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NMG Studiо announces a First Look Deal agreement with Sergey Taramaev and Lyubov Lvova, under the terms of which they have joined the company's creative team as directors and scriptwriters. As part of the new partnership, the company will have the right to be the first to consider projects to be developed by Sergei and Lyubov.
Sergey Taramaev and Lyubov Lvova are among the most sought-after directors and screenwriters in the Russian film industry. Their projects include festival hits “Winter Road” and “Metamorphosis”, as well as such rating series as “Black Spring” and “Fisher”. At the moment, a new project of the creative duo - a crime drama about the controversial 90's “Children of Change” is being prepared for release.
Dmitry Tabarchuk, CEO of NMG Studio:
“The tandem of Sergei and Lyubov is a unique duo for Russian cinema. We were fortunate enough to work with them twice on projects dear to our studio and to see firsthand that they are authors with a great future. Now there will be even more opportunities for cooperation, and we are looking forward to their new ideas”.
Sergey Taramaev and Lyubov Lvova, directors, screenwriters, creative producers of NMG Studio:
“We started working with NMG Studio on the Fisher series, and we were very inspired by their courage and creative freedom. We were convinced of this again with the series Children of Change, and there are several more daring projects in the pipeline that we will realize together.”
Svetlana Balanova, CEO of National Media Group:
“In 2023, NMG Studios became one of the recognized market leaders in original projects, doubling its content production. In just one year, the detective “Fisher”, the drama “Actresses”, the drama “Ballet”, the fantasy “The Librarian”, the undisputed hit “The Boy’s Word. Blood on the pavement” and other projects came out. We are very happy that NMG and NMG Studio are becoming a center of attraction for the most innovative and talented creators. I am sure that cooperation with Sergey and Lyubov will result in bright and successful projects”.
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NMG Studio was established by National Media Group in October 2018 to develop and enrich the Russian film market with world-class projects, as well as to improve processes in film production. Since 2022, NMG Studio has been the General Producer of the online cinema Wink, and is also engaged in content production for the external market.
Among the projects of NMG Studio are such hits as Fyodor Bondarchuk's series “Actresses”, Zhora Kryzhovnikov's project “The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt”, detective “‘Fisher” and others. On account of the company there are several national movie awards “Golden Eagle” and “Big Digit”, the main prize of the festival “New Season”, victories in Association of film and television producers, the National Award in the field of web content and other important industry achievements.
NMG Studio currently has over 30 projects in development. They are also shooting 6 new projects and 12 more are in script production.
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National Media Group is Russia's largest private media holding. NMG manages a diversified portfolio of assets in the production, distribution and monetization of high-quality information and entertainment content in all consumption media.
The holding's key assets include the leaders of the Russian media market: terrestrial TV channels - REN TV, 5TV, CTC, Domashniy, CHE!, CTC Love, CTC Kids; multimedia information center Izvestia (comprising the IZ.RU portal, Izvestia newspaper,
Izvestia TV channel, news services of REN TV and 5TV); newspapers -
Sport Express, Delovoy Peterburg. The Group owns a stake in Channel One.
The holding is the owner of the NMG Studio company. In 2019, NMG launched the online service more.tv, and in June 2023 finalized a deal to merge the video services more.tv and Wink in a joint venture with PJSC Rostelecom. In November 2022, the holding announced the creation of a movie distribution company, NMG Kinoprokat. In January 2024, NMG launched NMG DOC, a unified platform for the production and distribution of works in the non-fiction genre.
Sergey Taramaev and Lyubov Lvova are among the most sought-after directors and screenwriters in the Russian film industry. Their projects include festival hits “Winter Road” and “Metamorphosis”, as well as such rating series as “Black Spring” and “Fisher”. At the moment, a new project of the creative duo - a crime drama about the controversial 90's “Children of Change” is being prepared for release.
Dmitry Tabarchuk, CEO of NMG Studio:
“The tandem of Sergei and Lyubov is a unique duo for Russian cinema. We were fortunate enough to work with them twice on projects dear to our studio and to see firsthand that they are authors with a great future. Now there will be even more opportunities for cooperation, and we are looking forward to their new ideas”.
Sergey Taramaev and Lyubov Lvova, directors, screenwriters, creative producers of NMG Studio:
“We started working with NMG Studio on the Fisher series, and we were very inspired by their courage and creative freedom. We were convinced of this again with the series Children of Change, and there are several more daring projects in the pipeline that we will realize together.”
Svetlana Balanova, CEO of National Media Group:
“In 2023, NMG Studios became one of the recognized market leaders in original projects, doubling its content production. In just one year, the detective “Fisher”, the drama “Actresses”, the drama “Ballet”, the fantasy “The Librarian”, the undisputed hit “The Boy’s Word. Blood on the pavement” and other projects came out. We are very happy that NMG and NMG Studio are becoming a center of attraction for the most innovative and talented creators. I am sure that cooperation with Sergey and Lyubov will result in bright and successful projects”.
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NMG Studio was established by National Media Group in October 2018 to develop and enrich the Russian film market with world-class projects, as well as to improve processes in film production. Since 2022, NMG Studio has been the General Producer of the online cinema Wink, and is also engaged in content production for the external market.
Among the projects of NMG Studio are such hits as Fyodor Bondarchuk's series “Actresses”, Zhora Kryzhovnikov's project “The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt”, detective “‘Fisher” and others. On account of the company there are several national movie awards “Golden Eagle” and “Big Digit”, the main prize of the festival “New Season”, victories in Association of film and television producers, the National Award in the field of web content and other important industry achievements.
NMG Studio currently has over 30 projects in development. They are also shooting 6 new projects and 12 more are in script production.
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National Media Group is Russia's largest private media holding. NMG manages a diversified portfolio of assets in the production, distribution and monetization of high-quality information and entertainment content in all consumption media.
The holding's key assets include the leaders of the Russian media market: terrestrial TV channels - REN TV, 5TV, CTC, Domashniy, CHE!, CTC Love, CTC Kids; multimedia information center Izvestia (comprising the IZ.RU portal, Izvestia newspaper,
Izvestia TV channel, news services of REN TV and 5TV); newspapers -
Sport Express, Delovoy Peterburg. The Group owns a stake in Channel One.
The holding is the owner of the NMG Studio company. In 2019, NMG launched the online service more.tv, and in June 2023 finalized a deal to merge the video services more.tv and Wink in a joint venture with PJSC Rostelecom. In November 2022, the holding announced the creation of a movie distribution company, NMG Kinoprokat. In January 2024, NMG launched NMG DOC, a unified platform for the production and distribution of works in the non-fiction genre.