Golden Raven

About

The Golden Raven International Arctic Film Festival is held in the administrative center of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Anadyr. 

The festival sets its goals and objectives as following: 

• search and promotion of the best modern films related to the Arctic and reflecting various aspects of life in this region;
• the development of cultural exchange and professional cooperation between filmmakers working in the Arctic region;
• promotion of the Chukotka Autonomous Region as an attractive and comfortable region for making films;
• search and support for young talented filmmakers making films in the Arctic region;
• promoting the integration of Russian cinema into the global cinema process;
• creating and development of a comfortable urban environment for residents of the Chukotka Autonomous Region;
• contribution to the appearance and development of cinematographic education and film industry in the Chukotka Autonomous Region.

Within the framework of the film festival, creative meetings, master classes and trainings on drama, acting, stage speech, the director's work with the actor are held. 

During the festival "Golden Raven" a cinema laboratory on the topic "Chukotka, I Love You" is held. Under the guidance of professionals of the film industry, talented youth create films about their favorite land.

Awards

The following prizes are awarded according to the results of the Festival:

•   “The Big Golden Raven” – Grand-Prix of the Festival to the best film of full-length feature or documentary competitions according to the results of people’s choice and RUB 250 000 to the producer “The Golden Raven” – for the best full-length feature film and RUB 100 000 according to the decision of the expert jury to the representative of the film who will be chosen by the jury (it can be either the producer, or the director, or the scriptwriter, or the actor, or the composer, or the cinematographer)
• “The Golden Raven” – for the best full-length documentary film and RUB 100 000 according to the decision of the expert jury to the representative of the film who will be chosen by the jury (it can be either the producer, or the director, or the scriptwriter, or the actor, or the composer, or the cinematographer)
•   “The Small Golden Raven” – for the best short feature film and RUB 50 000 according to the results of people’s rating choice to the director of the film
•  “The Small Golden Raven” – for the best short documentary film and RUB 50 000 according to the results of people’s rating choice to the director of the film
• Special Prize of the regional competitive selection “FilmRising!” and RUB 30 000 according to the decision of the expert jury to the director of the film

Rules

The Festival is composed of  the following competition sections:

• international competitive selection of full-length feature films
• international competitive selection of full-length documentary films
• international competitive selection of short feature films
• international competitive selection of short documentary films
• regional competitive selection “FilmRising!”.

International competitive selections of full-length feature and documentary films are reserved for:

•  films over 60 minutes
• films produced after January 1, 2018
•  films dedicated to the Arctic or northern themes and reflecting the life of the population, primarily indigenous, of northern regions of the world.

International competitive selections of short feature and documentary films are reserved for:

• films less than 45 minutes
• films produced after January 1, 2019
• films of any themes and genres

Regional competitive selection “FilmRising!” is reserved for:

• short feature and documentary films less than 15 minutes
• films produced after January 1, 2018on the territory of the Chukotka Autonomous Region and that have never before taken part in this section of the Festival

Out-of-competition screenings of feature and documentary films are open for submission of the films of any themes and dates of production.

Display Format: DCP

Subtitle Language: English, Russian

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Jury and Organizers

The Festival is being held by the Department of Creative Projects Development of Russian Filmmakers’ Union, by the Youth Initiative Production Center, by the Committee for Culture, Sport and Tourism of the Chukotka Autonomous Region, and is supported by the Government of the Chukotka Autonomous Region.