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The winners of the 44th VGIK-festival have been awarded!

On November 15, VGIK hosted the closing ceremony of the

44th VGIK International Student Festival.

It was a brilliant ending of the festival week, but the main event of the evening was definitely the awarding of the winners and laureates of the competition program!

GRAND PRIX

POSSESSION
directed by Sofia Chigirova
Russia, 2023
Saint Petersburg State University of Film and Television

Director & Scriptwriter: Sofia Chigirova
Director of photography: Vladislav Burlaka
Cast: Alisa Reifer, Nikita Khorolsky, Andrey Chumanov

A cynical investigator and his young partner inquire into a sui cide series that may involve otherworldly forces.
  • BEST FILM PROGRAMME PRIZE - VGIK
    «Ribbon», directed by Natalya Kundelskaya fiction, workshop of V.V. Menshov, supervisor S.V. Ursulyak

    «The Forest. A little tragedy», directed by Oleg Ershov fiction, workshop of V.I. Khotinenko

    «Indivisible», directed by Maria Tagintseva documentary, workshop of A.V. Osipov

    «Yesterday I was 9 years old», directed by Timofey Skisov animation, workshop of E.G. Yaremenko

    «The Ant and the Dragonfly», directed by Artemiy Zaitsev multimedia, workshop of O.V. Dobrynin
    BEST SHORT
    FICTION FILM PRIZE

    THE STRANGER
    directed by Milorad Milatović
    Croatia, Montenegro, 2024
    Academy of Dramatic Arts Zagreb

    Scriptwriter: Filip Rutić
    Director of photography: Domen Martinčić
    Cast: Antonio Nuić, Kristian Bonačić, Nina Violić, Martina Mandek

    A few brief encounters during the working night of a lonely cab driver.


    BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
    FILM PRIZE

    MEMORIES AND LOVE LETTERS FOR SALE
    directed by Cristina Neves, Ruan Bertuce
    Brazil, 2024
    School of Communications and Arts of the University of Sao Paulo

    Directors & Scriptwriters: Cristina Neves and Ruan Bertuce
    Director of photography: Andressa Viena and Giordano Gadelha
    Cast: Ruan Bertuce, as interpreter of João’s letters

    In an antique shop in downtown São Paulo, a love story from the past is revealed amid the daily life of the place.
    BEST SHORT
    ANIMATION FILM PRIZE

    YESTERDAY I WAS 9 YEARS OLD
    directed by Timofey Skisov
    Russia, 2024
    Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov

    Scriptwriters: Timofey Skisov, Anastasia Kropaleva
    Director of Photography: Timofey Skisov
    Production design: Anna Fedorovskaya, Anna Kurakina
    Music: Vasilisa Kurakina
    Sound design: Alikhan Keshtov
    Cast: Daria Kulikova, Kirill Mironov, Maria Chigrinova and Timofey Skisov

    A boy went for a New Year present for his grandfather. So far all is well: the snow is soft and fluffy, a broad plain lays ahead and the sky is blue. But suddenly... he feels plunged into chaos. Now there’s an abyss above. And everything is so vague and odd..


    BEST MULTIMEDIA
    PROJECT PRIZE

    DINOSAUR’S EGG
    directed by Sruthil Mathew
    India, 2024
    K. R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts

    Director & Scriptwriter: Sruthil Mathew
    Director of photography: Bhavya Baburaj
    Cast: Sathyan

    “Dinosaur’s egg” is an attempt to make memory as narrative, provoking me to traverse the realms of past and future. Rather than a mere documentary, author of the film draw inspi rations from other non-fiction forms such as video art, video essays etc.
    Student Jury Prize for the Best Film

    MUSIC IS MY REFUGE
    directed by Thierno Seydou Nouro Sy
    Sénégal, 2022
    Thieussing films

    Thanks to music, Mariama Niass (Lady Nancy) was able to find the strength and joy of living while being a wife and mother.


    Audience Choice Award

    WORLD’S STRONGEST GIRL
    directed by Sarah Tarekegn
    Russia, 2024
    Russian State University of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov (VGIK)

    Performing another mission, Commissar Lyutov comes to Pippi Longstocking to take her to an orphanage. However, having learned her secret, he goes over to her side.
    SPECIAL DIPLOMAS
    «Best director»
    LATVIA
    directed by Huang Binbin
    Japan, China, 2023
    Tokyo University of the Arts

    It seems that a film screening scheduled in two weeks at a f ilm school is going to be canceled. This event impacts the life of protagonist Matsuzaki (33), who works as a teaching assis tant at the school.
    «Best director»
    OUT OF TUNE
    directed by Blaž Andrašek
    Slovenia, 2023
    Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, Ljubljana

    Liza, an ambitious pianist, plays the piano for an older, successful man, Marko, while he has sex with other women. Apart from the mysterious concerts, Liza’s life is a lonely routine of estranged contacts. Liza looks out of the window at the life she never had and seeks an escape from her loneliness in Mark. In a series of interactions, it becomes clear that even the life of the successful and wealthy Mark is not what it seems.
    «For animation»
    THE CREATORS
    directed by Madeleine Homan
    United Kingdom, 2023
    University of West England

    In another dimension, the Creators are working on a project. Gradually they come closer to a result. But creating a world that mirrors their imagination is no easy task, even for the Creators.
    «For documentary film»
    RAPA
    directed by Sasha Koz’ma
    Moldova, Russia, 2024
    Saint Petersburg State University of Film and Television

    A meditative observation of the salt desert and the strange pilgrims who reached its very center. The desert lives accord ing to its own temporary laws. Its main inhabitants are lonely yellow trucks and lost travelers.
    STUDENT JURY SPECIAL DIPLOMAS
    «For the killer recipe»
    GARLIC SOUP
    directed by Kristian Zahariev
    Bulgaria, 2024
    National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NAFTA) “Krastyo Sarafov”

    Vampire, thirsty for blood, searching for his next victim runs across an almost blind granny who takes the vampire for her goth teenager grandson and her loving care turns out to be deadly for him.
    «For the young adult child»
    UPSIDE DOWN
    directed by Ekaterina Ksents
    Belarus, 2024
    Belarusian State Academy of Arts

    Angelina is sitting on a swing and thinking: “Why should I live?”. She has already faced an unrequited crush, the death of her guinea pig and the betrayal of friends. Angelina thought she was cute two years ago, but now she doesn’t feel easy on this point. Her hair is greasy, her breasts aren’t growing, and her teeth are growing crooked. But Angelina doesn’t despair and doesn’t want to change for anyone. She is 10 years old, and she does not intend to be laughed at for nothing.
    Special prize «Perspectiva»
    from the Production center «VGIK-Debut»
    SNG, Bro!
    directed by Andrey Dupliakin
    Россия, 2024
    All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov (VGIK)

    The movie is about the risky path of the hero, for the sake of a short meeting with his family and about true friendship, despite the difference of cultures, nationalities, religions.
    PRIZES OF THE 20 INTERNATIONAL
    THEATER COMPETITION
    Best Actress Award
    LYALYA ANPILOGOVA
    Class of Evgeniy Pisarev

    «LADIES’ CHOICE»
    Moscow Art Theatre Studio School
    Best Actor Award
    OGNJEN MALUŠIĆ
    Сlass of Marija Milenković

    «MASTER AND MARGARITA»
    University of Arts in Belgrade, Faculty of Dramatic Arts
    Special Jury Prize for the acting ensemble
    «THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA»

    Class of V. Dragunov
    Mikhail Shcepkin Higher Theatre School
    Diploma for masterly performance as Truffaldino
    KAMRON SAIDMURODOV
    Class of F. B. Makhmudov

    «TURANDOT»
    VGIK
    Diploma for the sincerity of embodiment of Maria Andreyevna's character in the play «POOR BRIDE»
    SOFIA KOZINTSEVA
    Class of G. V. Shaposhnikov
    The Boris Sсhukin Theatre Institute
    Diploma for popularization of the best images of Chinese literature by means of theater
    «AH Q»

    Shanghai Theatre Academy
    Audience Award
    «TURANDOT»

    Class of F. B. Makhmudov
    VGIK
    Audience Award
    «MASKS FROM OSTROVSKY’S LIFE»

    Class of Anna Ivanova-Brashinskaya
    “The Graduate School of Performing Arts” (“Theatre School of Konstantin Raykin”)
    GRAND PRIX

    MASTER AND MARGARITA

    Сlass of Marija Milenković

    University of Arts in Belgrade,
    Faculty of Dramatic Arts

    (Serbia)

    See you next year for the 45th anniversary festival!
    We congratulate all the winners on their well-deserved awards, all the participants - on the completion of this large-scale event, and thank all the audience for the loud applause and thoughtful viewing!

    We hope that the festival left you with the brightest impressions - share them in social networks with the hashtag #vgikfest (#вгикфест) and follow the news in our accounts to be the first to see the announcements of the new festival, which only seems far away.

    See you next year!
    17.11.2024