# 15th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film

The 15th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film was held from Mar. 10-14 2010 in Suzdal, Russia. Animated works from the years 2009-2010 produced by citizens of Russia and Belarus were accepted, as well as works from 2008 that didn't make it into previous festivals.
This year, film screenings were separated into the categories "in competition" and "informational". Animated commercial reels, music clips and television bumpers were automatically accepted into the competition, while student or amateur works could be accepted into the competition based on the decisions of the Selection and Organizing Committees.
All films were shown in Betacam SP format (the standard format for festivals in Russia).
The jury prizes were handed out by profession. Also, any member or guest of the festival was able to vote for their favorite films.

## List of Jury Members

| English | Russian | Profession(s) |
| Mikhail Aldashin | Михаил Алдашин | director, screenwriter, art director, animator, producer |
| Vladlen Barbè | Владлен Барбэ | director, screenwriter, art director, animator |
| Ivan Maximov | Иван Максимов | director, screenwriter, animator, art director, camera operator, producer |
| Dmitriy Naumov | Дмитрий Наумов | director, screenwriter, animator, camera operator |
| Mikhail Tumelya | Михаил Тумеля | director, screenwriter, animator, art director, camera operator, voice actor |

## Jury prizes

| Award | Film | Recipient(s) (the director of the film, unless stated otherwise) |
| Grand Prix | Winter from the "Log Jam" series Зима (Zima) | Aleksey Alekseyev |
| Best Direction (shared) | A Trip to the Seaside Поездка к морю (Poyezdka k moryu) Rain in the Evening Со вечора дождик (So vechora dozhdik) | Nina Bisyarina Valentin Olshvang |
| Best Visuals | Year Round series Цикл Круглый год» (Kryglyy god) | Anastasiya Zhakulina (art director) |
| Best Animation | A Transgression Беззаконие (Bezzakoniye) | Natalya Malgina |
| Best Sound | Dog Playground Собачья площадка (Sobachya ploshchadka) | Leonid Shmelkov |
| Best Film for Children | Tracks of Unseen Beasts from the series "Masha and the Bear" Следы невиданных зверей из сериала «Маша и медведь» (Sledy nevidannykh zverey) | Oleg Uzhinov |
| Best Student Film (shared) | Bridge Мост (Most) Bridge Ballad About a Barber (Ballada o tsiryulnike) | Dina Velikovskaya Yekaterina Kolosovskaya |
| Best Debut Film | -not given out- | |
| Best Series | Portuguese Lullaby from the series "Lullabies of the World", «Португальская колыбельная» из цикла «Колыбельные мира» (Portugalskaya kolybelnaya) | Yelizaveta Skvortsova |
| Best Interstitial Animation | Raskolnikov from the series "The Story Could Have Ended Differently" «Раскольников» из цикла «История могла бы пойти по-другому» | Vladimir Ponomaryov |

## Jury diplomas & other prizes

| Award | Film | Recipient(s) (the director of the film, unless stated otherwise) |
| Diploma in Best Visual Direction "for culture and mastery" | A Transgression Беззаконие (Bezzakoniye) | Igor Oleynikov (art director) |
| Diploma in Best Student Film "for lyricism and a bright outlook" | Look Up Посмотрите вверх (posmotrite vverkh) | Svetlana Pedyacheva |
| Diploma "for cleanness and clearness" | About a Catfish Про сома (Pro Soma) | Yulia Ruditskaya |
| Diploma in Best Writing "for a well-told simple story" | Birdy Птаха (Ptakha) | Aleksandr Lenkin, Sergey Katyer (screenwriters) |
| Diploma in Best Student Film "for being touching" | Listen to the Snow Melting Слушай, как тает снег (Slushay, kak tayet sneg) | Svetlana Razgulyayeva |
| Diploma "for working with young directors" | Modern Folk Tales of the World Современные сказки мира (Sovremennyye skazki mira) | Irina Margolina (producer) |
| Diploma in Best Debut Film "for auteur visuals" | Brave Gonza Храбрый Гонза (Khrabryy Gonza) | Ilya Suvorkin |
| Prize of the Guild of Film Critics | Look Up Посмотрите вверх (posmotrite vverkh) | Svetlana Pedyacheva |
| Aleksandr Tatarskiy Prize for "an unexpected leap into a different world" | Not a Sad Story Непечальная история (Nepechalnaya istoriya) | Mariya Muat (director) Vladimir Golovanov (screenwriter) |
| "Fortuna" Prize (chosen randomly) | Look Up Посмотрите вверх (posmotrite vverkh) | Svetlana Pedyacheva |

## Rating (by audience vote)

Each member of the audience was asked to list their top 5 five films of the festival. 5 points were given for a 1st place vote and so on, down to 1 point for a 5th place vote.
| Position | Film | Director | Points |
| 1 | Rain in the Evening Со вечора дождик (So vechora dozhdik) | Valentin Olshvang | 233 |
| 2 | A Transgression Беззаконие (Bezzakoniye) | Natalya Malgina | 218 |
| 3 | A Trip to the Seaside Поездка к морю (Poyezdka k moryu) | Nina Bisyarina | 62 |
| 4 | Harmonium Хармониум | Dmitriy Lazarev | 60 |
| 5 | Forbidden Cake Запретный торт (Zapretnyy tort) | Roman Kazakov | 54 |
| 6 | Log Jam | Aleksey Alekseyev | 39 |
| 7 | Kvadraturin Квадратурин | Valeriy Kozhin | 39 |
| 8 | The Prosecutor's Son Saves the King Сын прокурора спасает короля (Syn prokurora spasayet korolya) | Oksana Kholodova | 39 |
| 9 | Tracks of Unseen Beasts from the series "Masha and the Bear" Следы невиданных зверей из сериала «Маша и медведь» (Sledy nevidannykh zverey) | Oleg Uzhinov | 33 |
| 10 | August, the Month of Winds Та сторона, где ветер (Ta storona, gde veter) | Rim Sharafutdinov | 33 |