MIPCOM Online +: Russian content, stronger than ever

Aside from the national stand, MIPCOM Online+ attracts major Russian productions, channels and distributors, including Central Partnership, GPM ETV, NTV, Melnitsa Animation Studio, 1-2-3 Production, Signal Media, Sovtelexport, Digital Television Russia, Studio Friday, Metrafilms and others. 

"Made in Russia" showcases brand-new animated series and drama from Russia. NTV, 1-2-3 Production and GPM ETV will also present their newest line-up, and Yellow, Black and White will screen Sherlock: The Russian Chronicles series. Dead Mountain – The Dyatlov Pass Incident, produced by 1-2-3 Production will be presented by Beta Film.

Yellow, Black and White's Sherlock: The Russian Chronicles 

Alexandra Modestova, CEO of Expocontent, the official representative of MIPCOM and MIPTV in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS, commented: 'Despite the lockdown pause in production, Russian companies will not only present well-known titles and TV formats, but work-in-progress and new series as well, like Sherlock: The Russian Chronicles, Psycho, Six Empty Seats and others, set to keep global audiences involved with the story and entertained, be it on lockdown or not'. 
 
Nikita Gusakov, CEO of EXIAR, SVP REC Group, added: 'The Russian Export Center continues to support national media companies, organizing the joint "Made in Russia" national brand. This year, Russian producers can rely on new forms of state support, with REC partly covering the costs on content adaptation to foreign markets and developing international marketing campaigns. We also encourage global players to engage in co-productions and film in Russia, when it becomes possible, as international producers could benefit from the federal cash rebates system in place since last year'.
 
Art Pictures Distribution introduces the highly-awaited series Psycho, directed by Fedor Bondarchuk, as well as Chicks, counting 11 million views in 3 months after its premiere on the VOD platform more.tv in June 2020, the mystical comedy Guests from the Past and the sci-fi series Successors, currently in production and set for release in 2021.

GPM ETV's The Secret

GPM ETV offers a number of TV formats: romantic show The Secret, reality show Soldiers girls and comedy Let`s face it, as well as comedy series series Frienemies, Fitness, dramas Call DiCaprio and thriller Third eye agency and animation projects from 2x2 TV channel Nowhereland, Junkfood Mafia and Alive Within.

1-2-3 Production's launches thriller Six Empty Seats, awarded "The Best TV series" prize of Serial Killer international festival, a feature-length drama Masha. The Dyaltov Pass Incident is a noir mystery drama uncovering the biggest riddle of the USSR. Central Partnership has a vast catalogue of films such us the highest-grossing Russian film Son of a Rich, thrillers Text  and The Ninth by Nilolay Khomeriki, and animation features The Fixies: Top Secret and Fixies vs. Crabots, produced by Aeroplane Studio.

1-2-3 Production' The Fixies produced by Aeroplane Studio and Riki Group 

Yellow, Black and White and its streaming service START will present their comedy-drama series 257 Reasons to Live as part of the Cannesseries festival, while Beta Film is handling global sales of the title. The highlight for MIPCOM this year is the world premiere of a new mystery thriller SHERLOCK: The Russian Chronicles, a co-production with Sreda Production. The series throws a Russian spin on one of the world's most famous characters. All Media, a key division of the company, will have a market premiere of Ten-part docuseries and My Personal Dragon.
 
Sreda presents a horror Kitchenblock produced for VOD platform Kinopoisk HD. And Friday! TV is going to show a slate of new projects: travel show All for Free, comedy series Teachers in Law, talent show The Cover and a new season of consumer reality The Black List. The channel plans to continue active negotiations with distributors and platforms from the US, Poland, Latin America, Japan and Hong Kong. Planeta Inform Group of companies focuses on selling its well-known titles: a high-budget sci-fi feature Coma, a biopic AK 47 and fantasy comedy Robo.
 
One of the key offerings in NTV's lineup is Secret for a Million. The company will also present a virtual booth and a showcase ​featuring the channel's best projects, including Fatherland, Missing, Noble Detective, Sunshine Investigations, In Pursuit 2, crime thriller Shepherd and a new season of Beyond Death.

NTV's Beyond Death  

Star Media presents foreign buyers its updated catalogue with a number of premiere titles - the new season of Detective Anna, the first season of which is now available on Amazon Prime Video and TubiTVin several countries, thriller Cold Shores, detective series The Black Sea, the new season of Under Military Law, docudrama about one of the most powerful dynasties The Rurik Dynasty and many others.
 
Mars Media Entertainment brings new romantic action/adventure drama series The Prisoner, crime/mystery series The Northern Lights, for which the company plans to close the deal with distributors from China, and a romantic comedy The Queen. Metrafilms shows a new black comedy and action movie about three women from different generations of the same family, The Dorm, based on the novel "Dorm To Blood", and a new feature The Three. 

The slate of the official distributor of Russia Television and Radio's content, Sovtelexport, includes dramas Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes and On the Edge, period dramas The Blood Widow, Ekaterina: Pretenders, Godunov, the film adaptation of Anna Karenina. In addition, it presents new documentary films Kresty, Russia. Kremlin. Putin, The Great Unknown War, Who are we? and Kursk.

Sovtelexport's Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes

Mirsand Ltd. presents V2 – escape from hell, a biopic from Timur Bekmambetov now in post-production and the biopic Spacewalker about the Soviet cosmonauts who walked in outer space for the first time; Blue whales is a new screenlife thriller by a promising young director Anna Zaytseva. Sputnik Vostok Production presents its new project Elsa`s Land, based on the play by Yaroslava Pulinovich and Up to the sun series. Revolution Film highlights sports comedy Girls Got Game, thriller Run, comedy Mistresses and sci-fi drama Petropolis.
 
ODIN-MEDIA will traditionally present its documentary line-up, which comprises The Great North Way about the Russian Arctic, docudrama Kiselyov's List, TV-series Dzhulbars – The Soviet War Dog and docudrama Urartu. The Forgotten Kingdom and TV-show Combat Approved. The company is looking for co-production partners for the historical docudrama Kremlin: The Era Of Tsars and plans on closing deals with Italian, Chinese, and American partners. Film company Eralash debuts at MIPCOM with children`s comedy sketch show Eralash, which is planned to be shown for buyers from Eastern Europe and Asia, and TV show It's impossible!,-the company hopes to find co-production partners to create TV content for a family audience.