Kirill Serebrennikov and Sergey Kapkov at the opening of the Gogol Center

On March 13, 2013, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the wall of the house on Povarskaya Street in Moscow where writer Sergey Mikhalkov lived. The event was timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Soviet and Russian poet. The ceremony was attended by Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, Head of the Moscow Department of Culture Sergey Kapkov, sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, members of Sergei Mikhalkov's family, and even his neighbors.

Footage from the funeral of film director Aleksei Yuryevich German at the Bogoslovsky Cemetery in St. Petersburg. Aleksei German died on February 21 as a result of a serious illness. The director was 74 years old. He was the author of the films Twenty Days Without War, My Friend Ivan Lapshin, and Khrustalyov, My Car!, and was a laureate of numerous Russian and international film awards. In attendance at the farewell ceremony were actor Vladimir Mashkov, actress Anastasia Melnikova, Leonid Yarmolnik, director Alexei Smirnov, and the director’s friends and family.

On February 24, 2013, animator and film director Yuri Norstein gave a talk about his work and answered questions from the audience as part of the "Open Lecture" project. Norstein argued that technological progress makes freedom “programmed,” that many live-action directors have yet to reach the artistic level of animation, and that government officials are incapable of having a true “sense of life.” He also demonstrated how he “hid the hedgehog in the fog” — a reference to his iconic animated film.

Director Aleksei Yuryevich German interacts on set during the filming of "Hard to be a God", interacting with actors, attempting to capture God on camera, and discussing whether the penultimate shot is necessary when the last one has already been filmed.

Filmmakers at the Golden Eagle Awards ceremony — talking about themselves and Shahnazarov's "White Tiger".

PolitProsvet Award: Awarding ceremony for Lenta.doc project authors Pavel Kostomarov, Alexander Rastorguev, and Alexey Pivovarov.