Scenes from a Marriage is a 1973 Swedish television miniseries written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Over the course of six hour-long episodes, it explores the disintegration of the marriage between Marianne, a divorce lawyer, and Johan, a psychology professor. The series spans a period of 10 years. Bergman's teleplay draws on his own experiences, including his relationship with Ullmann. It was shot on a small budget in Stockholm and Fårö in 1972.
Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev is a Russian film director and screenwriter. His film The Return (2003) won him a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Following The Return, Zvyagintsev directed The Banishment and Elena (2011). His film Leviathan (2014) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2014 and won the Best Film award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. His most recent film Loveless won the Jury Prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, and was among the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. He also won the Achievement in Directing award for this film at the 2017 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie is a Swedish-Norwegian actress. She was born in Västerås, Sweden, but grew up in Oslo, Norway. Her parents are Norwegian actress Jannik Bonnevie and Swedish actor Per Waldvik. Bonnevie was educated at Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting (1997) and had her first film role in Hrafn Gunnlaugsson's Hvíti víkingurinn, at the age of eighteen.
The Russian Guild of Film Critics is a Russian organization of professional film critics, headquartered in Moscow. A member of FIPRESCI since 1999, the guild critiques Russian and Foreign films. Beginning in 1998, the guild began conferring annual awards in several categories. The awards were called "The Golden Ram" or "The Golden Aries" from 1998 to 2004, then, beginning in 2005, the name was changed to "The White Elephant".
Renata Muratovna Litvinova is a Russian actress, film director, and screenwriter.
Alexander Yefymovych Rodnyansky is a Ukrainian and Russian film director, film producer, television executive and businessman. As a media-manager Rodnyansky founded the first Ukrainian independent television network 1+1 and successfully ran CTC Media, which under his management became the first Russian media company to publicly trade on NASDAQ. Films produced by Rodnyansky many times won important prizes at Cannes Film Festival. Among the awards won by his films – Golden Globe for Leviathan and Cezar for Loveless. Rodnyansky won GQ Man of the Year (producer) three times. He is a member of the European Film Academy and Asia Pacific Screen Academy. Rodnyansky is a Member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, four of his films were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category: Chief in Love, Est-Ouest, Leviathan and Loveless. Variety500 index names Alexander Rodnyansky as one of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry.
Ivan Fyodorovich Dobronravov is a Russian actor best known for his lead role in the 2003 film Vozvrashcheniye.
Elena is a 2011 Russian drama film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize.
Mikhail Krichman is a Russian cinematographer who received a Golden Osella award at the 67th Venice Film Festival for Silent Souls and 3 time award winner at Camerimage. Krichman is best known to western audiences for his work with renowned Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev. He photographed all of Zvyagintsev's films, including The Return (2003), The Banishment (2007), Elena (2010), Leviathan (2014) and Loveless (2017). Zvyagintsev claims that Krichman learned his craft by reading American Cinematographer. Krichman also shot Miss Julie for Norwegian director Liv Ullmann.
Leviathan is a 2014 Russian drama film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, co-written by Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin, and starring Aleksei Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, and Vladimir Vdovichenkov.
Yelena Yatsura is an independent film producer. She has collaborated with “Slovo”, “Non-Stop Production”, “Bogwood Kino” and “Filmocom” film companies. At the moment she works with “Trikita Entertainment”. Yelena Yatsura had won the Best Producer of the CIS and Baltic Countries award at the Open Film Festival “Kinoshok” in 2003. She is a two-time winner of the “Nika” Russian National Film Award as the Best Fiction Film Producer and the winner of the “Golden Eagle” National Film Award as the Best Fiction Film Producer of 2005.
The 2015 Shanghai International Film Festival was the 18th such festival devoted to international cinema held in Shanghai, China. The opening film was I Am Somebody, written and directed by Derek Yee.
About Love is a 2015 Russian romantic comedy. It was written by Anna Melikyan and Andrey Migachev directed by Melikyan. It won the Main Prize and the Prize of Film Distributors Jury at the Kinotavr film festival. It also was awarded at the Golden Eagle Awards as the Best Feature Film. A sequel was released in 2017.
Loveless is a 2017 drama film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, who co-wrote it with Oleg Negin. The story concerns two separated parents, played by Maryana Spivak and Aleksey Rozin, whose loveless relationship has decayed into a state of bitterness and hostility. They are temporarily drawn back together after their only child goes missing and they attempt to find him.
The 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 30 June to 8 July 2017. The Crystal Globe was won by Little Crusader, a Czech historical drama film directed by Václav Kadrnka. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by Men Don’t Cry, a Bosnian drama film directed by Alen Drljević.
Oleg Negin is a Russian screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Moscow.
Maryana Timofeevna Spivak is a Russian film and television actress known for the 2017 film Loveless.
Aleksey Anatolievich Rozin is a Russian film and stage actor.
Gleb Fetisov (Russian: Глеб Геннадьевич Фетисов; is a Russian billionaire., investor, film producer with Oscar-nominated movie productions, Member of the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia, formerly involved in the Russian banking industry, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, PhD and professor of economics and finance, former member of the Federation Council for the Voronezh Region and former chair of Green Alliance party.
The Golden Unicorn Awards are a set of awards for artistic excellence in film which recognises achievements of Russian cinematography and international film-makers creating Russian-themed films. The awards were established by Filip Perkon in 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The ceremony takes places annually, following Russian Film Week. The next Golden Unicorn Awards will be held in December, 2019.
