AR CONTENT
RUSSIA
Contact
ALEXANDER RODNYANSKY
Producer
Moscow
+7 495 221 7850
Los Angeles (press)
+1 310 779 2255
Company Profile
AR Content is the company behind the three most notable Russian films of the past decade: STALINGRAD by Fedor Bondarchuk – one of the highest grossing Russian films, LEVIATHAN by Andrey Zvyagintsev – Golden Globe winner, Cannes Film Festival Award Winner and Academy Award Nominee and LOVELESS by Andrey Zvyagintsev – Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated film, Cannes Film Festival Award Winner and Academy Award Nominee. AR Content is designed to invest in strong scripts and source material, aimed to exploit the demand for global-minded commercial content. AR Content recently announced DEBRIEFING THE PRESIDENT, a firsthand account of the interrogation of Saddam Hussein, to be directed by Ziad Doueiri (THE INSULT), EVERYBODY’S WOMAN, a drama series centering on a woman working in the porn industry directed by Kornel Mundruczo as well as a Kevin Macdonald- produced documentary about the refugee crisis in Europe that preceded the Holocaust and World War II.
Company Highlights
BEANPOLE 2019
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Drama
Director: Kantemir Balagov
Screenplay: Kantemir Balagov, Alexander Terekhov
Cast: Victoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Timofey Glazkov, Andrey Bykov, Ksenia Kutepova
1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Although the siege – one of the worst in history – is finally over, life and death continue their battle in the wreckage that remains. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard Best Directing; FIPRESCI, The International Critics’ Prize
LOVELESS 2017
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Screenplay: Andrey Zvyagintsev, Oleg Negin
Cast: Maryana Spivak, Alexey Rozin, Matvey Novikov, Yanina Hope, Aleksey Rozin
A story of a fate a child caught in a toxic and turbulent divorce of his parents premiered in Cannes in 2017 and won the Jury Prize. It was nominated for the Golden Globe and BAFTA as well as short-listed for the nomination for the Academy Award.
Cannes Film Festival - Jury Prize
LEVIATHAN 2014
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Screenplay: Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev
Cast: Alexey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov
A modern-day retelling of the biblical Book of Job, a universal story of the struggle between the common man and the State.
Golden Globe - Best Foreign Film
Cannes Film Festival - Best Script
Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
STALINGRAD 2013
Genre: War Drama
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk
Screenplay: Sergey Snezhkin
Cast: Mariya Smolnikova, Yanina Studilina, Pyotr Fyodorov
A war drama about a group of Russians soldiers, defending the strategically important house during the Stalingrad battle. It was the first ever Russian film to be released in IMAX 3D in Russia and it grossed worldwide over $70 million.