Beverly Hills, CA (PR WEB)  December 9, 2008 --  Imperia Entertainment, Inc. (Pink Sheets: IMPN) won the Best Big Budget Film Award from the Myrtle Beach International Film Festival, in addition to the three Indie Fest Awards it won the week before  for its feature film, “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.

“Our six laurel leaves will enhance DVD and foreign sales, and we are in discussions with an international and a domestic distributor and hope to announce the results of those discussions soon, said Kenneth Eade, Executive Producer.

In competition against "Say it in Russian," among others, was Tom Arnold's film, "Remarkable Power."