Press kit
About the publication
Kinovoice is an independent online publication on film, series and Moscow theatre. We publish reviews of festival and theatrical premieres, coverage of series and streaming, theatre and book reviews, festival notes and lists. The main language is Russian; selected texts are published in English.
Editor-in-chief: Betsy Isakova, a film critic and media manager who contributes to Kinopoisk, Okko, The Blueprint and RBC Style and produced Kinopoisk’s film podcast Krupnym Planom (“Close-Up”) for almost three years. The publication grew out of her Telegram channel kino_voice.
Audience and figures
| Telegram channel subscribers | 3,600 |
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| Average post reach on Telegram | 500–750 |
| Channel founded | May 2023 |
| Texts on the site | 174 |
| Frequency | 2–3 texts a week |
| Texts for other outlets | 46 |
| Languages | Russian; selected texts in English |
| Sections | films, series, theatre, books, notes, lists |
Site traffic statistics are available on request for accreditation purposes.
Sample publications
Three texts in Russian; English translations are in preparation.
- «Минотавр»: когда отравленный воздух становится главным героем (3 November 2026, in Russian)
- «Трудно быть богом»: первая серия без пафоса и финал, до которого стоит дойти (2 September 2026, in Russian)
- «Битва моторов»: эскапизм «Серебряных коньков» и драйв «F1» (11 October 2026, in Russian)
Work for other outlets
Between December 2023 and September 2026 Betsy Isakova published 46 texts in other outlets: year-end lists, festival line-up coverage, reviews and interviews. The full list with links is in the Published elsewhere section.
| Kinopoisk | 34 texts, December 2023 — September 2026 |
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| RBC Style | 6 texts, December 2025 — June 2026 |
| The Blueprint | 5 texts, December 2024 — August 2026 |
| Afisha Daily | 1 text, May 2026 |
What we do
- Reviews of festival and theatrical premieres
- Series and streaming coverage
- Reviews of Moscow theatre premieres
- Interviews with actors, directors and series creators
- Festival notes and line-up coverage
Contacts
- Accreditation and screenings
- press@kinovoice.com
- Editor-in-chief
- @betsy_is (Betsy Isakova, Telegram)
- Telegram channel
- @kino_voice
- Website
- kinovoice.com