{"id":23505,"date":"2026-08-22T08:14:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T02:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=23505"},"modified":"2026-08-22T08:14:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T02:29:50","slug":"leff-film-festival-brings-new-russian-and-regional-cinema-to-lenfilm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=23505","title":{"rendered":"<strong>LEFF Film Festival Brings New Russian and Regional Cinema to Lenfilm<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The seventh International LEFF Film Festival is underway at the historic Lenfilm studio in St. Petersburg, Russia, bringing together new Russian and regional cinema.<\/p>\n<p>The festival opened on August 20 and continues through Saturday, with Lenfilm serving as one of its principal venues.<\/p>\n<p>The opening programme featured Vladimir Kott\u2019s comedy \u201cDedmobil,\u201d starring Yuri Stoyanov and Sergei Burunov. The festival screening took place around three months before the film\u2019s planned nationwide theatrical release on November 26.<\/p>\n<p>Competition titles are being screened alongside films presented through a ROSKINO programme, expanding the festival\u2019s international and regional dimension.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s Lenfilm programme includes screenings of \u201cKazbek,\u201d \u201cParadise at Mothers\u2019 Feet 2\u201d and \u201cDastur: The Curse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As one of the historic centers of Russian filmmaking, Lenfilm provides a significant setting for a festival designed to introduce new productions, regional stories and filmmakers to wider audiences while maintaining connections between Russia\u2019s established cinema institutions and emerging work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=23505\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Media News Desk The seventh International LEFF Film Festival is underway at the historic Lenfilm studio in St. Petersburg, Russia, bringing together new Russian and regional cinema. 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