About Alexey Uchitel

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Alexey Uchitel

CEO of Rock Films, Director, Producer

Director :

2010 The Edge (The Golden Globe 2010: Nomination for the Best Motion Picture, Foreign Film; The Academy Awards Oscar 2010: Long List for the Best Foreign Language Film Nomination; The National Academy Awards Nika 2011: Best Feature Film; The National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia "Golden Eagle" 2011: Best Director)

2008 Captive (43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2008: Best Director; International Film Festival Cottbus 2008: Grand Prix and Dialogue Prize)

2005 Dreaming of Space (Moscow International Film Festival 2005: Best Film; The National Academy Awards Nika 2005: Best Feature Film; The National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia "Golden Eagle" 2005: Best Director)

2003 The Stroll (International Film Festival Cottbus 2003: Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Artistic Solution; FIPRESCI Prize, Boulder Prize; International Film Festival Cleveland 2003: Best Film; International Film Festival Syracuse 2003: Best Film; Window to Europe Film Festival 2003: Grand Prix, Best Director)

2000 His Wife’s Diary (The Academy Awards Oscar 2000: Long List for the Best Foreign Language Film Nomination; The National Academy Awards Nika 2000: Best Feature Film; Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr 2000: Grand Prix; AFI Fest 2000: Main Jury Prize)

1995 Giselle’s Mania (Honfleur Film Festival: Grand Prix)

1993 Butterfly (documentary) (Open Russian Documentary Film Festival in Yekaterinburg 1993: Grand Prix, Best Director)

1992 Last Hero (documentary)

1990 The Mitkies in Europe (documentary)

1990 Obvodny Canal (documentary) (International Documentary Film Festival in Bornholm 1990: Grand Prix)

1988 Rock (documentary) (Berlinale Diploma 1989; Sundance Film Festival Diploma 1989)

Producer:

2005 "Pavlov’s Dog" by Katya Shagalova

2006 "Relations" by Avdotya Smirnova

2007 "Enemies" by Maria Mozhar

2008 "Game" by Alexander Rogozhkin

2010 "To Live" by Yury Bykov

2011 "The Dry Valley" by Alexandra Strelyanaya

ROCKFILMS

Rock. Obvodny channel. Butterfly

Documentary feature films

These three films by Alexei Uchitel are portraits of people, of an era, of a nation. The combination of the amazing accuracy and observational aptitude of the director, as well as the subtle artistic devices of all three films, will make this anthology the pride of the collection of any film buff.

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NEWS

28-01-2011
Russian Film Industry : ups and downs

During the Soviet Union film production was booming, but in the 1990's the studio system collapsed. It began to pick up in the early 2000's as Russia became wealthier. But since the start of the economic downturn, the film industry suffered serious set-backs. We will discuss the past, present and future of Russian cinema with Director and Producer Gerard MacCarthy and comments from other film experts both in Russia and the UK.

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29-12-2010
Interview: Alexy Uchitel And Konstantin Ernst

Though there were a great many surprises the morning when the Golden Globe nominations were announced; and as always, many eyes were on the race for Best Foreign Language film. While the Golden Globes aren’t always the most accurate barometer of the Foreign Language nominees for the Academy Awards (as the eligibility rules laid forth by both bodies in this race are very different), the Golden Globe nominations can provide some very real momentum for films that have been submitted to the Academy for consideration for the Best Foreign Language Oscar.

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