A list of films produced in Russia in 2023 (see 2023 in film).
Box office
editThe highest-grossing Russian films released in 2023, by global box office gross revenue, are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheburashka | Soyuzmultfilm | $77,609,926 |
| 2 | Wish of the Fairy Fish | CTB Film Company | $28,782,236 |
| 3 | The Challenge | Channel One | $23,404,037 |
| 4 | Tzadik | Studio Trite | $7,800,584 |
| 5 | Baba Yaga Saves The World | Fresh Film | $6,857,309 |
Film releases
edit| Opening | Title | Russian title | Cast and crew | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J A N U A R Y |
1 | Cheburashka | Чебурашка | Director: Dmitry Dyachenko Cast: Olga Kuzmina, Sergei Garmash, Fyodor Dobronravov, Elena Yakovleva, Polina Maksimova, Sergei Lavygin |
Central Partnership / Yellow, Black and White / START Studio / Soyuzmultfilm The film is based on the children's book Gena the Crocodile and His Friends by Eduard Uspensky. |
| 1 | Grom: Boyhood Major Grom. Special |
Гром: Трудное детство | Director: Oleg Trofim Cast: Kay Aleks Getts, Sergey Marin, Aleksei Vedernikov, Vladimir Yaganov, Daniil Vorobyov, Irina Rozanova |
Digital release by KinoPoisk / Bubble Studios Major Grom, a difficult childhood is a prequel to the superhero movie Major Grom: Plague Doctor and tells about the childhood of Police Major Igor Grom and his father's work. | |
| 5 | Clipmakers | Клипмейкеры | Director: Grigory Konstantinopolsky Cast: Alexander Gorchilin, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Mariya Shalayeva, Vladimir Epifantsev |
"Cinema Atmosphere" Film Distribution / CTB Film Company | |
| F E B R U A R Y |
9 | To Be | Быть | Director: Aleksandr Kovtunets Cast: Oleg Gaas, Dmitry Vlaskin, Margarita Abroskina |
National Media Group Film Distribution In the role of a young rapper who finds himself in the past and must do everything not to disappear from the future. |
| 9 | Loose Relationship | Свободные отношения | Director: Dmitry Nevzorov Cast: Aglaya Tarasova, Boris Dergachev, Ilya Sobolev |
"KaroRental" Film Distribution / 1-2-3 Production A romantic film decides to try an open relationship to save their unhappy marriage. | |
| 14 | Naughty | Непослушная | Director: Dmitry Suvorov Cast: Alexander Petrov, Anastasiya Reznik, Semyon Arzumanov |
Erotic drama film | |
| 16 | Tzadik | Праведник | Director: Sergei Ursuliak Cast: Aleksandr Yatsenko, Sergei Makovetsky, Fyodor Dobronravov, Yevgeny Tkachuk, Mark Eidelstein, Lyubov Konstantinova |
Central Partnership / Russia-1 / Moskino Film Studio / Studio Trite / WeiT Media Soviet partisan Nikolay Kiselyov (soldier), who led 200 Jews out of the ghetto in the Belarusian village of Dolginovo, USSR behind the front line. | |
| 16 | The Snow Queen & The Princess | Снежная Королева: Разморозка | Director: Aleksey Tsitsilin, Andrey Korenkov Voice cast: Irina Chumantieva |
VLG.FILM / Wizart Animation | |
| 23 | Rabies | Бешенство | Director: Dmitry Dyachenko Cast: Aleksei Serebryakov, Vsevolod Volodin, Yevgeny Tkachuk |
VLG.FILM / Backup Copy / Hype Film The film is based on the real story of the wild animal rabies outbreak in the Amur Oblast in 2019. | |
| M A R C H |
2 | Intensive Care | Здоровый человек | Director: Pyotr Todorovsky Cast: Nikita Yefremov, Irina Starshenbaum, Yevgeny Tkachuk |
"KaroRental" Film Distribution |
| 2 | Nuremberg | Нюрнберг | Director: Nikolai Lebedev Cast: Sergey Kempo, Lyubov Aksyonova, Yevgeny Mironov, Sergey Bezrukov, Aleksey Bardukov, Igor Petrenko |
National Media Group Film Distribution / Cinema Production Producer Center Historical film about the preparation and course of the international military tribunal in 1945-46. | |
| 8 | Off the Rails | Поехавшая Traveling by bike |
Director: Anton Maslov Cast: Olga Lerman, Viktor Khorinyak, Dmitry Chebotaryov, Elena Yakovleva, Askar Ilyasov |
Central Partnership / Yellow, Black and White / START Studio A road movie based on the book Why stay at home?, which is based on the real story of Anna Smolina. | |
| 16 | Emergency Landing | На солнце, вдоль рядов кукурузы | Director: Sarik Andreasyan Cast: Egor Beroev, German Modyagin, Olga Khokhlova |
Aviation film about the successful emergency landing of a passenger plane near Zhukovsky on August 15, 2019. | |
| 23 | Puppeteer | Кукольник | Director: Sergey Kuznetsov Cast: Maria Mironova, Vitaliya Korniyenko, Polina Ryashko |
AVK`PRO / Gorky Film Studios The sisters find themselves puppets in the hands of an otherworldly Puppeteer - a teen fantasy thriller. | |
| Opening | Title | Russian title | Cast and crew | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P R I L |
6 | The Flood | Наводнение | Director: Ivan Tverdovskiy Cast: Anna Slyu, Sofya Shidlovskaya, Maxim Shchyogolev |
Cinema Art Pro Film Distribution / New People Film Company |
| 6 | Live | Прямой эфир | Director: Karen Oganesyan Cast: Kirill Käro, Pavel Chernyshyov, Irina Voronova |
The White Nights film distribution company / Kargo Film / Irsna Media | |
| 13 | Doctor | Доктор | Director: Artyom Temnikov Cast: Sergei Puskepalis, Olga Tsirsen, Igor Chernevich |
AVK`PRO / AT production | |
| 13 | Zoskin Gas Station | Зоськина заправка | Director: Natalya Uglitsky Cast: Zoya Berber, Grigory Siyatvinda, Aleksandr Samoylenko |
"Paradise" Film Distribution / Paradise Production Center | |
| 20 | The Challenge | Вызов | Director: Klim Shipenko Cast: Yulia Peresild, Miloš Biković, Vladimir Mashkov, Andrey Shchepochkin, Aleksandr Baluev, Igor Gordin, Alexey Barabash, Alexey Grishin, Yelena Valyushkina |
Central Partnership / Roscosmos / Channel One / Yellow, Black and White / START Studio Space docudrama film by Klim Shipenko with Yulia Peresild, which was filmed aboard the International Space Station, 400 km above the Earth’s surface. | |
| 27 | Yaga and the Book of Spells | Яга и книга заклинаний | Director: Vladimir Sakov Voice cast: Yulia Khlynina, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Lidiya Chistyakova-Ionova |
National Media Group Film Distribution / Art Pictures Studio / Gluk’oza Animation Based on Baba Yaga.[1] | |
| M A Y |
11 | 14+: Continued | 14+: Продолжение | Director: Andrey Zaytsev Cast: Gleb Kalyuzhny, Ulyana Vaskovich, Olga Ozollapinya |
Central Partnership The sequel to the 2015 film 14+. |
| 18 | Khitrovka. The Sign of Four | Хитровка. Знак четырёх | Director: Karen Shakhnazarov Cast: Konstantin Kryukov, Mikhail Porechenkov, Alexander Oleshko, Anfisa Chernykh, Alexey Vertkov |
"KaroRental" Film Distribution A detective inspired by the work of Arthur Conan Doyle, based on the works of Vladimir Gilyarovsky. The action will unfold in Khitrovka, 1902. | |
| 26 | Here's to You and Us! | За нас с вами | Director: Andrei Smirnov Cast: Yuliya Snigir, Andrey Smolyakov, Irina Rozanova |
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| J U N E |
8 | The Sun Tastes | Солнце на вкус | Director: Eldar Salavatov Cast: Leonid Basov, Kamila Yakubova, Aleksandr Ilyin |
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| 8 | Three Minutes of Silence | Снегирь | Director: Boris Khlebnikov Cast: Makar Khlebnikov, Oleg Savostyuk, Aleksandr Robak, Timofey Tribuntsev, Yevgeny Sytyy |
"Cinema Atmosphere" Film Distribution / Globus Film Studio / Official website at the CTB Film Company | |
| 15 | Forgotten Experiment | Сквозь время | Director: Alexandr Boguslavsky Cast: Egor Koreshkov, Viktor Dobronravov, Valeriya Shkirando |
National Media Group Film Distribution / KinoDanz (KD Studios) | |
| Opening | Title | Russian title | Cast and crew | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A U G U S T |
24 | Ruslan and Ludmila. More than a Fairy Tale The Rebel Princess |
Руслан и Людмила. Больше, чем сказка | Director: Alexey Tsitsylin, Vladimir Nikolaev, Alexey Zamyslov Voice cast: Artem Krylov, Irina Obrezkova, Valentin Morozov, Artem Kazyukhanov, Alexander Bykovsky |
VLG.FILM / Voronezh Animation Studio / CTB Film Company An animated feature film is a modern version of Pushkin's poem Ruslan and Ludmila.[2] |
| S E P T E M B E R |
7 | Holidays | Праздники | Director: Boris Dergachev Cast: Vitaly Khaev, Mariya Aronova |
Central Partnership / Good Story Media / TNT Comedy film: will the Pyzhovs be able to save their family when everything secret becomes clear? |
| 21 | Lost in the North | Чужая | Director: Alexey Lukanev Cast: Anna Slyu, Artyom Tkachenko, Nyurgun Bechigen |
National Media Group Film Distribution / Noah Film Company | |
| 28 | 1993 | 1993 | Director: Alexander Veledinsky Cast: Ekaterina Vilkova, Yevgeny Tsyganov, Aleksandr Robak |
"Cinema Atmosphere" Film Distribution / Gate Film | |
| Opening | Title | Russian title | Cast and crew | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O C T O B E R |
5 | Lord of the Wind | Повелитель ветра | Director: Igor Voloshin Cast: Fyodor Bondarchuk, Anna Mikhalkova, Yevgeny Tkachuk, Andrey Burkovsky, Daniil Vorobyov |
Central Partnership / Art Pictures Studio / Vodorod Pictures The history of the 11-day round-the-world balloon flight that Fyodor Konyukhov made in 2016. |
| 12 | The Cage is Looking for a Bird | Клетка ищет птицу | Director: Malika Musaeva Cast: Khadizha Bataeva, Madina Akkieva |
"Pioner" Film Distribution / Alexander Sokurov's Fund / Hype Studios | |
| 12 | KikoRiki are Making a Movie | Смешарики снимают кино | Director: Denis Chernov, Svetlana Mardagolimova, Dmitry Yakovenko | National Media Group Film Distribution / Riki Group This cartoon is based on the animated series KikoRiki. | |
| 19 | Matthew Passion | Страсти по Матвею | Director: Sergey Ilyin Cast: Denis Vlasenko, Valeriia Zoidova, Timofey Tribuntsev, Aleksey Rozin, Olga Medynich |
National Media Group Film Distribution / QS Films / START Studio / Yellow, Black and White The romantic relationship between an altar boy and a society girl. | |
| 26 | The Empresses | Императрицы | Director: Andrei Kravchuk Cast: Yulia Peresild, Ivan Kolesnikov, Igor Gordin, Kseniya Utekihina, Anastasia Talyzina |
Central Partnership / 1-2-3 Production Sequel to the film Peter I: The Last Tsar and the First Emperor (2022). | |
| 26 | Wish of the Fairy Fish | По щучьему велению | Director: Alexandr Voitinsky Cast: Nikita Kologrivy, Mila Ershova, Alina Alekseeva, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Roman Madyanov, Fyodor Lavrov, Agrippina Steklova |
National Media Group Film Distribution / Official website at the CTB Film Company / Studio Globus Slavic peasant fairy tale based on the Russian folk tale At the Pike's Behest by Alexander Afanasyev. | |
| N O V E M B E R |
2 | The Man from Nowhere | Человек ниоткуда | Director: Renat Davletyarov Cast: Aleksandr Metyolkin, Varvara Komarova, Irina Medvedeva, Ilya Lyubimov, Ivan Zlobin |
Nashe Kino (transl. "Our Cinema") / Interfest The sci-fi thriller film begins in the 1960s, a Soviet spaceship has crashed, and an astronaut wakes up in Moscow in 2023. |
| 9 | Year of Birth | Год рождения | Director: Mikhail Mestetsky Cast: Eldar Kalimulin, Anastasia Talyzina, Yuri Borisov |
VLG.FILM / Droog Drooga / Pinery / Kinoprime Foundation A young dreamer is torn between family life and fantasies. | |
| 9 | Syndrome | Синдром | Director: Anton Bormatov Cast: Oksana Akinshina, Kirill Käro, Alina Alekseyeva, Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya |
The company Central Partnership took on the creation of a psychological thriller / Producer center "Gorad" | |
| 16 | The Legend of Sambo | Легенда о самбо | Director: Andrey Bogatyrev Cast: Wolfgang Cerny, Dmitry Pavlenko, Anton Vohmin Aleksey Shevchenkov |
ABS Film Company A biography about the sporting clash between the greatest Soviet martial artists Viktor Spiridonov and Vasili Oshchepkov. | |
| 23 | The White List | Белый список | Director: Alisa Khazanova Cast: Aleksei Serebryakov, Vladimir Averyanov, Evgeniya Kregzhde |
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| D E C E M B E R |
4 | Let’s Go to Macau With You | Поедем с тобой в Макао | Cast & Director: Roman Mikhaylov Cast: Oleg Chugunov, Yuliya Marchenko, Roman Ageev |
VLG.FILM / Fruit Time |
| 21 | Bad Habit | Вредная привычка | Director: Mitry Semenov-Aleinikov Cast: Yan Tsapnik, Anton Zhizhin, Aleksandra Solovyova |
National Media Group Film Distribution A comedy film, a village father and son are getting used to the world of smoothies and pilates. | |
| 21 | New Year’s All Inclusive | Новогодний ол инклюзив | Director: Oleg Asadulin Cast: Yan Tsapnik, Alexandr Zlatopolsky |
"Cinema Atmosphere" Film Distribution Two warring families find themselves under the same roof on New Year's Eve. | |
| 28 | Three Heroes and the Navel of the World | Три богатыря и Пуп Земли | Director: Konstantin Feoktistov | VLG.FILM / Melnitsa Animation Studio / CTB Film Company | |
Cultural Russian films
edit- The Palace is a 2023 drama film directed by Roman Polanski.
- Tetris is a 2023 biographical film directed by Jon S. Baird.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Taylor, Hansen (January 19, 2023). "The trailer for the fairy tale "Yaga and the Book of Spells" with Fyodor Bondarchuk and Yulia Khlynina KXan 36 Daily News has been released". ePrimefeed. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Zahed, Ramin (October 29, 2021). "Wizart Makes More Animated Magic for AFM with The Warrior Princess". Animation Magazine. Retrieved November 3, 2021.