearance of russian content in ukraine.

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operating in the market since 2005 Media resources Management (MrM) is the first ukrainian media consulting company that offers its competent expertise and services in the sphere of media and enter-tainment. MrM conducts researches in all the main segments of the media market of ukraine, russia and other cIs territories, eastern and Western europe and other world regions. In an exclusive interview to cIs: content report MrM ceo Victoria Yarmoshchuk told about the structure of ukrainian media market, challenges of its TV industry players, and the possible way outs amid the absence of governmental sup-port.

What is the structure of Ukrainian media market? Does the local system meet the world stan-dards?

I would prefer not to talk about the world standards in such sphere as media, as the notion ‘media market’ comprises a lot of separate industries, with all of them being structured in their own way. For instance, it would be a mistake to compare the structures of the TV and printed media markets, or radio and the Inter-net. especially in the time when the convergence of different media leads to blurring of the classic notions of media channels. You must admit that nowadays neither TV, nor radio and – particularly – printed media are impossible without the Internet. onrush of new technologies increases the variety of ways to deliver content – IPTV, video on demand platforms, mobile apps and services etc.

Back to the question on the structure of ukrainian media market it’s necessary to say that there are several big players in each of its segments – TV groups, publishing houses if we are talking about printed media, radio- and internet-holdings correspondently.

There are four large commercial TV groups on the local market – Inter Media group (Inter, NTN, Mega, K1, K2, Zoom, Pixel and enter-film channels), 1+1 Media (1+1, 2+2, ТЕТ, PlusPlus, Bigudi, ukraine Today and uNIaN TV), starlight Media (sTB, IcTV, Novy channel, М1,М2, QTV) and Media group ukraine (ukraine, Nlo TV, Football 1, Football 2, Indigo TV, and several regional TV channels). Their cumulative share of TV viewing is more than 80%, and they collect in total more than 90% of the TV-advertising money at the market.

It is worth noting that the abovementioned media holdings do not keep only to television – they are step-ping up their presence in the Internet, and expanding in-house production and distribution divisions. By the way, Media group ukraine is an owner of one of the biggest publishing houses in the country - segod-nya Multimedia Holding. That is why considering the groups’ structure I may say that ukrainian TV holdings meet the world standards.

How is the TOP-list formed? What are the criteria to choose one or another media market player – financing volume, TV product quality etc.?

There are many much smaller players except those four large groups. For example, public First National channel, private 5 Kanal, Tonis and 112 ukraine, and a wide range of niche, regional and local broadcast-ers.

The main criterion is the coverage of TV audience. although, the coverage and the quality of the audience are the most important factors for any type of media in the world. The only way to steal the scene is to show something interesting and of high quality. and quality means appropriate financing and a qualified profes-sional team. so, the success depends on each and all the processes – line-up formation which helps to hit the target audience, original production and content acquisition from the third parties, development of TV content distribution, licensing and related businesses, good marketing and Pr-strategy – that, actually, are the links in the one and the same chain, where the audience is right on the top.

What do you think of the quality of Ukrainian product?

The quality of programming aired on ukrainian TV channels is rather high. They broadcast all the world hits, after the certain delay, of course, due to the theatrical and TV distribution windows, but this is the world practice. ukrainians can watch popular us and european high-budget TV series, and good results were shown by south Korean and Turkish product. It is russia, however, who has been the leading TV se-ries supplier for ukrainian television for many years. But the local TV series production doesn’t stay in one place and as to its quality it is as good as abroad – ukrainian series top the russian viewing ratings very often.

VICTORIA YARMOSHCHUK:

Ukrainian law should be reformed to improve co-production climate and

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speaking about the TV shows and programs, ukrainian channels are doing very well – they learned to produce such type of content of a very high quality level. The local adaptations of international TV formats are usually considered as one of the best in the world. as a result ukrainian companies are trying to enter the TV formats market as sellers, not only buyers. and they succeed, just like in the case of ‘Mystical Tales’ from FIlM.ua: it has been licensed not only in the cIs territories, but also Bulgaria, Benelux, austria, Nor-dic countries and others. In its turn ‘crack Them up!’ by studio Kvartal 95 has been acquired for adapta-tion into France, Belgium, Italy, germany, china, australia, Vietnam, lithuania, to say nothing of russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. ‘Maidan’s’, ‘Daddy’s House’, ‘The auditor’, ‘Downtown Karaoke‘ and ‘Jail Birds’ were also sold abroad as formats.

What do Ukrainian media come short of in compliance with the European, world or Russian ones? Has the local product any benefits?

should you exclude all the nuances connected with the freedom of speech and business transparency, and focus on the market aspects only, you will see that ukrainian media players have much less money than the european or russian ones, because of the ad market size. Before the devaluation of national cur-rency in the last year, the TV advertising market volume reached in 2013 about 5 bln. hryvnas or $625 mln. In 2014, however, it totaled less than 4 bln. hryvnas or taking into account the average weighted exchange rate – below $450 mln. and this year it may fall under $200 mln.

Just for example, in the neighboring Poland the TV ad market volume exceeded $1 bln. in 2013 already, and demonstrates growth in the last two years. Talking about russia you have to realize that ad expenses per capita are initially several times higher there than in ukraine. and even with those negative trends out there within the last one and a half year, the situation is much better than in ukraine. You should not forget about financing from the [russian] government, owner of the most of popular federal TV channels.

The only benefit of ukrainian product is its price. ukrainians have learned to make the product of rather high quality almost for a song. and they will have to polish up these skills because the channels line-up should be filled up.

Can we say that Ukraine has its own media product already? What particular elements does it have?

ukrainians make a lot of original media product. our company is doing research on the programming broadcast by the most popular TV channels at the moment. and I can provide with some results already.

In 2014 the total time of ukrainian TV series (co-productions excluded) aired by the ToP-6 channels reached 1 250 hours, and about 1 700 hours were the co-productions with russian, Belarus and Kazakh colleagues. This is more than 16% of the time of series broadcast by the ToP-6.

as for the original TV shows and programs they totaled 10 300 hours or more than 93% of all programming of this type shown by the ToP-6 broadcasters. large part is taken by the news programs (around 10% of the whole air time)? TV-movies, documentaries and animation. The share of TV-movies and documentary films produced by ukrainian companies or in a co-production with them is also high – 580 hours or 42% of air time of this type of content in 2014.

How do you assess the rate and development level of Ukrainian media market? What it may or should be driven with?

The development level is high if you think of the business working processes. But there is no growth – the trend is negative due to the economic situation. No one knows for how long will the stagnation last, but it is obvious, that taking into account the volume of ad market by value it will take at least several years to recover and reach the level of 2012-2013.

The government policy focused on the deregulation and business operations easing may stimulate the growth. so does the attraction of foreign investments. But it is still unknown how the government wants to support the national audiovisual product – yes, it gives money as grants from Film agency or the Ministry of culture to produce feature, documentary and animated films. This support, however, is a drop in the bucket, help for some specific projects and producers without any systematic approach for the local pro-

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duction. There is no tax relief such as tax credit or tax rebate programs for local or foreign producers. No system for the support of TV content production is provided. The government has carte blanche to take measures, and whatever they do in this sphere, they will stimulate the market. But I mean only the real measures, not the law making demagogy, which leads to nothing good.

May the Russian TV product ban improve the quality and volume of Ukrainian programs? Or should there be any other mechanisms?

This ban, which came into effect in June, was rather ill-advised move from the ukrainian government. For example, it prohibits absolutely harmless romance and comedy TV series, usually co-produced by the ukrainian companies. of course, it is much easier to put an embargo on each and all, rather than check and analyze a specific product. unfortunately, the populism is one of the scourges of those in power, and not only in our country.

May the russian TV product ban improve the quality and volume of ukrainian programs? as for the vol-ume – for sure it may. But as for the quality – I have great doubts about that. The reason is that before now ukrainian producers could have in view further sales of their product to russia, and therefore these sales-budgets into the production budget of, for instance, TV series. But no one can rely on those sales today, and the production budget will be minimized to cover the costs on the territory of ukraine only. How this may improve the average quality of the product?

In the nearest months we may see, actually, some uncommon and creative moves, focused on continu-ance of quality amid production budget decrease. and our economy will definitely benefit from this, but not unless and until its recovery. still, the quality is likely to become worse in the nearest future.

what are your thoughts on the future of Ukrainian media market?

I’m strongly convinced that ukrainian market lacks two things now. The first one is consolidation, because this is the only way for economy to pick up and make good to deficit of content. The second – ukrainian law should be reformed to improve co-production climate and investment attractiveness for foreign part-ners. once the government and business executives realize this the pullout will be much closer.

To me these issues are not unique at all – many markets have gone through this. so, obviously there do ex-ist several solutions. That is why other, more developed markets have slightly other problems – media in-dustry there is focused on the viewing habits change, new technologies and their impact etc. They are go-ing the separate way.

as for the creative aspect of this issue, I see the next evolution stage in the move of more luminaries from film into TV world. I mean producers, directors, scriptwriters, actors. This trend is very interesting, such kind of paradigm shift. But I look to the future with optimism. each crisis has an end, and the only important thing is to work and realize where you are going to.


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The work of European producers can’t even be compared to the one we have to do. While they may con-centrate on the definite market segment we actually have no other way out than to produce TV content and mass market movies and to be engaged in coproduction at the same time. In Europe only a large holding can afford production of such a wide range of projects. And we are forced to do it by the situation on the local market.

European film industry support also includes the support of projects promotion. Is this experi -ence implemented in Russia? Are there any results?

way that produced films are presented to maximum audience and get chance to become profitable. The understanding of this fact came to Russian filmmakers and developed into a strong tendency.

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festival in Moscow. At the presentations some ten selected film projects were screened to film profes-sionals every year. Among these was drama Silent Souls

film Chapiteau-Show stival jury’s special prize.

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over the previous two years. We also created on-line resources providing sales agents, distributors, festi-val programmers and producers with the information on the projects and their producers as well as video materials. So we did one more step on our way to the international market.

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ploring some specific issue. Russian projects can’t afford it. For example, Russian producers may ask me to make the ocean like they saw it in The Perfect Storm (2000). And I have to explain them that a group of 100 programmers described the behavior of physical phenomenon during a year. Then the results of their work were set into the interface of the program that created such a storming ocean. And the funds spent for the researches are equal to the whole budget of Russian project.

CGF closely cooperates with Timur Bekmambetov who invested heavily in the FilmLanguage (Kinoyazyk) technology. Do you take part in the researches of his company Bazelevs?

We do cooperate with Bazelevs in some researches. But this cooperation is rather sketchy. Actually we do not delve into the study. As for the FilmLanguage I know that Bazelevs have some results that are different from the declared objectives but still…

There is information in the Web that you are going to launch your own projects as a producer. Is that true?

I have some ideas. I have knowledge and skills that would be sufficient to launch a project. And the com-pany is strong enough to realize it. We just need to try and move on if it works.

In the nearest future we’ll decide on the range of projects that would be interesting to work on. At the same time we are going to separate company’s activity as a producer from providing postproduction services which is our core business. Most likely postproduction department will accomplish orders for our projects otherwise there will be a risk of failing in both areas.

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