THE THEATRE JURY
ALYONA OLEGOVNA BABENKO
Russia
CHAIR OF THE THEATRE COMPETITION JURY
Russian theatre, film and television actress, TV presenter and film producer. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
Russian theatre, film and television actress, TV presenter and film producer. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
- Laureate of the Nika and Golden Eagle Awards
- 2005 – Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress for the film “Driver for Vera”
- 2005 – Nika Award in the “Discovery of the Year” category for the same role
- 2007 – the “Sozvezdie” award for the best female role in the film “Devil’s Wheel”
- 2008 – the MTV Russia award for the best female role in the film “Indi”
- 2014 – prize for the best supporting female role at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (film “The Photographer”)
- 2022 – Order of Friendship for significant contribution to the development of Russian culture and art
- 2025 – title of Honorary Art Worker of the City of Moscow
- In 2016, she was nominated for the St. Petersburg Higher Theatre Award “Golden Sofit” for the best performance by an actress in the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the Theatre on Sadovaya.
- Roles in plays: “Three Sisters”, “The God of Slaughter”, “Pygmalion”, “Time of Women”, “Autumn Sonata”
- Film roles: “Driver for Vera”, “On Verkhnyaya Maslovka”, “Love Me”, “Carnival Night 2”, “What Else Do Men Talk About”, “Vertinsky”
WANG SHEN
China
Chinese and Russian theatre and film actor and director
- “Best Young Director of the Year” (2019) at the Shanghai Ting’an International Theatre Festival; one of the two best large‑format productions at the 23rd Festival of Theatres of Small Cities of Russia (2026)
- Productions: “Gogol: Notes of a Madman” (2018); “How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich” (based on the story by N. V. Gogol) (2025)
- Roles in stage productions: “When We Were 20,” “Mandrake,” “Don Quixote,” “The Woman from Alfa Romeo.”
- Roles in films: “Contribution,” “Anna’s Feelings,” the TV series “The Naked Man.”
ĐORĐE MARKOVIĆ
Serbia
Serbian theatre, film and television actor, voice actor and specialist in stage speech
- Laureate of the “Best Actor” award at the Joakinfest festival (2014) and the Bucini dani festival (2015) for his performance as Jean in the play “The Rhinoceros” by Eugène Ionesco.
- Actively involved in productions at leading theatres in Serbia, including the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade.
- Films: “Balkan Frontier”, “The Clan”, “Shadows over the Balkans”, “12 Words”, “Heroes of Haliard”, “The Russian Consul”, “The Defender”.
MARINA VADIMOVNA KOROSTYLYOVA
Russia
Theater studies scholar
- Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, member of the Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation, Associate Professor at the Department of Acting at VGIK.
- Head of Information Projects at the Kultura TV Channel, Chief Editor of the Programs: “The Main Role”, “News. In detail. Theater"
VGIK International Student Festival 2024