9th Company

      In 1980's a group of youngsters enlist in Siberia to fight in Afghanistan against the mujahidin. They are sent to a boot camp in Fergana, Uzbekistan, where they are submitted to the brutality and abuses of the disturbed Sergeant Dygalo (Mikhail Porechenkov) during the training period, increasing their camaraderie. Then they are airborne to Bagram Base in Afghanistan; join the 9th Company; and move to the Khowst Province, 3234 m height, to defend the mountain and protect the convoys with supplies. When the soviets retreat from Afghanistan, they are forgotten and slaughtered in the mountains.    

   The 9th COMPANY, shown on May 9th, 2006 and September 28th, 2007, became the most popular and top rated program on Channel One RUSSIA (According to TNS GALLUP MEDIA Russia: http://www.tns-global.ru/rus/index.wbp and http://kinoart.ru/2007/n11-article19.html # 2)

Awards

3 «NIKA» awards for «Best Picture», “Best sound director”, “Best Original Score”
4 Golden Eagle Awards for «Best Feature Picture», “Best sound director”, “Best Original Score”, “Best Cinematography”
6 Golden Aries awards, 5 MTv Russia Movie awards
2 Coronation awards, 1 “White square” award (prize of the Russian operators’ guild) and 1 “Vivat Film Russia” award
Russia selected the film as its candidate for the Oscar Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nomination.