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Russian Film Week
Russian Film Week is an annual film festival in London founded in 2016 by Filip Perkon (Perkon Productions Ltd.) with a group of volunteers on a non-profit basis. It is currently the biggest Russian film and culture event outside of Russia.[1] From 2017 the festival is supported by the Russian Ministry of Culture and the British Council[2] and is aimed to promote Russian film to international audiences, stimulate European-Russian film production collaboration and build cultural links between Russia and the UK. The festival screens both Russian and co-produced feature films, shorts, documentary and animated films. The programme of the Russian Film Week includes a number of satellite events, such as the Co-production Day (Russian: День Копродукции), master-classes by the award-winning filmmakers, round tables, lectures, exhibitions and other entertainment events for film-makers, distributors and audiences from both Russia and Europe.[3][4] In 2016, the invited filmmakers included Anna Melikyan,[5] Renata Litvinova, Alexey Uchitel, Johnny O’Reilly, Vera Glagoleva and the founder of the Raindance Film Festival Elliot Grove, who is also one of the patrons of the Russian Film Week.[6][7] The Golden Unicorn Awards ceremony concludes the festival to recognise excellence in 11 categories plus a special award and is held in the format of a Charity Gala in support of a chosen charity - in 2016 this was the Gift of Life UK.[8][9] The Best Film and Best Actor awards of 2016 were given to The Student by Kirill Serebrennikov and its lead actor Pyotr Skvortsov[10] and Renata Litvinova received the Best Actress award for her role in Anna Melikyan's film About Love. In 2017, the Russian Film Week was held between 19 and 26 November.[11] The full list of winners of 2017 Russian Film Week 2017 [12]Best Film: Loveless (Andrey Zvyagintsev) Best Screenplay: Loveless (Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev) Best Actor: Aleksandr Yatsenko (Arrhythmia) Best Actress: Maryana Spivak (Loveless) Young Talent: Darya Zhovner (Closeness) Best Short Film: The law of excluded third (Aleksandra Sokolovskaya) Best Documentary: Lake Vostok (Jekaterina Yeremenko) Best Animation: Listening to Beethoven (Garry Bardin) Best Film About Russia: Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd) Best Foreign Documentary Film: Oleg and the rare arts (Andres Duque) The full list of winners of 2018 Russian Film Week [13]Best Film: How Viktor “The Garlic” Took Alexey “The Stud” to the Nursing Home. Director - Alexander Hant Best Screenplay: How Viktor “The Garlic” Took Alexey “The Stud” to the Nursing Home Best Actor: Evgeny Tkachuk (How Viktor “The Garlic” Took Alexey “The Stud” to the Nursing Home) Best Actress: Irina Starshenbaum (Summer) Best Emerging Talent: Timothy Zhalin, Director (Coupled) Best Documentary: INTO Nation of the Great Odessa Best Short Film: The sign Best Foreign Film with a Russian connection: Sergio & Sergei Best Foreign Documentary Film: A Sniper’s War VenuesThe inaugural Russian Film Week events were held at several venues across London and at Cambridge University.[14] The 2018 awards ceremony took place at the Sheraton Park Lane London.[15] References
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