17.02.2009
MOSCOW. The first-ever Russian Film Commission (Cultural Foundation of Interregional Cinematography, or abbreviated as CFIC) has been set up in Moscow.
Among its founders were Nikolay Tretyakov, Russian businessman and Eugene Zykov, a seasoned film promoter. As a first step they have attended Berlinale-2009 to expand partnership.
CFIC is aimed to support and promote Russian film industry and culture with international projects taken care in Russia by experienced staff.
CFIC’s primary goals are to set up an active reliable and professional support to international producers and their projects; to promote the image of Russia as an attractive and cost-effective territory for global film industry; to contribute to the exchange of information among film-makers community.
CFIC is operating with support of Moscow’s authorities, Russian film-makers guilds and public organizations and variety of promoters from Russian film industry. CFIC has a database of fascinating locations in Russia/ex-USSR and offers a variety of attractive opportunities for film industry professionals.
Nikolay Tretyakov, Managing Director: "We look forward to helping international filmmakers in Russia: we handle visa support, Russian adaptation of English script, casting, crew, locations, permits, line-producing and anything else a filmmaker may need. Later we plan to help funding film productions as well. Our local experienced professionals offer services for film and TV producers. We also plan to run forums and conferences to share information and attract global film community to Russia’s fascinating locations, its cultural and ethnic variety”.
Eugene Zykov, Vice-President, int’l coordinator: “We start with Russia, then plan to expand throughout the ex-USSR. This is one-sixth of the global territory and the whole most fascinating world is there. It’s a paradise for film-makers”.
