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About

The goal of the Film Festival is to achieve, through means of cinema, the lofty aims of humanist values, peace and friendship among the peoples; to create in the Sakhalin region favorable environment for the cross-fertilization of cultures; to create the conditions for the Sakhalin region residents’ self-expression in various areas of cultural and social activity.

Awards

• Grand Prix of the Festival for Best Film; 
• Best Director;
• Best Actor;
• Best Actress;
• Special Jury prize;
• Prize of the Honorary President of the Festival;
• Audience Award.

Rules

• Films released theatrically no earlier than a year before the Festival is held;
• Films that have not been publicly screened before on the territory of the Sakhalin Region.
• World, international, and Russian premieres are preferred for the competition programs, but the premiere status is not required.

Subtitle language: English (for films in Russian or in other languages), Russian (for films in English or in other languages). 

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Jury and Organizers

Organizers:
Fedor Bondarchuk (the festival president),
Aleksej Agranovich (chief producer).

Jury: 
Marina Razbezhkina (director, screenwriter),
Pyotr Fyodorov (actor, producer),
Alisa Khazanova (actress),
Kōji Yamamura (director),
Anand Gandhi (producer).