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Nika Award For Discovery Of The Year
The Nika Award for Discovery of the Year (russian: Ника за «Открытие года») is given annually by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science and presented at the Nika Awards. In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a light blue background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. Winners and nominees 2000s 2010s 2020s References External links * {{Nika Awards Nika Awards Directorial debut film awards Lists of films by award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nika Award
The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars. History The award was established in 1987 in Moscow by Yuli Gusman, and ostensibly modelled on the Oscars. The Russian award takes its name from Nike, the goddess of victory. Accordingly, the prize is modelled after the sculpture of the Winged Victory of Samothrace. The oldest professional film award in Russia, the Nika Award was established during the final years of USSR by the influential Russian Union of Filmmakers. At first the awards were judged by all the members of the Union of Filmmakers. In the early 1990s, a special academy, consisting of over 500 academicians, was elected for distributing the awards, which recognise outstanding achievements in cinema (not television) produced in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. In 2002 Nikita Mikhalkov esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piter FM
Piter FM is a 2006 Russian romantic comedy-drama film directed by Oksana Bychkova and starring Ekaterina Fedulova, Evgeniy Tsyganov and Alexey Barabash. The plot revolves around the serendipitous and unexpected romance between a young man and woman living in St. Petersburg. Plot Masha is a young woman working for a popular St. Petersburg radio station as a DJ. Maksim is a young man with a degree in architecture who has moved to St. Petersburg from Nizhny Novgorod and who works part-time as a street sweeper. Although Masha and Maksim have never met, they share a common trait: both have a tendency to be clumsy in daily life, always dropping and spilling things. Each is also at a crossroads in their lives. Masha is getting ready to marry her old schoolmate, Kostya, while Maksim has just won an international architecture competition and is preparing to move to Germany for a new job. Masha accidentally bumps into somebody in a crowd and drops her cell phone while Maksim happens to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spy (2012 Russian Film)
''The Spy'' (russian: Шпион, Shpion) is a 2012 Russian spy film, an adaptation of Boris Akunin's novel ''The Spy Novel'' ( Шпионский роман). It was directed by Alexey Andrianov, the film stars Danila Kozlovsky and Fyodor Bondarchuk. Akunin adapted his own novel. It had one of the largest film budgets in Russian history. Plot The movie is set in the year 1941, months before the German invasion of Russia. The two protagonists, NKVD officers Dorin and Oktyabrsky, are hunting a German Abwehr spy in Moscow. They believe their success might reveal Hitler's plans and the exact date of invasion. It is implied that Dorin is a distant relative of Erast Fandorin, the most popular character of Akunin's books. Cast * Danila Kozlovsky as Yegor Dorin, State Security Officer * Fyodor Bondarchuk as Alexey Oktyabrsky, Senior Major of State Security, Head of Dorin * Anna Chipovskaya as Nadezhda 'Nadya' * Viktoriya Tolstoganova as Iraida Petrakovich * Sergey Gazarov as People's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siberia, Monamour
''Siberia, Monamour'' (russian: Сибирь. Монамур, Sibir. Monamur) is a 2011 Russian drama film directed by Vyacheslav Ross. Plot The film takes place in a Siberian village. The old man and grandson are waiting for the return of the boy's father to the house. Husband and wife have three daughters, but they have nothing else in common. A man who has gone through two wars is trying to find himself. Characters will have to make a difficult choice, embark on the path of humanity and compassion. Cast * Pyotr Zaychenko as Ivan * Mikhail Protsko as Lyoshka * Sergey Novikov as Uncle Yura * Lidiya Bayrashevskaya as Anna * Sonya Ross as Luba * Nikolay Kozak as captain * Maksim Emelyanov as Zheleznyak * Sergei Puskepalis as lieutenant colonel * Yuriy Gumirov as major * Sergey Tsepov as Zakhar References External links * {{IMDb title, id=1823202 2011 films 2010s Russian-language films Russian drama films 2011 drama films Films set in Siberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vysotsky
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky ( rus, links=no, Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980), was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor who had an immense and enduring effect on Culture of the Soviet Union, Soviet culture. He became widely known for his unique singing style and for his lyrics, which featured social and political commentary in often humorous street-jargon. He was also a prominent stage- and screen-actor. Though the official Soviet cultural establishment largely ignored his work, he was remarkably popular during his lifetime, and to this day exerts significant influence on many of Russian Federation , Russia's musicians and actors. Biography Vladimir Vysotsky was born in Moscow at the 3rd Meshchanskaya St. (61/2) maternity hospital. His father, Semyon Volfovich (Vladimirovich) (1915–1997), was Jewish, a colonel in the Soviet army, originally from Kiev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortress Of War
''Fortress of War'' (russian: Брестская крепость; translit. Brestskaia krepost; festival title: ''The Brest Fortress'') is a 2010 Russian-Belarusian war film recounting the June 1941 defense of Brest Fortress against invading Wehrmacht forces in the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. Events are narrated from the perspective of 15-year-old Sasha Akimov, centering on three resistance zones holding out against the protracted German siege. The defending forces are led by regiment commander Major Pyotr Gavrilov (44th Rifle Regiment of the Red Army), with Regimental Commissar Yefim Fomin (84th Rifle Regiment of the Red Army), and the head of the 9th Frontier Outpost, Lieutenant Andrey Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov. The film makers claim that the plot is as close as possible to historical fact, and that the Brest Fortress Museum supervised the plot thoroughly. Plot The film opens on Saturday, June 21, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Souls
''Silent Souls'' (Russian: Овся́нки, "The Buntings") is a 2010 Russian road drama film that was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice Film Festival. It is based on a 2008 novella by Denis Osokin. The film was awarded the Golden Osella for best cinematography and a FIPRESCI award. It was considered a frontrunner for the Golden Lion, but did not win. However, it did win Best Screenplay (awarded to Denis Osokin) at the 2011 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. It received generally positive reviews from critics. Plot Aist is a middle-aged bachelor who leads a lonely life in the northern town of Neya. Like many of his neighbours, he identifies as a Meryan and strives to keep alive the reconstructed traditions of that culture. He acquires two Bunting birds. One day his boss, Miron, informs Aist of the death of his wife Tanya and demands his help disposing of the body without an autopsy. The pair spend quite some time washing her body and putting coloured threads in her p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfy (film)
''Wolfy'' (russian: Волчок, Volchok) is a 2009 Russian psychological drama film directed by Vasily Sigarev. Plot The film tells about a girl whose mother is in prison. Returning home, she gives her daughter a small toy: Wolfy. By the way, this name is suitable for the girl herself, because she could have grown into a real wolf if she had not loved her mother so much. Cast * Polina Pluchek as Daughter * Yana Troyanova as Mother * Veronika Lysakova as Older Daughter * Marina Gapchenko as Grandma * Galina Kuvshinova as Sister * Andrei Dymshakov as Uncle Kolya * Elena Ilyina as lesbian * Ivan Izhevsky as Cop at the Station * Yevgeniy Volotskiy as First Policeman * Aleksey Rozin as Second Policeman Awards * 2009 Kinotavr: Best Screenplay * 2009 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Don Quijote Award - Special Mention * 2009 Russian Guild of Film Critics: Best Film and Best Debut * 2009 Zurich Film Festival Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) is an annual film festiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete On The Way To Heaven
''Pete on the Way to Heaven'' (russian: Петя по дороге в Царствие Небесное, translit. Petia po doroge v tsarstvie nebesnoye) is a 2009 Russian drama film directed by Nikolai Dostal. It won the Golden George at the 31st Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Egor Pavlov as Peter Makarov * Aleksandr Korshunov as Konovalov * Roman Madyanov Roman Sergeevich Madyanov (russian: Рома́н Серге́евич Мадя́нов; born July 22, 1962) is a Soviet and Russian actor. Madyanov's career in cinema began as a child actor when he starred as Huckleberry Finn in ''Hopelessly Lost' ... as Colonel Boguslavsky * Svetlana Timofeeva-Letunovskaya as Colonel's wife * Evgeniy Redko as Surgeon Yoffe * Svetlana Ulybina as Peter's mother * Nikolay Machulskiy as Captain Yarkin References External links * 2009 films 2009 drama films Russian drama films 2000s Russian-language films Works about the Gulag {{2000s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia 88
''Russia 88'' (russian: Россия 88, Rossiya 88) is a 2009 Russian mockumentary film directed by Pavel Bardin about Russian neo-Nazis. It was screened in the Panorama section at the Berlin International Film Festival. Director Pavel Bardin won the Discovery of the Year Nika Award The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars. History The award was established i ... for the picture. In the film, members of a gang called Russia 88 are filming propaganda videos to post on the Internet. After a while, they become accustomed to the camera and stop paying attention to it. The leader of the gang, Spike, discovers that his sister is dating a Southern Caucasian man. This family drama develops into a tragedy. The movie has no ending credits, but a list of people killed by skinheads in Russia in 2008 at the end, playing ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stilyagi (film)
''Stilyagi'' (russian: Стиляги, also known as ''Hipsters'' in the English release) is a 2008 Russian romantic jukebox musical film directed by Valery Todorovsky and starring Anton Shagin and Oksana Akinshina. Set in mid-1950s Moscow, the film depicts the Soviet '' stilyagi'' subculture, along with their struggle for self-expression within the prevailing reality of the Soviet repression. ''Stilyagi'' has been featured at the Toronto International Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, and the Cleveland International Film Festival, where it has been an audience favorite. It won the Audience Choice Award at the Anchorage International Film Festival in 2009 and several Golden Eagle Awards and Nika Awards, including Best Film in both. In Russia, it has become a cult film, as most of its score consists of covers of 1980s and 1990s Russian rock music from bands such as Bravo, Nautilus Pompilius, Nol and the Red Elvises. It received generally positive reviews from critics. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
