Artkino is a project of cultural and social significance, which goal is to create and promote independent cinema in Russia and abroad.
The project was established in 2006 and now it has 7 directions, which are
- Artkino Film Club
- MasterClass Film Club
- Artkino Film Lab
- Artkino Film Production Company
- Artkino Short Film Festival
- Artkino-prokat Film Distribution Company
- Publishing House
Artkino Film Club unites young people who want to express themselves in the art of cinema. For this we organize the exhibition of world cinema masterpieces, hold lectures (on directing, scriptwriting, editing, the history and theory of cinema), discussions and workshops aimed at learning the language of cinema, during such lessons each student has a chance to make his own short film. Now these are the 8th and 9th waves that study in our school (we have a tradition of calling each new course a “wave” according to the New Wave in French cinema).
Artkino Film Club has its branches in St.Petersburg and Sochi.
MasterClass Film Club organizes creative masterclasses with the leading Russian film-makers (directors, producers, scriptwriters, cinematographers) to put up the professional level of young film-makers. Up to now 150 master classes have been held. There have been meetings with director Andrey Zvyagintsev, who has two Venice Film Festival awards; winner of many international festivals, director of animated pictures Yury Norstein; director Alexey Popogrebsky; Kannes Film Festival winner, scriptwriter Yury Arabov.
Artkino Film Lab conducts experiments in development of cinema language. As a result the Triangle Theory of Cinema has been worked out.
Artkino Film Company specializes in short films. The Artkino producers look for and work on realization of interesting projects of young directors. Artkino Film Company has released more than 10 short films. Now 3 feature-length movies are in development.
Artkino Short Film Festival sees its mission in reviving independent cinema in Russia, inspiring discoveries in cinema language and driving attention to independent cinema by promoting short films created by cinema school students and non-professionals. Since 2008 200 films are presented during the festival each year, among them are features, documentaries, experimental films, animation and 3D/stereomovies. Acclaimed jury includes most famous Russian film-makers (e.g. Pavel Lungin, Kannes Film Festival winner, cinematographer Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev, Venice Film Festival winner). Each year a legendary film-maker addresses to the participants and guests of the festival with the words of welcome: in 2008 it was writer Tonino Guerra (Italy), in 2009 – director Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland), in 2010 – director Claude Lelouch (France).
Festival takes place in Moscow, Russia. For more information visit www.artkinofest.ru
Artkino-prokat Film Distribution Company promotes Russian short films, organizes its release in cinemas and on DVDs and TV. Nowadays Artkino films are being exhibited in more than 20 Russian cities and CIS countries and also during the weeks of Russian cinema in different European countries. Company has released 3 DVD-sets with the best films of the 1st (2008), the 2nd (2009) and the 3rd (2010) Artkino short film festivals.
Publishing house releases a monthly newspaper dedicated to Russian independent cinema. Also there is a book line “MasterClass” based on the materials of the meetings held in “MasterClass” Film Club. Books of Andrey Zvyagintsev, scriptwriter Yury Arabov, producer Alexandr Rodnyansky have already been published. New book line “Special Course in Artkino” is in development, it will include books with the materials of special courses organized by Artkino Film School. Its first edition will be “Your Style in Directing” based on the famous course of lectures by acclaimed Russian director Vladimir Alenikov.
Artkino Project provides an opportunity for young directors not only to learn the secrets of world cinema and film production, but also to participate in the formation of the Russian auteur cinema directly, passing through all the stages – from a spectator to a film director: from watching classic movies to discussing them with masters of cinema in the MasterClass Film Club, from lectures on film directing to first attempts in movie creation in the Artkino Film Club, from trial shots to the first film created with the support of the Artkino Film Company and the Word of Art Film Studio, from friends oppinion to the competent judges assessment on the Artkino Short Film Festival, from the success on the Internet to coming out on the screens and DVD release of the Artkino Film Distribution company and, finally, to self-realization as a creator of the film worthy of becoming an event in the world of auteur cinema, which can be read about in The Artkino newspaper.
The founders of the Artkino Project: non-profit organization Creative Unit The World of Art, Artkino Film Club.
Art director of Artkino Project: film director Sergey Tyutin
Director of Artkino Project: film producer Dmitry Kupovykh
