Russia may have been cut off from much of the international film community, but here at Cannes, members of the country’s media business are quietly trying to line up deals.
may have been cut off from much of the international film community, but here at Cannes, members of the country’s media business are quietly trying to line up deals.
“All the sales companies, they are welcoming Russians,” said Armen Dishdishian, head of acquisitions at leading Russian distributor Central Partnership, which is owned by Gazprom-Media. “They know me. They know other [Russian buyers]. They know where we stand, so they have no problem to sit down [with us].”
on their Russian operations and scrapping the releases of blockbusters that make up an estimated 70% of the Russian box office.
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