“Russian Focus” Join us as we celebrate a brilliant past and a bright future!
With world-class production talent; co-production treaties with France, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Canada, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS); and strong government funding through Russia’s Cinema Fund, Russia offers tremendous opportunities for animation productions and co-productions in Europe’s largest growing film and licensing market! Come meet and greet Russia’s top animation studios and learn about its co-production system at the Russian Animated Film Association’s first appearance at MIFA.
Speakers:
- Michael Mennies, Director of International Development and Production, The Riki Group
- Olga Goncharova, Head of Development, KVG Research
- Alexander Gerassimov, Producer and Director, Master Film et Open Russian Festival of Animated Film
- Irina Mastusova, Head of Development and CEO, Russian Animated Film Association
List of societies that will participate in the event
RUSSIAN ANIMATED FILM ASSOCIATION
Administration
Irina MASTUSOVA, CEO
Ilya POPOV, CEO
Ivan MAKSIMOV, Adviser
Natalia LUKINYKH, Adviser
Maria TERESHCHENKO, Reporter
Animation Studio
Boris MASHKOVTSEV, Executive Producer
ARGUS FILM STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL
Animation Studio
Vladimir REPIN, CFO / General Director
Animation Studio
Alexander MOREV, General Director
Vera MOTINA, Managing Partner
Mikhail KUZMIN, CFO
Elena PERSUKHOVA, Director
Production Company
Olga TIKHENKO, Coordinator for International Relations
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CENTRE OF THE YAMAL NENETS AUTONOMOUS
Artyom DZYUBA, Head of Translation Unit
Animation Studio
Vadim SOTSKOV, General Director
Olga GRANOVSKAYA, Director of Development
Animation Studio
Dmitriy LOVEIKO, Executive Director
"MASTER-FILM" STUDIO LTD
Animation Studio
Alexander GERASSIMOV, Producer
METRONOMFILMS
Production Company
Liliya GALIEVA, Producer's Assistant
Arsen GOTTLIEB, Producer
Animation Studio
Grigory MALYSHEV, Director
Animation Studio
Igor ZADORIN, Producer
Animation Studio
Anna OSTALSKAYA, Festival Coordinator
Animation Studio
Thatcher Scott Dyer MINES, Executive Producer's Assistant
Animation Studio
Irina MARGOLINA, General Producer
Animation Studio
Marat GANIEV, Director
Azat GANIEV, Scriptwriter
TEMA
Animation Studio
Aleksey LUKJANCHIKOV, Writer / Director / Artist
Vladimir SAKOV, Producer / General Manager / Writer / Director
THE PETERSBURG COMPUTER ANIMATION STUDIO
Animation Studio
Julia OSETINSKAYA, Executive Producer
Animation Studio
Pavel MUNTYAN, CEO
Vladimir PONOMAREV, Deputy General Director
Animation Studio
Lika SIDOROVA, Chief Sales and Development Officer