Hero

About

The only professional competitive international film festival for children and youth on the territory from Eastern Siberia to Sakhalin.

The idea of searching a modern hero provides food for thought at the discussion panels both for cinema professionals and audience. The development of the film industry for children is the question of present interest for professionals – who is the hero for children and adolescents? A discussion club for children is to be organized after watching a film.

The festival traces its origins back to 2018. The appearance of a professional film contest festival for children in Krasnoyarsk is another reminder of how important it is to make films for young viewers. Moreover, the festival supports those rare filmmakers who create and promote this part of cinematography nowadays.

Festival will take from 19 to 23 may, 2022 in Krasnoyarsk Region. The jury of "Hero" will include foreign experts, both domestic and foreign films will be included in the program. Creative meetings, lectures, educational laboratories, round tables/discussion platforms and thematic workshops will be held during the festival.

Awards

• Best full-length feature film
• Best feature short film
• Best feature animated film
• Best short animated film
• Best documentary film
• Special children's nomination "Who is your hero?"

Rules

Russian and foreign cinematographers (individuals and legal entities) whose field of activity is feature, documentary and animated films for children and youth are invited to participate in the festival. 

You can apply until December 30, 2023 inclusive on the official website of the festival - geroyfilm.ru/application/

or by downloading the application, filling out and sending a scan by e-mail: geroyfilm@mail.ru

Films are accepted for participation in the competition program:

• full-length feature films: year of production 2020-2022, duration from 50 to 240 minutes;
• feature short films: year of production 2021-2022, duration from 3 to 49 minutes;
• feature animated films: year of production no earlier than 2020, duration from 60 to 180 minutes;
• short animated films: year of production 2021-2022, duration from 1 to 49 minutes;
• documentary films: year of production 2021-2022;
• special children's nomination "Who is your hero?": year of production 2021-2022, duration from 1 to 49 minutes.

A special nomination for children and teenagers "Who is your hero?" is a prize, which is given for an original short animated, feature or documentary film made by participants from 8 to 17 years old (both individual authors and children's and youth media associations are invited). It is important that this work has not previously participated in the International Film Festival for Children and Youth "Hero".

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Jury and Organizers

The founder of the festival is the Ministry of Culture of the Krasnoyarsk region; the organizer is the Regional Government-Owned Publicly Funded Institution of Culture “Enisey Kino”.

President of the Festival - Vladimir Grammatikov (Russia)

Jury Chairman - Vladimir Alenikov (Russia)

Jury:

• Margret Albers (Germany)
• Christian Dyekjaer (Denmark)
• Ekaterina Golovnya (Russia)
• Denis Chernov (Russia)
• Tatiana Belova (Russia)
• Georgy Molodtsov (Russia)
• Alexander Kuznetsov (Russia)