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News and press
Everything written about Oleg Vidov and the film OLEG, in one place. Each item links to the original.
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The record
2024
ABC listen
4 July 2024
Oleg Vidov: The Robert Redford of Russia
Joan Borsten Vidov talks with Andy Park about her husband and the film.
Read at ABC listenNovastream
Nick L'Barrow, 10 April 2024
Nadia Tass on how Brian Cox came to narrate the film
The director explains how she cast the narrator.
Read at Novastream
2022
Nova.rs
5 September 2022
A forgotten history: the life of a famous Soviet actor
A Serbian article on his life. In Serbian.
Read at Nova.rsNew Jersey Stage
7 May 2022
Lighthouse International Film Festival: the documentary competition
OLEG is among the films in the festival's documentary competition.
Read at New Jersey StageKomsomolskaya Pravda
May 2022
Oleg Vidov: the actor's life and films
A Russian newspaper profile of his life and films. In Russian.
Read at Komsomolskaya PravdaSarasota Magazine
18 April 2022
Costa Ronin and Brian Cox headline a documentary about Oleg Vidov
A preview of the film before its Sarasota Film Festival screening.
Read at Sarasota MagazineBizTV
1 April 2022
Joan Borsten Vidov on BizTV
Joan talks about the film ahead of four festival screenings in April. Video.
Read at BizTVSarasota Magazine
1 April 2022
The celebrities coming to the Sarasota Film Festival
Costa Ronin, the voice of Oleg in the film, comes to the festival.
Read at Sarasota Magazine
2021
FreeLance Bureau
15 November 2021
Oleg Vidov: escape to Hollywood and back
A Russian writer on the film's Moscow screening. In Russian.
Read at FreeLance BureauThe Mercury News
22 October 2021
United Nations Film Fest: five documentaries to catch
OLEG is one of five documentaries the paper recommends at the festival.
Read at The Mercury NewsFilm Threat
21 October 2021
Oleg, reviewed
A review of the film from the Newport Beach Film Festival.
Read at Film ThreatSarah's Backstage Pass
October 2021
OLEG and an interview with Joan Borsten Vidov at Film Fest 919
An interview with Joan from the Chapel Hill festival.
Read at Sarah's Backstage PassScreenHub Australia
14 September 2021
How an Australian director's film opened the Moscow Film Festival
How the film came to premiere in Moscow.
Read at ScreenHub AustraliaSBS Russian
27 August 2021
"Live by the code of freedom": Nadia Tass talks about OLEG
The director talks about the film. Audio.
Read at SBS RussianRTRFM
25 August 2021
Nadia Tass, CinefestOZ jury chair
The director talks about the film before CinefestOZ. Audio.
Read at RTRFMIF Magazine
30 July 2021
Nadia Tass to head the CinefestOZ jury
The festival line-up, with OLEG, and its jury chair.
Read at IF MagazineCinema Australia
30 July 2021
CinefestOZ reveals its Australian film line-up
OLEG is in the festival's line-up.
Read at Cinema AustraliaVoice of America
21 May 2021
The story of Oleg Vidov
Joan talks about the film and his life on television. In Russian.
Read at Voice of AmericaMoskovsky Komsomolets
30 April 2021
Oleg Vidov's widow could not reach the Moscow premiere
A Russian article on his life and the film before the premiere. In Russian.
Read at Moskovsky Komsomolets
2017
olegvidov.com
Joan Borsten Vidov, 11 June 2017
His seventy-third birthday
Joan remembers the surprise party she gave him the year before.
Read at olegvidov.comVariety
Rebecca Rubin, 16 May 2017
Veteran Russian Actor Oleg Vidov Dies at 73
Variety's obituary.
Read at VarietyThe Hollywood Reporter
Mike Barnes, 16 May 2017
Oleg Vidov, Russian Actor in 'Red Heat' and 'Wild Orchid,' Dies at 73
The Hollywood Reporter's obituary.
Read at The Hollywood Reporter
2013
Channel One Russia
15 June 2013
Oleg Vidov turns 70: Segodnya Vecherom
The prime-time show for his 70th birthday. Video, in Russian.
Read at Channel One Russia
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