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Nika Award For Best Picture
The Nika Award for Best Picture (russian: Ника за лучший игровой фильм) is given annually by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science and presented at the Nika Awards. This award goes to the producers and directors of the Russian film. 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 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References External links * {{Nika Awards Nika Awards Awards for best film 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] |
Taxi Blues
''Taxi Blues'' (russian: Такси-блюз, translit. Taksi-Blyuz) is a 1990 Soviet drama film directed by Pavel Lungin. It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival where Lungin won the award for Best Director. The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Plot Shlykov, a hard-working taxi driver and Lyosha, a saxophonist, develop a bizarre love-hate relationship, and despite their prejudices, realize they aren't so different after all. Cast * Pyotr Mamonov as Lyosha * Pyotr Zaychenko as Shlykov * Vladimir Kashpur as Old Nechiporenko * Natalya Kolyakanova as Christina * Hal Singer as himself * Yelena Safonova as Nina, Liocha's Wife * Sergei Gazarov as Administrator * Yevgeni Gerchakov as Bald Musician in the Taxi * Dmitri Prigov as Writer Typing in the Train * Igor Zolotovitsky as Petyunchik * Valeri Khlevinsky as Fat Kolya * Yelena Stepanova as Smart Young Girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peculiarities Of The National Hunt
''Peculiarities of the National Hunt'' (russian: Особенности национальной охоты, Osobennosti natsionalnoy okhoty) is a 1995 Russian comedy film. It focuses on a young Finnish man named Raivo who dreams to analyze a classical Russian hunt so he engages with a group of real Russian hunters only to discover that his expectations about Russian hunting are very different from reality. The film was written and directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin whilst also being distributed by Lenfilm. It is a slapstick humor type of comedy and became a nationwide box office success almost immediately in Russia. It won the Nika Award and Kinotavr [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katya Ismailova
''Katya Ismailova'' (russian: Подмосковные вечера) is a 1994 Russian drama film directed by Valery Todorovsky. Plot The film tells about a woman who for the first time in her life felt passion and as a result became uncontrollable. Cast * Vladimir Mashkov as Sergey / Katya's lover * Ingeborga Dapkunaite as Katya / Wife * Aleksandr Feklistov as Mitya / Husband * Alisa Freindlich as Irina / mother * Natalya Shchukina as Sonya / Sergey's ex-lover * Yury Kuznetsov as Romanov / investigator * Avangard Leontev as Editor * Marina Opyonkina A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger shi ... * E. Vakhovshaia * S. Razguliaeva References External links * {{Valery Todorovsky 1994 films 1990s Russian-language films Russian drama films 1994 drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assia And The Hen With The Golden Eggs
''Asya and the Hen with the Golden Eggs'', or ''Ryaba, My Chicken'' (russian: Курочка Ряба, translit. Kurochka Ryaba) is a 1994 Russian comedy film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. It was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Asya and the Hen with the Golden Eggs is a satirical sequel to Konchalovsky's 1966 Soviet film, The Story of Asya Klyachina, taking the characters of the original and placing them in a post-Soviet context. Cast * Inna Churikova as Asya * Viktor Mikhaylov as Vasili Nikitich * Aleksandr Surin as Stepan * Gennady Yegorychev as Chirkunov * Gennady Nazarov as Seryozha * Mikhail Kislov as Grishka * Mikhail Kononov as father Nikodim * Lyubov Sokolova as Maria * Aleksandr Chislov as secretary * Andrei Konchalovsky Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (russian: link=no, Андрей Сергеевич Михалков-Кончаловский; born 20 August 1937) is a Russian filmmaker. He has worked in Soviet, Hollywood, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passions (1994 Film)
''Passions'', whose title (russian: Увлеченья, Uvlechenya) can also be translated "Enthusiasms," is a 1994 romantic comedy by Ukrainian director Kira Muratova based on the novellas of Boris Dedyukhin. It was screened at the Locarno Festival in 1994. It received two Nika Awards, for Best Picture and Best Director (Muratova). The picture also won the Special Jury Prize of the Kinotavr film festival. Plot The film's story unfolds in a small town on the beach. Two females: a blonde - Lilia and a brunette - Violetta, are fond of horse racing and the jockeys are fond of the women. Star jockey Oleg Nikolaev teaches Violetta horse riding and another horseman who is also interested in the same girl, summons Oleg Nikolayev to a duel. Cast *Renata Litvinova Renata Muratovna Litvinova (russian: Рената Муратовна Литвинова; born 12 January 1967) is a Russian actress, film director, and screenwriter. Biography Litvinova was born in Moscow to Volga Tatar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Window To Paris
''Window to Paris'' (russian: Окно в Париж) is a 1993 Russian comedic drama film directed by Yuri Mamin. Plot In the film, which is set in the 1990s, a magical portal connecting Saint Petersburg with Paris is discovered. The main character, Nikolai Chizhov, is a school music teacher and a member of the Russian intelligentsia The intelligentsia is a status class composed of the university-educated people of a society who engage in the complex mental labours by which they critique, shape, and lead in the politics, policies, and culture of their society; as such, the in .... Reception Mamin considered it unfair that the film was not chosen as the official Russian submission for the 1994 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, asserting that this was due to the personal and political influence of Nikita Mikhalkov. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Iron Gods
''Children of Iron Gods'' (russian: Дети чугунных богов, translit. Deti chugunnykh bogov, hu, Vasisten gyermekei) is a 1993 Russian-Hungarian drama film directed by Tamás Tóth. It was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. Retrieved 22 January 2023. Cast * as Ignat * Aleksander Kalyagin as Foreman *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makarov (film)
''Makarov'' (russian: Макаров) is a 1993 Russian thriller drama film directed by Vladimir Khotinenko. The film won the Nika Award for Best Picture of the Year in 1994. Plot The film tells about the poet Alexander Sergeyevich Makarov, who received a pistol from the system of his namesake, which radically changed his life and relations with people around him. Cast * Sergey Makovetsky as Aleksandr Sergeyevich Makarov * Elena Mayorova as Natasha, his wife (as Yelena Majorova) * Irina Metlitskaya as Margo * Vladimir Ilyin as Vasya * Sergei Parshin * Leonid Okunyov * Evgeniy Steblov * Viktor Smirnov * Ilya Rutberg * Ivan Agafonov Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ... References External links * {{IMDb title, id=0107490 1993 films 1990s Russian-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Close To Eden
''Urga'' (russian: У́рга — территория любви, ''Urga — territoriya lyobvi''; "Urga — Territory of Love") is a 1991 film by Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov. It was released in North America as ''Close to Eden''. It depicts the friendship between a Russian truck driver and a Mongolian people, Mongolian shepherd in Inner Mongolia. The film was an international co-production between companies based in Russia and France. It received generally positive reviews from critics. Story Gombo, a Mongolian shepherd, lives in a yurt in Inner Mongolia with his wife, three children, and mother. Gombo desires sexual intercourse with his wife, which puts his wife ill at unease: having a fourth child would break Chinese law. Meanwhile, Sergei, a buffoon-ish Russian truck driver falling asleep at the wheel, stops after a close call and attempts to awaken himself. His stretching turns to frolicking and he wanders off. He discovers a corpse and quickly returns to his truck, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Chasse Aux Papillons
''La Chasse aux papillons'' is a 1992 French drama film written and directed by Otar Iosseliani. Plot Two older women, Marie-Agnès de Bayonette (Thamara Tarassachvili) and her cousin Solange (Narda Blanchet) live in a villa nestled in the hills over a nearby village. Surrounded by the wealth, memories, and treasures collected over their lifetimes, they purposely ignore real estate development interests from the nearby town, specially those led by repeated efforts of the local magistrate who urges them to sell their home to a Japanese investment group. They survive financially by the occasional sale of a piece of antique furniture. When Marie-Agnès dies unexpectedly, Solange has to deal with an heir from Moscow and renewed efforts that the estate be sold. Cast In casting his films, Otar Iosseliani admitted to preferring unknowns, feeling that a famous name could be equated to hiring a whore. In wishing to have viewer's feel like they were watching not actors but people, his casts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encore, Once More Encore!
''Encore, Once More Encore!'' (russian: Анкор, ещё анкор!, Ankor, escho ankor!) is a 1992 post-war eccentric tragi-comedy set at the end of the Forties and the beginning of the Fifties. Release in the US took place October 10, 1992. The film has won 5 awards, including The Best Film Nika Award, 1993. Plot In a distant garrison town, life proceeds at a measured pace. The officers drink and debauch, while the soldiers serve. Meanwhile, the accidentally unleashed human emotions are suffocated by the atmosphere of cruelty and hypocrisy. Lt. Poletaev ( Yevgeny Mironov) is an irrepressible character. Even the grim nature of service in the Red Army following World War II isn't enough to dampen his spirits. Instead, he keeps things lively by accompanying the base's chorus on his accordion, and by attempting to get women to join the chorus. He succeeds in both his aims. Not only that, but he also has romantic chemistry with one of the female singers (Irina Rozanova). Unfortuna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |