The results of the XXIV International Debut Film Festival "Spirit of Fire"

International Competition

Golden Taiga Award
for Best Debut Film —
‘Deaf’, dir. Eva Libertad García López (Spain)

Silver Taiga Award
for a Debut Film —
‘Shape of Momo’, dir. Tribeny Rai (India / Republic of Korea)

Bronze Taiga Award
for a Debut Film —
‘The Coin’, dir. Emiliano Dante (Italy / Serbia)

Special Jury Mentions
• To the sound design team of ‘Deaf’— for recreating the unheard soundscape of the deaf world and the beauty of music.
• To the film ‘Songs of the Moon King’ — for outstanding use of chiaroscuro to convey drama through light.
• To the film ‘Far in the Middle of the East’ — for preserving the elegance, precision, and sophistication of the Iranian film tradition and for creating a unique female acting ensemble.

Russian Debut Competition

Sergey Solovyov Golden Taiga Award for Best Russian Film Debut —
‘Sanding Dreams’, dir. Anton Mamykin

Aleksandr Abdulov Prize for Best Actor —
Mark Eydelshteyn, ‘Sanding Dreams’

Aleksandr Abdulov Prize for Best Actress —
Alla Demidova, ‘Greatness of Absence’

Pavel Lebeshev Prize for Best Cinematography —
Vladimir Borisov, ‘Sanding Dreams’

Silver Rose Award for Best Music (Debut Director) —
Said Tolgurov, ‘In the Mountains. He’

Audience Choice Award ‘Flowers of Taiga Hope’ —
‘Sanding Dreams’, dir. Anton Mamykin

Debut Short Film Competition

Small Golden Taiga —
‘St Barbara’, dir. Polina Kapantina

Small Silver Taiga —
‘Our Year’, dir. Nikolai Kovalenko

Work-in-Progress

‘When the Snow Falls’, dir. Evgenia Gromova

 

Children and Youth Film Competition Program ‘Your Cinema’

Special Jury Mention —
‘A Hero for Kobus’, dir. Joel Soisson

Small Bronze Taiga —
‘I Accidentally Wrote a Book’, dir. Nóra Lakos

Roscongress Foundation Communication Partner Award
for preserving traditional spiritual values in the world, ‘Soul of Russia. World Cinema’ — ‘Shape of Momo’, dir. Tribeny Rai

Special Prize of Gazprom Neft
‘For the Preservation of Cultural Traditions’ —
‘Sanding Dreams’, dir. Anton Mamykin 

Festival President’s Prize by Emir Kusturica
‘For Maintaining the Creative Fire in Russian Cinema’—
Fyodor Bondarchuk

 

 

Microfilm Competition

Winner of the Special Children’s Category
(age group 12–17, based on online voting)
‘Latyn Kan’
dir. Rostislav Sklyarov (Khanty-Mansiysk)
Directing team:
Amin Magomedov, Lisaveta Usoltseva
Supervisor: Alexksandr Turgachyov

Winner by Online Voting in the main category
‘Children Deputies’
dir. Yulia Davydova (Surgut)

Winner of the Special Children’s Category (age group 12–17)
‘Special’
dir. Viktor Tavshunsky (Saint Petersburg)
Directing team:
Denis Maloletkin, Ekaterina Gerasimova,
Polina Basalaeva, Daniil Chernikov
Supervisor: Oksana Gotchieva

Small Bronze Taiga —
‘The Dreamer’
dir. Dmitry Zuev (Balashikha)
Directing team:
Konstantin Zuev, Olesya Loboda