Proposed legislation that would have cut the current number of Hollywood films playing in Russian theaters by as much as half is dead, according to Leonid Levin, head of the information policy committee of the Russian Duma quoted by local media. He called regulating the features that hit Russian theaters by imposing a quota unnecessary. “If there are good Russian movies, people turn out to see them anyway,” he said.
Levin’s announcement comes on the heels of Russian President Vladimir Putin weighing in on the issue earlier this month, calling the idea for imposing restrictions on foreign films wrong.
The proposed legislation was introduced in March by Robert Schlegel, a member of the Parliament group of the ruling party United Russia. Hollywood was relatively unmoved when the proposal first surfaced, with execs believing it didn’t sound realistic even despite Russia and the U.S.’ ongoing frosty relationship. It’s a fast-burn market,...
Levin’s announcement comes on the heels of Russian President Vladimir Putin weighing in on the issue earlier this month, calling the idea for imposing restrictions on foreign films wrong.
The proposed legislation was introduced in March by Robert Schlegel, a member of the Parliament group of the ruling party United Russia. Hollywood was relatively unmoved when the proposal first surfaced, with execs believing it didn’t sound realistic even despite Russia and the U.S.’ ongoing frosty relationship. It’s a fast-burn market,...
- 11/27/2014
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline
Gosfilmofond to collaborate with Greenaway [pictured] on Eisenstein Among Friends; director is currently shooting Eisenstein in Guanajuato.
Peter Greenaway is planning a second film about the legendary Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein.
The Russian Federation’s National Film Foundation (Gosfilmofond) announced this week that it is planning to collaborate with Greenaway on the project Eisenstein Among Friends.
The Foundation’s director Nikolai Borodachev said that there had already been plans at his institution for a film about Eisenstein based on its own research work about the director’s 1931 film Que Viva Mexico.
Borodachev explained that the project would be partly financed by a bank from Switzerland.
In addition, Greenaway has expressed interest in having his own films digitally restored at the Foundation’s facilities in Moscow.
Discussions about the Eisenstein project and the restoration plans will be continued when Greenaway comes to Moscow in mid-April to launch the UK-Russia Year of Culture. Staged with the...
Peter Greenaway is planning a second film about the legendary Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein.
The Russian Federation’s National Film Foundation (Gosfilmofond) announced this week that it is planning to collaborate with Greenaway on the project Eisenstein Among Friends.
The Foundation’s director Nikolai Borodachev said that there had already been plans at his institution for a film about Eisenstein based on its own research work about the director’s 1931 film Que Viva Mexico.
Borodachev explained that the project would be partly financed by a bank from Switzerland.
In addition, Greenaway has expressed interest in having his own films digitally restored at the Foundation’s facilities in Moscow.
Discussions about the Eisenstein project and the restoration plans will be continued when Greenaway comes to Moscow in mid-April to launch the UK-Russia Year of Culture. Staged with the...
- 3/27/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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