Google to launch Russian cinema week on YouTubeNovember 23, 2016 - 11:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Google will launch the first Russian Cinema Week on YouTube, featuring over 200 Russian movies, most of which will become legitimately available online for the first time, The Hollywood Reporter said. The Russian Cinema Week will run from November 28 through December 4, Google said on its official blog. The movies will be made available on YouTube thanks to agreements with major Russian production companies and distributors, including Central Partnership, Yellow, Black and White, X-Media Digital, Bazelevs, STV and Star Media. Among the titles featured during the Russian Cinema Week will be Andrei Zvyagintsev's Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning film Leviathan, Timur Bekmambetov-produced, New Year's-themed franchise Yolki (Christmas Trees) and Nikolai Lebedev's Legenda Nomer 17 (Legend No. 17), a biopic on Soviet hockey player Valery Kharlamov and one of Russian all-time box office champions. Movies featured in the Russian Cinema Week and divided into several sections, such as "Love Movies", "Dramas", "Approaching New Year's" and "Box Office Hits", and many of them will be legitimately available online worldwide for the first time. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |