News and press

News and press

Everything written about Oleg Vidov and the film OLEG, in one place. Each item links to the original.

The newest items are at the top.

The record

ABC listen, 4 July 2024

Oleg Vidov: The Robert Redford of Russia

Joan Borsten Vidov talks with Andy Park about her husband and the film.
Novastream, Nick L'Barrow, 10 April 2024

Nadia Tass on how Brian Cox came to narrate the film

The director explains how she cast the narrator.

Nova.rs, 5 September 2022

A forgotten history: the life of a famous Soviet actor

A Serbian article on his life. In Serbian.
New Jersey Stage, 7 May 2022

Lighthouse International Film Festival: the documentary competition

OLEG is among the films in the festival's documentary competition.
Komsomolskaya Pravda, May 2022

Oleg Vidov: the actor's life and films

A Russian newspaper profile of his life and films. In Russian.
Sarasota Magazine, 18 April 2022

Costa Ronin and Brian Cox headline a documentary about Oleg Vidov

A preview of the film before its Sarasota Film Festival screening.
BizTV, 1 April 2022

Joan Borsten Vidov on BizTV

Joan talks about the film ahead of four festival screenings in April. Video.
Sarasota Magazine, 1 April 2022

The celebrities coming to the Sarasota Film Festival

Costa Ronin, the voice of Oleg in the film, comes to the festival.

FreeLance Bureau, 15 November 2021

Oleg Vidov: escape to Hollywood and back

A Russian writer on the film's Moscow screening. In Russian.
The Mercury News, 22 October 2021

United Nations Film Fest: five documentaries to catch

OLEG is one of five documentaries the paper recommends at the festival.
Film Threat, 21 October 2021

Oleg, reviewed

A review of the film from the Newport Beach Film Festival.
Sarah's Backstage Pass, October 2021

OLEG and an interview with Joan Borsten Vidov at Film Fest 919

An interview with Joan from the Chapel Hill festival.
ScreenHub Australia, 14 September 2021

How an Australian director's film opened the Moscow Film Festival

How the film came to premiere in Moscow.
SBS Russian, 27 August 2021

"Live by the code of freedom": Nadia Tass talks about OLEG

The director talks about the film. Audio.
RTRFM, 25 August 2021

Nadia Tass, CinefestOZ jury chair

The director talks about the film before CinefestOZ. Audio.
IF Magazine, 30 July 2021

Nadia Tass to head the CinefestOZ jury

The festival line-up, with OLEG, and its jury chair.
Cinema Australia, 30 July 2021

CinefestOZ reveals its Australian film line-up

OLEG is in the festival's line-up.
Voice of America, 21 May 2021

The story of Oleg Vidov

Joan talks about the film and his life on television. In Russian.
Moskovsky Komsomolets, 30 April 2021

Oleg Vidov's widow could not reach the Moscow premiere

A Russian article on his life and the film before the premiere. In Russian.

olegvidov.com, Joan Borsten Vidov, 11 June 2017

His seventy-third birthday

Joan remembers the surprise party she gave him the year before.
Variety, Rebecca Rubin, 16 May 2017

Veteran Russian Actor Oleg Vidov Dies at 73

Variety's obituary.
The Hollywood Reporter, Mike Barnes, 16 May 2017

Oleg Vidov, Russian Actor in 'Red Heat' and 'Wild Orchid,' Dies at 73

The Hollywood Reporter's obituary.

Channel One Russia, 15 June 2013

Oleg Vidov turns 70: Segodnya Vecherom

The prime-time show for his 70th birthday. Video, in Russian.