The Land of Oz (film)

The Land of Oz (Страна ОЗ) is a 2015 Russian comedy film directed by Vassily Sigarev. The film premiered on 10 June 2015 as part of the competition program of the 26-th Open Russian Film Festival "Kinotavr", where the film received the Prize. G. Gorin "For the best script", as well as the Prize of the Guild of Film Critics and Film Critics "Elephant". On a wide screen in Russia came December 3, 2015.

The name refers to a fictional place, Land of Oz.

Plot
New Year's in Russia - controlled and ruthless element. While residents prepare for a major national holiday, Lenka Shabadinova works at a kiosk till midnight. She does not even know that New Year's Eve has prepared a crazy scenario for her.

Cast
• Yana Troyanova as Lenka Shabadinova

• Gosha Kutsenko as Roman

• as Andrey

• Aleksandr Bashirov as Duke

• Yevgeny Tsyganov as driver

• Vladimir Simonov as Bard Aleksey Poberdin

• Svetlana Kamynina as Bard's wife

• Inna Churikova as mother

• Oleg Topolyanskiy as sofa warrior #1

• Ilya Talochkin as sofa warrior #2

• Yevgeny Smirnov as sofa warrior # 3

• Yuliya Snigir as Fifa

• Aleksandr Mosin as Fifa's husband

• Alisa Khazanova as Maiden #1

• Darya Ekamasova as Maiden #2

• Dmitry Kulichkov as police chief

• Irina Belova as Irka

• Zinaida Bondarevskaya as Lyubka

• Pavel Vyukhin as boy at the kiosk

• Svetlana Evdokimova as cameo

• Aleksey Evdokimov as cameo

• Darya Skopinova as seller of fireworks

• Kseniya Gladkikh as Maruska

• Leonid Rybnikov as father

• Aleksandr Volkhonskiy as Mikhail Pavlovich

• Ella Priymenko as Olga Mikhailovna

• Maksim Udintsev as schoolboy

• Nadezhda Chaykina as Drishka

• Konstantin Shavkunov as Bibikov

• Irina Shavkunova as Bibikova

• Andrei Monakhov as witness from Fryazin

• Vitaly Zobnin as boy with a phone

• Timur Gaidarov as policeman # 1

• Vasiliy Belyaev as policeman # 2

Awards

 * 2015 Kinotavr: Best Screenplay and Prize of the Guild of Russian Film Scholars and Film Critics
 * 2016 Festival de l'Europe autour de l'Europe: Prix Luna