Edition 2025/26

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FINALISTS

FICTION SHORT

За коньячком

Over the Brandy

Directed by: Ivan Shalaev
Russia 2025
drama

Буёк

The Buoy

Directed by: Ilya Sovetov
Russia 2025
dramedy

Фемида устала

Themis is Tired

Directed by: Ilya Demutsky
France 2025
drama, comedy, opera

№ 1158

#1158

Directed by: Natasha Akimochkina
Russia 2025
drama

Про корову

About the Cow

Directed by: Anton Simukhin & Nikolay Alekseev
Russia 2025, tragicomedy

FINALISTS

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Тонкая грань

The Fine Line

Directed by: Daniela Grigorenko
Russia 2025

Руки маэстро

Maestro’s Hands

Directed by: Aleksey Barykin
Russia 2025

Одноразовые корни

Disposable Roots

Directed by: Igor Popeliukh
USA 2025

Почему я ушла к оленям

Why I went to the deer

Directed by: Anna Rodina
Russia 2025

Сибирский графит Алибера

Aliber and his Siberian graphite

Directed by: Evgeniya Khanbekova
Russia 2023

FINALISTS

DOCUDRAMA

Халяльные мечты

Halal Dreams

Directed by: Mohammed Mamdouh
United Arab Emirates 2025

Вспомнишь, быть может

Recall Me Maybe

Directed by: David Baddiel & Juliet Riddell, United Kingdom 2025

Невеста

The Bride

Directed by: Natalia Smirnova
Russia 2026

FINALISTS

experimental SHORT

Превращение

Metamorphosis

Directed by: Ekaterina Golubeva
Russia 2024

Abellón

BUMBLEBEE

Directed by: Fon Cortizo
Spain 2024, drama

FINALISTS

STUDENT SHORT

Хитрость

Une Ruse

Directed by: Adelina Gizatullina
Russia 2025
dramatic ballet
Moscow Film School

Личный вызов

A Personal Challenge

Directed by: Lena Zorya
Russia 2025
drama
Arka Film School

Бесы. Верховенский

Demons. Verkhovensky

Directed by: Muslim Sagov
Russia 2025
dramа
VGIK named after S. Gerasimov

Отвертка

Screwdriver

Directed by: Evgeny Kazantsev
Russia 2025
dark comedy
Moscow Film School

Радиус поражения

Damage radius

Directed by: Isabella Tarasova
Russia 2026
drama
St. Petersburg New Film School

FINALISTS

DEBUT SHORT

Вибрируй выше

Vidrate higher!

Directed by: Eva Serebrennikova
Russia 2025
screenlife-comedy

Племянник киллера

Killer's Nephew

Directed by: Vanya Vedyashev
Russia 2025
dramedy

Закругляемся

Wrapping Up

Directed by: Gleb Khlebnikov
Russia 2025
dramedy

В воскресенье утром

On Sunday Morning

Directed by: Pavel Kosinov
Russia 2025
drama

FINALISTS

ONE-PERSON SHORT

Бусы Брежнева

Beads of Brezhnev

Directed by: Andrey Arutyunov
Russia 2025
dramedy

Китовая песня

The Whale Song

Directed by: Anastasia Gorodnyanskaya
Russia 2025
documentary

Преступление

The Crime

Directed by: Alexandra Vostrova
Russia 2025
comedy, mockumentary

Лампа

Lamp

Directed by: Khristina Povstyanaya
Russia 2025
dramedy

FINALISTS

MICRO FILM

Моя Мона Лиза

My Mona Lisa

Directed by: Ravshania Makhmudova
Russia 2024

Золотые руки

Handyman

Directed by: Thomas Faccini
France 2025

Соната

Sonata

Directed by: Khristina Povstyanaya
Russia 2025

FINALISTS

MUSIC VIDEO

Полёт

Flight

Directed by: Alexandra Chukhnenko
Russia 2025

В тёмные времена

In The Bad Times

Directed by: Malik Maliki
USA 2025

FINALISTS

new media

История о приручении кометы

The Story of Taming a Comet

Directed by: Elena Borisova, Russia 2024

Беспокойный Дэнни

Axious Danny

Directed by: Kseniya Samarina & Petr Tarasov, Russia 2025

O Último Ensaio

The Last Rehearsal

Directed by: J. V. Fernandes
Brazil 2026

FINALISTS

director

Ivan Shalaev

OVER THE BRANDY
Russia 2025
drama

Almir Zaripov

THREE HOURS BEFORE...
Russia 2025
thriller

Muslim Sagov

DEMONS. VERKHOVENSKY
Russia 2025
dramа

Isabella Tarasova

DAMAGE RADIUS
Russia 2026
drama

FINALISTS

screenplay

Andrey Vasiliev

DON'T YOU DARE
Directed by: Andrey Vasiliev
Russia 2024
romcom

Yuliana Koshkina

THE BUOY
Directed by: Ilya Sovetov
Russia 2025
dramedy

Aleksandra Sher

ILYUKHA'S COFFIN WOULDN'T OPEN, THANK GOD
Directed by: Aleksandra Sher
Russia 2025, dark comedy, detective

Marina Smirnova

COMA
Directed by: Marina Smirnova
Russia 2026
comedy

FINALISTS

BEST actor

IGOR GORDIN

OVER THE BRANDY
Directed by: Ivan Shalaev
Russia 2025
drama

NIKITA PAVLENKO

TOGETHERNESS
Directed by: Evgeny Baranovsky
Russia 2025
drama

Stephen Fry

RECALL ME MAYBE
Directed by: David Baddiel & Juliet Riddell
United Kingdom 2025, docudrama

Grigory Vernik

DEMONS. VERKHOVENSKY
Directed by: Muslim Sagov
Russia 2025
dramа

Alexander Gorelov

OBSESSION
Directed by: Angelika Koshevaya
Russia 2024
historical melodrama

FINALISTS

BEST actress

anfisa kharizanova

A PENDANT FOR VERA
Directed by: Alexander Udaltsov
Russia 2024
drama

OLGA LAPSHINA

TOGETHERNESS
Directed by: Evgeny Baranovsky
Russia 2025
drama

Janett Gurskaya

EXPECTING
Directed by: Olga Ushakova
Russia 2026
drama

Anastasia Popova

ABOUT THE COW
Directed by: Anton Simukhin & Nikolay Alekseev
Russia 2025, tragicomedy

FINALISTS

Cinematography

VADIM KRYUCHKOV

THE LAST BOUQUET
Directed by: Timur Shaikhutdinov
Russia 2025
drama

VLADISLAV KIYATKIN

TOGETHERNESS
Directed by: Evgeny Baranovsky
Russia 2025
drama

Alicia Francés

BUMBLEBEE
Directed by: Fon Cortizo
Spain 2024
drama

Tianzhu Peng

TIME TRAVELS THROUGH MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS
Directed by: Tianzhu Peng
China 2024, documentary

FINALISTS

editing

Vladimir Guskov

ENEMY NUMBER THREE
Directed by: Vladimir Sumashedov
Russia 2025
documentary

Rinat Nabiev

THREE HOURS BEFORE...
Directed by: Almir Zaripov
Russia 2025
thriller

Daniel Belchi

DON’T LET IT HURT YOU
Directed by: Ismael G. Nicolás
Spain 2025
drama

Shan LIANG

TIME TRAVELS THROUGH MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS
Directed by: Tianzhu Peng
China 2024, documentary

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