The Russian theatrical market is demonstrating a marked shift toward family-oriented content and long-running franchises. Following the past weekend, the total gross of the top 20 films reached 898 million rubles (1.025 billion rubles including the CIS region).
MyFilm48 and the Moscow Innovation Cluster are officially accepting submissions for the 8th season of the AI Film Competition.
Analysts at F6 have published a ranking of the movies and TV shows with the highest number of illicit copies circulating across domestic pirate streaming sites and torrent trackers at the end of August 2026.
The 4th “Original+ Doc” Streaming Platform Documentary Content Festival concluded at the Gorky Film Studio (part of the Moscow Cinema Cluster), having run from August 25 to 28 as part of Moscow International Cinema Week.
Total gross revenues for Russian cinemas doubled in August 2026 compared to the same period last year, reaching 4.4 billion rubles.
Russia is preparing a new mechanism to protect intellectual property from unauthorized use in training artificial intelligence models.
In October 2026, Moscow’s Kuzminsky District Court will begin hearing a lawsuit filed by Masha and the Bear LLC against Oleg Kuzovkov, the creator of the animated series’ key characters.
Russian distributor of Asian cinema and animation DEEP has announced the launch of its own online streaming platform. The official launch is scheduled for September 4 of this year.
During the business program of the Moscow International Film Week, experts gathered for the panel discussion “Children of the Screen: What the New Generations Are Watching” to analyze the evolving preferences of audiences born after 2010.
As part of the Moscow International Film Week (MIWF 2026), the session “From Boom to Bust: TV Series Lose Their Ground” addressed the industry’s overproduction crisis and shifting viewer consumption patterns.
