After grounding to a standstill during the coronavirus lockdown, film and TV production in Moscow is expected to resume as early as the end of June, according to several sources. For industry playe…
After grounding to a standstill during the coronavirus lockdown, film and TV production in Moscow is expected to resume as early as the end of June, according to several sources.
“I believe the international production industry just doesn’t have information about Moscow yet—about the costs, about the possibilities for filming,” says Svetlana Maximchenko of the Moscow Film Commission. Moscow, however, presents a tantalizing marriage of East and West in a city that also boasts top-notch infrastructure ready to facilitate large-scale productions at rock-bottom costs.“Considering the extremely low prices due to the currency rates dropping, it’s safe to say that it’s possible to assemble a level of crew and department heads that would easily compete with a lot of European productions,” says producerof Hype Film .
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