List of Russian films of 2007
2007
Table:
Title
Russian title
Director
Genre
Notes

Actress
Артистка
Stanislav Govorukhin
Comedy

12
12
Nikita Mikhalkov
Crime
Remake of Twelve Angry Men

1612
1612
Vladimir Khotinenko
Historical fantasy
About the Time of Troubles

Alexandra
Александра
Aleksandr Sokurov
War Drama
Entered the 2007 Cannes Film Festival

The Apocalypse Code
Код апокалипсиса
Vadim Shmelyov
Action

The Banishment
Изгнание
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Drama
Entered into the 2007 Cannes Film Festival

The Border
Граница 1918
Lauri Törhönen
War

Cargo 200
Груз 200
Aleksei Balabanov
Thriller

Dead Daughters
Мёртвые дочери
Pavel Ruminov
Horror

Election Day
День выборов
Oleg Fomin
Comedy

The Fit of Passion
Аффект
Maria Betkina and
Arthur Tsymbalyuk
Drama
Short film

I’m Staying
Я остаюсь
Karen Oganesyan
Comedy

The Irony of Fate 2
Ирония судьбы. Продолжение
Timur Bekmambetov
Romantic comedy

Kilometer Zero
Нулевой километр
Pavel Sanaev
Action, Crime

Moscow Chill
Мороз по коже
Chris Solimine
Thriller
Produced and written by Andrey Konchalovskiy

Tins
Консервы
Egor Konchalovsky
Action

Mermaid
Русалка
Anna Melikyan
Comedy, drama
Entered into the 2007 Sundance Film Festival

Mongol
Монгол
Sergei Bodrov
Historical
Nominated for the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film as a submission from Kazakhstan.

Nothing Personal
Larisa Sadilova
Valeriy Barinov
Drama
Entered into the 29th Moscow International Film Festival

Paragraph 78
Параграф 78
Mikhail Khleborodov
Action, Science fiction, Thriller
Based on a story by Ivan Okhlobystin.

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Actress ( Russian : Артистка , romanized : Artistka ) is a 2007 Russian comedy film directed by Stanislav Govorukhin .
Stanislav Sergeyevich Govorukhin ( Russian : Станислав Сергеевич Говорухин ; 29 March 1936 - 14 June 2018 ) was a Soviet and Russian film director , actor , screenwriter , producer and politician . He was named People 's Artist of Russia in 2006 . His movies often featured detective or adventure plots .
A comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humor . These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement and most often work by exaggerating characteristics for humorous effect . Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception ) . One of the oldest genres in film - and derived from the classical comedy in theatre - , some of the very first silent movies were comedies , as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions , without requiring sound . When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s , comedy films took another swing , as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue . Comedy , compared with other film genres , puts much more focus on individual stars , with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity . While many comic films are lighthearted stories with no intent other than to amuse , others contain political or social commentary ( such as The King of Comedy and Wag the Dog ) .
12 is a 2007 crime film by Russian director , screenwriter , producer and actor Nikita Mikhalkov . The film is a Russian-language remake of Sidney Lumet 's 1957 film 12 Angry Men , which in turn was based on Reginald Rose 's 1955 stage play , Twelve Angry Men , itself based on Rose 's 1954 teleplay of the latter 's same name . Mikhalkov was awarded the Special Lion at the 64th Venice International Film Festival for his work on the film , which also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film .
Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov ( Russian : Ники́та Серге́евич Михалко́в ; born 21 October 1945 ) is a Russian filmmaker , actor , and head of the Russian Cinematographers ' Union . Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation ( 1993 , 1995 , 1999 ) and is a Full Cavalier of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland . Nikita Mikhalkov won the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival ( 1991 ) and was nominated for the Academy Award ( 1993 ) in the category Best Foreign Language Film for the film Close to Eden . He won an Academy Award ( 1995 ) for Best Foreign Language Film and the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival ( 1994 ) for the film Burnt by the Sun . Mikhalkov received the Special Lion of the Venice Film Festival ( 2007 ) for his contribution to the cinematography and nominated for the Oscar ( 2008 ) in the category Best Foreign Language Film for the film 12 .
Crime films , in the broadest sense , are a cinematic genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre . Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection . Stylistically , the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres , such as drama or gangster film , but also include comedy , and , in turn , is divided into many sub-genres , such as mystery , suspense or noir .
Twelve Angry Men is a courtroom drama written by Reginald Rose concerning the jury of a homicide trial . It was broadcast initially as a television play in 1954 . The following year it was adapted for the stage , and in 1957 was made into a film . Since then it has been given numerous remakes , adaptations , and tributes .
1612 is a 2007 Russian epic historical period drama film about the 17th century Time of Troubles and the Polish-Muscovite War with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth . It was directed by Vladimir Khotinenko and produced by Nikita Mikhalkov . The film was released on 1 November 2007 , to coincide with the celebrations of National Unity Day on 4 November that marks the expulsion of Polish troops from Moscow .
Vladimir Ivanovich Khotinenko ( Russian : Влади́мир Ива́нович Хотине́нко ; born 20 January 1952 in Slavgorod , Altai Krai , Soviet Union ) is a Russian actor , film director and designer .
A historical drama ( also period drama , costume drama , and period piece ) is a work set in a past time period , usually used in the context of film and television . Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances , adventure films , and swashbucklers . A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties . A religious work can qualify as period drama but not as historical one .
Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes , usually magic , supernatural events , mythology , folklore , or exotic fantasy worlds . The genre is considered a form of speculative fiction alongside science fiction films and horror films , although the genres do overlap . Fantasy films often have an element of magic , myth , wonder , escapism , and the extraordinary .
The Time of Troubles or Smuta ( Russian : Смутное время , Smutnoe vremya ) describes cyclical periods in Russian history where chaos , anarchy and darkness ruled the country and in Russian society . A very well known period of Russian history was during the interregnum in the Tsardom of Russia between the death of Feodor I in 1598 to the accession of Michael I in 1613 . Feodor was a weak , and possibly intellectually disabled ruler . His death in 1598 without an heir for the title of Tsar of Russia ended the Rurik dynasty , causing a violent succession crisis with numerous usurpers and imposters claiming the throne . Russia suffered the famine of 1601-03 that killed two million people , one-third of the population , and was occupied by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Polish-Muscovite War ( known as the Dimitriads ) until 1612 when they were expelled . The Time of Troubles ended upon the election of Michael Romanov as Tsar by the Zemsky Sobor in 1613 , establishing the Romanov dynasty that ruled Russia until the February Revolution in 1917 .
Alexandra ( Russian : Александра , translit . Aleksandra ) is a 2007 Russian film about the Second Chechen War , written and directed by Alexander Sokurov . It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival .
Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov , PAR ( Russian : Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Соку́ров ; born 14 June 1951 ) is a Russian filmmaker . His most significant works include a feature film , Russian Ark ( 2002 ) , filmed in a single unedited shot , and Faust ( 2011 ) , which was honoured with the Golden Lion , the highest prize for the best film at the Venice Film Festival .
War film is a film genre concerned with warfare , typically about naval , air , or land battles , with combat scenes central to the drama . It has been strongly associated with the 20th century . The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war films often end with them . Themes explored include combat , survival and escape , camaraderie between soldiers , sacrifice , the futility and inhumanity of battle , the effects of war on society , and the moral and human issues raised by war . War films are often categorized by their milieu , such as the Korean War ; the most popular subject is the Second World War . The stories told may be fiction , historical drama , or biographical . Critics have noted similarities between the Western and the war film . Nations such as China , Indonesia , Japan , and Russia have their own traditions of war film , centred on their own revolutionary wars but taking varied forms , from action and historical drama to wartime romance . Subgenres , not necessarily distinct , include anti-war , comedy , animated , propaganda , and documentary . There are similarly subgenres of the war film in specific theatres such as the Western Desert of North Africa , the Pacific in the Second World War , or Vietnam ; and films set in specific domains of war , such as the infantry , the air , at sea , in submarines or at prisoner of war camps .
In film and television , drama is a genre of narrative fiction ( or semi-fiction ) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone . Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular subgenre , such as police crime drama , political drama , legal drama , historical period drama , domestic drama , teen drama or comedy-drama . These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter , or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods . All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis ) characters . In this broader sense , drama is a mode distinct from novels , short stories , and narrative poetry or songs . In the modern era before the birth of cinema or television , drama within theatre was a type of play that was neither a comedy nor a tragedy . It is this narrower sense that the film and television industries , along with film studies , adopted . Radio drama has been used in both senses - originally transmitted in a live performance , it has also been used to describe the more high-brow and serious end of the dramatic output of radio .
The 60th Cannes Film Festival ran from 16 to 27 May 2007 . The President of the Jury was British director Stephen Frears . Twenty two films from twelve countries were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or . The awards were announced on 26 May . 4 Months , 3 Weeks and 2 Days , directed by Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d'Or . The festival opened with My Blueberry Nights , directed by Wong Kar-wai and closed with Days of Darkness ( L'Âge des ténèbres ) by Denys Arcand . Diane Kruger was the mistress of ceremonies . The official poster of the 60th Cannes festival featured Pedro Almodóvar , Juliette Binoche , Jane Campion , Souleymane Cissé , Penélope Cruz , Gérard Depardieu , Samuel L. Jackson , Bruce Willis and Wong Kar Wai , all photographed by Alex Majoli .
The Apocalypse Code ( Russian : Код апокалипсиса , romanized : Kod apokalipsisa ) is a 2007 Russian action film . Apart from Russia , the filming took place in France , Italy , Norway , Malaysia and Ukraine . The crew spent 10 days shooting scenes in the Alvøen Island and Aurland fjords .
Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist or protagonists are thrust into a series of events that typically include violence , extended fighting , physical feats , and frantic chases . Action films tend to feature a resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds , which include life-threatening situations , a villain , or a pursuit which usually concludes in victory for the hero ( though a small number of films in this genre have ended in the victory for the villain instead ) . Advancements in CGI have made it cheaper and easier to create action sequences and other visual effects that required the efforts of professional stunt crews in the past . However , reactions to action films containing significant amounts of CGI have been mixed , as films that use computer animations to create unrealistic , highly unbelievable events are often met with criticism . While action has long been a recurring component in films , the action film genre began to develop in the 1970s along with the increase of stunts and special effects . Common action scenes in films are generally , but not limited to , explosions , car chases , fistfights , and shootouts . This genre is closely associated with the thriller and adventure genres , and they may also contain elements of drama and spy fiction .
The Banishment ( Russian : Изгнание , Izgnanie ) is a 2007 Russian film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev . The film is a loose adaptation of The Laughing Matter , a 1953 novel by Armenian-American writer William Saroyan . It stars Konstantin Lavronenko and Maria Bonnevie . The film premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Palme d'Or . Lavronenko won the Best Actor award at the festival . It was released in Russian cinemas on 2 October 2007 . The film received mixed reviews from critics .
Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev ( Russian : Андре́й Петро́вич Звя́гинцев , IPA : [ ˈzvʲæɡʲɪntsɨf ] ; born 6 February 1964 ) is a Russian film director and screenwriter . His film The Return ( 2003 ) won him a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival . Following The Return , Zvyagintsev directed The Banishment and Elena ( 2011 ) . His film Leviathan ( 2014 ) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2014 and won the Best Film award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards . His most recent film Loveless won the Jury Prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival , and was among the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards . He also won the Achievement in Directing award for this film at the 2017 Asia Pacific Screen Awards .
The Border ( Finnish : Raja 1918 , Russian : Граница 1918 , tr . Granitsa 1918 ) is a 2007 Finnish-Russian war drama film directed by Lauri Törhönen . Set in the spring of 1918 , right after the Finnish Civil War , the film is about a Finnish officer who is sent to the village of Rajajoki to form a border between Finland and Soviet Russia . The film 's main character Carl von Munck is based on Kai Donner and his experiences during the post-civil war period . His son Jörn Donner is one of the film 's producers .
Lauri Törhönen ( born 16 August 1947 in Helsinki , Finland ) is a Finnish film director . He has directed 13 feature films including Tropic of Ice . He worked in Warren Beatty 's Reds as the second assistant director : Finland ( as Lauri Torhonen ) and in Gorky Park by Michael Apted also as the second assistant director : Finland ( as Lauri Torhonen ) . Törhönen worked as professor of film art in University of Art and Design Helsinki . In January 2018 , the Finnish national broadcasting service Yle published news of accusations of sexual harassment against Törhönen . The accusations were made by around 20 women , and contain events from the 1980s to the 2000s . Later Törhönen published a brief press release where he apologised his behaviour . In a television interview some weeks later he acknowledged some bad behaviour but denied any allegations of serious sexual harassment .
Cargo 200 ( Russian : Груз 200 , romanized : Gruz 200 ) is a Russian neo-noir thriller film from 2007 by Aleksei Balabanov depicting the late Soviet society . The action is set during the culmination of the Soviet-Afghan War in 1984 . The movie 's title Cargo 200 refers to the zinc coffins in which dead Soviet soldiers were shipped home . The movie was said to be based on a true story .
Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov ( Russian : Алeксeй Oктябpинoвич Балабанoв ; 25 February 1959 - 18 May 2013 ) was a Russian film director , screenwriter , and producer , who shot mostly arthouse pictures but gained mainstream popularity with the crime drama Brother ( 1997 ) and its more action-oriented sequel , Brother 2 ( 2000 ) , both of which starred Sergei Bodrov , Jr. as Danila Bagrov . Brother was successful both at the box office and in video copies , achieving wide popularity in Russia . Later , however , Balabanov became better known for his films Cargo 200 ( 2007 ) and Morphine ( 2008 ) . A hugely controversial figure , Balabanov was often accused of both Russian nationalism ( Brother 2 , War ) and Russophobia ( Cargo 200 , The Stoker ) , as well as general misanthropy . Due to his personal and political controversy , grotesque style , dark humour , shocking naturalism , genre deconstruction , and balancing between art cinema and mainstream he was often compared to Lars von Trier , Rainer Werner Fassbinder , Coen brothers , and Takeshi Kitano .
Thriller film , also known as suspense film or suspense thriller , is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience . The suspense element found in most films ' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre . Tension is created by delaying what the audience sees as inevitable , and is built through situations that are menacing or where escape seems impossible . The cover-up of important information from the viewer , and fight and chase scenes are common methods . Life is typically threatened in a thriller film , such as when the protagonist does not realize that they are entering a dangerous situation . Thriller films ' characters conflict with each other or with an outside force , which can sometimes be abstract . The protagonist is usually set against a problem , such as an escape , a mission , or a mystery . Thriller films are typically hybridized with other genres ; hybrids commonly including : action thrillers , adventure thrillers , fantasy and science fiction thrillers . Thriller films also share a close relationship with horror films , both eliciting tension . In plots about crime , thriller films focus less on the criminal or the detective and more on generating suspense . Common themes include , terrorism , political conspiracy , pursuit and romantic triangles leading to murder . In 2001 , the American Film Institute made its selection of the top 100 greatest American heart-pounding and adrenaline-inducing films of all time .
Dead Daughters ( Russian : Мёртвые дочери , translit . Myortvye docheri ) is a Russian arthouse horror film directed by Pavel Ruminov .
Pavel Yurevich Ruminov ( Russian : Па́вел Ю́рьевич Руми́нов ; born 25 November 1974 ) is a Russian film director . He began his career in Vladivostok directing music videos for Russian acts such as Mumiy Troll and Zemfira before relocating to Moscow . He is best known in Russia for the Internet-based hype surrounding his first feature film Dead Daughters , where he tried to marry horror and arthouse cinema effectively . The film divided critics in Russia , some praised its style and message , others found the structure of the movie to be very strange . He sold the remake rights for Dead Daughters to the Hollywood studio Gold Circle Films but no remake has been produced . His second film Circumstances , a romantic comedy with dark overtones , was released in Russia in September 2009 , but failed at the box-office . In 2012 his third movie Ya Budu Ryadom won the gran-prix for the best film at 23rd open film festival Kinotavr , the largest national film festival in Russia . Besides professional cinema , Pavel also makes amateur movies of his family and friends which are available on his website at YouTube . Ruminov once compared himself favourably to such filmmakers as Steven Spielberg , Stanley Kubrick , Jean-Luc Godard , and M. Night Shyamalan . He was the only Russian contributor to Cinema Now , Taschen 's 2008 survey of contemporary cinema .
A horror film is a film that seeks to elicit fear for entertainment purposes . Initially inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe , Bram Stoker , and Mary Shelley , horror has existed as a film genre for more than a century . The macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes . Horror may also overlap with the fantasy , supernatural fiction , and thriller genres . Horror films often aim to evoke viewers ' nightmares , fears , revulsions and terror of the unknown . Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force , event , or personage into the everyday world . Prevalent elements include ghosts , extraterrestrials , vampires , werewolves , demons , Satanism , evil clowns , gore , torture , vicious animals , evil witches , monsters , giant monsters , zombies , cannibalism , psychopaths , natural , ecological or man-made disasters , and serial killers . Some sub-genres of horror film include low-budget horror , action horror , comedy horror , body horror , disaster horror , found footage , holiday horror , horror drama , psychological horror , science fiction horror , slasher , supernatural horror , gothic horror , natural horror , zombie horror , and teen horror .
Election Day ( Russian : День выборов ) is a 2007 Russian comedy film directed by Oleg Fomin .
A short film is any motion picture not long enough in running time to be considered a feature film . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less , including all credits . In the United States , short films were generally termed short subjects from the 1920s into the 1970s when confined to two 35mm reels or less , and featurettes for a film of three or four reels . Short was an abbreviation for either term . The increasingly rare industry term short subject carries more of an assumption that the film is shown as part of a presentation along with a feature film . Short films are often screened at local , national , or international film festivals and made by independent filmmakers with either a low budget or no budget at all . They are usually funded by film grants , nonprofit organizations , sponsor , or personal funds . Short films are generally used for industry experience and as a platform to showcase talent to secure funding for future projects from private investors , a production company , or film studios .
I 'm Staying ( Russian : Я остаюсь , romanized : Ya ostayus ) is a 2007 Russian comedy-drama film , directorial debut of Karen Oganesyan .
In a modern sense , comedy ( from the Greek : κωμῳδία , kōmōidía ) is a genre of fiction that refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter , especially in theatre , television , film , stand-up comedy , books and novels or any other medium of entertainment . The origins of the term are found in Ancient Greece . In the Athenian democracy , the public opinion of voters was influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theaters . The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance which pits two groups or societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict . Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a Society of Youth and a Society of the Old . A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions that pose obstacles to his hopes . In this struggle , the youth is understood to be constrained by his lack of social authority , and is left with little choice but to take recourse in ruses which engender very dramatic irony which provokes laughter . Satire and political satire use comedy to portray persons or social institutions as ridiculous or corrupt , thus alienating their audience from the object of their humor . Parody subverts popular genres and forms , critiquing those forms without necessarily condemning them . Other forms of comedy include screwball comedy , which derives its humor largely from bizarre , surprising ( and improbable ) situations or characters , and black comedy , which is characterized by a form of humor that includes darker aspects of human behavior or human nature . Similarly scatological humor , sexual humor , and race humor create comedy by violating social conventions or taboos in comic ways . A comedy of manners typically takes as its subject a particular part of society ( usually upper-class society ) and uses humor to parody or satirize the behavior and mannerisms of its members .
The Irony of Fate 2 or The Irony of Fate : Continuation ( Russian : Ирония Судьбы . Продолжение ; Ironiya sudby . Prodolzheniye ) is a 2007 Russian romantic comedy film directed by Timur Bekmambetov based on a screenplay by Aleksey Slapovsky produced by Channel One and released by Mosfilm . It is a direct sequel of the first The Irony of Fate . It was originally rumored to be put in production in a press release , dedicated to the original movie 's 30th anniversary in 2005 . Irony of Fate earned $ 55,000,000 in total from its gross box-office release , with $ 49,000,000 coming from the Russian box-office alone .
Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov ( Russian : Тиму́р Нуруахи́тович Бекмамбе́тов [ tʲɪˈmur nʊrʊɐˈxʲitəvʲɪt͡ɕ bʲɪkmɐmˈbʲetəf ] ; Kazakh : Темір Нұрбақытұлы Бекмамбетoв , romanized : Temir Nurbaqytuly Bekmambetov ; born June 25 , 1961 ) is a Russian-Kazakh director , producer and screenwriter who has worked on films , music videos and commercials . He is best known for the film Night Watch ( 2004 ) and its sequel Day Watch ( 2006 ) , and the American films Wanted ( 2008 ) and Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter ( 2012 ) .
Romantic comedy ( portmanteaus : romedy , romcom , rom-com or lovecome ) is a subgenre of comedy and slice-of-life fiction , focusing on lighthearted , humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas , such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles . One dictionary definition is a funny movie , play , or television program about a love story that ends happily . Another definition suggests that its primary distinguishing feature is a love plot in which two sympathetic and well-matched lovers are united or reconciled . Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films , and may also have elements of screwball comedies . However , a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres , not a single new genre . Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies . In a typical romantic comedy the two lovers tend to be young , likeable , and seemingly meant for each other , yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance ( e.g. , class differences , parental interference , a previous girlfriend or boyfriend ) until , surmounting all obstacles , they are finally reunited . A fairy-tale-style happy ending is a typical feature .
Kilometer Zero ( Russian : Нулевой километр , translit . Nulevoy kilometr ) is a film by Pavel Sanayev , released in Russia on October 25 , 2007 .
Moscow Chill ( Russian : Мороз по коже , romanized : Moroz po kozhe ) is a 2007 Russian thriller film co-written and directed by Chris Solimine .
Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky OZO ( Russian : Андрей Сергеевич Михалков-Кончаловский ; born Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov ; August 20 , 1937 ) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker , theatre director , and screenwriter . He is a laureate of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland , a National Order of the Legion of Honour , a Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters , a Cavalier of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and a People 's Artist of the RSFSR . His father was the writer Sergey Mikhalkov . Konchalovsky 's work has encompassed theatrical motion pictures , made-for-television films , and stage productions in both Russia and the United States . He was a frequent collaborator of Andrei Tarkovsky earlier in his career , and his directorial credits include Uncle Vanya , Siberiade , Maria 's Lovers , Runaway Train , Tango & Cash , The Inner Circle , Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs , House of Fools , The Postman 's White Nights , and Paradise . He also directed the miniseries adaptation of The Odyssey . His work has won numerous accolades , including the Cannes Grand Prix Spécial du Jury , a FIPRESCI Award , two Silver Lions , three Golden Eagle Awards , and a Primetime Emmy Award .
Tins ( Tins , Russian : Консервы , romanized : Konservy ) is a 2007 film about a journalist who possesses information on uranium sales and is set up by his enemies and sent to prison . Initially the film was planned as a political thriller , but along the way it gained features of action with elements of mysticism and surrealism . The film is full of vivid pictures of spy and terrorist games in Moscow , modern Gulag in the Far North , gold mines , escape with elite spetsnaz in the pursuit , underground community of permanently high punks , and other quite unusual settings . The title , which literally translates as Canned Food , has multiple meanings . One was introduced by Varlam Shalamov in his tales about Gulag , and it was called calf - a younger convict accepted to escape team for food , as a walking piece of meat . Another meaning is an interpretation of the film 's idea : human beings are sealed structures that open only in extreme situations . The third meaning has to do with actual canned meat taken for escape : in the movie these cans play an important part because of their unexpected content . The film was shot in Crimea , Ukraine , where director Egor Konchalovsky had found locations for shootings of Siberian taiga , Ural mines and Moscow streets . He had transformed Inkerman quarries into the Ural prison camp . Marat Basharov , playing the journalist , had his head shaven for the role , and Sergey Shakurov , playing criminal boss or thief in the law , had his body tattooed .
Mermaid ( Russian : Русалка , Rusalka ) is a Russian 2007 comedy-drama film directed and written by Anna Melikyan . It is a loose adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen 's The Little Mermaid . It was a box office success in Russia , won numerous awards and was selected as Russia 's official submission to Foreign-Language Film category for the 2009 Academy Awards .
Anna Melikian ( Armenian : Աննա Մելիքյան ; Russian : Анна Меликян ; born February 8 , 1976 in Baku , Soviet Union ) is an Armenian-Russian film and TV director/ producer whose work has been recognized with several awards . After her participation at Sundance Film Festival she was listed in the TOP 10 of most perspective film directors by Variety magazine . Melikian studied at the All-Russian State University of Cinematography film school in Moscow ( classes of Prof. Sergey Solovyov and Valery Rubinchik ) , where she was awarded the St. Anna prize for Poste restante ( 2000 ) . After the graduation she was granted by GosKino Russian organization , made various documental and TV films . In 2008 Melikian 's Mermaid ( 2007 ) was awarded by the Berlin International Film Festival Prize .
The 2007 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 18 until January 28 , 2007 in Park City , Utah with screenings in Salt Lake City , Utah and Ogden , Utah . It was the 23-rd iteration of the Sundance Film Festival . The opening night film was Chicago 10 ; the closing night film was Life Support . 3,287 feature films were submitted , of which 1,852 were U.S films ( compared to 1,764 in 2006 ) and 1,435 were international films ( vs. 1,384 in 2006 ) . From these , 122 feature films were selected and include 82 world premieres , 24 North American premieres , and 10 U.S. premieres from 25 countries . The festival had films from almost 60 first or second-time feature filmmakers .
Mongol ( Монгол ) , also known as Mongol : The Rise of Genghis Khan in the United States and Mongol : The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan in the United Kingdom , is a 2007 semi-historical epic film directed by Sergei Bodrov , about the early life of Temüjin , who later came to be known as Genghis Khan . The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Bodrov and Arif Aliev . It was produced by Bodrov , Sergei Selyanov , and Anton Melnik and stars Tadanobu Asano , Sun Honglei , and Chuluuny Khulan in the main roles . Mongol explores abduction , kinship , and the repercussions of war . The film was a co-production between companies in Russia , Germany and Kazakhstan . Filming took place mainly in the People 's Republic of China , principally in Inner Mongolia ( the Mongol autonomous region ) , and in Kazakhstan . Shooting began in September 2005 , and was completed in November 2006 . After an initial screening at the Russian Film Festival in Vyborg on 10 August 2007 , Mongol was released in Russia on 20 September 2007 . It saw a limited release in the United States on 6 June 2008 grossing $ 5.7 million in domestic ticket sales . It additionally earned nearly 21 million in sales through international release for a combined $ 26.5 million in gross revenue . The film was a minor financial success after its theatrical run , and was generally met with positive critical reviews . The film was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as a submission from Kazakhstan .
Sergei Vladimirovich Bodrov ( Russian : Серге́й Влади́мирович Бодро́в , IPA : [ sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈdrof ] ; born June 28 , 1948 ) is a Russian film director , screenwriter , and producer . In 2003 he was the President of the Jury at the 25th Moscow International Film Festival .
The 79th Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 2006 and took place February 25 , 2007 , at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST . During the ceremony , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Laura Ziskin and directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actress Ellen DeGeneres hosted for the first time . Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California held on February 10 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Maggie Gyllenhaal . The Departed won four awards , including Best Picture and Best Director for Martin Scorsese . Other winners included Pan 's Labyrinth with three , An Inconvenient Truth , Dreamgirls and Little Miss Sunshine with two , and Babel , The Blood of Yingzhou District , The Danish Poet , Happy Feet , The Last King of Scotland , Letters from Iwo Jima , The Lives of Others , Marie Antoinette , Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man 's Chest , The Queen and West Bank Story with one . The telecast garnered nearly 40 million viewers in the United States .
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ( known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020 ) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) . It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track . When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16 , 1929 , to honor films released in 1927/28 , there was no separate category for foreign language films . Between 1947 and 1955 , the Academy presented Special/Honorary Awards to the best foreign language films released in the United States . These awards , however , were not handed out on a regular basis ( no award was given in 1953 ) , and were not competitive since there were no nominees but simply one winning film per year . For the 1956 ( 29th ) Academy Awards , a competitive Academy Award of Merit , known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award , was created for non-English speaking films , and has been given annually since then . Unlike other Academy Awards , the International Feature Film award is not presented to a specific individual ( although it is accepted on-stage by its director ) , but is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole . Over the years , the Best International Feature Film Award and its predecessors have been given predominantly to European films : out of the seventy-two awards handed out by the Academy since 1947 to foreign language films , fifty-seven have gone to European films , seven to Asian films , five to films from the Americas and three to African films . Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini directed four Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award-winning motion pictures during his lifetime , a record that remains unmatched as of 2015 [ update ] ( if Special Awards are taken into account , then Fellini 's record is tied by his countryman Vittorio De Sica ) . The most awarded foreign country is Italy , with 14 awards won ( including three Special Awards ) and 28 nominations , while France is the foreign country with the largest number of nominations ( 37 for 12 wins , including three Special Awards ) . Israel is the foreign country with the largest number of nominations ( 10 ) without winning an award , while Portugal has the largest number of submissions ( 34 ) without a nomination .
Nothing Personal ( Russian : Ничего личного , romanized : Nichego lichnogo ) is a 2007 Russian drama film written and directed by Larisa Sadilova . It was entered into the 29th Moscow International Film Festival . It won the FIPRESCI prize in 2007 .
The 29th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2007 . The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film Travelling with Pets directed by Vera Storozheva .
Paragraph 78 ( Russian : Параграф 78 ; also stylized as : § 78 ) is a Russian film by Mikhail Khleborodov released in 2007 . The film was split into two parts Paragraph 78 , Punkt 1 released on February 22 , 2007 , and Paragraph 78 , Punkt 2 released on March 29 , 2007 . The screenplay was based on a 1995 story by Ivan Okhlobystin . Andrey Lazarchuk , the Russian writer of the modern turborealism literature style , wrote a novel based on this film ( February 2007 ) .
Science fiction film ( or sci-fi film ) is a genre that uses speculative , fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science , such as extraterrestrial lifeforms , alien worlds , extrasensory perception and time travel , along with futuristic elements such as spacecraft , robots , cyborgs , interstellar travel or other technologies . Science fiction films have often been used to focus on political or social issues , and to explore philosophical issues like the human condition . In many cases , tropes derived from written science fiction may be used by filmmakers ignorant of or at best indifferent to the standards of scientific plausibility and plot logic to which written science fiction is traditionally held . The genre has existed since the early years of silent cinema , when Georges Melies ' A Trip to the Moon ( 1902 ) employed trick photography effects . The next major example in the genre was the film Metropolis ( 1927 ) . From the 1930s to the 1950s , the genre consisted mainly of low-budget B movies . After Stanley Kubrick 's landmark 2001 : A Space Odyssey ( 1968 ) , the science fiction film genre was taken more seriously . In the late 1970s , big-budget science fiction films filled with special effects became popular with audiences after the success of Star Wars and paved the way for the blockbuster hits of subsequent decades .
Thriller is a genre of fiction , having numerous , often overlapping subgenres . Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit , giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense , excitement , surprise , anticipation and anxiety . Successful examples of thrillers are the films of Alfred Hitchcock . Thrillers generally keep the audience on the edge of their seats as the plot builds towards a climax . The cover-up of important information is a common element . Literary devices such as red herrings , plot twists , and cliffhangers are used extensively . A thriller is usually a villain-driven plot , whereby they present obstacles that the protagonist must overcome .
Ivan Ivanovich Okhlobystin ( Russian : Ива́н Ива́нович Охлобы́стин ; born 22 July 1966 ) is a Russian Orthodox priest , actor , director and screenwriter . By his own choice , he is temporarily suspended as priest from the ministry of the Russian Orthodox Church . He is the creative director of the company Baon .