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 | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |