Jolly Fellows (2009 film)

Jolly Fellows
Directed byFelix Mikhailov
Screenplay byFelix Mikhailov
Produced by
  • Felix Mikhailov
  • Sergei Kostygin
  • Aleksei Bokov
Starring
CinematographyGleb Teleshov
Music byAndrei Danilko
Production
companies
  • Survive Entertainment
  • Timeline Studio
  • Production agency BokovFactory
Distributed byNashe Kino
Release date
  • 13 October 2009 (2009-10-13)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget$2 million[1]
Box office$171 047[2]

Jolly Fellows (Russian: Весельчаки, romanized: Veselchaki) is a 2009 comedy-drama film, feature film directorial debut of Felix Mikhailov. It was described as the first Russian film about drag queens.[3][4][5]

It was screened at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival,[6] and also was the first Russian picture to be chosen as the opening film of the Panorama section at the festival.[7]

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  2. ^ "ВЕСЕЛЬЧАКИ". KinoBusiness.
  3. ^ Deborah Young (14 October 2010). "Jolly Fellows -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. ^ Vita Ramm (15 October 2009). "В шоу только мальчики". Izvestia (in Russian).
  5. ^ Arina Bogdan (15 October 2009). "Актёры Данила Козловский и Вилле Хаапасало надели платья!" (in Russian). Новости радио «Культура». Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  6. ^ Scott Roxborough (22 January 2010). "'Jolly Fellows' to open Berlin Panorama". The Hollywood Reporter.
  7. ^ Andrei Plakhov (12 February 2010). "Веселая разлука". Kommersant (in Russian).