The long-awaited premiere of the official movie of ‘V-ROX 2015’ on MTV Russia

The main festival of the Free-port of Vladivostok was held on August 28-30th 2015 at the city’s Sportivnaya Embankment. Now in its third year, V-ROX is a large international music festival and creative conference. The festival’s founder and creator is Ilya Lagutenko from “Mumiy Troll”. In 2015, more than 300 bands, musicians, djs and other representatives of the music industry — from 14 countries — participated in V-ROX.

According to Ilya: “The festival’s main achievement over the last three years has been that it has proven its worth as a launching platform for new musical discoveries — both to musicians and to entertainment industry professionals. Our efforts have also been richly rewarded with the attention of the general public. We have managed to overcome many prejudices and to demonstrate the reality of the global independent music scene to the people of Vladivostok. We have also begun to encounter real, like-minded people — young people who think of the future in terms of a world of openness and cooperation, instead of focusing on momentary, fleeting benefit. In short, we have started to make history together “.

MTV Russia is a partner of the V-ROX festival and at 20.10 hrs on the 20th December 2015, showed the 44-minute TV version of the festival.

Jana Churikova (director of MTV Russia) says: “I strongly support music decentralisation. Life cannot happen only in the European part of Russia. V-ROX is a perfect example of a significant cultural event that is very far from the “center”. Through this festival, Vladivostok is strengthening its status as a city — as a leader of youth culture in our country. And MTV is glad to be with V-ROX!”

The film about V-ROX 2015 was filmed for MTV by the young and ambitious Vladivostok video studio “Sad Woodpecker.” Peter Starostin, the director of V-ROX 2015: “For me and our team, working at this festival has become a consummate experience. We were fortunate to be in the thick of events. To meet and talk with incredibly talented people from all over the world, different cultures, styles and energies. Our work was also to introduce these people to an audience of millions, and, of course – to convey the very special atmosphere of the festival and of the whole city of Vladivostok. It was a very challenging task, but if we are given the opportunity to venture into something like this again, we will say yes, yes and yes!”

The next V-ROX festival will be held in Vladivostok on 19-21 August 2016. Plan ahead for your next visit to the free port of Vladivostok on these dates, and don’t forget to look out for yourself on MTV Russia. WE V-ROX YOU!