A list of films produced in Russia in 2021 (see 2021 in film).
Opening | Title | Russian title | Cast and crew | Details | |
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J A N U A R Y | 1 | The Last Warrior: Root of Evil | Последний богатырь: Корень зла | Director: Dmitriy Dyachenko Cast: Viktor Khorinyak, Mila Sivatskaya, Ekaterina Vilkova, Elena Yakovleva, Sergey Burunov, Yelena Valyushkina, Kirill Zaytsev, Konstantin Lavronenko | Walt Disney Studios Continuation of the 2017 film The Last Warrior (The Last Knight), a film company The Walt Disney Company CIS. |
2 | Silver Spoon. The Movie | Мажор. Фильм | Director: Nikolai Bulygin, Max Polinsky Cast: Pavel Priluchny, Yevgeny Stychkin, Agnia Ditkovskyte, Darina Ervin, Daniil Vorobyov | Online cinema KinoPoisk HD Films based on television series of 2014's Silver Spoon . | |
14 | Don't Heal Me | Не лечи меня | Director: Mikhail Malinin Cast: Ivan Yankovsky, Dmitry Nagiyev | ||
27 | A Siege Diary | Блокадный дневник | Director: Andrey Zaitsev Cast: Olga Ozollapinya, Sergey Dreyden | [1] | |
28 | Zoya | Зоя | Director: Maxim Brius, Leonid Plyaskin Cast: Anastasia Mishina, Artyom Kuren, Darya Yurgens, Yevgeny Romantsov, Nikita Kologrivy | ||
F E B R U A R Y | 4 | Has Anyone Seen My Girl? | Кто-нибудь видел мою девчонку? | Director: Angelina Nikonova Cast: Anna Chipovskaya, Alexander Gorchilin, Viktoriya Isakova, Yuri Borisov | [2] |
4 | Ginger's Tale | Огонек-Огниво | Director: Konstantin Shchekin Voice cast: Natalya Tereshkova, Peter Kovrizhnyh, Sergey Burunov, Irina Yakovleva, Edgar Zapashny | Fairy tale musical film using traditional animation about a faithful girl's quest to save her friend from the powerful effects of an artifact. | |
4 | Standup undercover | Стендап под прикрытием | Director: Oleg Assadulin Cast: Valentina Mazunina, Kirill Nagiyev | [3] | |
6 | The North Wind | Северный ветер | Cast & Director: Renata Litvinova Cast: Anton Shagin, Sofya Ernst, Galina Tyunina, Tatyana Piletskaya | ||
11 | The Relatives | Родные | Director: Ilya Aksyonov Cast: Sergey Burunov, Irina Pegova, Semyon Treskunov, Elizaveta Gyrdymova, Nikita Pavlenko, Katerina Bekker | ||
18 | Upon the Magic Roads | Конёк-Горбунок | Director: Oleg Pogodin Cast: Anton Shagin, Pavel Derevyanko, Paulina Andreeva, Mikhail Yefremov, Yan Tsapnik, Oleg Taktarov, Lyasan Utiasheva, Aleksandr Semchev | Sony Pictures Productions and Releasing (SPPR) The tale is based on the novel The Humpbacked Horse. The Humpbacked Horse (1941 film) and The Humpbacked Horse (1947 animated feature films) Official website [4] | |
23 | Dad | Батя | Director: Dmitry Yefimovich Cast: Vladimir Vdovichenkov | ||
25 | Scarecrow | Пугало | Director: Dmitry Davydov Cast: Valentina Romanova-Chyskyyray | ||
M A R C H | 4 | Couple from the Future | Пара из будущего | Director: Aleksey Nuzhnyy Cast: Sergey Burunov, Mariya Aronova, Denis Paramonov, Darya Konyzheva, Igor Tsaregorodtsev, Georgiy Tokaev, Mikhail Orlov, Serafima Krasnikova | Central Partnership |
4 | Have Fun, Vasya! Date in Bali | Гуляй, Вася! Свидание на Бали | Director: Roman Karimov Cast: Lyubov Aksyonova, Boris Dergachev, Roman Kurtsyn, Sergey Abroskin, Svyatoslav Korolev | The sequel to the 2017 film Have Fun, Vasya! . | |
4 | Russian South | Рашн Юг | Director: Anton Fedotov Cast: Stasya Miloslavskaya, Semyon Treskunov, Rinal Mukhametov, Aleksandr Metyolkin, Roman Madyanov, Eldar Kalimulin | Sony Pictures Productions and Releasing (SPPR) | |
4 | White Snow | Белый снег | Director: Nikolay Khomeriki Cast: Olga Lerman, Fyodor Dobronravov, Nadezhda Markina, Anna Ukolova | [5] [6] | |
11 | The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks | Нос, или Заговор нетаких | Director: Andrey Khrzhanovskiy | Opera animation film by School-Studio "Shar" based on the work of playwright Gogol [7] | |
11 | The Ex | Бывшая | Director: Evgeniy Puzyrevskiy Cast: Konstantin Beloshapka, Vera Panfilova, Sergey Dvoynikov | [8] | |
18 | A Dog Named Palma | Пальма | Director: Aleksandr Domogarov Jr. Cast: Viktor Dobronravov, Leonid Basov, Vladimir Ilyin, Valeriya Fedorovich, Evgeniya Dmitrieva | Central Partnership | |
18 | Secret Magic Control Agency | Ганзель, Гретель и Агентство Магии | Director: Aleksey Tsitsilin Voice cast: Valery Smekalov, Irina Obrezkova, Alexey Makretsky, Regina Shchukina, Ksenia Brzhezovskaya, Yulia Zorkina | Sony Pictures Productions and Releasing (SPPR) / Netflix Animated film based on Hansel and Gretel [9] |
Opening | Title | Russian title | Cast and crew | Details | |
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A P R I L | 1 | Major Grom: Plague Doctor | Майор Гром: Чумной Доктор | Director: Oleg Trofim Cast: Tikhon Zhiznevsky, Oleg Chugunov, Lyubov Aksyonova, Aleksei Maklakov, Aleksandr Seteykin, Sergei Goroshko, Dmitry Chebotarev, Mikhail Evlanov | Walt Disney Studios / Netflix Superhero is a full-length adaptation of the Russian comic book series Major Grom [10] [11] |
1 | Masha | Маша | Director: Anastasiya Palchikova Cast: Anna Chipovskaya, Maksim Sukhanov | ||
8 | Persian Lessons | Уроки фарси | Director: Vadim Perelman Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Leonie Benesch | ||
15 | Chernobyl: Abyss | Чернобыль | Director: Danila Kozlovsky Cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Oksana Akinshina, Filipp Avdeyev, Ravshana Kurkova | Central Partnership / Netflix A film about the Chernobyl disaster. [12] | |
15 | Sheena 667 | Sheena 667 | Director: Grigoriy Dobrygin Cast: Vladimir Svirskiy, Yulia Peresild, Jordan Frye | ||
26 | The Little Warrior | Маленький воин | Director: Ilya Ermolov Cast: Ilya Sigalov, Mariya Lobanova, Nikolai Shrayber | ||
29 | V2. Escape from Hell | Девятаев | Director:Timur Bekmambetov Cast: Pavel Priluchny, Thure Riefenstein , Patrick Joswig, Daria Zlatopolskaya | World War II film based on real events [13] | |
M A Y | 13 | Tell Her | Скажи ей | Director: Aleksandr Molochnikov Cast: Kay Aleks Getts, Artyom Bystrov, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Wolfgang Cerny | Walt Disney Studios |
J U N E | 10 | Archipelago | Архипелаг | Director: Aleksey Telnov Cast: Dmitry Palamarchuk, Andrey Merzlikin, Marina Petrenko | Tells about the Russian-Swedish expedition to Svalbard in the 19th century. [14] |
10 | The Red Ghost | Красный призрак | Director: Andrey Bogatyrev Cast: Aleksey Shevchenkov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Yuri Borisov, Polina Chernyshova, Wolfgang Cerny, Mikhail Gorevoy | Ghost war film [15] | |
24 | Bender: The Beginning | Бендер: Начало | Director: Igor Zaytsev Cast: Sergey Bezrukov, Aram Vardevanyan, Nikita Kologrivyy | Films about Ostap Bender. |
Opening | Title | Russian title | Cast and crew | Details | |
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J U L Y | 10 | Compartment No. 6 | Купе номер шесть | Director: Juho Kuosmanen Cast: Seidi Haarla, Yuri Borisov, Dinara Drukarova | |
15 | Bender: Gold of the Empire – Part 2 | Бендер: Золото империи | Director: Igor Zaytsev Cast: Sergey Bezrukov, Aram Vardevanyan, Nikita Kologrivyy | Continuation of the film Bender: The Beginning. | |
S E P T E M B E R | 1 | Girls Got Game | Нефутбол | Director: Maksim Sveshnikov Cast: Lyubov Aksyonova, Egor Koreshkov, Yuliya Topolnitskaya, Alina Alekseeva | Sports film captain of the women's soccer team. [16] [17] |
9 | Heavenly Team | Небесная команда | Director: Vladimir Alenikov Cast: Anton Rogachev, Kristina Korbut, Nikita Volkov, Aleksei Guskov, Irina Rozanova | ||
9 | Fib the Truth | Соври мне правду | Director: Olga Akatieva Cast: Darya Melnikova, Yevgeny Romantsov, Pavel Priluchny | ||
9 | Mama, I'm Home | Мама, я дома | Director: Vladimir Bitokov Cast: Kseniya Rappoport, Yuri Borisov, Alexander Gorchilin | ||
9 | Petrov's Flu | Петровы в гриппе | Director: Kirill Serebrennikov Cast: Chulpan Khamatova, Semyon Serzin, Elene Mushkaeva | Sony Pictures Productions and Releasing (SPPR) Adapted from the novel The Petrovs In And Around Flu by Russian author Alexey Sainikov [18] | |
14 | Quarantine | КАРАнтин | Director: Diana Ringo Cast: Anatoly Bely, Aleksandr Obmanov, Diana Ringo | Dystopian drama film [19] [20] | |
21 | The Danube | Дунай | Director: Lyubov Mulmenko Cast: Nadezhda Lumpova, Nenad Vasic, Dusan Mamula | ||
23 | 100 Minutes | Иван Денисович | Director: Gleb Panfilov Cast: Filipp Yankovsky, Artur Beschastny, Aleksandr Karavayev | Based on the plot One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich . | |
23 | House Arrest | Дело | Director: Aleksey German Jr. Cast: Merab Ninidze, Svetlana Khodchenkova | ||
23 | Milk | Молоко | Director: Karen Oganesyan Cast: Yulia Peresild, Andrey Burkovsky, Gosha Kutsenko | ||
25 | Unclenching the Fists | Разжимая кулаки | Director: Kira Kovalenko Cast: Milana Aguzarova, Alik Karaev, Soslan Khugaev | ||
26 | Hostel | Общага | Director: Roman Vasyanov Cast: Gennady Vyrypaev, Irina Starshenbaum, Marina Vasilyeva |
Opening | Title | Russian title | Cast and crew | Details | |
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O C T O B E R | 14 | Gerda | Герда | Director: Natalya Kudryashova Cast: Anastasiya Krasovskaya, Yuri Borisov | |
21 | Draculov | Дракулов | Director: Ilya Kulikov Cast: Mikhail Galustyan, Denis Vasilev, Tatyana Babenkova, Aleksey Zolotovitskiy | ||
21 | Saving Pushkin | Учёности плоды | Cast & Director: Igor Ugolnikov Cast: Sergey Bezrukov, Nastassja Kerbengen, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Anastasiya Melnikova | ||
28 | The Ice Demon | Ледяной демон | Director: Ivan Kapitonov Cast: Olga Lomonosova, Aleksey Rozin, Alina Babak, Gleb Kalyuzhnyy, Igor Khripunov | ||
28 | Koschey: The Everlasting Story | Кощей. Начало | Director: Andrey Kolpin Voice cast: Nikita Volkov, Irina Starshenbaum, Timur Rodriguez, Arseny Perel, Pavel Barshak, Vladislav Vetrov, Irina Medvedeva, Miroslava Karpovich | Parovoz Animation Studio [21] | |
N O V E M B E R | 5 | Bender: The Final Hustle – Part 3 | Бендер: Последняя афера | Director: Igor Zaytsev Cast: Sergey Bezrukov, Aram Vardevanyan, Taisiya Vilkova, Artyom Tkachenko, Olga Sutulova | In the future, the film will become part of the Bender series. |
11 | Friend for Sale | Друг на продажу | Director: Aleksandr Danilov Cast: Anton Pampushny, Anton Bogdanov, Vadim Galygin, Irina Antonenko, Mikhail Bashkatov | ||
11 | Row 19 | Ряд 19 | Director: Alexander Babaev Cast: Svetlana Ivanova, Wolfgang Cerny, Marta Timofeeva, Ekaterina Vilkova | Central Partnership | |
18 | Sky | Небо | Director: Igor Kopylov Cast: Igor Petrenko, Ivan Batarev, Sergey Gubanov, Maria Mironova, Marina Mitrofanova, Ilya Noskov | Central Partnership | |
18 | Teddy Boom | Плюшевый Бум! | Director: Denis Chernov Voice cast: Mikhail Khrustalev, Ksenia Brzhezovskaya | The Riki Group of Companies [22] | |
D E C E M B E R | 2 | At Close Distance | На близком расстоянии | Director: Grigoriy Dobrygin Cast: Kseniya Rappoport, Nurbol Uulu Kayratbek, Petr Rykov | |
2 | Only Me is Normal | Нормальный только я | Director: Anton Bogdanov Cast: Anton Bogdanov, Olga Lerman, Maksim Vitorgan | ||
2 | The Pilot. A Battle for Survival | Лётчик | Director: Renat Davletyarov Cast: Pyotr Fodorov, Anna Peskova, Pavel Osadchiy, Maksim Emelyanov, Yevgeny Mikheev, Gela Meskhi, Alexey Barabash | Central Partnership | |
23 | The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness | Последний богатырь: Посланник тьмы | Director: Dmitry Dyachenko Cast: Viktor Khorinyak, Mila Sivatskaya, Ekaterina Vilkova, Elena Yakovleva, Konstantin Lavronenko, Sergey Burunov, Yelena Valyushkina | Walt Disney Studios It is a sequel to The Last Warrior: Root of Evil (2021) and is the film company The Walt Disney Company CIS. | |
30 | Champion of the World | Чемпион мира | Director: Aleksey Sidorov Cast: Ivan Yankovsky, Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Viktor Dobronravov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Diana Pozharskaya | Central Partnership Based on real events - Sports drama CIA intrigue/sabotage film [23] | |
30 | Three Heroes and The Horse on The Throne | Три богатыря и Конь на троне | Director: Darina Shmidt Voice cast: Dmitry Vysotsky, Sergei Makovetsky | Melnitsa Animation Studio | |
Hoffmaniada is a 2018 Russian stop motion-animated feature film from Soyuzmultfilm. The film is one of the first full-length puppet animated film in the recent history of the animation studio. The concept and the art design was done by Mikhail Shemyakin and is edited by Stanislav Sokolov and Veronika Pavlovskaya, written by Sokolov and Viktor Slavkin, and directed by Sokolov.
BUBBLE Comics is the largest Russian comic book publisher, founded in 2011. It is the only publishing house in Russia that produces original non-franchised comic books. Its early slate consisted of four titles: Demonslayer, Major Grom, Friar, and Red Fury. These were later joined by Exlibrium and Meteora. The original four titles concluded their run in December 2016 at fifty issues each. In January 2017, four new ongoing series were launched in their place: Allies, Demonslayer vol. 2, Igor Grom, and Realmwalkers.
Major Grom is a comic book series published by Russian publisher Bubble Comics. It ran from 2012 to 2016. Most issues were written by Artyom Gabrelyanov and Evgeniy Fedotov. Artists who contributed to the series include Konstantin Tarasov, Anastasia "Phobs" Kim, Yulia Zhuravleva, and Anna Rud. In January 2017, as part of the Second Wind event, the series was closed and replaced with another one, under the title Igor Grom, which serves as a sequel to Major Grom. In 2021, Igor Grom was also ended and followed by the next series, Major Igor Grom.
Major Grom is a 2017 Russian short action film directed by Vladimir Besedin, based on the comic character Major Grom.
The Wife Has Left is a 1979 Soviet drama film directed by Dinara Asanova.
Major Grom: Plague Doctor is a 2021 Russian action film directed by Oleg Trofim, based on the comic book series of the same name by the Russian publisher Bubble Comics, created by Artyom Gabrelyanov. It is the second film adapted from Bubble Comics, as well as the first feature-length film based on a Russian comic. Prior to that, the studio had released the short film Major Grom. It stars Tikhon Zhiznevsky in the lead role, alongside Lyubov Aksyonova, Aleksei Maklakov, Aleksandr Seteykin, Sergei Goroshko, and Dmitry Chebotaryov. The film is set in Saint Petersburg and tells the story of police major Igor Grom, an honest and skilled cop with unconventional methods, who pursues a vigilante murderer in the mask of a plague doctor.
The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks is a 2020 Russian animated film. The film is created by the animation studio School-Studio "Shar". People's Artist of Russia animator, Andrei Khrzhanovsky directed the film. The film is based on the Russian classic, The Nose by Nikolai Gogol. The script writers Yuri Arabov and Andrei Khrzhanovsky adapted the 19th-century prose of Gogol as well as the verses of the opera of the same name by Dmitri Shostakovich into an animated film featuring a mixture of drawings, cut-outs, live-action, and documentary style filming.
Artyom Aramovich Gabrelyanov is a Russian entrepreneur, founder of Bubble Comics, screenwriter, journalist, producer, author of comics and graphic novels Major Grom, Demonslayer and others.
Lyubov Pavlovna Aksyonova, née Novikova is a Russian actress.
Quarantine is a Russian-Finnish dystopian drama film written and directed by Diana Ringo. The film premiered on 14 September 2021 in Blagoveschensk, Russia. Moscow premiere was held on 4 October at KARO Oktyabr. The film is an official non-English language Golden Globes 2022 entry.
Zinaida Sergeyevna Pronchenko is a Russian film historian, film critic, and journalist. She is the Chief editor of Iskusstvo Kino's site since April 1, 2020.
Fury is an upcoming Russian TV series co-produced by Bubble Studios and Kinopoisk, based on the Red Fury Russian comic book series by Bubble Comics. The series is part of the Bubble cinematic universe along with the movie Major Grom: Plague Doctor. Even before the shooting of the debut films of the studio, a short and feature film adaptations of comics about Major Grom, Artyom Gabrelyanov talked about plans to shoot film adaptations of other Bubble comics, if the first films prove successful. The success of Major Grom: Plague Doctor was mixed: despite the box office failure, the film achieved popularity on streaming platforms. In this regard, the filmmakers noted that they would continue to create film adaptations, but most likely by order and funding of streaming platforms such as KinoPoisk HD and Netflix. The series was announced on October 1, 2021. Artyom Gabrelyanov, Mikhail Kitaev, and Olga Filipuk will be the producers of the series.
Tsoi is a 2020 Russian film directed by Alexei Uchitel, a joint production of Russia, Lithuania, and Latvia. The film tells the story of how a participant in car accident that killed Viktor Tsoi carries the Tsoi's coffin from Jūrmala to Leningrad. Tsoi himself appears only at the beginning of the film, where he immediately dies in a car accident. "There isn't even Tsoi in the Tsoi", said Komsomolskaya Pravda, while a review by Argumenty i Fakty was titled "Tsoi without Tsoi".
Dmitry Shpilenok is a Russian documentary filmmaker, operator, and producer. For many years he has also worked as an environmental inspector.
Vasilisa Vasilievna Kuzmina is a filmmaker, screenwriter and actress.
Lyubov Yuryevna Arkus is a Russian director, film expert, editor, founder of Seans magazine, Anton's Right Here charity foundation, and Chapaev.media educational project.
Asanali Ashimuly Ashimov is a Soviet and Kazakh actor, stage and screen director, screenwriter, educator, professor of drama.
Andrei Borisovich Loshak is a Russian journalist and reporter.
Nuremberg is a 2023 Russian historical drama film written and directed by Nikolai Lebedev about the Nuremberg trials. The script was based on the book Forever and Eternal by Alexander Zvyagintsev.
Major Grom: The Game is a 2024 Russian superhero film based on the comic book series Major Grom by the Russian publisher Bubble Comics, in particular on the story arc The Game. Created by Bubble Studios in collaboration with Plus Studio and distributed by the Central Partnership film distribution company, the project is a direct sequel to the film Major Grom: Plague Doctor (2021) and the third motion picture in the Bubble Film Universe media franchise.