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NATIONAL FILM COMMISSION OF RUSSIA

The National Film Commission of Russia starts its operations on the international market in 2010. It has been established as a non-commercial partnership whose objectives are to stimulate movie production in regions of the Russian Federation, to provide the additional infrastructure for a national movie industry and to facilitate the enhancement of Russia as an attractive shooting location. The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation supports the initiative that has led to the creation of the Commission.

The Commission’s operations will focus on the following fundamental tasks:
  • The creation and development of a network of regional movie commissions throughout the Russian Federation.
  • The provision of additional competitive benefits for the Russian Regions to improve their appeal as potential shooting locations among foreign moviemakers.
  • The overseas promotion of the Russian regions, and inducing foreign producers to come and work there.
  • Increasing the number of movies produced in the Russian regions, including co-operation with foreign producers and film institutes.
The National Film Commission has been jointly founded by the administrative organs of the many different territorial units that together constitute the Russian Federation, as well as by specialized or state movie organizations that have been authorized to perform the functions of a film commission or which do so on a voluntary basis.

The associated partners of the National Film Commission of Russia are movie studios, movie production and movie services companies as well as other service providers. All these parties share common interests such as getting foreign movie shooting teams to come and work in the Russian regions, overseas promotion of the regions, and projecting a positive image that will attract more tourists and create further employment opportunities.

At the present time, leading Russian movie studios, movie production companies and regional movie industry organizations have confirmed their interest in the creation of a national film commission and the prospects of their becoming a part of it.

The first meeting of the founders and associated partners of the National Film Commission will be held in Moscow in June 2010, under the auspices of the business program of the Moscow International Film Festival, which is known as the MIFF Business Square.

The organizing committee of the National Film Commission has already been active for a year in the following areas:
  • Supporting constituent bodies of the Russian Federation in the process of establishing and organizing the work of regional film commissions.
  • Promoting the movie production potential of the Russian regions in an international arena.
  • Providing information and organizational support to international moviemakers planning to shoot movies in Russia.
  • Constructing a comprehensive database of nationwide shooting locations. www.filminrussia.com
Our Regional Partners: St. Petersburg, Tver Oblast, Republic of Karelia, Pskov Oblast, Yaroslavl Oblast, Perm Krai, Republic of Tatarstan, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Irkutsk Krai, Vologda Oblast, Primorsky Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast