"Kinotavr" opened an appointment

Today, December 2, accepting applications for participation in the 27th open Russian film festival "Kinotavr", which will be held in Sochi from June 5 to 12, 2016, began.

This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service "Kinotavra".

“The festival will again collect everything worthy that was done in both segments of Russian cinema-both in the author and spectator cinema,” the press service of the president of the festival Alexander Rodnyansky quotes.

Since last year, Kinotavr has been supported by the Fund for Assistance to the Development of Modern Art Ruarts . “The fund is well known for supporting modern Russian art and its best representatives. I am sure that our partnership will strengthen the festival, expand its capabilities and ensure the future of the main platform for promoting Russian cinema, ”said Rodnyansky.

Open Russian Film Festival "Kinotavr" was founded in 1991. This year he took place from June 8 to 14, in the main competition program there were 14 films, Anna Melikyan’s painting “About Love” won , which also received the prize of the jury of the film distributors.

The prize of the best director was awarded to Alexei Fedorchenko for the film “The Angels of the Revolution” , Vasily Sigarev forthe “Lake Country” was award for the best script. The budget of the 26th Kinotavr amounted to 150 million rubles.