News and press
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
July 4, 2024
Oleg Vidov: The Robert Redford of Russia
Joan Borsten Vidov talks with Andy Park about her husband and the film.
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Novastream
Nick L’Barrow, April 10, 2024
Nadia Tass on how Brian Cox came to narrate the film
The director explains how she cast the narrator.
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2022
Nova.rs
September 5, 2022
A forgotten history: the life of a famous Soviet actor
A Serbian article on his life. In Serbian.
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New Jersey Stage
May 7, 2022
Lighthouse International Film Festival: the documentary competition
OLEG is among the films in the festival's documentary competition.
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Komsomolskaya 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 Pravda
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Sarasota Magazine
April 18, 2022
Costa Ronin and Brian Cox headline a documentary about Oleg Vidov
A preview of the film before its Sarasota Film Festival screening.
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BizTV
April 1, 2022
Joan Borsten Vidov on BizTV
Joan talks about the film ahead of four festival screenings in April. Video.
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Sarasota Magazine
April 1, 2022
The celebrities coming to the Sarasota Film Festival
Costa Ronin, the voice of Oleg in the film, comes to the festival.
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2021
FreeLance Bureau
November 15, 2021
Oleg Vidov: escape to Hollywood and back
A Russian writer on the film's Moscow screening. In Russian.
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The Mercury News
October 22, 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 News
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Film Threat
October 21, 2021
Oleg, reviewed
A review of the film from the Newport Beach Film Festival.
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Sarah’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.
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ScreenHub Australia
September 14, 2021
How an Australian director's film opened the Moscow Film Festival
How the film came to premiere in Moscow.
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SBS Russian
August 27, 2021
"Live by the code of freedom": Nadia Tass talks about OLEG
The director talks about the film. Audio.
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RTRFM
August 25, 2021
Nadia Tass, CinefestOZ jury chair
The director talks about the film before CinefestOZ. Audio.
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IF Magazine
July 30, 2021
Nadia Tass to head the CinefestOZ jury
The festival line-up, with OLEG, and its jury chair.
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Cinema Australia
July 30, 2021
CinefestOZ reveals its Australian film line-up
OLEG is in the festival's line-up.
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Voice of America
May 21, 2021
The story of Oleg Vidov
Joan talks about the film and his life on television. In Russian.
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Moskovsky Komsomolets
April 30, 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
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2017
olegvidov.com
Joan Borsten Vidov, June 11, 2017
His seventy-third birthday
Joan remembers the surprise party she gave him the year before.
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Variety
Rebecca Rubin, May 16, 2017
Veteran Russian Actor Oleg Vidov Dies at 73
Variety's obituary.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Mike Barnes, May 16, 2017
Oleg Vidov, Russian Actor in 'Red Heat' and 'Wild Orchid,' Dies at 73
The Hollywood Reporter's obituary.
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2013
Channel One Russia
June 15, 2013
Oleg Vidov turns 70: Segodnya Vecherom
The prime-time show for his 70th birthday. Video, in Russian.
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