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Courtesy of 2929 ProductionsJennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper’s Serena has found a home for its world premiere.
Serena, the first Hollywood film by Oscar-winning Danish director Susanne Bier, will close The Saint Petersburg International Media Forum. The movie was shot nearly year before Lawrence and Cooper’s Silver Linings Playbook came out, but has had a rocky path to getting released.
Meanwhile, Xavier Dolan’s Mommy will be screened as the opening night movie of the The Forum, a new event scheduled to run Oct. 1-10 as a successor to the St Petersburg International Film Festival.
“I’m proud that the opening night film of the 1st St Petersburg International Media Forum will be the brilliant premiere of young genius Xavier Dolan, who has already made the Cannes IFF audiences fall in love with him,” said Katya Mtsitouridze, SPIMF’s concept creator and general producer. “I’m sure after the film’s premiere at our Forum, the huge number of Dolan’s Russian fans will expand even more.”
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SPIMF is replacing a competition festival held in Russia’s “Northern capital” for a few previous years. According to the organizers, the new event aims to combine a cross-platform market encompassing film, TV and new media and non-competition screenings of high-profile international films.
