Russian film and animation companies continue negotiations on international sales of content and co-productions in MENA region and beyond according to the results of the Dubai International Content Market DICM 2023, which was held at the end of November. Under the Russian Content Worldwide (RCW) brand, ROSKINO, the Russian film promotion body, organized the participation of 16 Russian companies who presented almost 80 films, TV series, and animation projects.
Among the main results for Russian companies were the agreement to show the television series Chaliapin and a series of melodramas from Russia Television and Radio on the Dubai TV channel; sales of more than 50 hours of animated series from SMF Animation to the fast growing Arab VOD platform 1001.tv; an agreement with a distributor from Azerbaijan on the sale of a documentary about the history of space exploration, Space Dogs, from Odin Media; a preliminary agreement between the AP Entertainment and a Turkish company on joint film production; and an agreement with the largest African broadcaster from Tanzania, Azam Media, to launch a line of melodramas of Russia Television and Radio on their channel.
Great interest was shown in the series The Librarian (Art Pictures Distribution), the historical detective drama Torgsin.Trade House (Russkoe film company), the biographical dramas Zhukov and Margarita Nazarova – Queen of the Tigers (Odin Media), the series Noble Detective and Doctor Driver (NTV Broadcasting company), Elizaveta and Ekaterina: Favorites (Russia Television and Radio), the animated series The Steel Family: Brotherhood vs Gold (Voronezh animation studio), Team M.A.T.C.H (YARKO company), Puppies & Kittens (Digital Television Russia), projects from the online cinema IVI, All Media (a START company), and cartoons from RikiGroup and Terra Anima.
