Jury 2022
Konstantin Elkin
Producer, founder of a film distribution company
Creator and CEO of «Russian World Vision». Twenty years of experience in the film industry. Co-owner of the creative association «Arthouse».
Anna Kurbatova
Screenwriter, producer and director
Anna’s films are participants and winners of various international film festivals.
Alexander Yatsko
Actor
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Almost two hundred movie roles.
Vyacheslav Lisnevsky
Director of Photography, director, screenwriter
He is a successful cinematographer of modern spectator cinema.
Nadezhda Sabelnikova
Producer, associate Professor
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.
Maria Vardenga
Screenwriter, editor, producer
As editor-in-chief and creative producer, she has invented and produced more than 40 film projects, acted as a screenwriter in several.
Lecturer of the Moscow Film School.
Gulbara Tolomushova
Kyrgyz film critic, film historian
Honored Worker of Culture of Kyrgyzstan. Member of the Union of Cinematographers of Kyrgyzstan, member of FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Press) and NETPAC (NETPAC — network for the promotion of Asian cinema).
Maxim Kubarko
Director, director of photography, director of editing from Belarus
Founder of the company «Redsoul Media».
Winner of international festivals.
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
Dean of the Faculty of Screen Arts, 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).