During the XVI BRICS summit in Kazan (22-24 October 2024), the documentary film “Dostoevsky Intercontinental” will be premiered on the Russian TV channel “Rossiya K” (“Rossiya Kultura”). This is the first large-scale international project about the work and philosophical heritage of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, filmed with the participation of the BRICS countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

The film “Dostoevsky Intercontinental” will be shown on the TV channel “Rossiya K”: 22 October – at 8:35 pm, 23 October – at 1:00 pm.

“Joint activities of the BRICS countries in the field of cinema are a promising and promising area of international cooperation, which opens up completely new formats and offers unexpected creative solutions. The experience of making the film ‘Dostoevsky Intercontinental’ has taught us to find understanding in the main thing – the meaning of human life and unifying spiritual and moral guidelines, despite the difference of times, cultures, traditions and views of our contemporaries from different countries. The project sets national accents in the interpretation of Dostoevsky’s phenomenon and explains why Russian culture unites peoples and is so close to every person on Earth. TV BRICS is considering the possibility of creating a trilogy, supplemented by similar international projects about Tolstoy and Chekhov”

Ivan Zakharenko
Director of the film “Dostoevsky Intercontinental”

The film “Dostoevsky Intercontinental” (50 min) was created in 2021 to mark the 200th anniversary of the classic. The project was initiated by TV BRICS. International Media Network’s partners worked on the project together: CGTN-RUS (China), media conglomerate Bandeirantes de Comunicacao (Brazil), Moja Media (South Africa), TV channel “Prodvizheniye” (Russia), Malai Murasu TV and the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Chennai (both in India). Renowned researchers of Dostoevsky’s work, actors and directors from the BRICS countries took part in the filming.

The television premiere of the film “Dostoevsky Intercontinental” took place in November 2021 on TV BRICS. It was subsequently screened in Brazil, India, China, South Africa and won awards at major film festivals, including the I International Film Festival “Rendezvous with Russia. Territory of People’s Unity” the IV Innovative International Film Festival in Bangalore (India) and the Ekurhuleni International Film Festival (South Africa).

The documentary film “Dostoevsky Intercontinental” will be shown for the first time on a state federal TV channel in the Russian Federation.

Photo: TV BRICS