The Russia Moscow

                                                    The Russia Moscow:




Population: 11.98 million (2013)
Area: 2,510 km²
Weather: 12°C, Wind W at 6 km/h, 82% Humidity
Local time: Thursday 7:40 am
Awards: Hero City

Moscow is the capital city and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural and scientific center in Russia and in Eurasia.

   Thus Moscow is the heart of Russian culture and filming on its streets is much more than merely using the city as the background, it never fails to become a character and often a lead. Be it the Academy Award winning "Moscow doesn't believe tears" by Menshov or "Bondarchuk's "War and Peace", Mikhalkov's "The Barber of Siberia"or less internationally known ones by Govorukhin or Todorovski - Moscow is undeniably a star.
NYFA in Moscow representative office is located downtown, in the heart of the city, housed by Higher School of Journalism at Hitrovski sidestreet, 2/8 building 5, within a 5 minute walk from the Red Square.

Many great filmmakers contributed to the glory of Russian cinema. Among them: Lev Kuleshov, Sergei Eisenstein, Dsiga Vertov, Alexander Dovzhenko, Sergei Gerasimov, Grigogi Kozintsev, Mikhail Romm, Mikhail Kalatozov, Leonid Guydie, Sergei Bondartchuk, Marlen Hootsyev, Eldar Ryazanov, Georgi Daneliya, Pyotr Todorovski, Andrei Tarkovski, Vasili Shukshin, Andron Konchalovski, Gleb Panfilov, Kira Muratova, Elem Klimov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexander Sokurov, Aleksei German Sen., and many others. During the years crucial to the newly born post-soviet movie industry - in the 90s - a new breed of talented filmmakers appeared with the even more daring following in the 2000s. They are now making history of new Russian cinema. We can name Aleksei Uchitel, Dmitrii Meskhiev, Valeri Todorovski, Aleksei Balabanov, Aleksei German Jr., Andrei Zvyagintsev, Yegor Konchalovski, Fyodor Bondartchuk, Kirill Serebryannikov, Timur Bekmambetov and others.

Moscow is one of the world's theater capitals with over a 100 professional theater companies, most of which are historic ones and played a great role in making of what is called modern theater. Anyone who is at least a little familiar with theater and acting will have to catch one's breath seeing a performance in Stanislavski-founded Moscow Chekhov Art Theater, Vakhtangov Theater, Pushkin Theater, Maly Theater, Lenkom, Sovremennik, Taganka Theater, Satirikon etc.

Its architecture is paradoxical and diverse. One neighborhood can host ghost-like ancient side streets with nothing and no one but stray cats patrolling the sidewalks, as well as over-the-top ever-awake fashion avenues. Historical temples and chapels are facing business centers and malls, XIX century mansions are now located right next to sky-scraping towers.
Founded in the golden days of yore on seven hills, Moscow has turned into what may be called Russian New York. Just like its American twin it never sleeps indeed. Still imperial and spacious, the Moscow of the new millennium has changed its face since the USSR breakup in the early 1990s and turned into a glamorous, eventful cosmopolitan city – multinational, multicultural and sparkling with neon lights and ambitions of some 10 million people inhabiting it.