Kinotavr

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The history of the festival can be traced back to the Soviet era when in 1990 Mark Rudinstein organized his “Festival of Un-bought Cinema” in Podolsk, Moscow Region. It was an attempt to support national film production and distribution in the time of social, political and economic turmoil in the USSR when film financing (up until then provided by the state) was reduced and national distribution network had collapsed.{{Cite web|url=http://kinotavr.ru/en/history/|title=Kinotavr|website=kinotavr.ru}}

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. Kinotavr now was aimed at becoming “a powerful mechanism in the development of a film industry”{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/kinotavr-fest-s-focus-is-local-pix-1117923205/|title=Kinotavr fest’s focus is local pix|first=Tom|last=Birchenough|date=19 May 2005}} in Russia and then also continued to make "emphasis on international promotion of Russian product”.[https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/kontavr-puts-accent-on-russia-1200335228/ Kontavr puts accent on Russia], Variety

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".[https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/kinotavr-fest-s-focus-is-local-pix-1117923205/ Kinotavr fest’s focus is local pix], Variety

The last edition of the festival was held in 2021.

While preparing the upcoming 2022 edition, the president of the Kinotavr film festival, Alexander Rodnyansky, announced in March 2022 that the festival would not be held this year. According to the festival's president, "One cannot talk about festivals when Russia is waging an aggressive war".{{Cite web|url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/organizator-kinotavra-otmenil-festivalj-iz-za-agressii-rossii/31768963.html|title=Президент "Кинотавра" отменил фестиваль из-за "агрессивной войны"|website=Радио Свобода|access-date=2022-03-24|archive-date=2022-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324164742/https://www.svoboda.org/a/organizator-kinotavra-otmenil-festivalj-iz-za-agressii-rossii/31768963.html|language=ru}}

In February 2023, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation announced that the festival would not take place that year either.{{Cite web|url=https://rg.ru/2023/02/17/v-ministerstve-kultury-rf-obiasnili-pochemu-v-etom-godu-ne-budet-kinotavra.html|title=В министерстве культуры РФ объяснили, почему в этом году не будет "Кинотавра"|website=Российская газета|date=2023-02-17|access-date=2023-10-30|archive-date=2023-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426031046/https://rg.ru/2023/02/17/v-ministerstve-kultury-rf-obiasnili-pochemu-v-etom-godu-ne-budet-kinotavra.html|url-status=live|language=ru}}{{Cite news|title=Стало известно об отказе от проведения фестиваля "Кинотавр"|url=https://smotrim.ru/article/3207805|website=Smotrim.ru|date=2023-02-16|access-date=2024-01-12|archive-date=2023-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326113837/https://smotrim.ru/article/3207805|url-status=live|language=ru}}

In October 2023, the festival's website was taken offline. The festival's president, Alexander Rodnyansky, was declared a "foreign agent" by the Russian Ministry of Justice on October 21, 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-21 |title=Foreign agent Friday: Ukrainian producer Alexander Rodnyansky, Russian reporters Alexander Plyushchev, Tatyana Felgenhauer, Mikhail Zygar added to Russia's 'foreign agent' list |url=https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2022/10/21/foreign-agent-friday-ukrainian-producer-alexander-rodnyansky-russian-reporters-alexander-plyushchev-tatyana-felgenhauer-mikhail-zygar-added-to-russias-foreign-agent-list-en-news |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Novaya Gazeta. Europe}} According to the Russian film industry publication "Exhibitor's Bulletin",{{Cite web|url=https://www.kinometro.ru/news/show/name/otmena_kinotavr_16022023|title=Министерство культуры отказалось от идеи проведения «Кинотавра»|website=www.kinometro.ru|access-date=2024-01-12|archive-date=2024-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112222134/https://www.kinometro.ru/news/show/name/otmena_kinotavr_16022023|url-status=live|language=ru}} citing its own sources, the state "would not restore the Sochi film festival in its previous form". De facto, the festival has ceased to exist.

• 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 Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique (FIPRESCI)
• FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention

• 1990 – Revenge, dir. Yermek Shinarbayev){{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000617/1990/1/|title=Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (1990)|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-05-18}}
• 1991 – Sons of Bitches (Сукины дети, dir. Leonid Filatov)
• 1992 – The Sun of the Sleepless (Солнце неспящих, dir. Temur Babluani)
• 1993 – Encore, Once More Encore! (Анкор, ещё анкор!, dir. Pyotr Todorovsky)
• 1994 – Little Angel, Make Me Happy (Ангелочек, сделай радость, Angelochek sdelay radost, dir. Uzmaan Saparov){{IMDb title| 0106281|Angelochek sdelay radost}}
• 1995 – Peculiarities of the National Hunt (Особенности национальной охоты, dir. Aleksandr Rogozhkin)
• 1996 – Prisoner of the Mountains (Кавказский пленник, dir. Sergei Bodrov)
• 1997 – Brother (Брат, dir. Aleksei Balabanov)
• 1998 – Time of the dancer (Время танцора, dir. Aleksandr Rogozhkin)
• 2000 – Luna Papa (Лунный папа, dir. Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov)
• 2001 – Tender Age (Нежный возраст, dir. Sergei Solovyov)
• 2002 – War (Война, dir. Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov)
• 2003 – Old Women (Старухи, dir. Gennadi Sidorov)
• 2004 – A Driver for Vera (Водитель для Веры, dir. Pavel Chukhray)
• 2005 – Poor Relatives (Бедные родственники, dir. Pavel Lungin)
• 2006 – Playing the Victim (Изображая жертву, dir. Kirill Serebrennikov)
• 2007 – Simple Things (Простые вещи, dir. Alexei Popogrebski)
• 2008 – Pal/Secam (dir. Dmitry Povolotsky)
• 2009 – Wolfy (Волчок, dir. Vassily Sigarev)
• 2010 – Truce (Перемирие, dir. Svetlana Proskurina)
• 2011 – Indifference (Безразличие, dir. Oleg Flyangolts)
• 2012 – I Will By Your Side (Я буду рядом, dir. Pavel Ruminov)
• 2013 – The Geographer Drank His Globe Away (Географ глобус пропил, dir. Alexander Veledinsky)
• 2014 – Test (Испытание, dir. Alexander Kott)
• 2015 – About Love (Про любовь, dir. Anna Melikian)
• 2016 – The Good Boy (Хороший мальчик, dir. Oksana Karas)
• 2017 – Arrhythmia (Аритми́я, dir. Boris Khlebnikov)
• 2018 – Core of the World (Сердце мира, dir. Natalia Meshchaninova)
• 2019 – The Bull (Бык, dir. Boris Akopov){{Cite web|url=https://www.kinotavr.ru/en/history/2019/laureates|title=Kinotavr|website=www.kinotavr.ru}}
• 2020 - Scarecrow (Пугало, dir. Dmitry Davydov)
• 2021 - Freeze Dance (Море волнуется раз, dir. Nikolay Khomeriki)

{{reflist}}

• [https://www.kinotavr.ru/en Kinotavr] official page in English.

• {{IMDb event|0000617|Sochi Open Russian Film Festival}}
• [http://www.rudata.ru/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%80_%28%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%8F%29#.D0.9A.D0.B8.D0.BD.D0.BE.D1.82.D0.B0.D0.B2.D1.80._.D0.A0.D0.B8.D1.81.D1.83.D0.BD.D0.BA.D0.B8 Foto gallery from "Kinotavr": Star carpet]
• [http://www.kinokultura.com/2012/38-condee.shtml Fifteen Realities of Russian Cinema (Kinotavr 2012)]
• [http://www.kinokultura.com/2007/18-razlogov.shtml Kinotavr: Caught in the Crossfire]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180207211521/http://kinotavr.info/ Kinotavr.info]

Category:Recurring events established in 1991

Category:1991 establishments in Russia

Category:Film festivals in Russia

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