Abstract the film festival Open Cinema 2015

The Open Cinema International Festival and Animation, which since 2005 took place on the beach of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, announced the suspension of his activities due to the fact that this year he did not receive state support.

This was reported on the website of the festival, his President Lyudmila Lipemo and Director Tamara Larina.

“ Open Cinema was not included in the 2015 project, financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, like many other respected colleagues in the film festival movement in Russia. The crisis in the country and the new cultural policy of the state is an explanation, ”the report said.

The festival organizers counted on the support of the St. Petersburg authorities, but “in the Committee on Culture of St. Petersburg there were no reasonable funds for the film festival. Ten -year experience, international authority and wide fame of the festival did not save. ”

Thus, the only open -air film festival and the largest in Russia festival of short cinema in Russia, annually gathered about 16 thousand spectators in August 2015, will not take place.

“We did everything we could, until the last moment we hoped for the best. - The leaders of the festival write. - Now we are looking for a way to the future. You cannot be sure of anything at the current state of affairs in the country, but there is hope that Open Cinema has this future. I would like to think so. "