To register for viewings, please follow the link: https://reelcinemas.com/en-ae/russianfilmfestival
The Russian Film Festival in Dubai is organised by ROSKINO with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. This project has been travelling the world since 2020, presenting contemporary Russian cinematography to audiences around the world. The project has already amassed 6.5 million viewers in 28 countries.
The CEO of ROSKINO Inna Shalyto: “We are delighted to bring the Russian Film Festival to Dubai and organize the festival in an offline format, so that citizens and guests of the city can view the films on the big screen. The project Russian Film Festival will allow the Russian film industry to be represented in all its shapes and forms. It will feature animations with new, innovative approaches to film making, an impressive thriller with amazing special effects, a drama about the world of ballet and a comedy about the conflict between people of different generations. I would like to highlight that half the pictures presented are animations. This genre is very popular in the MENA region, and Russian animated films are of the highest quality; our animated films are loved and adored by millions of viewers around the world. Russian Film Festival is arriving in the MENA region for the third time this year – prior to this, Russian Film days were hosted in Jordan and Bahrain. I hope that the reception to our films in Dubai will be just as warm. During this period, we are presenting the great variety which our film industry has to offer to the MENA region: our companies will present their projects on November 23rd to 24th at the Dubai International Content Market, the DICM.
Lika Blank, film’s producer («Detective Chirp and the Golden Beehive», the world's first animation project created on a game engine): “I'm not afraid to call this movie truly innovative not only for Russia, but for the whole world. The project combines advanced computer technologies, artificial intelligence and the magic of human movement. However, above all, our team wanted to create an exciting, action-packed movie for the whole family. This is a story, on the one hand, about children’s unbridled desire to explore the world and learn from their own mistakes, and on the other hand, about how important it is to give those children the right to make mistakes, while at the same time offering help and support”
Russian Film Festival line-up in Dubai:
- “Detective Chirp & the Golden Beehive” (director: Grigori Vozjakin, 2022) – a Russian animated film produced by SMF Animation and “Magic Factory”, based on the animated series The Secrets of Honey Hills. The project combines two popular genres – a detective story and comedy. A wise owl detective Sofie and her eager assistant, a squirrel named Chirp, take to investigating a very peculiar case. The main heroes, their friends and the citizens of Honey Hills will have to battle a supervillain in order to prevent the theft and destruction of the Golden Hive artefact. Legend has it that this artefact controls the weather in the Valley…
- “Finnick” (director: Denis Chernov, 2022) – a fun, animated adventure film, a thrilling and captivating kiddies detective tale from the creators of Kikoriki. Finnick is a pleasant and cheery house spirit, but he is a tad picky and crafty. As he constantly plays pranks on the people living in his house, no single family ever stays there for long. But everything changes when the latest tenants move in – his tricks do not work on them at all. Finnick meets a girl, Christina, and unexplained events begin to take place in the city. The two polar opposites, Finnick and Christina, will need to join forces to solve the mystery and save the city…
- “The Fixies vs Crabots” (director: Vasili Bedoshvili, Oleg Uzjinov, Ivan Pshoshkin, 2019) – an animation about Fixies – tiny, pleasant humanoids which live inside appliances and equipment, looking after it. Fixies hide from human beings: there are but a few lucky people in the world who interact with them. The school of Fixies is based in the laboratory of Professor Chudakov. Only two people – a boy, DimDimich and his friend, Katia – know about the laboratory. One day, however, mysterious, elusive creatures appear there, Crabots, who spy on the Fixies and threaten to reveal their existence…
- “A Young Man” (director: Alexander Fomin, 2022) – a fun comedy flick about the conflict between different generations. Despite finishing school with a gold medal and excelling at college, by the age of thirty, Ivan has ended up with nothing: his wife has left him, he’s been fired from his job… At rock bottom, he will find out that his former classmate, a terrible student named Kolia, has become a mega successful businessman. Kolia has decided to host a competition for high school students with a multimillion dollar prize. Ivan, who looks much younger than his real age, decides to con him: he shaves his beard, forges a new identity and sets out to participate in the competition, confident that his life experience will defeat the youthful high schoolers…
- “The Bolshoi” (director: Valerii Todorovskii, 2017) – a drama film about a young dancer, Yulia, who receives an opportunity to appear on stage at the Bolshoi Theatre. However, to become a sparkling diamond, even the most precious of stones need to be shaped. For Yulia, the path to the Bolshoi Theatre stage lies through the rigors of ballet school. To become a star, many sacrifices need to be made… However, no obstacle can ever stop a person who with a Great Dream…
- “Sputnik” (producer: Yegor Abramenko, 2020) – a captivating thriller set in 1980s USSR. A cosmonauts national hero return to earth with a strange creature… Inside his own body. At a secret laboratory concealed in a town which doesn’t officially exist, a young neurophysiologist tries to save the man’s life from the beast within him. She soon realises that her feelings for her patient are far more than merely professional…