Lege Artis Film , Allfilm, Matila Röhr Productions, Centre of National Film, The Federal Agency of Culture and Cinematography
Countries
Estonia, Finland, Russia
Language
Russian
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
35mm
The film is about Georg Ots, one of the most famous and beloved signers in Estonia and the whole Soviet Union, his complicated fate that was developed in rough and rapidly changing times. Ots remained an unknown singer for international opera stages – it was a feature of the time, the Soviet system did not “squander” talents.
When many modern music lovers hear his velvet baritone, they are confident it’s an unknown record of Dmitry Khvorostovsky. It’s a very personal story about creative work, love and intrigues, told on behalf of Asta Saar, the artist’s second wife.
12 Nov 2009
The VI International charity film festival "Radiant Angel" has come to its end granting two honorary awards to the CNF Studio together. The third prize was granted to film “Georg” (Russia-Estonia-Finland) directed by Peeter Simm about Soviet singer Georg Ots. Among documentaries film “My Father GULAG” directed by Frantishek Palonder (Slovakia) and film “Andersen. The Eternal Tale of Poor Duckling” directed by Nikolay Chuev shared the second place. Two wonderful crystal angels arrived at the studio to throw radiant light on our cinematographers’ future career.
CNF Films Participate in "Radiant Angel" Film Festival
28 Oct 2009
1-8 November 2009 in Krasnaya Presnya Film Centre the VI International charity film festival "Radiant Angel" will be held. The festival serves as the priority project of the Complex Special-Purpose Program “Spiritual and Moral Culture of the Younger Generation in Russia (2006–2010 )”. The CNF films were selected to participate in the festival, and we are glad that the audience will see them on a big screen. Among them there are animated films “About Mykha (Bigmouse)”, “Mother’s Pictcha”, “Winged Lion”, “From Top to Tail” and “Parables of Jesus”; documentary films “True Story of Film Music: Film 5” “Yury Zhivago”, “Prophet”, “The Endurance of the Cruise is not Limited”, “Russian Revolt, Senseless and Merciless”, “My Father GULAG”, “Pray to God for Us”, “Playing House” and full-length feature film “Georg”. Our animated film “Toy Angel” (directed by Zalina Bideeva) the winner of numerous prizes will open the program of the festival.
The festival will be held under the patronage of Svetlana Medvedeva, the First Lady of the Russian Federation.
23 Oct 2009
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29 May 2009
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Georg will be demonstrated in the US
27 Nov 2008
The film Georg will be demonstrated in the US, as part of Romance in Can festival.
From 6 to 15 February 2009, those who like romantic films will be able to see love movies from 12 European countries in Miami. Georg is a joint production of Estonian, Russian and Finnish film studios.
Russian Film International Forum in Israel
13 Nov 2008
From 7 to 18 December 2008, the 4th Russian Film International Forum in Israel will be held in Tel Aviv. The forum is an official event dated to the 60th anniversary of the formation of the state of Israel; it’s a joint project implemented by the Russian Center of International Scientific and Cultural Cooperation (Roszarubezhcenter) and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
CNF studio will be presented with such feature films as Georg and Open Air, documentaries Time of Illusion and Fools and Kings, as well as animated films Toy Angel and The Fabulous Adventures of a Fool.
Participation in the Vostok & Zapad festival (East & West Festival)
13 Nov 2008
CNF studio has responded to an invitation from the organizers of the Vostok & Zapad International Film Festival (East & West International Film Festival) and agreed to take part in it. The festival will be held in the City of Orenburg from 1 to 7 December.
As part of the new Russian Film program, Georg will be demonstrated.
The studio’s most recent animated films such as Toy Angel, Mother’s Pictcha, Winged Lion, and The Fabulous Adventures of a Fool will be presented as part of the Family Cartoon Kaleidoscope program.
09 Oct 2008
Regional film and video centers and regional film and video associations show a great interest to films made at the Center of national Film studio. Several copies at once of Denis Neymand’s film Open Air were sold for distribution in cinema theatres in Orenburg, Vologda, Volgograd, Surgut, Belgorod and Omsk. A copy of Pieter Simm’s feature film Georg was also sold, telling about the famous singer Georg Ots, for distribution in Nizhny Novgorod.
Films: Georg, Open Air
Georg at a Scandinavian Film Festival
26 Sep 2008
Pieter Simm’s Georg will be demonstrated at the 50th Scandinavian Film Festival in Lubeck (Germany) that will take place from 29 October to 2 November. Traditionally, films from the Northern and North-Eastern Europe are shown as part of the festival’s program. The spectators will be able to see the best feature films, documentaries and short films from Denmark, Finland, Island, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. We’d like to remind that Georg telling about Georg Ots, Soviet music star was created by the CNF studio, in cooperation with Estonian studios Lege Artis film, ALLFILM and Finnish Matila Rohr Productions.
Films: Georg
People: Pieter Simm, Ivo Felt
09 Sep 2008
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Georg at Kinoshok 2008 Festival
08 Aug 2008
Georg (a joint production of Estonian, Finnish film studios and the Russian CNF) will be available for spectators at the non-competitive run of the Kinoshok-2008 17th Open Film Festival for CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia that will be held in Anapa from 12 to 21 September. The organizers say that the basic goal of the festival is to reveal and professionally support talented cinematographers working in all film genres, whose works give spirituality, aesthetic novelty, help preserve a uniform cinematographic space, national cultures, cooperation between cinematographers from the CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, and popularization of Russian film-making art.
05 Mar 2008
Festival del Cinema d'Arte, a film festival dedicated to art will take place in Bergamo, Italy this summer. Our Studio has submitted its films to the festival. Among them there is new documentary "Yury Zhivago", feature film "Georg" and recent animated films "Toy Angel", "Mother's Pictcha" and "Winged Lion".
20 Feb 2008
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Georg as a starter at the European Film Market
15 Feb 2008
Georg as a starter at the European Film Market(EFM)
15 Feb 2008
For the first time The Centre of National Film enters the European Film Market (EFM) which runs for 9 days during the Berlinale (from 7 to 17 Feb 2008).
12 February Georg (directed by Pieter Simm) have been shown as part of EFM.
The Centre of National Film will take part in the 73rd Russian International Film Fair to be held between 10 and 13 December 2007 at the GK Kosmos (Moscow). Everyone’s welcome to see our stand.
Georg (directed by Pieter Simm) and Open Air (directed by Denis Neimand) will be shown as part of the film fair.
10 December at 14.00 - Georg (within the framework of the Day of Russian Cinematography).
12 December at 10.00 – Open Air.
05 Oct 2007 On 5 October 2007, the first performance of the Georg film took place in Tallinn (directed by Pieter Simm). The film is about the creative and personal fate of the famous Estonian singer Geor Ots (1920-1975) who was popular in the Soviet Union and abroad. The international project was implemented by film makers from Estonia (LEGE ARTIS FILM, ALLFILM), Finland (MATILA RÖHR PRODUCTIONS) and Russia (THE CENTRE OF NATIONAL FILM). Scriptwriters: Alexander Boroduansky (Russia) and Mati Pyldre (Estonia).
