Last-minute cancellations due to “irrational fear” have impacted Ksenia Ratushnaya’s feature debut.
The release of LGBTQ drama Outlaw in its native Russia has been hit by a string of last-minute cancellations as a result of “irrational fear”, according to its writer-director Ksenia Ratushnaya.
A censored version of the award-winning film, which features frank depictions of sex, violence and transgender love in Soviet-era Russia, received clearance from the Ministry of Culture and was set for release by Hhg Film Company.
But while a niche title like Outlaw would normally screen in around 50 theatres, it was only shown in 10 theatres when it opened on Thursday,...
The release of LGBTQ drama Outlaw in its native Russia has been hit by a string of last-minute cancellations as a result of “irrational fear”, according to its writer-director Ksenia Ratushnaya.
A censored version of the award-winning film, which features frank depictions of sex, violence and transgender love in Soviet-era Russia, received clearance from the Ministry of Culture and was set for release by Hhg Film Company.
But while a niche title like Outlaw would normally screen in around 50 theatres, it was only shown in 10 theatres when it opened on Thursday,...
- 11/9/2020
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
An adaptation of Vladimir Sorokin’s bestselling novel The Norm is among eight film projects to be presented at a pitching forum in Venice by Roskino in cooperation with the Venice Film Market on Sept 6 .
Producers Uliana Kovaleva and Antonio Piccoli will be looking for co-producers from Germany for Matrioshka, which is based on the fifth novel by Sorokin who is regarded as the most scandalous Russian novelist of the post-Communist era.
According to Russian scholar David Gillespie, The Norm, which was written between 1979 and 1984 and only published in full for the first time in 1994, is “a statement on the Soviet collective and individual psyche in the last years of the Soviet power”.
The Venice forum will also see producers Nikolay Bunkin, Igor Fokin and Vladislav Pasternak of Hhg Film Company looking to attract international partners for Konstantin Shelepov’s futuristic drama Censor, while Star Media’s Vlad Ryashin, the producer of Renat Davletyarov’s war drama...
Producers Uliana Kovaleva and Antonio Piccoli will be looking for co-producers from Germany for Matrioshka, which is based on the fifth novel by Sorokin who is regarded as the most scandalous Russian novelist of the post-Communist era.
According to Russian scholar David Gillespie, The Norm, which was written between 1979 and 1984 and only published in full for the first time in 1994, is “a statement on the Soviet collective and individual psyche in the last years of the Soviet power”.
The Venice forum will also see producers Nikolay Bunkin, Igor Fokin and Vladislav Pasternak of Hhg Film Company looking to attract international partners for Konstantin Shelepov’s futuristic drama Censor, while Star Media’s Vlad Ryashin, the producer of Renat Davletyarov’s war drama...
- 8/21/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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