Piter FM

Piter FM (Russian: Питер ФМ) is a 2006 Russian romantic comedy-drama film directed by Oksana Bychkova and starring Ekaterina Fedulova, Yevgeny Tsyganov and Alexey Barabash. The plot revolves around the serendipitous and unexpected romance between a young man and woman living in St. Petersburg.^[2]

Piter FM
Official movie poster
Directed by	Oksana Bychkova[1]
Written by	Oksana Bychkova Nana Grinshtein
Produced by	Alexander Rodnyansky[1]
Starring	Ekaterina Fedulova Yevgeny Tsyganov Alexey Barabash[1]
Cinematography	Ivan Gudkov
Music by	Kirill Pirogov[1]
Release date	20 April 2006 (2006-04-20)[1]
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

Plaque at filming site in Saint Petersburg

Plot

Masha is a young woman working for a popular St. Petersburg radio station as a DJ. Maksim is a young man with a degree in architecture who has moved to St. Petersburg from Nizhny Novgorod and who works part-time as a street sweeper. Although Masha and Maksim have never met, they share a common trait: both have a tendency to be clumsy in daily life, always dropping and spilling things. Each is also at a crossroads in their lives. Masha is getting ready to marry her old schoolmate, Kostya, while Maksim has just won an international architecture competition and is preparing to move to Germany for a new job.

Masha accidentally bumps into somebody in a crowd and drops her cell phone while Maksim happens to pick it up. He wants to return it, but each time they try to meet, something happens to waylay their plans. The two keep ending up in the same places, but not knowing what the other looks like, they keep unwittingly passing by each other. In the meantime, Masha begins to realize that she is not in love with Kostya and agreeing to marry him was a rash decision on her part, while Maksim starts to think that he would rather live in St. Petersburg than move to Germany.

Cast

• Ekaterina Fedulova as Masha
• Yevgeny Tsyganov as Maksim
• Alexey Barabash as Kostya
• Irina Rakhmanova as Lera
• Natalya Reva-Ryadinskaya as Marina
• Oleg Dolin as Fedor
• Yevgeny Kulakov as Vitya
• Kirill Pirogov as Gleb
• Aleksandr Bashirov as building manager
• Vladimir Mashkov as man in slippers
• Tatyana Kravchenko as Tatyana Petrovna
• Pavel Barshak as guy with flowers
• Andrey Krasko man in shorts

Reception

Piter FM received generally positive reviews.

Awards

Piter FM was nominated for 6 different awards at the MTV Russia Movie Awards, 2007.^[3][4][5]

Award	Category	Nominee	Result
MTV Russia Movie Awards, 2007	Best Soundtrack	Gorod 312 (Out of Range)	Won
	Best Actress	Ekaterina Fedulova	Won
	Best Film		Nominated
	Best Actor	Yevgeny Tsyganov	Nominated
	Best Comedic Performance	Vladimir Mashkov	Nominated
	Breakthrough of the Year	Ekaterina Fedulova	Nominated