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Full Bibliography on Russian and Soviet Cinema
Festivals
The company CTC now organises the Russian Open Film Festival in Sochi, which it took over with the name KINOTAVR in 2005. Information on past festivals on KiKuKinotavr.
The NIKA is the equivalent of the Oscar Academy Award, awarded each year in April. Awards and nominations are listed here.
The Moscow International Film Festival MIFF is held annually in the second half of June.
The Bulletin of Russian Cinematography Kinoprotsess, from which part of the information provided in these pages is drawn with kind permission, has been published since May 1999.
Listings
Journals & Websites
the research journal Kinovedcheskie zapiski
online version of the journal Film Art Iskusstvo kino
[link outdated!] on films of the former Soviet republics: Kinoforum
ONLINE editions... Kinoism ::::: newspaper Kultura ::::: in English: KinoEye
animator.ru tells you everything about animation (site in Russian and English)
journal Seans, St Petersburg
Production&Distribution Companies
Databases & Statistics
Savva Kulish, filmmaker, chairman of the Moscow Filmmakers' Union, died in June 2001
Grigory Chukhrai, filmmaker, died in November 2001
Mikhail Ptashuk, filmmaker, died in April 2002
Andrei Rostotski, filmmaker, died in May 2002
Anatoli Grebnev, scriptwriter, died in June 2002
Sergei Bodrov Junior, actor and director, and his film crew died on 20 September 2002 in Karmadon, Ossetia.
Evgeni Matveyev, filmmaker, died on 1 June 2003.
Alina Silikashvili, film critic of Radio Russia, died in Sochi on 18 June 2003.
Leonid Maryagin, filmmaker, died on 16 September 2003.
Georgi Vladimiv, writer and screenwriter, died on 20 October 2003.
Leonid Filatov, actor and writer, died on 26 October 2003.
Elem Klimov, filmmaker, died on 27 October 2003.
Nikolai Volkov, actor, died on 10 November 2003.
Miron Chernenko, film critic, died on 24 February 2004.
Viktor Avilov, actor at the Yugo-Zapad Theatre, died of cancer on 22 August 2004.
Viktor Rozov, playwright, died at the age of 91 on 28 September 2004.
Vadim Mikhalev, film critic and professor of VGIK, died on 13 January 2005.
Igor Talpa, filmmaker, died on 4 March 2005.
Natalia Gundareva, actress, died on 5 May 2005.
Inna Ulianova, actress, died on 10 June 2005.
Mikhail Evdokimov, filmmaker, died on 7 August 2005.
Melik Karapetian, architect of the 5* cinema and the Cinema Centre in Montreal, died in November 2005.
Marianna Tavrog, filmmaker of popular science programmes, died on 21 June 2006.
Valerii Ogorodnikov, filmmaker, died on 1 July 2006, aged 55.
Andrei Kras'ko, actor, died on 5 July 2006, aged 49.
Levan Zakareishvili, filmmaker (Tblisi-Tblisi), b. 1953, died on 24 August 2006.
Viacheslav Maiasov, b. 1954, co-founder of the animation studios Guberniia and Master-Film, died on 10 September 2006.
Neya Zorkaya, film scholar, died in October 2006.
Viktor Sergeev, filmmaker and former head of Lenfilm, died on 20 November 2006.
Leonid Kozlov, b. 1933, film historian, died on 20 September 2006.
Alexander Tatarsky, b. 1950, animator and head of the studio PILOT, dies 22 July 2007.
Alexander Abdulov, actor, b. 1953, died on 3 January 2008.
Boris Khmelnitsky, actor, b. 1940, died on 16 February 2008.
Alexander Troshin, editor in chief of Kinovedcheskie zapiski, died on 23 April 2008.
Nonna Mordiukova, actress, b. 1925, died on 6 July 2008.
Mikhail Pugovkin, actor, b. 1925, died on 25 July 2008.
Rashid Iangirov, film scholar and film historian, died in December 2008.
Oleg Iankovskii, actor, b. 1944, died 20 May 2009.
Boris Pavlov, curator for animation of the Museum of Cinema, curator of the Museum of Photography and director of the Solyanka Gallery, died on 19 September 2009.
Ivan Dykhovichnyi, filmmaker and actor, succumbed to cancer on 27 September 2009.
David Sarkisyan, director of the Moscow Museum or Architecture, died on 7 January 2010.
Vladimir Motyl', filmmaker famous for White Sun of the Desert, died on 21 February 2010.
Iurii Stepanov, b. 1967, actor (Fomenko Theater) died 3 March 2010.
Anton Barshchevskii, director, died 29 June 2010.
Igor Talankin, died 24 July 2010.
Georgii Kapralov, critic, aged 89, died 14 October 2010.
Mikhail Tumanishvili, died 23 Dec. 2010.
Liudmila Gurchenko, actress, died 30 March 2011.
Mikhail Kozakov, actor and director, b. 1934, died 22 April 2011.
Aleksandr Lazarev, actor, died 2 May 2011
Natal'ia Basina, film critic, died 4 May 2011 at the age of 63.
Gennadii Sidorov, filmmaker, died 18 June 2011
Nikita Emshanov, actor, did in an accident on 15 August 2011.
Iia Savvina, actress, played the role of Asya Kliachina, died 27 August 2011.
Tat'iana Lioznova, b. 1924, director of Seventeen Moments of Spring, died 29 September 2011