Workshop: Space and Its Characters through the Lens of a Documentary Film
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Workshop: Space and Its Characters through the Lens of a Documentary Film

MARCH 4-6, YUGRA CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Special host – Yevgeny Grigoriev, Director of Documentary and Feature Films, Artistic Director, Sverdlovsk Film Studio A 3-day workshop on developing films about indigenous peoples. The journey from an idea to its implementation. How to understand the place where you live. The workshop program…

Regional Films as a Hallmark
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Regional Films as a Hallmark

MARCH 6, 14:30, YUGRA CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK BUSINESS SESSIONS Films about a region can have the purpose to tell about its natural, cultural, or industrial features while also aiming to involve young people in the life of their home region and promoting professions that are specific to the region’s economy. How to support…

Film Dialogue: Russia – the UAE. Prospects for Co-production and Exchange of International Projects Experience
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Film Dialogue: Russia – the UAE. Prospects for Co-production and Exchange of International Projects Experience

MARCH 6, 12:00, YUGRA CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK BUSINESS SESSIONS The UAE’s film industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. The UAE plays an active role in major international projects and key business events. The dialogue currently taking place between cinema in Russia and the UAE is about cooperation both in…

Film Dialogue: Russia – India. Where Mutual Interests Cross Paths
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Film Dialogue: Russia – India. Where Mutual Interests Cross Paths

MARCH 5, 16:00, YUGRA CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK BUSINESS SESSIONS Russia’s and India’s film industries have a lot in common. The intergovernmental agreement on co-production enables authors and producers in Russia and India to co-produce films. What brings together modern audiences in both countries? What stories can lay the groundwork for future Russian-Indian films?…

The Arctic: New opportunities for Ethnic Film Distribution in Russia
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The Arctic: New opportunities for Ethnic Film Distribution in Russia

MARCH 5, 11:00, YUGRA-CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK BUSINESS SESSIONS An event within the Russian chairmanship in the Arctic Council in 2021-2023. With Hollywood studios refusing to distribute films in Russia, our film industry needs new approaches to selecting film content and working with the audience. People have started to express interest in their…

A Film Theatre beyond the Arctic Circle – an Urban Point of Attraction

A Film Theatre beyond the Arctic Circle – an Urban Point of Attraction

MARCH 5, 13:30, YUGRA-CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK BUSINESS SESSIONS An event within the Russian chairmanship in the Arctic Council in 2021-2023. Since 2015, the “Culture” National Project has facilitated an upgrade of over 1,200 film theatres in cities with the population of less than 500 thousand people, including those in Russia’s Arctic Zone…

Ethnic cinema with an Arctic vibe. A modern miracle.
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Ethnic cinema with an Arctic vibe. A modern miracle.

MARCH 4, 17:30, YUGRA CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK BUSINESS SESSIONS An event within the Russian chairmanship in the Arctic Council in 2021-2023. With Hollywood studios refusing to distribute films in Russia, our film industry needs new approaches to selecting film content and working with the audience. People have started to express interest in their…

The Cinema of Tomorrow: Industries and Ethnocultural Diversity
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The Cinema of Tomorrow: Industries and Ethnocultural Diversity

MARCH 4, 15:30, YUGRA CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK BUSINESS SESSIONS Russia’s cultural and natural diversity lends itself to decentralization of the national film industry, with more than 40 regional programs in place to support film production. When state funding is provided, priority is given to films about the region itself: its history, culture,…