Russian Film Week

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{{Infobox film festival

| name = Russian Film Week

| logo = Russian-Film-Week-In-London-Logo.png

| location = London, United Kingdom

| founded = 2016

| language = Russian, English

| awards = Golden Unicorn Awards

|website={{url|http://www.russianfilmweek.org/}}

}}

Russian Film Week is an annual film festival in London founded in 2016 by Filip Perkon (Perkon Productions Ltd.) with a group of volunteers on a non-profit basis. It is currently the biggest Russian film and culture event outside of Russia.{{Cite news|url=https://www.regentstreetcinema.com/russian-film-week-2016/|title=Russian Film Week 2016 - Regent Street Cinema|work=Regent Street Cinema|access-date=2017-06-27|language=en-GB}} From 2017 the festival is supported by the Russian Ministry of Culture and the British Council{{Cite web|url=http://www.russianfilmweek.org/our_partners_2017.html|title=Russian Film Week|website=www.russianfilmweek.org|language=en|access-date=2017-06-28}} and is aimed to promote Russian film to international audiences, stimulate European-Russian film production collaboration and build cultural links between Russia and the UK.

The festival screens both Russian and co-produced feature films, shorts, documentary and animated films. The programme of the Russian Film Week includes a number of satellite events, such as the Co-production Day (Russian: День Копродукции), master-classes by the award-winning filmmakers, round tables, lectures, exhibitions and other entertainment events for film-makers, distributors and audiences from both Russia and Europe.{{Cite web|url=http://www.russianfilmweek.org/rules.html|title=Russian Film Week|website=www.russianfilmweek.org|language=en|access-date=2017-06-28}}{{Cite news|url=https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/russian-film-week-launches-in-london-56383|title=Russian Film Week Launches in London|access-date=2017-06-28|language=en}} In 2016, the invited filmmakers included Anna Melikyan,{{Cite web|url=http://www.pushkinhouse.org/events/2016/12/4/russian-film-week-evening-with-anna-melikyan|title=RUSSIAN FILM WEEK: Screening and discussion with Anna Melikyan|website=Pushkin House|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-06-28}} Renata Litvinova, Alexey Uchitel, Johnny O’Reilly, Vera Glagoleva and the founder of the Raindance Film Festival Elliot Grove, who is also one of the patrons of the Russian Film Week.{{Cite web|url=http://www.russianfilmweek.org/programme.html|title=Russian Film Week|website=www.russianfilmweek.org|language=en|access-date=2017-06-28}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.russianfilmweek.org/team.html|title=Russian Film Week|website=www.russianfilmweek.org|language=en|access-date=2017-06-28}}

The Golden Unicorn Awards ceremony concludes the festival to recognise excellence in 11 categories plus a special award and is held in the format of a Charity Gala in support of a chosen charity - in 2016 this was the Gift of Life UK.{{Cite news|url=https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/news/russian-film-week-golden-unicorn-awards/|title=Russian Film Week & Golden Unicorn Awards - British Cinematographer|work=British Cinematographer|access-date=2017-06-28|language=en-GB}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.rbth.com/arts/movies/2016/11/25/new-ralph-fiennes-film-to-grace-londons-russian-film-week_650909|title=New Ralph Fiennes film to grace London's Russian Film Week|last=Guzeva|first=Alexandra|date=2016-11-25|work=Russia Beyond The Headlines|access-date=2017-06-28|language=en-US}} The Best Film and Best Actor awards of 2016 were given to The Student by Kirill Serebrennikov and its lead actor Pyotr Skvortsov{{Cite web|url=http://www.moviescramble.co.uk/2017/01/31/student-trailer/|title=The Student – Trailer|last1=Noir|first1=John McArthurEditor-in-Chief at Moviescramble A. Fan of all things cinematic with a love of Film|last2=Sci-Fi|date=2017-01-31|website=moviescramble|access-date=2017-06-28|last3=day|first3=Julia Roberts in Notting Hill He hopes to grow up some}} and Renata Litvinova received the Best Actress award for her role in Anna Melikyan's film About Love.

In 2017, the Russian Film Week was held between 19 and 26 November.{{Cite web|url=http://www.russianfilmweek.org|title=Russian Film Week|website=www.russianfilmweek.org|language=en|access-date=2017-06-28}}