Beverly Hills, CA (Businesswire)  November 19, 2008 --  From its European festival opening at the 48th Monte-Carlo Television Festival in June, Imperia Entertainment, Inc. (Pink Sheets: IMPN) enters its third festival feature film competition at the Myrtle Beach International Film Festival in South Carolina on December 5, 2008 at 8:30 p.m., with a competition screening of “Say it in Russian.”  Filmed in Paris, Moscow and Los Angeles, with exceptional cinematography and a fully orchestrated original score,  "Say it in Russian" stars Russian actress Agata Gotova, in the lead role of the film as Daria Larina, the daughter of a rich Russian mafia oligarch played by Serbian actor Rade Serbedzija. Gotova's character falls in love with the American Andrew Lamont, played by actor Steven Brand, but Andrew soon finds on a visit to Moscow that he is involved with a family that is more complicated and dangerous than he ever imagined. The film also stars Academy Award Winner Faye Dunaway, who plays the role of Jacqueline, a Paris socialite who acts as the matchmaker for Andrew and Daria.  Leading actress Agata Gotova and Executive Producer Kenneth Eade will be in attendance.
ABOUT THE MYRTLE BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALThe Myrtle Beach International Film Festival ( myrtlebeachinternationalfilmfestival.com ) sets itself apart from other film festivals because of the diversity in which it operates. The festival is open to all genres. It does not judge on content, only quality.  The festival screens film projects that have a vision, a story, and are done with passion, and has teamed up with a major cinema company, which allows it to screen projects in a mulit-million dollar theater housing state of the art technology.
ABOUT IMPERIA ENTERTAINMENT Imperia Entertainment, Inc.'s (www.imperiaentertainment.com) plan of operations emphasizes three main areas of film production and finance; Co-financing projects with A-List talent attached, acquiring product in the development stage, and its own film production. This, coupled with film distribution through Signature Entertainment, LLC, makes up the new revenue model for the Company. The Company will emphasize not only new projects with A-List talent attached, but also its own library of feature films and television programming, including, "Say It In Russian" starring Faye Dunaway, the award-winning "Autograph" television series, "The New Three Stooges" , and seven other television movies.   Imperia Entertainment has moved to: 9025 Wilshire Blvd., suite 450-11, Beverly Hills, CA  90211; Tel: 310-860-0309.