Spirit of Fire International Debut Film Festival will once again gather talented amateur directors and masters of cinematography on March 23, 2024. The opening ceremony of the famous Ugra Film Forum will be held on this day. The Spirit of Fire will last until March 26. On this day, the winners of the international and…
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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…
The Governor of Ugra Natalia Komarova held the meeting of the Organizing Committee for the preparation and holding of the 22nd Spirit of Fire International Debut Film Festival. Opening the meeting, the head of the Organizing Committee reminded that at the previous meeting, the date of the festival was determined. It will be held from…
What economic effects does cinema have on the regions? Can they be calculated, predicted, and regulated? These questions were addressed at the session ‘The Phenomenon of Russian Film: National Cinema as an Engine of the Regional Economy’, which was held as part of the Creative Business Forum at the Eastern Economic Forum. The session was…
The Spirit of Fire Academy will present its latest regional cinematography projects and hold a pitch session for the best films during the 8th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF). The presentation will take place on 12 September at the ‘Soul of Russia. The North’ pavilion during the ‘Far East Street’ exhibition. The EEF is being organized by…
Every year the “Spirit of Fire” presents a retrospective program of films by great Russian directors and filmmakers. The name of this year’s retrospective protaganist is not well-known to the general public, and how wrong is that: Pyotr Chardynin (1873-1934) was the most popular, prolific and, in contemporary terms, the top-selling director of pre-revolutionary Russian…
The XXI International Debut Film Festival “Spirit of Fire” presents its out-of-competition programs. The featured films are a hundred years apart – the earliest one was made in 1913, and most of the other films were released recently and are not yet familiar to the public. Some of them have participated in the world’s major…
“The Spirit of Fire” becomes a centre of film education and a point of attraction for film professionals from all over the world, as was announced at the press conference devoted to the opening of the XXI International Debut Film Festival “The Spirit of Fire”. It took place today in the regional media holding “Yugra”….
The first awards of the XXI Film Festival “Spirit of Fire” were presented at the opening ceremony in the “Yugra-Classic” hall – to both the youngest participants of the competition programs and the nation-wide favorite master of the stage and the screen. The People’s Artist of Russia, chairman of the international competition jury Pavel Lungin…
The opening ceremony of the XXI International Debut Film Festival “Spirit of Fire” took place on March 3 in the concert and theatre centre “Yugra-Classic” in Khanty-Mansiysk. Among guests on the red carpet were Pavel Lungin, Yulia Peresild, Anna Mikhalkova, Sergey Garmash, Alexey Mizgirev, Elena Panova, Anton Megirdichev, Marietta Tsigal-Polishchuk, Lyanka Gryu, Ksenia Surkova, Elena…
The film “Persons of Action” got a special screening at the “Spirit of Fire” film festival at the Yugra-Classic Concert and Theater Centre in Khanty-Mansiysk. The film director and producer Vladimir Golovnev, a member of the Russian Filmmakers Union, told the audience about his film and answered their questions. “This is a documentary about ordinary people…
The regional television and radio company “Yugra” and the State National Film Company of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), “Sakhafilm”, signed a cooperation agreement aimed at developing the film industry. The agreement was signed in the presence of the Yugra Governor Natalya Komarova during the Spirit of Fire film festival. According to the head of…
Russia’s oldest film studio Lenfilm will aid development of ethnic cinema produced in Yugra. The Governor Natalia Komarova and the studio’s General Director Fyodor Scherbakov signed a supplementary agreement and approved a plan of actions for development of film and television content production. The signing ceremony took place at the Spirit of Fire Film Festival….
Small towns and villages in Yugra will see more active development of culture, art, and education. This is the goal of the agreements signed by the district government, the Timchenko Foundation, and the Yugra Center for Civil and Social Initiatives Foundation. The agreements were signed by the Governor Natalya Komarova, the General Director of the Timchenko…
Why do young people return to their villages after getting an education in the city? How do the Khanty and Mansi people actually live? The film “TANYA. SUMMER. WINTER” by Alexander Avilov that was screened at the festival responds to all such questions of the Spirit of Fire guests. The audience included residents of Khanty-Mansiysk,…
“The Spirit of Fire” became a starting point for large-scale cooperation between Indian and Russian filmmakers that includes co-productions, joint talent support and film distribution activities. These topics were discussed at several the festival business program events. This year India became the first country to be invited as the festival’s official guest. “Russia has had long-standing…
The XXI International Debut Film Festival “The Spirit of Fire” closed in Khanty-Mansiysk today. The first award presented on stage of the Big Hall of Yugra-Classic Concert Center went to the winner of the International competition program of children and teenager films “Your Cinema”. This program is almost as old as the festival itself, for…
The Spirit of Fire is not just about films. Every year, the festival hosts a variety of cultural events: performances of famous Russian and international musicians, concerts, art exhibitions and many more. Renowned filmmakers, who come to the festival as members of the jury or guests, conduct workshops. The Spirit of Fire considers it one…
Every year, the Spirit of Fire out-of-competition themed and retrospective screenings feature the most interesting new releases and little known but time honoured classics from various countries. The “Small-Numbered Peoples” program includes four films, some already acclaimed at other festivals, and some that are yet unknown to the audience. Russian viewers will get to see…
“Your Movie” is almost as old as the Spirit of Fire. It started as the festival’s film club for children and teenagers in the early 2000s and has grown into a full-fledged international competition program. This program includes international and Russian premieres of films from all over the world for audiences from 6 to 16…
The super short film competition has been an annual event at the festival for several years now. Entry requirements are kept to a minimum: the film should be no longer than three minutes and correspond to the festival current theme – “Indigenous Peoples of the World”. Films of any genre are accepted. Adult filmmakers submitted narrative…
We are happy to introduce a short film competition program at the International Debut Film Festival “Spirit of Fire”. The competition is open to directors whose works are their first or second feature film, under 20 minutes long. The jury composed of film scholars and and film critics selects the winners. There is a separate…
For a long time, the Russian debut program developed on the sidelines of the Spirit of Fire main event, the international competition. Year after year, we saw how the festival audience grew more and more interested in the Russian cinema and first films of promising young directors. So it was natural to establish a Russian…
This program is the Spirit of Fire main competition. It presents no fewer than six feature-length films (including at least one Russian film) each year. According to the competition regulations, the films must be the director’s first or second narrative feature-length works. Films in competition should have not previously been screened in Russia. In 2023, seven…
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March 04, Saturday, 16:30, Yugra Classic Press Room Russia / 2023 / 52 min./ 12+ Director and producer Vladimir Golovnev The Timchenko Foundation presents a documentary project about people who have transformed the place where they live. Short stories about five “heroes of our time” are put together like a kaleidoscope. After watching them you…
MARCH 4-6, YUGRA CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Special host – Yevgeny Grigoriev, Director of Documentary and Feature Films, Artistic Director, Sverdlovsk Film Studio A 3-day workshop on developing films about indigenous peoples. The journey from an idea to its implementation. How to understand the place where you live. The workshop program…
MARCH 6, 14:30, YUGRA CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK BUSINESS SESSIONS Films about a region can have the purpose to tell about its natural, cultural, or industrial features while also aiming to involve young people in the life of their home region and promoting professions that are specific to the region’s economy. How to support…
MARCH 6, 12:00, YUGRA CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK BUSINESS SESSIONS The UAE’s film industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. The UAE plays an active role in major international projects and key business events. The dialogue currently taking place between cinema in Russia and the UAE is about cooperation both in…
MARCH 5, 16:00, YUGRA CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK BUSINESS SESSIONS Russia’s and India’s film industries have a lot in common. The intergovernmental agreement on co-production enables authors and producers in Russia and India to co-produce films. What brings together modern audiences in both countries? What stories can lay the groundwork for future Russian-Indian films?…
MARCH 5, 11:00, YUGRA-CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK BUSINESS SESSIONS An event within the Russian chairmanship in the Arctic Council in 2021-2023. With Hollywood studios refusing to distribute films in Russia, our film industry needs new approaches to selecting film content and working with the audience. People have started to express interest in their…
MARCH 4, 17:30, YUGRA CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK BUSINESS SESSIONS An event within the Russian chairmanship in the Arctic Council in 2021-2023. With Hollywood studios refusing to distribute films in Russia, our film industry needs new approaches to selecting film content and working with the audience. People have started to express interest in their…
MARCH 4, 15:30, YUGRA CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK BUSINESS SESSIONS Russia’s cultural and natural diversity lends itself to decentralization of the national film industry, with more than 40 regional programs in place to support film production. When state funding is provided, priority is given to films about the region itself: its history, culture,…
Artyom Kid concert March 5 at 21:00 Yugra-Classic, Art salon Admission is free 12+ Concert for festival participants and volunteers, for all who love dance music! “She’ll be back” singer, ex-lead singer of one of the best boy bands in the country “MBAND”, hip-hop performer, songwriter, blogger Artyom Kid will have a show at the “Yugra-Classic”! Come to rock,…
MARCH 3-6, YUGRA-CLASSIC CONCERT AND THEATRE CENTRE, KHANTY-MANSIYSK CULTURAL PROGRAM A multimedia exhibition “Artists inspired by the Arctic. Artists born by the North” will be held at the “Yugra-Classic” concert centre during the festival “The Spirit of Fire”. The exhibition is part of the audio-visual project “The Soul of Russia. The North”, associated with Russia’s…