The Challenge
2023 motion picture by Klim Shipenko shot on the ISS
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| 2023 | The film generated over 1 billion rubles at the box office within thirteen days of theatrical showings, setting a record for the highest-grossing Russian film on its opening day. |
| November 2023 | The film was recognized as the best project in the Event of the Year award by KinoReporter magazine. |
| September 1 2023 | The film 'The Challenge' is scheduled to be released on digital rental in Russia through the Start platform. |
| August 7 2023 | The Challenge crossed 2 billion rubles in box office revenue after 15 weeks, marking a significant milestone in the Russian film market. |
| June 12 2023 | During Russia Day festivities, President Vladimir Putin awarded film directors Shipenko and Peresild a state prize in the field of literature and art for the film 'The Challenge', though Shipenko could not attend due to work obligations. |
| May 2 2023 | Promotional video premiere featuring cast and crew impressions of space, joined by cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin, Sergey Prokopyev, Andrey Fedyaev, and seven other American and Emirati astronauts who watched the film onboard the International Space Station (ISS). |
| April 20 2023 | The film was theatrically released in Serbia and Russia by Central Partnership, screening on CosMAX, a Russian IMAX-like cinema format. |
| April 12 2023 | The Challenge premiered on Cosmonautics Day, marking the first fictional feature-length film shot entirely in space on the International Space Station (ISS). |
| April 10 2023 | Presentation and cancellation ceremony for a 30-ruble postage stamp depicting the movie's poster art was held at the Cosmos Pavilion No. 32 at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. |
| April 6 2023 | Film premiere held on Okhotny Ryad Street in Moscow, taking place under the descent module of the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft installed near Manezhnaya Square. |
| March 7 2023 | The second trailer for 'The Challenge' was released. |
| January 1 2023 | Channel One released the first musical number and teaser trailer for 'The Challenge' film. |
| October 2022 | Ground-based filming concluded, with the final footage shot at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. |
| June 2022 | Ground-based filming for 'The Challenge' began in Moscow and Moscow Oblast region. |
| September 12 2021 | First Channel aired a reality show 'The Challenge: The First in Space', documenting the selection and training process of project participants. |
| August 31 2021 | Medical committee declared both main and reserve crews healthy for spaceflight. |
| July 30 2021 | Spacecraft began pre-launch preparation. |
| July 28 2021 | Backup crew completed the same four-hour spacecraft simulation exercise. |
| July 23 2021 | Prime crew participated in a four-hour simulation inside a Soyuz replica while wearing Sokol space suits. |
| May 24 2021 | Crew members began training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. |
| May 14 2021 | Interagency Committee approved the ISS crew composition, selecting Anton Shkaplerov as ship's commander, with Klim Shipenko and Yulia Peresild as spaceflight participants. Oleg Artemyev, Alexei Dudin, and Alyona Mordovina were named as backup crew. |
| March 15 2021 | Screening process for the film project began as a joint collaboration between Roscosmos, Channel One, and Yellow, Black and White production company, with streaming service START partnering with Tinkoff Bank and MegaFon. |
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