# Nika Award for Discovery of the Year

The Nika Award for Discovery of the Year (Russian: Ника за «Открытие года») is given annually by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science and presented at the Nika Awards.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a light blue background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees.

## Winners and nominees
### 2000s

| Year | Recipient | International title | Original title | Transliterated title (per BGN/PCGN standard) |
| 2002 | Vladislav Galkin (actor) | In August of 1944 | В августе 44-го… | V avguste 44-go… |
| 2002 | Natalya Gugueva (documentary film director) | The Forsage | Форсаж | Forsazh |
| 2002 | Alexander Kott (film director) | Two Drivers | Ехали два шофёра | Ekhali dva shofoera |
| 2003 | Igor Petrenko (actor) | The Star | Звезда | Zvezda |
| 2003 | Filipp Yankovsky (film director) | The Motion | В движении | V dvizhenii |
| 2003 | Vera Storozheva (film director) | Sky. Plane. Girl | Небо. Самолёт. Девушка | Nebo. Samoleot. Devushka |
| 2004 | Aleksei German Jr. (film director) | The Last Train | Последний поезд | Posledniy poezd |
| 2004 | Andrey Zvyagintsev (film director) | The Return | Возвращение | Vozvrashcheniye |
| 2004 | Gennady Sidorov (film director) | Old Women | Старухи | Starukhi |
| 2005 | Alyona Babenko (actress) | A Driver for Vera | Водитель для Веры | Voditel dlya Very |
| 2005 | Polina Agureeva (actress) | Long Farewell | Долгое прощание | Dolgoe proshchanie |
| 2005 | Marina Razbezhkina (film director) | Harvest Time | Время жатвы | Vremya zhatvy |
| 2005 | Daniil Spivakovsky (actor) | My Step Brother Frankenstein | Мой сводный брат Франкенштейн | Moy svodnyy brat Frankenshteyn |
| 2006 | Andrei Kravchuk (film director) | The Italian | Итальянец | Italyanets |
| 2006 | Fyodor Bondarchuk (film director) | The 9th Company | 9 рота | 9 rota |
| 2006 | Pavel Sanayev (film director) | Last Weekend | Последний уик-энд | Posledniy uik-end |
| 2007 | Ivan Vyrypaev (film director) | Euphoria | Эйфория | Eyforiya |
| 2007 | Oksana Bychkova (film director) | Piter FM | Питер FM | Piter FM |
| 2007 | Yuri Chursin (actor) | Playing the Victim | Изображая жертву | Izobrazhaya zhertvu |
| 2008 | Sergei Puskepalis (actor) | Simple Things | Простые вещи | Prosty'e veshchi |
| 2008 | Zoya Kaydanovskaya (actress) | Nothing Personal | Ничего личного | Nichego lichnogo |
| 2008 | Aleksandr Mindadze (film director) | Soaring | Отрыв | Otryv |
| 2009 | Valeriya Gai Germanika (film director) | Everybody Dies but Me | Все умрут, а я останусь | Vse umrut, a ya ostanus |
| 2009 | Bakur Bakuradze (film director) | Shultes | Шультес | Shultes |
| 2009 | Konstantin Meladze (Music Producer) | Hipsters | Стиляги | Stilyagi |

### 2010s

| Year | Recipient | International title | Original title | Transliterated title (per BGN/PCGN standard) |
| 2010 | Pavel Bardin (film director) | Russia 88 | Россия 88 | Rossiya 88 |
| 2010 | Egor Pavlov (actor) | Pete on the Way to Heaven | Петя по дороге в Царствие Небесное | Petia po doroge v tsarstvie nebesnoye |
| 2010 | Vasily Sigarev (film director) | Wolfy | Волчок | Volchok |
| 2011 | Dmitry Mamuliya (film director) | Another Sky | Другое небо | Drugoe nebo |
| 2011 | Andrey Karasyov (composer) | Silent Souls | Овсянки | Ovsyanki |
| 2011 | Aleksey Kopashov (actor) | Fortress of War | Брестская крепость | Brestskaia krepost |
| 2012 | Dmitry Astrakhan (supporting actor) | Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive | Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой | Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy |
| 2012 | Mikhail Protsko (actor) | Siberia, Monamour | Сибирь. Монамур | Sibir. Monamur |
| 2012 | Konstantin Buslov (film director) | Cash | Бабло | Bablo |
| 2012 | Angelina Nikonova (film director) | Twilight Portrait | Портрет в сумерках | Portret v sumerkakh |
| 2013 | Alexey Andrianov (film director) | Spy | Шпион | Shpion |
| 2013 | Fedot Lvov (supporting actor) | The Horde | Орда | Orda |
| 2013 | Vladimir Svirskiy (actor) | In the Fog | В тумане | V tumane |
| 2014 | Zhora Kryzhovnikov (film director) | Kiss Them All! | Горько! | Gorko! |
| 2014 | Natalya Merkulova & Aleksey Chupov (film directors) | Intimate Parts | Интимные места | Intimnye mesta |
| 2014 | Anfisa Chernykh (supporting actress) | The Geographer Drank His Globe Away | Географ глобус пропил | Geograf Globus Propil |
| 2015 | Ivan I. Tverdovsky (film director) | Corrections Class | Класс коррекции | Klass korrektsii |
| 2015 | Nataliya Meshchaninova & Lyubov Mulmenko (screenwriters) | The Hope Factory | Комбинат “Надежда” | Kombinat “Nadezhda” |
| 2015 | Severija Janušauskaitė (actress) | Star | Звезда | Zvezda |
| 2016 | Ivan Kolesnikov (actor) | The End of Beautiful Era | Конец прекрасной эпохи | Konets prekrasnoy epokhi |
| 2016 | Natalia Kudryashova (film director) | Pioneer Heroes | Пионеры-герои | Pionery-geroi |
| 2016 | Ella Manzheeva (film director) | The Gulls | Чайки | Chayki |
| 2017 | Alexey Krasovsky (film director) | The Collector | Коллектор | Kollektor |
| 2017 | Eduard Bordukov (film director) | Pitch | Коробка | Korobka |
| 2017 | Peter Skvortsov (actor) | The Student | Ученик | Uchenik |
| 2018 | Aleksandr Khant (film director) | How Vitka Chesnok Drove Lyokha Shtyr to the House for Disabled | Как Витька Чеснок вёз Лёху Штыря в дом инвалидов | Kak Vitka Chesnok vyoz Lyokhu Shtyrya v dom invalidov |
| 2018 | Kantemir Balagov (film director) | Closeness | Теснота | Tesnota |
| 2018 | Kirill Pletnyov (film director) | Light Up! | Жги! | Zhgi! |
| 2019 | Roman Bilyk (actor) | Leto | Лето | Leto |
| 2019 | Alexander Gorchilin (film director) | Acid | Кислота | Kislota |
| 2019 | Marta Kozlova (actress) | Anna's War | Война Анны | Voyna Anny |

### 2020s

| Year | Recipient | International title | Original title | Transliterated title (per BGN/PCGN standard) |
| 2020 | Alexander Zolotukhin (film director) | A Russian Youth | Мальчик русский | Malchik russkiy |
| 2020 | Boris Akopov (film director) | The Bull | Бык | Byk |
| 2020 | Evgenia Obraztsova (actress) | A Frenchman | Француз | Frantsuz |
| 2021 | Philipp Yuryev (film director) | The Whaler Boy | Китобой | Kitoboy |
| 2021 | Michael Lockshin (film director) | The Silver Skates | Серебряные коньки | Serebryanye konki |
| 2021 | Semyon Serzin (film director) | Man from Podolsk | Человек из Подольска | Chelovek iz Podolska |
| 2022 | Milana Aguzarova (actress) | Unclenching the Fists | Разжимая кулаки | Razzhimaya kulaki |
| 2022 | Roman Vasyanov (film director) | Hostel | Общага | Obschaga |
| 2022 | Yevgeny Grigorev (film director) | The Riot | Подельники | Podelniki |
| 2022 | Mariya Izyumova (screenwriter) | Mama, I'm Home | Мама, я дома | Mama, ya doma |
| 2022 | Lyubov Mulmenko (film director) | The Danube | Дунай | Dunay |