As the founder and owner of CTB Film Company, Sergey Selyanov is one of the most successful and dedicated independent producers in modern Russia. Born in the North of Russia in 1955, Sergey studied at the Polytechnical University, where he founded a film studio. In 1980 he graduated from the Screenwriting Faculty of the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). In 1987-88 he completed Higher Courses of Screenwriters and Directors in Moscow.

In 1992 he founded CTB Film Company. The company has produced more than 80 feature and documentary films as well as many feature animations. In 1998, Sergey was awarded the Khanzhonkov Medal as the Best Russian Producer. In 1999, he received a Producer’s Award from the American Motion Picture Association for outstanding achievement in the development of private film production in Russia. The National Guild of Russian Film Critics and Film Press awarded Sergey with a special award as the Best Film Producer of the 1990s and a special award for bravery in the promotion of national filmmaking on Russian screens. In 2003 the economics magazine Expert described Sergey Selyanov as “the only Russian film producer whose name has become a brand in the sphere of film production”.

Accolades

Sergey Dvortsevoy and Karl Baumgartner and Valerie Fischer and Gulnara Sarsenova and Sergey Melkumov and Sergey Selyanov and Bulat Galimgereyev and Elena Yatsura and Henryk Romanowski and Thanassis Karathanos and Raimond Goebel
Best Feature Film, 2008

Tulpan

Best Feature Film, 2008

Tulpan

Winner, Best Feature Film, 2008 Asa’s dream is to become a sheepherder and have a flock of his own. We are introduced to Asa, handsomely turned…

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Sergey Selyanov and Alexandr Boyarsky and Lyudmila Steblyanko
Best Animated Feature Film, 2009

The Tale of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow (Pro Fedota-Streltsa, Udalogo Molodtsa)

Best Animated Feature Film, 2009

The Tale of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow (Pro Fedota-Streltsa, Udalogo Molodtsa)

The Tale of Soldier Fedot, the Daring Fellow, is a poetic re-telling of a renowned poem by Russian writer and actor, Leonid Filatov. Fedot is a…

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Sergey Selyanov and Leonid Yarmolnik and Yuri Kushnerev and Oleg Urushev and Konstantin Ernst and Georgiy Daneliya
Best Animated Feature Film, 2013

Koo! Kin-Dza-Dza

Best Animated Feature Film, 2013

Koo! Kin-Dza-Dza

Winner, Best Animated Feature Film, 2013 A construction worker and a music student foolishly fiddle with an alien transportation device and are flung to a…

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Yuri Moskvin and Sergey Selyanov and Vladimir Nikolaev and Maxim Volkov
Best Animated Feature Film, 2016

Sheep and Wolves (Volki i Ovtsy)

Best Animated Feature Film, 2016

Sheep and Wolves (Volki i Ovtsy)

In a magical faraway land, a flock of sheep are settled in a picturesque village nestled among green meadows and rolling hills. Their carefree life…

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Films

Arrhythmia
2017

Arrhythmia (Aritmiya)

Russian Federation, Finland, Germany
2017

Arrhythmia (Aritmiya)

Winner, Jury Grand Prize, 2017 Oleg is a young gifted paramedic. His wife Katya works as a nurse at the hospital emergency department. She loves…

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Hard-Hearted
2007

Hard-Hearted (Kremen)

Russian Federation
2007

Hard-Hearted (Kremen)

The only law is the law of survival. The strongest win. Anton, a young provincial man comes to the capital to see the girl he…

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Native Dancer
2008

Native Dancer (Baksy)

Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, France, Germany
2008

Native Dancer (Baksy)

Aidai the baksy, or witch doctor, lives in the mountains and helps people. She uses mysterious actions to cure the sick and to give infertile…

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Tulpan
2008

Tulpan

Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Poland, Germany
2008

Tulpan

Winner, Best Feature Film, 2008 Asa’s dream is to become a sheepherder and have a flock of his own. We are introduced to Asa, handsomely…

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The Tale of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow
2009

The Tale of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow (Pro Fedota-Streltsa, Udalogo Molodtsa)

Russian Federation
2009

The Tale of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow (Pro Fedota-Streltsa, Udalogo Molodtsa)

Based on a renowned poem by Russian writer and actor, Leonid Filatov, The Tale of Soldier Fedot, the Daring Fellow, is a social and political…

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Koo! Kin-Dza-Dza
2013

Koo! Kin-Dza-Dza

Russian Federation
2013

Koo! Kin-Dza-Dza

Winner, Best Animated Feature Film, 2013 A construction worker and a music student foolishly fiddle with an alien transportation device and are flung to a…

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Sheep and Wolves
2016

Sheep and Wolves (Volki i Ovtsy)

Russian Federation
2016

Sheep and Wolves (Volki i Ovtsy)

In a magical faraway land, a flock of sheep are settled in a picturesque village nestled among green meadows and rolling hills. Their carefree life…

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