Panorama
Director: Semion Serzin
Country/Region: Russia
Nikolay dreams of Amsterdam, but lives in Podolsk, dreams of being a rock star, but works as an editor for a local forgotten newspaper. All of a sudden, he is detained by police at a Moscow train station for no obvious reason. Why is he being held at a station and questioned by absurdly intellectual police officers? Are they really officers and why do they know all tiny details of Nikolai’s life?
Russian films are brought to the Beijing Film Festival in collaboration with ROSKINO and the Russian Film Festival to present the program “Focus on Russia.”
About ROSKINO
ROSKINO is a state body representing Russian industry of audiovisual content on the key international markets and film festivals, a national operator for the promotion of films, series and animation as well as the creative potential of Russian talents abroad and coproduction opportunities within Russia. ROSKINO also acts as an industrial expert and advisor to Russian content makers in terms of international promotion; organizes tailor-made educational and coaching programs for talented Russian producers, directors, actors.The Russian Film Festival is a project organized by ROSKINO with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, aims to acquaint foreign viewers with a variety of contemporary Russian content: from feature films to documentaries and animation. For the Russian film industry, this is the first online project aimed at a broad international audience.