977

The film '977' (or 'Nines') was directed by Nikolay Khomeriki and premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Because it was released after the 1989 implementation of the Berne Convention in the United States, copyright protection is automatic and does not require a formal copyright notice or registration. As a foreign production, its US copyright is further secured under the terms of the Berne Convention, providing a term of 95 years from publication or 70 years after the death of the author depending on the specific legal context of the authorship. While this is a Russian production, the 1994 URAA and subsequent Berne membership ensure that foreign works created after 1989 are treated with the same protections as domestic works. The film is not in the public domain, and because it has a known director and production history with recent international distribution (including DVD releases), it does not meet the criteria for being an orphan work. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.