This document provides a calendar of Russian film festivals from January to December. It lists over 15 film festivals held each year including Kinotavr, one of the largest and most prestigious film festivals in Russia held in June in Sochi. The document also provides brief information on Kinotavr including its official website and past winners from 1989 to 2007.

1. Russian film festivals © Sveta

3. Calendar of the Russian film festivals

4. “ White columns” ( Белые столбы ) January

5. 1 .“Spirit of fire” (Дух огня) 2 .”Cinema.Doc”( Кинотеатр .Doc) February

6. March “ V ertical ” (Вертикаль)

7. April “ The B e ginning” (Начало)

8. May “ Izolenta”

9. June 1.“Kinotaur” ( Кинотавр) 2.”Festival of festivals”( Фестиваль фестивалей) 3.”Moscow international film festival”( ММКФ)

11. July 1.”St.Petersburg”( Санкт-Петербург) 2. ”A message to the Man”( Послание к Человеку ) 3. ”The Baltic debuts” ( Балтийские дебюты )

12. August 1.”The Window to Europe”( Окно в Европу) 2. ” Pacific Meridian ”

13. September 1.”Yalta cinema”( Киноялта) 2. ”Kinoshok” ( Киношок )

14. October 1.”Festival of war time films” 2. ”Russia”(festival of documentary films)

15. November “ The sweet dreams” (Чистые грёзы)

16. December 1.”Stulker”( Сталкер ) 2.«Xtreme Video Fest ” 3.”New Year’s stories”

17. Kinotavr

18. KinotaVr http://www.kinotavr.ru/ Official website: Festival Event type: Film Media type: Sochi, Russia Location: Open Russian Film Festival Kinotaur Also known as:

19. Best films Mest (1989) 1990 Sukiny deti (1990) 1991 Udzinarta mze (1992) 1992 Ankor , eshchyo ankor ! (1992) 1993 Angelochek sdelay radost (1993) 1994 Osobennosti natsionalnoy okhoty (1995) 1995 Kavkazskiy plennik (1996) 1996 Brat (1997) 1997 Vremya tantsora (1998) 1998 Blokpost (1998) 1999 2000 2001 unknown 2002 Voditel dlya Very (2004) 2004 Bednye rodstvenniki (2005) 2005 Izobrazhaya zhertvu (2006) 2006 Prostye veshchi (2007) 2007 Grand Prize of the Festival Date

21. Laureates of Kinotavr 2007 The best director, the best film “ Prostye veshchi” “ Kremen” The best debute Maria Shalaeva “Mermaid” The best actress Sergei Puskepalis“Prostye veshchi” The best actor

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