Shooting of the ironic drama "Kesha" by Konstantin Bogomolov began

"Kesha" is a new original series co-produced by Marmot-Film Studios and KION. The general producers are Valery Todorovsky and Igor Mishin. Director of the series - Konstantin Bogomolov. He will play the main role - a man named Innokenty, who does not know how to break up with women.
"Kesha" - an ironic drama about the difficult relationship of four women and one man, a script written by Anna Kozlova.
Starring Yulia Snegir, Alexandra Rebenok, Yulia Alexandrova, Vasilisa Perelygina, Igor Vernik and others.

Premiere of Valery Todorovsky's series "In two”

At more.tv and wink will be released the first series of the new series of Valerie Todorovsky "In two" on October 3.
The project will tell the story of two friends who went on a business trip to St. Petersburg, not knowing how it will change the lives of both. On a trip heroes get acquainted with the frivolous St. Petersburg's Iria and mysterious cellist Nastya. These encounters will suddenly divide the lives of the men in two.
Starring Danila Kozlovsky, Alexander Petrov, Irina Starshenbaum and Elizaveta Bazykina.

The premiere of the detective series "The Crow. Shadow of Justice"

Online cinema Okko and Valery Todorovsky's studio "Marmot-Film" will show the detective series "The Crow. Shadow of Justice" from September 14. The director of the detective series was Alena Mikhailova. The main roles in the series were performed by Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Anatoly White.

"The Crow. The Shadow of Justice" - the continuation of the hit detective tells the story of the investigator Anna Vorontsova (Elizabeth Boyarsky), or, as they called her colleagues in the investigation committee, the Crow.
Starring Yelizaveta Boyarskaya, Anatoly Bely, Alexei Matoshin, Mikhail Evlanov, Alexander Ratnikov, Gennady Smirnov, Vladimir Kolganov, Andrei Vasiliev, Sergey Kolos, Sergey Kozik and others.

The series "In two" will open the festival "Pilot"

The fourth Russian series festival "Pilot" will be held in Ivanovo from 15 to 17 July. The annual festival of pilots and first episodes of new series is designed for television and online platforms and is also a professional platform for communication between series creators and leaders in the content distribution industry. The festival will commence with the showing of the first episode of series "In two".

Valery Todorovsky, film director, screenwriter, producer and president of the festival:
- I am glad that the festival is held. It seems to me, "Pilot" has a good reputation among professionals and spectators. Our serial industry continues to work. It is very important that during these three days we will be able to see the latest works of our colleagues, discuss and award the best, meet, talk with each other, and see the lively reaction of the public. Now more than ever it is important to hold a festival, to show the richness of our culture, the development and diversity of the serial industry. Many foreign streaming services have stopped cooperating with Russia, so the demand for domestic quality content is now extremely high. At our festival, we will show the latest Russian TV series.

New project of Valery Todorovsky "Actresses"

Valery Todorovsky's Studio with the participation of NMG Studio and Plus Studio announces the launch of a new series by Fyodor Bondarchuk "Actresses" written by Paulina Andreeva. The project will destroy the audience's ideas about the life of actors and let the audience into their real life with their fears, desires and goals. It will become clear how those who are used to being thought of as carefree people really live.

And as in the acting profession - how little in any other - the one who yesterday was everything, tomorrow can become nobody. 10 episodes will be divided into three acts, between which three years will pass, which will make it possible to trace the fate of the heroes throughout ime. The series "Actresses" will be available only to subscribers of online cinemas Kinopoisk and Wink.
Valery Todorovsky about the new series "Actresses":
- It was with great pleasure that I worked with the talented screenwriter Paulina Andreeva. It turned out to be a lively, touching, original script. Now I have to cooperate with my old friend Fyodor Bondarchuk, which we both have wanted for a long time. In life, there are rarely gifts like this project - and here is a chance that everything adds up. And I'm very happy!

Series “Nobody Knows” comes out

The premiere of series “Nobody Knows” is set to take place from the 4th to the 7th of April on channel One at 21:30. Starring: Evgeniya Brik, Kirill Safonov, Yuriy Bikov, Alexander Robak, Yana Sekste, Viktoriya Isakova, and more. The viewers will be shown several real life stories from the lives of modern middle class people from Moscow - the energetic, self-accomplished, and confident people.

They want to grow and develop, but they fail to avoid the middle crisis. The characters have something for others to learn from, even though they act like teen-agers in some life situations. Within several years they are to overcome a multitude of problems in order to realize a simple thought - all of us are children, but there comes a time when we need to grow up.

The shooting of series “Death of a Fashion Model” has ended

The post-production of the retro-detective series “Death of a Fashion Model”. The series is produced for channel One. The shooting mainly took place in Moscow and the last days the crew spent in Chelyabinsk Oblast.
The project was very challenging: the script took 5 years to write and the shooting lasted for half a year. The artists did a phenomenal job of recreating the costumes and decorations of the 70-s in order to dive into the atmosphere of the time. We congratulate everyone who took part in the project with this step!

Actor, Sergey Bezrukov: – It is sad to part with Bessonov, but all projects end at some point. I often get asked whether it is easy to get out of the role after the shooting. Not always. Sometimes it’s hard and this is the case here. Half a year in this role while being in the 70-s atmosphere - it feels like another lifetime.

Evgeniya Brik. 03.09.1981-10.02.2022

After a long battle with an illness, a wonderful and talented actress Evgeniya Brik has passed. Our most sincere condolences go out to the family and the close ones. Evgeniya was married to the director Valeriy Todorovsky. She starred in his pictures “The Thaw”, “The Hipsters”, “Vice”, and “Odessa”. Also the actress has great roles in “The Optimists”, “The Bomb”, “The Geographer Drank His Globe Away”, “Kamenskaya”, and “The Garden Ring”.

Shooting of Andrey Smirnov's new picture «For Us With You» has begun

ANO KADR and Marmot-Film LLC, with the support of the Kinoprime Foundation and Amedia Production LLC, have started filming a new project «For Us With You». The screenwriter and director of the movie is Andrey Sergeevich Smirnov (Belorussky Station, Autumn, The Frenchman, etc.). Filming will last for three months and will take place in Moscow and Torzhok.

The film will feature a truly stellar cast. Julia Snigir will play the main character. Also the films stars Alexander Kuznetsov, Andrey Smolyakov, Irina Rozanova, Alexander Ustyugov, Leonid Yarmolnik, Ksenia Rappoport, Ivan Dobronravov, Nina Amelina, Dmitry Kulichkov, Galina Tyunina, Evdokia Germanova and others.

The film "Danube" received the "White Elephant" award

The melodrama of Lyubov Mulmenko with Nadezhda Lumpova was recognized as the best in the nomination "Best feature-length feature debut" according to the Expert Council of the National "White Elephant" award. Congratulations to everyone who participated in the creation of this great picture.

A story about emotions, travel, youth and love. Introverted Russian girl Nadia goes on vacation to Belgrade, populated by extroverted Serbs. She lives according to a plan all her life, and Belgrade people live for their own pleasure. First, Nadya is drawn into an affair with a local guy, Nesha, and then into his relaxed, semi-wandering lifestyle. She makes an impulsive decision to quit her boring job and Moscow for the sake of love, freedom and Belgrade. This love and this freedom will have to pass the test of reality, which always turns out to be more difficult than our expectations.

The film "Danube" was included in the shortlist of "The White Elephant" Award

Nominees for the 2021 White Elephant National Film Critics Award have been announced. The feature film "Danube" by director and screenwriter Lyubov Mulmenko will compete with other films in the "Best feature-length feature debut" category. The awards ceremony will take place on February 6th in a hybrid format.

“The Abode” was shortlisted for the “Golden Eagle” Award

The 8-episode film "Abode" directed by Alexander Veledinsky, based on the novel by Zakhar Prilepin, was once again nominated for an award. This time the series was shortlisted for the “Golden Eagle” Award, where the film is presented in two nominations: "Best TV Series" and "Best Actress", for which Alexandra Rebenok was nominated.

The “Golden Eagle” award ceremony will take place on January 28th, 2022. The annual “Golden Eagle” award, the winners of which are chosen by the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia, has been awarded since 2002.

"The Frenchman" is nominated for the Golden Unicorn Award

“ The Frenchman”, written and directed by Andrey Smirnov, was nominated for the “Golden Unicorn Award” in the Best Screenplay category. The Golden Unicorn Award Ceremony is the culmination of Russian Film Week, which will take place on December 5 in the UK. Due to the pandemic cancellation of the festival in the last year, this year's 2020-2021 films are presented for the award, which seriously intensifies the competition.

The movie is dedicated to the memory of Alexander Ginzburg, one of the first Soviet dissidents. The story takes place in the late 1950s. French student Pierre Durand came to Moscow for an internship at Moscow State University and in order to find his father, an officer of the White Army, Tatishchev, who was arrested in 1930. After the arrest of her husband, Duran's mother managed to leave for the West. In Moscow, he falls in love with the ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater Kira Galkina, meets the photographer Valery Uspensky, plunges into the life of underground Moscow during the “thaw”. For one year in Moscow, Pierre lives a whole life, completely different from the one he imagined.

The series "The Abode" continues its procession through the festivals

The 8-episode film "Abode" directed by Alexander Veledinsky, based on the novel by Zakhar Prilepin, was nominated in the category "Best Drama TV Series" at the upcoming “ZOOM FESTIVAL”. The winner will be chosen from 8 applicants, the award ceremony will take place on November 27 in Barcelona.

The international festival of audiovisual content in Catalonia, ZOOM FESTIVAL, has been held in Barcelona every year since 2002. In 2021, it will be held from November 23 to 28 in Igualada in both online and offline formats.

Also, "The Abode'' was nominated in the category "Best Series" at the prestigious international television competition “Venice TV Award”, which takes place annually in Venice in September. The award recognizes the best television productions created around the world. This year, projects from 98 companies from 29 countries in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia were proposed for development. The jury evaluated the contestants in 16 categories. “The Abode" entered the top ten nominees in the Best Series category, along with projects from such major companies as HBO (UK), Paramount + (USA), Sky (Italy), Canal+ Creation Originale (France), and others.

“Odessa” will be shown at the BRICS Film Festival

From November 20 to 28, the 52nd Indian International Film Festival (IFFI) will be held in the Indian state of Goa, within the framework of which the VI BRICS Film Festival will be held. Due to the pandemic, in 2021 all events will be held in a hybrid format.

The feature film "Odessa" by Valery Todorovsky entered the main competition program. Coincidentally, the film also takes place during quarantine - all events take place in August 1970 in Odessa, engulfed by a cholera epidemic.

This year 4 Russian films are presented in the competition and 5 more pictures will be shown out of competition.

The premiere of the film "Danube" will be held in the October cinema

On Thursday, October 21 at 20:00, the film will premiere at the “October” cinema.

The action of the film "Danube" takes place on the banks of the great European river Danube, which crosses ten countries. The characters communicate with each other in three languages - Russian, Serbian, and English. Languages and borders - in a broad sense – are the main theme of the "Danube".Director and screenwriter of the movie is Lyubov Mulmenko.She has previously worked on scripts of such films as "Fidelity", "What's My Name", "Nadezhda Plant", Unclenching Fists (grand prize in the “Un Certain Regard competition” 2021); she also wrote Russian dialogues for "Coupe No. 6", a film that won the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival (2021)
Director of Photography - Mikhail Khursevich (Whalerman). Starring Nadezhda Lumpova (“One More Year”, “Olga”, “What Slava Wants”), and a Serbian debutant Nenad Vasich. Vasich has no acting education, before "Danube" he worked in the warehouse of a book publishing house. For the role, he quit a job, learned Russian, and mastered the basics of juggling.

Director, Lyubov Mulmenko:

- “Danube” is not only a Russian-Serbian love story, but also a lovingly filmed guide to non-tourist underground Belgrade. The plot is integrated into the documentary environment. Belgrade is a very charming and cinematic city, and its inhabitants are as artistic as they can be - in addition to professional actors, ordinary Belgrade residents acted in the film. The Danube soundtrack is also a guide to Balkan music ranging from folk songs to Yugoslav rock and young indie bands.

Actress, Nadezhda Lumpova:

- This is a film about a type of love, when there are fundamental differences between the two loving people. This "difference" simultaneously pushes the characters towards each other and creates obstacles in the development of their relationship... The film is about trying to escape from their habitual hole. This is why my heroine is humanly close to me, and as an actor, I am also very interested in her path.