The main achievements of Russia at the Cannes Film Festival were the Grand Prix awarded to the film “Hytti Nro. 6” by Juho Kuosmanen co-produced with Russia in the main competition program and the victory of Kira Kovalenko‘s film “Unclenching The Fists” in the Un Certain Regard section which is the first Grand Prix for Russian filmmakers in this competition program since 2008.
The work of the Russian Pavilion at the 74th Cannes International Film Festival and the Marché Du Film international film market at Village International has also ended. For the 13th time, the Russian pavilion officially presented the country in Cannes, serving as a unified information centre for our filmmakers and a universal platform for promoting Russian cinema on the international market. The pavilion was organized with the support of the Cinema Fund and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. During those nine days of work, it hosted more than 20 events in online and offline formats, which attracted many industry professionals from different countries.
During the Cannes Film Festival and the Marché du Film film market, various representatives of the global content industry have visited the Russian Pavilion including representatives of international film festivals (San Sebastian International Film Festival, Torino Film Festival, Berlinale-Berlin International Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Directors' Fortnight, Tribeca Film Festival, Warsaw Film Festival, Torino Film Festival, Canneseries and others); large industrial organizations from around the world (European Cinema Foundation Eurimages, organizations promoting French cinema in the world UniFrance and CNC, Israel Film Fund, World Film Institute, international forum When East Meets West, national cinematography centers of Germany, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, Latin American countries, the leading European organization for the development of producers' trainings EAVE); international film companies from the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, France, Sweden and others, as well as journalists from the world's leading media – Variety, Screendaily, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, Paris Match, Die Welt, Le Monde, Huffpost, The Daily Telegraph, Numero and others.
The ROSKINO team discussed the formats of Russian presence in the main and business programs of the festivals Mar del Plata (Argentina), Guadalajara (Mexico), Black Nights (Estonia), as well as possibilities of co-production with the Israeli public and private funds, the Turkish Film Foundation and many other countries. As part of the meetings with the curators of the leading film festivals, a selection of projects Focus on Festivals with the biggest festival potential was also presented.
