In early July Oksana and her band Oxy Rocks began work on their first compact disc, recording four songs at the Gigant Records Studio in Moscow. Two of the songs will soon be available, along with a new interview with Oksana, on the website www.ruskino.ru.

On July 13 Oksana took part in a Moscow press conference announcing plans for the next Kinoshok International Film Festival which takes place Sept. 12 to 23 in Anapa. Oksana will make her “debut” in the festival jury and plans are now being made for her rock band, Oxy Rocks, to accompany her for a series of concerts during the festival.

Oksana Mysina was awarded the Best Actress Prize at the recent International Youth Festival at Artek for her performance of Maria Fyodorovna in “Poor Poor Pavel.” (The Best Actor Prize went to Viktor Sukhorukov, who plays Pavel in the same film.) The official presentation of the awards will take place in October in Moscow.