Jury 2021
Andrey Kravchuk
Director, screenwriter
Winner of the Berlin Film Festival, the Golden Eagle and Nika awards, as well as many other film festivals and film awards. Oscar Film Award nominee.
Mikhail Bogdasarov
Actor, screenwriter, director
Honored Artist of Russia. More than 300 roles in theater and cinema.
Since 2012, he has also been working as a director and screenwriter.
Ashot Jazoyan
Director of documentary films
Cinematographer from Armenia. He received the Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, the Order of the Silver Cross and the Medal of Movses Khorenatsi.
Gennady Ivanov
Producer, director, lecturer
Director and a lecturer of the Alexander Mitta Film School.
One of the films has more than 18 million views on YouTube.
Nadezhda Sabelnikova
Producer, associate Professor, lecturer
More than 500 television and film works. Winner of awards and film festivals. Candidate of Economic Sciences, member of the Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio.
Pavel Danilov
Associate Professor, lecturer
Deputy Head of the Production Department of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television, Candidate of Economic Sciences.
Dastan Kishkentaev
Animation Director
Cinematographer from Kazakhstan. Works at the Kazakhfilm studio and «DalaAnimation».
Mitya Labush
Actor
Belarusian and Russian theater and film actor. More than 50 movie roles.
Elena Bondarenko
Associate Professor, lecturer, film critic
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences. Lecturer of VGIK. She taught screenwriting, the history of domestic and foreign cinema, the basics of film and media education.
Marina Toropygina
Art critic, film critic, lecturer
Candidate of Sciences. Lecturer of VGIK. Holder of an honorary diploma of the publishing house «Encyclopedia» and the publishing house «Infra-M». Member of the MIFF selection committee (2015-2019).