Russian film funding in limbo

May 13, 2008 Question marks hung over future state funding of Russian films Tuesday after the agency for culture and cinema was disbanded amid a restructuring of the Russian government. When Vladimir Putin took over the prime minister's office Monday following the end of his term as the nation's president, he announced a new set of government structures -- but the agency for culture and cinema was no longer there. Speaking at an industry conference in Kiev in late April, Sergei Lazaruk, agency deputy head, said that the state was participating in the financing of about 210 feature films in various stages of production and 70 projects had been approved for support in 2008 and '09.

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