Kinotavr

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Kinotavr
New festival logo from 2006[1]
LocationSochi, Russia
LanguageRussian
Websitehttp://www.kinotavr.ru/en/

Kinotavr (

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3][4] Alexander Rodnyansky said: "This year the festival will not take place, it will be rescheduled for a period when we survive the current political events and can return to the cinema, including to understand what happened to the country and to all of us."[3]

From 1994 to 2005 the festival consisted of two parts: the Open Russian Film Festival (ORFF) and the International Film Festival (IFF).[5] As of 2008 it was the largest national film festival in Russia.[6] There is a second film festival, known as Sochi International Film Festival and Awards.[7]

The word Kinotavr is a

portmanteau (in Russian) of "Cinema" and "...taur" (as in Centaur or Minotaur
).

History

Alexander Rodnyansky

The history of the festival can be traced back to the

USSR when film financing (up until then provided by the state) was reduced and national distribution network had collapsed.[8]
In 1991 the festival got its nowadays name “Kinotavr” and was relocated to Sochi. In 1994 it already consisted of two parts: the Open Russian Film Festival (ORFF) and the International Film Festival (IFF), registered with the International Federation of Associations of Film Producers (FIAPF). In 2005 “Kinotavr” brand was bought by Alexander Rodnyansky, the management switched its focus onto national market and IFF part was stopped.[5] Kinotavr now was aimed at becoming “a powerful mechanism in the development of a film industry”[9] in Russia and then also continued to make "emphasis on international promotion of Russian product”.[10] That change also gave the festival permanent programmer Sitora Alieva an opportunity to "play down the rivalry between Kinotavr and the Moscow Film Festival, also held in June".[11]

Awards

  • The Grand Prize
  • Best Director
  • Best Debut
  • Best Actor
  • Best Actress
  • Best Screenplay is called the "
    Grigory Gorin
    Award for the Best Screenplay"
  • Best Music is called the "
    Tariverdiev
    Prize for the Best Music"
  • The prize of the contest "Kinotavr:
    Short Film
    "

Over the history the following prizes have also been awarded:

  • The Grand Prize (Second Prize) for the second best entry
  • Special Prize of the Jury
  • "Diamond Rose" prize
  • Prize of the Guild of Russian Film Producers, for the best producer's project
  • Prize of the Guild of Russian Film Scholars and Film Critics
  • Prize of the Festival's Presidential Council
  • FIPRESCI Prize, by
    FIPRESCI
    )
  • FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention

Winners

Grand Prize

References and notes

  1. ^ Leonova, Yevgeniya (19 April 2006). "Кинотавр" сократится вдвое. Nezavisimaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  2. ^ A pun on "Minotaur"
  3. ^ a b "Alexander Rodnyansky announced the cancellation of Kinotavr this year - ePrimefeed". 24 March 2022.
  4. ^ Official website, retrieved on 2018-05-14.
  5. ^ a b "Кинофестиваль "Кинотавр". Досье".
  6. Hollywood Reporter
    . 9 June 2008.
  7. ^ Sochi International Film Festival and Awards, official website.
  8. ^ "Kinotavr". kinotavr.ru.
  9. ^ Birchenough, Tom (19 May 2005). "Kinotavr fest's focus is local pix".
  10. ^ Kontavr puts accent on Russia, Variety
  11. ^ Kinotavr fest’s focus is local pix, Variety
  12. ^ "Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (1990)". IMDb. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  13. IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  14. ^ "Kinotavr". www.kinotavr.ru.

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