The 10th anniversary festival of Young Cinema Voices, which took place from 6 to 9 July, ended in Vologda. According to the review rules, the winners are chosen by the audience, not by a professional jury.
In the “Best Acting” category, Malika Musaeva, student of Alexander Sokurov’s Kabardino-Balkarian workshop, won Khadija Batayeva, the lead actress of the movie “The Cage Is Searching for a Bird”.
The painting “The Island” won awards in two categories: “Best Director” (Stanislav Svetlov) and “Best Film”.
In the review, where a section consisting of short films was presented for the first time, the audience gave awards to two films that received equal votes at the same time. These are Nine Girls on the Edge of Reality (directors: Dasha Dyachok, Olga Peretyatkova, AL, Maria Rubina, Anastasia Shuklina, Olga Belousova, Maria Guseva, Polina Mantsurova) and The Fugitive, directed by Salome Kintsurashvili.
Screenings at the film festival were held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Vologda Region and the Municipality of Vologda. The overall partner of the review is PAO Severstal.
previously known winners The 5th Festival of the series “Pilot”.