The Russian Content Worldwide stand, organised by ROSKINO with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, will be the largest presenter at the content market.
Twenty Russian film companies, presenting over 110 movies, TV series and animated films will take centre stage at the Dubai International Content Market (DICM) which will be held on November 12-13.
The Russian Content Worldwide stand, organised by ROSKINO with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, will be the largest presenter at the content market, whose main audience includes international distributors as well as TV channels and VOD platform representatives, not only in the MENA region, but Asia, Europe, and Latin America as well. ROSKINO has been working on expanding Russian participation in DICM since 2021, and this year marks a record in the number of Russian participants.
Speaking on the robust number of Russian participants, Olga Lyubimova, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation said: “As of this year, the UAE has become a BRICS member state, and thus we hope that our collaboration with DICM will increase. Important steps have already been taken this direction. For example, the summer of 2024 marked the UAE Culture Days in Moscow; Ministers of Culture from BRICS
member states met during the 10 th anniversary of the St. Petersburg International United Cultures Forum, at which we had a fruitful discussion with His Excellency Salem bin Khalid Al Qassimi, the UAE Minister of Culture and Youth. The presentation of Russian film and animation projects at the DICM, which is a milestone event for the film industry of the Middle East, will strengthen business ties with the region and will contribute to the growth of Russian film exports to the Middle Eastern market.”
Elsa Antonova, CEO of ROSKINO added: “Over the course of several years, due to the Russian film industry’s participation in DICM, the Middle East has become more familiar with our contemporary content. There is a marked shift in the interest for both feature films and TV series, including formats (to create remakes), as well as for animated films. The number of Russian films in the UAE and Gulf countries has increased: based on the results of the first half of 2024, these countries are among the top 5 foreign markets in terms of box office receipts for Russian films in theatrical distribution. We are presenting a record number of companies at DICM in 2024. I am sure that the event will quite productive in terms of agreements and future deals.”
Foreign content buyers will be presented with a wide variety of new feature films including family fantasy movie The Wizard of the Emerald City: Part 1; The Poet; The Last Ronin (Central Partnership); Red Silk; Vasiliy (Art Pictures Distribution); A Dog Named Palma 2 (Mars Media Entertainment); Finist: The First Warrior (All Media (a START Company)), The Enchanted Tinderbox (CTB Film Company); The Oligarch Driver (Pimanov and Partners); as well as others.
New TV series to be presented at the Russian Content Worldwide booth include the Russian-Turkish melodrama series The Color of Pomegranate; psychological detective series Inside the Criminal Mind; melodrama collection Love Stories (Russia Television and Radio); historical detective series inspired by the actual life of Russian attorney Fyodor Plevako called Plevako (Rock Films); drama series Living Life (All Media (a START company)); sci-fi series about the unusual case investigation with supernatural forces involved – Project “Prometheus” (Central Partnership); and a thriller series about the life of members of a rescue team in Five Minutes of Silence Mountains and Sea (NTV Broadcasting Company).
Demonstrating the popularity of Russian animation in the MENA region, half of the participants at the
Russian stand will show animated projects. These include Arctic Heroes, Steel Family: Brotherhood vs Gold
project; Kids-e Cats. New Year film; Orange Moo-Cow, The Secrets of Honey Hills, Rockoons; the TV series Space Dogs: Cosmic Adventures, Dragonia , Puppies & Kittens, Tugan Batyr, and Moonzy: Homecoming, the highest-grossing animated project of 2024 at the Russian box office.
Russian documentary cinema in Dubai will be represented by various projects such as The Intriguing Secrets of Anna Karenina, Syria: History of Civilization, Space Flight: Towards the Sun, The unknown Kremlin, to name a few.
