Debut filmmakers from around the world can apply for the Spirit of Fire

Call for applications to the 22nd Spirit of Fire International Debut Film Festival is

officially open. The festival will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk from March 23 to ,

2024

Application form for participants

Applications for the selection of films participating in the film festival’s main

competitive programs will be accepted until January 19, 2024

Not less than 6 feature films, including not less than 1 national film, will

participate in the international (main) competition if they meet the following

requirements:

• the film, completed no earlier than November 1, 2022, should be the

director’s first or second full-length live-action film

• films participating in the international competition should not have been

previously publicly shown on the territory of the Russian Federation;

• DCP is the preferred format for the film in the original language with

English subtitles if the original language is not English;

• film participation in the international competition requires the mandatory

presence of the director and/or starring actor.

Not less than 6 feature films will participate in the Russian Debuts competition.

The film should be the director’s first live-action film. DCP is a preferred format.

Applications are accepted by e-mail of the film festival: ugrafest@yandex.ru.

The Regulations of the festival may be found at