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Alafey Mountain, the Fourth Open Festival of Contemporary Cinema Draws the Curtain in Tobolsk

14 april 2025

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The festival was supported by its general partner, SIBUR, as part of the latter’s <i>Formula for Good Deeds</i> social investment program. </span><span style="color: #404040; background: white;">Over 100 filmmakers took part in the festival, with some 10,000+ spectators in attendance</span><b><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">.</span></b><b><span style="color: #575757;"><br> </span></b><span style="color: #575757;"><br> <span style="background: white;">The festival’s venues included the Ershov Tobolsk Drama Theater, the KinoRio movie theater, the Sintez Palace of Culture, the Quantorium educational space.</span><br> <br> <span style="background: white;">Twenty-three films took part in the festival’s competition programs, evaluated by two professional juries.</span><br> <br> <span style="background: white;">Maria Shukshina, Honored Artist of Russia, chaired the jury of the feature-length competition. The jury also included Anton Simukhin, producer, head of festival projects of the Youth Center of the Russian Filmmakers’ Union, and Ilya Severov, director, screenwriter, professor.</span><br> <br> <b><span style="background: white;">Feature film awards:</span></b></span> </p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Best Film: Insane, directed by Ilya Malanin</li> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Best Director: Nikolay Larionov, Eternal Winter</li> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Best Screenplay: Sergey Kozin, Roman Kantor, Insane (dir. by Ilya Malanin)</li> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Best Cinematography: Veronika Solovyova, The White Steamship (dir. by Inga Shepeleva)</li> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Best Actor (the Alexander Abdulov Award): Gela Meskhi, The Fulcrum (dir. by Alexander Andreev)</li> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Best Actress: Daria Zhovner, The Blonde (dir. by Pavel Mirzoyev).</li> </ul> <p> <span style="color: #575757; background: white;">The short-film jury was chaired by director Pavel Mirzoyev. The jury also included Jean Prosyanov, producer, editor-in-chief of Kino-Teatr.ru, and Elena Kalinina, producer.</span><span style="color: #575757;"><br> <br> <b><span style="background: white;">Short Film Awards:</span></b></span> </p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Best Film: Tsvitok, dir. by Maxim Kulkov</li> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Best Director: Karen Petrosyan, Alolai </li> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Best screenplay: Marina Petrenko, Elena Garkunova, The Voyager (dir. by Marina Petrenko).</li> </ul> <p> <span style="color: #575757; background: white;">This year, </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">the platform </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">Kino-Teatr.ru became </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">the</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;"> festival</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">’s</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;"> partner for the first time. At the closing ceremony, </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">it</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;"> presented </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">its own</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;"> special prize </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">for</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;"> an online premiere of a festival film on their platform, awarded to </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">The </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">Voyageur (dir. </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">By </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">Marina Petrenko).</span> </p> <p> <span style="color: #575757; background: white;">The festival also introduced </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">a number of </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">public awards, including a new special prize for </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">the </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">Best Filming Location</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">, which is</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;"> particularly relevant for Tobolsk, a city with </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">a </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">rich cinematic history where over 40 Russian films have been shot</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;"> to date</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">, including </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">such </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">recent productions </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">as</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;"> </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">At</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;"> the Pike's </span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">Behest</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;"> (2023), The Romanovs (2025-2026), Gorynych (2025)</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">,</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;"> and Tobol (2019)</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">, among others</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">.</span><span style="color: #575757; background: white;"> </span><span style="color: #575757;"><br> <br> <b><span style="background: white;">Public Awards:</span></b></span> </p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Special award for the Best Filming Location: Bitch, dir. by Vladimir Dolmatovsky</li> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Special partner award by the festival’s partner, Kino-Teatr.ru: The Voyager, dir. by Marina Petrenko</li> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Audience Award (Feature films): A Man and a Woman, dir. by Vladimir Kott</li> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Audience Award (Short films): Bitch, dir. by Vladimir Dolmatovsky</li> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Prize of the Festival’s President For Outstanding Acting: Kirill Zaporozhsky in The Chameleon Effect </li> <li style="color: #575757; background: white;">Special prize from SIBUR, the festival general partner: The Streets Will Tell, dir. by Vladimir Motyrev.</li> </ul> <p> <span style="color: #575757; background: white;">The festival’s busy business program included master classes, discussions, press conferences, and various thematic meetings. As a special guest, the festival’s closing ceremony featured Gosha Kutsenko performing his concert Words Set to The Music.</span><span style="color: #575757;"><br> </span> </p> <p> <span style="color: #575757;">The festival’s management team:<br> <span style="background: white;">President: producer Sergey Novozhilov.  </span><br> <span style="background: white;">Director: producer Anastasia Romanova. </span><br> <span style="background: white;">Program director: director and screenwriter Alexandra Zhukova. </span><br> <br> <span style="background: white;">The festival’s media partners are Kino-Teatr.Ru and MovieStart.</span><br> <br> <span style="background: white;">The festival on social media:</span><br> </span><a href="https://t.me/alafejskajagora"><span style="color: #3c9091; background: white;"> https://t.me/alafejskajagora</span></a><span style="color: #575757;"><br> </span><a href="https://vk.com/alafejskajagora"><span style="color: #3c9091; background: white;">https://vk.com/alafejskajagora</span></a><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">.</span> </p> [TYPE] => HTML ) [DESCRIPTION] => [~VALUE] => Array ( [TEXT] =>

On April 4 to 9, 2025, Tobolsk hosted the fourth Alafey Mountain Open Russian Festival of Contemporary and Leading-Edge Cinema. The festival’s program featured competitive screening of full-length and short films, alongside a number of special events, such as out-of-competition screenings, theatrical performances, and concerts. The festival was supported by its general partner, SIBUR, as part of the latter’s Formula for Good Deeds social investment program. Over 100 filmmakers took part in the festival, with some 10,000+ spectators in attendance.

The festival’s venues included the Ershov Tobolsk Drama Theater, the KinoRio movie theater, the Sintez Palace of Culture, the Quantorium educational space.

Twenty-three films took part in the festival’s competition programs, evaluated by two professional juries.

Maria Shukshina, Honored Artist of Russia, chaired the jury of the feature-length competition. The jury also included Anton Simukhin, producer, head of festival projects of the Youth Center of the Russian Filmmakers’ Union, and Ilya Severov, director, screenwriter, professor.

Feature film awards:

  • Best Film: Insane, directed by Ilya Malanin
  • Best Director: Nikolay Larionov, Eternal Winter
  • Best Screenplay: Sergey Kozin, Roman Kantor, Insane (dir. by Ilya Malanin)
  • Best Cinematography: Veronika Solovyova, The White Steamship (dir. by Inga Shepeleva)
  • Best Actor (the Alexander Abdulov Award): Gela Meskhi, The Fulcrum (dir. by Alexander Andreev)
  • Best Actress: Daria Zhovner, The Blonde (dir. by Pavel Mirzoyev).

The short-film jury was chaired by director Pavel Mirzoyev. The jury also included Jean Prosyanov, producer, editor-in-chief of Kino-Teatr.ru, and Elena Kalinina, producer.

Short Film Awards:

  • Best Film: Tsvitok, dir. by Maxim Kulkov
  • Best Director: Karen Petrosyan, Alolai
  • Best screenplay: Marina Petrenko, Elena Garkunova, The Voyager (dir. by Marina Petrenko).

This year, the platform Kino-Teatr.ru became the festival’s partner for the first time. At the closing ceremony, it presented its own special prize for an online premiere of a festival film on their platform, awarded to The Voyageur (dir. By Marina Petrenko).

The festival also introduced a number of public awards, including a new special prize for the Best Filming Location, which is particularly relevant for Tobolsk, a city with a rich cinematic history where over 40 Russian films have been shot to date, including such recent productions as At the Pike's Behest (2023), The Romanovs (2025-2026), Gorynych (2025), and Tobol (2019), among others.

Public Awards:

  • Special award for the Best Filming Location: Bitch, dir. by Vladimir Dolmatovsky
  • Special partner award by the festival’s partner, Kino-Teatr.ru: The Voyager, dir. by Marina Petrenko
  • Audience Award (Feature films): A Man and a Woman, dir. by Vladimir Kott
  • Audience Award (Short films): Bitch, dir. by Vladimir Dolmatovsky
  • Prize of the Festival’s President For Outstanding Acting: Kirill Zaporozhsky in The Chameleon Effect
  • Special prize from SIBUR, the festival general partner: The Streets Will Tell, dir. by Vladimir Motyrev.

The festival’s busy business program included master classes, discussions, press conferences, and various thematic meetings. As a special guest, the festival’s closing ceremony featured Gosha Kutsenko performing his concert Words Set to The Music.

The festival’s management team:
President: producer Sergey Novozhilov.  
Director: producer Anastasia Romanova.
Program director: director and screenwriter Alexandra Zhukova.

The festival’s media partners are Kino-Teatr.Ru and MovieStart.

The festival on social media:
https://t.me/alafejskajagora
https://vk.com/alafejskajagora.

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On April 4 to 9, 2025, Tobolsk hosted the fourth Alafey Mountain Open Russian Festival of Contemporary and Leading-Edge Cinema. The festival’s program featured competitive screening of full-length and short films, alongside a number of special events, such as out-of-competition screenings, theatrical performances, and concerts. The festival was supported by its general partner, SIBUR, as part of the latter’s Formula for Good Deeds social investment program. Over 100 filmmakers took part in the festival, with some 10,000+ spectators in attendance.

The festival’s venues included the Ershov Tobolsk Drama Theater, the KinoRio movie theater, the Sintez Palace of Culture, the Quantorium educational space.

Twenty-three films took part in the festival’s competition programs, evaluated by two professional juries.

Maria Shukshina, Honored Artist of Russia, chaired the jury of the feature-length competition. The jury also included Anton Simukhin, producer, head of festival projects of the Youth Center of the Russian Filmmakers’ Union, and Ilya Severov, director, screenwriter, professor.

Feature film awards:

  • Best Film: Insane, directed by Ilya Malanin
  • Best Director: Nikolay Larionov, Eternal Winter
  • Best Screenplay: Sergey Kozin, Roman Kantor, Insane (dir. by Ilya Malanin)
  • Best Cinematography: Veronika Solovyova, The White Steamship (dir. by Inga Shepeleva)
  • Best Actor (the Alexander Abdulov Award): Gela Meskhi, The Fulcrum (dir. by Alexander Andreev)
  • Best Actress: Daria Zhovner, The Blonde (dir. by Pavel Mirzoyev).

The short-film jury was chaired by director Pavel Mirzoyev. The jury also included Jean Prosyanov, producer, editor-in-chief of Kino-Teatr.ru, and Elena Kalinina, producer.

Short Film Awards:

  • Best Film: Tsvitok, dir. by Maxim Kulkov
  • Best Director: Karen Petrosyan, Alolai
  • Best screenplay: Marina Petrenko, Elena Garkunova, The Voyager (dir. by Marina Petrenko).

This year, the platform Kino-Teatr.ru became the festival’s partner for the first time. At the closing ceremony, it presented its own special prize for an online premiere of a festival film on their platform, awarded to The Voyageur (dir. By Marina Petrenko).

The festival also introduced a number of public awards, including a new special prize for the Best Filming Location, which is particularly relevant for Tobolsk, a city with a rich cinematic history where over 40 Russian films have been shot to date, including such recent productions as At the Pike's Behest (2023), The Romanovs (2025-2026), Gorynych (2025), and Tobol (2019), among others.

Public Awards:

  • Special award for the Best Filming Location: Bitch, dir. by Vladimir Dolmatovsky
  • Special partner award by the festival’s partner, Kino-Teatr.ru: The Voyager, dir. by Marina Petrenko
  • Audience Award (Feature films): A Man and a Woman, dir. by Vladimir Kott
  • Audience Award (Short films): Bitch, dir. by Vladimir Dolmatovsky
  • Prize of the Festival’s President For Outstanding Acting: Kirill Zaporozhsky in The Chameleon Effect
  • Special prize from SIBUR, the festival general partner: The Streets Will Tell, dir. by Vladimir Motyrev.

The festival’s busy business program included master classes, discussions, press conferences, and various thematic meetings. As a special guest, the festival’s closing ceremony featured Gosha Kutsenko performing his concert Words Set to The Music.

The festival’s management team:
President: producer Sergey Novozhilov.  
Director: producer Anastasia Romanova.
Program director: director and screenwriter Alexandra Zhukova.

The festival’s media partners are Kino-Teatr.Ru and MovieStart.

The festival on social media:
https://t.me/alafejskajagora
https://vk.com/alafejskajagora.

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On April 4 to 9, 2025, Tobolsk hosted the fourth Alafey Mountain Open Russian Festival of Contemporary and Leading-Edge Cinema. The festival’s program featured competitive screening of full-length and short films, alongside a number of special events, such as out-of-competition screenings, theatrical performances, and concerts. The festival was supported by its general partner, SIBUR, as part of the latter’s Formula for Good Deeds social investment program. Over 100 filmmakers took part in the festival, with some 10,000+ spectators in attendance.

The festival’s venues included the Ershov Tobolsk Drama Theater, the KinoRio movie theater, the Sintez Palace of Culture, the Quantorium educational space.

Twenty-three films took part in the festival’s competition programs, evaluated by two professional juries.

Maria Shukshina, Honored Artist of Russia, chaired the jury of the feature-length competition. The jury also included Anton Simukhin, producer, head of festival projects of the Youth Center of the Russian Filmmakers’ Union, and Ilya Severov, director, screenwriter, professor.

Feature film awards:

  • Best Film: Insane, directed by Ilya Malanin
  • Best Director: Nikolay Larionov, Eternal Winter
  • Best Screenplay: Sergey Kozin, Roman Kantor, Insane (dir. by Ilya Malanin)
  • Best Cinematography: Veronika Solovyova, The White Steamship (dir. by Inga Shepeleva)
  • Best Actor (the Alexander Abdulov Award): Gela Meskhi, The Fulcrum (dir. by Alexander Andreev)
  • Best Actress: Daria Zhovner, The Blonde (dir. by Pavel Mirzoyev).

The short-film jury was chaired by director Pavel Mirzoyev. The jury also included Jean Prosyanov, producer, editor-in-chief of Kino-Teatr.ru, and Elena Kalinina, producer.

Short Film Awards:

  • Best Film: Tsvitok, dir. by Maxim Kulkov
  • Best Director: Karen Petrosyan, Alolai
  • Best screenplay: Marina Petrenko, Elena Garkunova, The Voyager (dir. by Marina Petrenko).

This year, the platform Kino-Teatr.ru became the festival’s partner for the first time. At the closing ceremony, it presented its own special prize for an online premiere of a festival film on their platform, awarded to The Voyageur (dir. By Marina Petrenko).

The festival also introduced a number of public awards, including a new special prize for the Best Filming Location, which is particularly relevant for Tobolsk, a city with a rich cinematic history where over 40 Russian films have been shot to date, including such recent productions as At the Pike's Behest (2023), The Romanovs (2025-2026), Gorynych (2025), and Tobol (2019), among others.

Public Awards:

  • Special award for the Best Filming Location: Bitch, dir. by Vladimir Dolmatovsky
  • Special partner award by the festival’s partner, Kino-Teatr.ru: The Voyager, dir. by Marina Petrenko
  • Audience Award (Feature films): A Man and a Woman, dir. by Vladimir Kott
  • Audience Award (Short films): Bitch, dir. by Vladimir Dolmatovsky
  • Prize of the Festival’s President For Outstanding Acting: Kirill Zaporozhsky in The Chameleon Effect
  • Special prize from SIBUR, the festival general partner: The Streets Will Tell, dir. by Vladimir Motyrev.

The festival’s busy business program included master classes, discussions, press conferences, and various thematic meetings. As a special guest, the festival’s closing ceremony featured Gosha Kutsenko performing his concert Words Set to The Music.

The festival’s management team:
President: producer Sergey Novozhilov.  
Director: producer Anastasia Romanova.
Program director: director and screenwriter Alexandra Zhukova.

The festival’s media partners are Kino-Teatr.Ru and MovieStart.

The festival on social media:
https://t.me/alafejskajagora
https://vk.com/alafejskajagora.