Cinema: The social role of cinema

Project leader: Olesya Koltsova
Project participants: Ksenia Leontieva, Anton Surkov

The project is dedicated to studying the Russian film industry from the perspective of its sociological significance. In particular, the role of film creators as one of the success factors is examined. Our project tests to what extent the gender composition of producers, screenwriters, and directors determines the project's access to resources and the gender representation of characters on screen, as well as how audiences react to strong female characters in Russia. During the research, linear multifactor models of film success were formed, the effectiveness of state support and regulation methods for domestic cinema was evaluated, the social climate in film crews was studied, and the social effect of implementing AI methods in film production was examined.

Results were presented at the following conferences:

• "Efficiency of the state regulation of the Russian film industry in 2015-2019" at XXIV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development (Moscow, HSE University, April 13, 2023).
• "Efficiency of the state regulation of the Russian film industry after 2015" at III Annual scientific conference "Sorockynsky readings": Economy, sociology and law in the sphere of culture (Moscow, State Institute of Art Studies, November 25, 2022).
• "Gender (im)balance in Russian cinema" International Communication Associations Conference (ICA 2023) (Toronto, Canada, May 25-29, 2023)

• "Gender (im)balance in Russian cinema" at Computational Research in Central and Eastern Europe conference (Helsinki, June 29, 2022)
• "Gender (im)balance in Russian cinema (on and off-screen)" at the XXIII Yasnaya Polyana International Scientific Conference (Moscow, HSE University, April 6, 2022).

• Leontyeva X., Koltsova O., Verhoeven D. Gender (im)balance in the Russian cinema: on the screen and behind the camera//Journal of Cultural Analytics,  2024,  Vol. 9,  No. 1 https://doi.org/10.22148/001c.116142Download (PDF, 956 Кб)