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A list of films produced in Russia in 2012 (see 2012 in film).
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A list of films produced in Russia in 2012 (see 2012 in film).
| Date | Title | Russian Title | Director | Cast | Genre(s) | Notes |
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| April 5 | The Spy | Шпион | Alexey Andrianov | Danila Kozlovsky Fyodor Bondarchuk Anna Chipovskaya Viktoriya Tolstoganova Sergey Gazarov | Dieselpunk | |
| April 5 | The Sky Under the Heart | Небо под сердцем | Victoria Kaskova | Drama | ||
| May 1 | The Game | Матч | Andrey Malyukov | Sergey Bezrukov Elizaveta Boyarskaya Ekaterina Klimova Karen Badalov | Drama, History, Sport, War | [ citation needed ] |
| May 3 | White Tiger | Белый тигр | Karen Shakhnazarov | Aleksey Vertkov Vitali Kishchenko Aleksandr Vakhov Vitaliy Dordzhiev Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov | Action, Adventure, War | The film was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. |
| June 14 | Kokoko | Кококо | Dunya Smirnova | Anna Mikhalkova | Drama | |
| June 28 | Love with an Accent | Любовь с акцентом | Rezo Gigineishvili | Anna Mikhalkova Nadezhda Mikhalkova | Comedy |
| Date | Title | Russian Title | Director | Cast | Genre(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 30 | Living | Жить | Vassily Sigarev | Olga Lapshina Marina Gavrilova Sasha Gavrilova Yana Troyanova | Drama | |
| September 7 | Branded | Москва 2017 | Jamie Bradshaw Aleksandr Dulerayn | Ed Stoppard Leelee Sobieski Max von Sydow Jeffrey Tambor Ingeborga Dapkunaite | Dark fantasy | |
| September 20 | The Horde | Орда | Andrei Proshkin | Maksim Sukhanov Roza Khayrullina Aleksandr Yatsenko Vitaliy Khaev | Historical, Drama | [ citation needed ] |
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