# 5th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film

The 5th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film was held in from Feb. 10-14 in 2000 at a boarding house called "Birch Grove" two kilometres from the town of Tarusa, Russia. Animated works from the past three years from the Russian Federation were accepted. Along with auteur films, commercial reels, music clips and television bumpers were in competition. There was also a two-minute pilot for The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, a feature film finally released in 2004, and Optimus Mundus, a feature film consisting of 50 independently directed short films about Moscow.
The jury prizes were handed out by profession, with some prizes tailored to the films in competition. No Grand Prix was given out this year. Also, any member or guest of the festival was able to vote for their favourite film.

## Jury

| English | Profession(s) |
| Fyodor Khitruk | director, animator |
| Andrey Khrzhanovskiy | director, animator |
| Mikhail Aldashin | director, artist |
| Vladislav Bayramgulov | director, artist |
| Konstantin Bronzit | director, scenario writer, artist, animator |

## Jury prizes

| Award | Film | Recipient(s) (the director of the film, unless stated otherwise) |
| Prize for an Original Idea and Colorful Art Direction | The Socks of the Big City Носки большого города (Noski bolshovo goroda) | Andrey Ushakov |
| Prize for Best Debut | The Autumn Has Begun Наступила осень (Nastupila osen) | Yekatirina Sokolova |
| Prize for a Bold Experiment in Bringing Together Animators to Work on a Common Project | Optimus Mundus | n/a |
| Prize for Series of Commercials | Cabinet - II Кабинет - II Savinov Савинов | Dmitriy Vysotskiy Andrey Sikorskiy (artist, animator) |
| Prize to Animation Teams | The Tree with the Golden Apples Дерево с золотыми яблоками (Serevo s zolotymi yablokami) Little Reed Riding Hood Тростниковая шапочка (Trostnikovaya shapochka) | Animators: Valentin Smeshnikov Andrey Smirnov Aleksandr Vikhanskiy --- Vladimir Kadukhin Olga Veselova Milana Fedoseyeva Tatyana Molodova |
| Prize for Best Scenario for Children | A Wonderful Supper on Christmas Eve Удивительный ужин в сочельник (Udivitelnyy uzhin v sochelnik) | Irina Kodyukova (director, scenario) |
| Prize for Best Student Film | Nikopeck Никопейка (Nikopeyka) | Anna Belonogova |
| Diploma for Inventive Use of New Technologies | Pharaoh Фараон (Faraon) | Sergey Ovcharov |
| Diploma for Inventive Scenario in a Commercial | Fire Пожар (Pozhar) | n/a |
| Diploma for Being a Cultural Phenomenon | Petrovich, Петрович | n/a |
| Diploma for Most Dashing Animatic | The Bag of Deception, Мешок обмана (Meshok obmana) | Rim Sharafutdinov (director, artist, animator) |
| Diploma for a Bright Example of Folk Animation | Kolobok, Колобок | Nikolay Bogayevskiy |
| Diploma for Successive Development of an Original Technique | Moby Dick, Моби Дик (Mobi Dik) | Natalya Orlova Natalya Demidova (artist) |

## 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 | The Socks of the Big City Носки большого города (Noski bolshovo goroda) | Andrey Ushakov | 261 |
| 2 | Pharaoh Фараон (Faraon) | Sergey Ovcharov | 129 |
| 3 | Moby Dick Моби Дик (Mobi Dik) | Natalya Orlova | 108 |
| 4 | The Tree with the Golden Apples Дерево с золотыми яблоками (Serevo s zolotymi yablokami) | Natalya Dabizha | 104 |
| 5 | Little Reed Riding Hood Тростниковая шапочка (Trostnikovaya shapochka) | Galina Beda | 68 |
| 6 | Optimus Mundus | (50 directors) | 63 |
| 7 | Kolobok Колобок | Nikolay Bogayevskiy | 61 |
| 8 | Lukomorye. The Nurse Лукоморье. Няня (Lukomorye. Nyanya) | Sergey Seregin | 58 |
| 9 | The Autumn Has Begun Наступила осень (Nastupila osen) | Yekatirina Sokolova | 57 |
| 10 | The Story of a Cat with All the Ensuing Consequences История кота со всеми вытекающеми последствиями (Istoriya kota so vsemi vytekayushchemi posledstviyami) | Natalya Beryozova | 56 |