Creative Business Forum

Movie theatres have been suffering losses since the beginning of March. Experts estimate that their number may halve by September. The suspension of film screenings in Russia by Hollywood studios and a decline in attendance at shopping centres, where cinemas are anchor tenants, have led to a reduction in the number of viewers by more than 50%. These circumstances have a negative impact on Russian film producers, who see up to 80% of revenue come from cinema distribution. In addition, other factors which have affected the industry include the withdrawal of foreign partners from co-production projects, the refusal of private investors to provide film financing, lower export revenues from the sale of content to foreign markets, and the lack of Russian analogues to replace foreign hardware or software in film production. How has the film business changed, given the sanctions imposed and the departure of major international players from the market? New formats and approaches in the operation of cinemas and online platforms. What models of interaction between content producers, OTT platforms, and cinemas are currently in use? How are domestic producers approaching new content? What content is in the greatest demand from consumers? What are the current tools to support film production and opportunities for international cooperation?

Moderator
Ivan Kudryavtsev, Anchor, Russia 24 TV Channel; Editor-in-Chief, Movie Industry Show

Ivan Kudryavtsev

Anchor, Russia 24 TV Channel; Editor-in-Chief, Movie Industry Show

Ivan Kudryavtsev
Deputy general director, Director for movie channels at Digital Television Russia Group (VGTRK and Rostelecom) — the largest media company on Russian Pay TV market.
Journalist and producer, editor-in-chief at Cinema TV-channel, member of The National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Ivan is one of the top-ranked experts on Russia’s film market and heads the Experts Council of The Golden Eagle Award — Russia’s main award to recognize professionals in film industry.
Since 2009 he creates and hosts “Industria Kino” — weekly film industry news show on Russia’s major News TV channel “Russia 24”. List of prominent guests includes Quentin Tarantino and Rutger Hauer, James Cameron and Nikita Mikhalkov, Ralph Fiennes and Luc Besson, Al Pacino and Andrei Konchalovsky, Stephen Spielberg and Timur Bekmambetov, and many, many others. The show is dedicated to cinema as a business and an art, combining in-depth box-office analysis with inspirational interviews with stars and masters.

Panellists
Alexander Akopov, Director, HSE Film Institute
Alexey Byrdin, General Director, Internet Video Association
Alexey Voronkov, Managing Partner, Cinema 5 Network
Olga Zinyakova, General Director, KARO Cinema Network
Fedor Sosnov, Executive Director, Federal Fund for Economic and Social Support of the Russian Cinematography (Cinema Fund)
Alexey Fursin, Head of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development Department of Moscow
Inna Shalyto, General Director, Roskino

Alexander Akopov

Director, HSE Film Institute

Alexey Byrdin

General Director, Internet Video Association

Alexey Voronkov

Managing Partner, Cinema 5 Network

Olga Zinyakova

General Director, KARO Cinema Network

Olga Zinyakova, President of KARO cinema chain

Olga Zinyakova has a 16-years’ experience in film industry. She started her career at the leading Russian TV-channels: Channel One Russia and TNT.

From 2008 to 2013 Olga was CEO of PromoFilm and was responsible for advertising and promotion of movies at Channel One Russia as well as the development of advertising campaigns.

Since 2013 Olga was the Head of Advertising and Marketing Department at KARO cinema chain, and in 2017 she was appointed President of KARO.

Mentor of the Women's Cinema Leadership Program, launched by the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC). Was ranked in the Top 50 women in the world film industry by the American portal Celluloid Junkie.

Fedor Sosnov

Executive Director, Federal Fund for Economic and Social Support of the Russian Cinematography (Cinema Fund)

Born in 1987 in Moscow. In 2008 graduated from State University of Management in Moscow, National and Global Economy Faculty.
In 2011 has got a PhD in Economics with thesis “National innovative systems in European Union”.
In 2009 – 2013 - an assistant professor, professor in Global Economy Department, State University of Management.
From 2013 works at Cinema Fund of the Russian Federation as a Head of Analytical Department, Deputy Director, and Acting Executive Director.
In 2021 was appointed as an Executive Director of Russian Federation’s Cinema Fund by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
Married, has a son.

Alexey Fursin

Head of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development Department of Moscow

Alexey was born on December 1, 1974.
In 1997 he graduated from the State University of Land Management in Moscow.
From 1997 to 2001, he studied at The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).
From 1997 to 1998, he worked as a junior specialist in the department of federal lands of the Department of Land Relations Reform of the State Committee of the Russian Federation on Land Resources and Land Management.
In 1998, he moved to the position of chief specialist of the federal lands department of the Land Policy Department of the Ministry of the Russian Federation on land policy, construction, and housing and communal services.
From December 1998 to August 2000 he served as chief specialist of the department of federal lands of the Office of State and Municipal Lands, was an advisor, deputy head of the Department of State Lands of the State Committee of the Russian Federation on Land Policy.
In 2000, he moved to the position of Head of the Legislative Work Division of the Land Reform Administration, worked as Deputy Head of the Land Reform Administration. Until 2004, he worked as the head of the legislative work and regulatory support section of the Land Policy Department of the Ministry of Property Relations of the Russian Federation.
In 2004, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Office of Real and Movable Property of the Federal Agency for the Management of Federal Property and worked in this position until 2007.
From 2007 to 2008, he worked as Deputy General Director for the separation of state ownership of land and regional development in the Directorate of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Federal Computer Center for Stock and Commodity Information Technologies (FT-Center)"
In 2008, he moved to the position of head of the Department of Land Resources and Real Estate. Until October 2015, he held the position of First Deputy General Director of the Federal Housing Development Foundation (“RHD FUND”).
In September 2016, he was appointed First Deputy Head of the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of Moscow.
In February 2017, Alexey Fursin was appointed Head of the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of Moscow.
On September 21, 2018, he was appointed Head of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development of Moscow.

Inna Shalyto

General Director, Roskino