Roskino

Roskino or Federal Agency on Culture and Cinematography (Russian: Федеральное агентство по культуре и кинематографии (Роскино)) is the state-owned film promotion agency of the Russian Federation.

Sovkino was created in 1924 to promote Russian film productions abroad.[1] It became Sovexportfilm in 1945, and Roskino in 2012.

Since the Soviet era, Roskino held the distribution rights of Poland-produced movies. 200 Polish movies are still commercially distributed by Roskino, which doesn't share revenues with the Polish Film Institute. In this reciprocal deal, the Polish Film Institute is a non-profit association that is not allowed to exploit of the +1000 Russian films it holds the distribution rights for.[2]

On September 30, 1992, the State Committee of Russian Federation for Cinematography was created, which was called "Roskomkino" (Роскомкино). By a decree of August 14, 1996 it was made from "State Committee" into the "Committee" (Roskino, Russian: Роскино). It was modeled on the Soviet Goskino. Sovexportfilm was officially abolished by President on May 12, 2008, with its functions handed over to the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.[3]

Since 2008, Roskino's Russian pavilion has been a regular member of the Cannes Film Festival.[4][5] In 2012, Roskino opened a promotion office in Los Angeles.[6] In 2014, Roskino and CTC Media signed a distribution deal with Hulu[7] and Roskino opened an office in the UK.[8] In February 2020, Evgenia Markova was named CEO of Roskino, replacing Catherine Mtsitouridze who had served for nine consecutive years.[9] In May 2020, Roskino introduced its first digital distribution platform to promote 300 Russian projects (films, series, animations, and documentaries).[10]

Presidents

See also

References
  1. "The Russian Pavilion | ROSKINO". ruspav.com. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  2. "Soviet-Era Film Rights Deal Leaves Poland Out in the Cold | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  3. Указ Президента РФ от 12.05.2008 N 724 Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  4. Izvestia; Kornatsky, Nikolai (2016-03-22). "Russian movie industry to hit the headlines at Cannes". www.rbth.com. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  5. European Audiovisual Observatory (November 2009). "The Film Industry in the Federation of Russia". Coe.int. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  6. "Russia Opening Up A Promotion Agency In USA | Film Festival Today". filmfestivaltoday.com. 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  7. "Russian Broadcaster CTC Media Sells Content to Hulu | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  8. "ROSKINO to Open London Office as U.K.-Russia Year of Culture Starts". Variety. 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  9. Barraclough, Leo (2020-02-07). "Evgenia Markova to Lead Russian Film Promotion Body Roskino". Variety. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  10. Ritman, Alex (26 May 2020). "Roskino Unveils Program for Russia's First Digital Content Market | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  11. Организация ОАО Совэкспортфильм

External links

Official website


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