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Both Paradis and rival Central Partnership -- the only major Russian entity to be touting pics at AFM rather than just acquiring them, with 10 pics screening -- are pressing on strongly with local production. Central Partnership is the most active local production house, producing both film and prestige TV projects. Some co-productions have emerged from the territory, including "Alexandra," produced by St. Petersburg's ProLine Films and France's Rezo Films (which reps the title at AFM). Helmed by arthouse vet Alexander Sokurov, pic stars opera diva Galina Vishnevskaya as a woman visiting her grandson while he's on active duty in Chechen capital Grozny. The Franco-Russian project has state funding from both nations. Pic is expected to be completed by year's end. Russia isn't the most active when it comes to international co-productions, but significant pre-sales to the territory achieve almost the same investment, notes Paradis' Badalyan, whose company has several major local productions in the works. Presale prices being paid can be impressive -- from million- million for a midbudget pic, up to as much as million- million for bigger pics. Sales in the other direction aren't as lucrative, and pre-sales of Russian product to foreign territories are very much the exception rather than the rule. Paradis' WWII kid drama "Scum" has had some interest from major European markets, but so far hasn't fetched big minimum guarantees. Central Partnership sells a fair amount of its fare to more sympathetic markets in Eastern Europe as well as Asia, but its blockbusters haven't reaped big acquisitions numbers on the international market so far.
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