Digital MIPTV welcomes 38 Russian companies participating in the event and 12 of them presenting newest projects within the distribution market. This year MIPTV highlights START original Container selected for MIPDrama competition, Lives of Others enlisted in the Doc&Factual Showcase, as well as newest series Happy End, Vampires of the Midland, Mediator, The New Guy and many others.

MIPDrama series competition highlighted the series Container produced by START subscription-based service and Yellow, Black and White. The project starring Oksana Akinshina is directed by Maxim Sveshnikov, who previously shot the internationally successful series 257 Reasons to Live.

Among the works selected by the experts for an exclusive showcase of international documentary and factual content is the Russian project Lives of Others produced by 1-2-3 Production. The series tells about the lives of migrant women who left their homes and families and came to Moscow to work.

The subscription-based service START will present a dedicated showcase, which will include the original TV series of the subscription-based service START, as well as the documentary series Fortress. Russian Finance: The Faces Behind. Among START original projects are gothic comedy-drama The Vampires of Midland, nail-biting psychological thriller Mediator, young-adult drama The New Guy, afterlife mystery series Passengers and START's popular rehab drama“Addicted.

“Within the last years Russian TV series have been following key international trends without losing unique storytelling that appeals to global viewers: To The Lake, 257 Reasons to Live, Ordinary Woman, Better Than Us and many others have already won over international audiences. Since production in Russia hasn’t paused for too long, having resumed last summer with Covid-19 safety measures to be respected, this year Russian producers are able to present brand-new projects at MIPTV, including the series Container selected for MIPDrama, and documentary series “Lives of Others”, marked by MIPTV experts and many others,” said Alexandra Modestova, CEO of Expocontent (official representative of MIPTV and MIPCOM in Russia, Ukraine and CIS).