Winners of IX Kazan International Festival of Amateur Youth and Children's Cinema Announced

From September 4 to 6, the IX Kazan International Festival of Amateur Youth and Children's Cinema was held in the capital of Tatarstan, which takes place   annually in the framework of the Kazan International Muslim Film Festival.

The festival received more than 350 applications with extensive geography - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Khakassia, Crimea, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Iraq, Hungary, Italy.

The film-opening was a film  by  young director Xenia Baskakova "Bird".

The pride of the festival is a rich educational program, within the framework of which master classes were held  by:  film critic Anatoly Sinitsyn, adviser to the editor-in-chief of Russia Today television channel Aleksey Solomatin, Tatarstan director Salavat Yuzeyev. The festival and guests of the 13th Kazan International Muslim Film Festival visited the festival.

At the closing ceremony of the IX Kazan International Festival of Amateur Youth and Children's Cinema, awards and special prizes were awarded to the winners from the partners of the film festival.

Student of the Faculty of Cinematography and Television Vlad Krylov for the film "Heavenly" received a special prize from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan  from the hands of RT Deputy Minister Guzel Sharipova.

Also, Letters of gratitude  have been  granted  from the Culture Ministry  for the great contribution to the development of the cinema culture among children and young people to  Deputy Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan,  chairman of the festival jury Rimma Ratnikova and  Honored art worker of the Republic of Tatarstan Nikolai Morozov for his contribution to the development of amateur cinema in the republic.

Special prize of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan - Cup - was awarded to the school studio "Intelvideo" (Moscow).

Special prize of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan - TV - was given to the creative group from Orenburg, Yulia Prutova and Igor Ivanov.

List of laureates:

Best Feature Film

The first place: "I  am riding  as I want"   by  Filyukov Denis, Moscow

Second place: "Genesis and Katashera"   by Osipov Ilya, St. Petersburg

Third place: Everything is put in its place "  by Geza Zhigmond, Budapest

Best documentary

First place: "Old Fighter" by Reka  Dubinjak, Budapest

Second place: "Children are children everywhere ..." by Trukhova Darya, Kazan

Third place: "Quiet hours"  by  Fetisov Dmitry, St. Petersburg

Best TV-project

First place: The project " Stepping wide" 1 series "Around the Wheel"   by  Golovanchuk Vasily, Maykop

Best video clip

First place: "Dobrianka's motives. City intermezzo”   by  Valieva Inna g. Dobryanka

Second place: "PEOPLE" by  Sibirtseva Julia

Third place: "Smile!"   by Popkova Alexandra, St. Petersburg

Best Producing Project

First place: "All other things"    by Chichkanov Egor, St. Petersburg

Second place: Cosmonauts Tatyana Bayborodova, Kazan

Third place: "Silk Road of the Kazan Treasure" by Davydov Julia, Kruchinina Alena, Islamova Azalia, Islamova Amelia. Kazan

Best Animation Project

First place: “Away from”  Averyanov     Alexander, St. Petersburg

Second place: "Big Boom"    by  Narimanov Marat, Moscow

Third place: "Light Sight" country Iran

The best patriotic film:

First place: "Guards games"   by  Garifullin Karim, Amalia Garipova, Davydova Julia, Kruchinina Alena, Korolyov Nikita,  Kazan

Second place: "Street of confrontation"   by  Gafarov Farkhad, Vakhidov Rishat, Kazan

Third place: "Immortal Soldier"   by  Vladimir Semenkov, St. Petersburg

The Best Children's Feature Film

The first place: "Zhelezka"   by  Kondrashova Nadezhda, Shcherbakov Maxim, Yaroslavl

Second place: "Marriage"   by Peters Vanessa, Malyutina Darya, Kazan, Orenburg

Third place: "Romka and Christmas" co-production of the studio Uni Gold and the TV studio "Raduzhka"   by  Vladimir Goshin, Smolkin Alexei, Zhosan Egor, Vashourin Ilya Tolyatti

The best children's TV project

The first place: "About the garbage out of the blue" Children's television studio "The First Step",  head of the studio - Slepkan Yulia Valeryevna Yevpatoria

Second place: “Dzerzhinets TV”  Mokhova Alena, Khrenova Ekaterina, Ryabinina Evgenia, Lebedeva Sofya, Kornilova Julia, Taranukha Zhanna, leader - Ivanchuk Vyacheslav Valerievich, Nizhny Novgorod region

Third place: “Young Orenburzhye”    by Prutova Julia, Ivanov Igor, Orenburg

Best children's ads:

First place: "The thread of life" by video studio "Podium", Amursk

Second place: "Unified State Exam"   by Berdin Kirill Republic of Bashkortostan

Third place: "Fisherman" by  Provotorov Miron, Sokolov Mikhail, Gromyko Yekaterinburg),  chief - Gudkevich Elena Stanislavovna, Moscow

Best children's animation film

First place: "Kwak and Toad"    by Koksharova Margarita, Moscow

Second place: "Do not pass by" Gribova Daria, Luga

Third place: "The Giant and the Princesses"   by  Titova Polina, Gryaznova Dasha, Isakova Varya, Bulysheva Liza, Kozhevnikov Arseniy, Dolganova Vasilina, Dolganova Kristina, Vnukov Alyosha, Boychuk Sveta, Filippov Vadim, Filippov Dima Novosibirsk

For reference: The founders of the festival are the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Union of Cinematographers of the Republic of Tatarstan. The organizer of the festival is the Kazan State Institute of Culture. The festival is held with the support of the State Library of the Republic of Tatarstan,  "Tatarkino", the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan.