44 VGIK Festival program has been published!

We are ready to present you the program of the 44th VGIK International Student Festival.

Of course, first and foremost, our festival is about competitive screenings! Out of 300 entries, our committee selected 73 films from 52 countries and 59 schools, which means that the screenings will be intense!

BUG (dir. Ali Masoumi), Iran

Emir Kusturica - Serbian director, the chairman of the jury
Traditionally, the program includes Q&A session:

• EVGENY STYCHKIN - actor and director
• IVAN OKHLOBYSTIN - actor, director, screenwriter
• EMIR KUSTURICA - Serbian director, the chairman of the jury

And master classes by jury members:

• PAOLO MARIA SPINA - Italian producer
«Development and producing of different genre projects in International coproductions»

• ALEKSANDAR LAZIC - theater director and actor
«Character, shadow and the elements of nature»

• DENIS FEDOROV - theater director
«Action in acting»

• MEHDI FARD GHADERI - Iranian director
«Alternative Cinema»: One-Single Shot films and films with Non-linear narratives of time»
The out-of-competition program will also include retrospective of Gleb Panfilov and a special screening of Sergey Solovyov's film


On November 13 at 19:00 we will hold a special screening of the Cannes winner - the film ANORA. The film is presented by Nina Borisovna Romodanovskaya, editor-in-chief of the ProfiCinema portal, associate professor at VGIK.

The closing ceremony
November 15 at 18:00
movie and concert hall of VGIK
The opening of the festival will take place on November 11 at 16:30. We will inform you about all the details of the celebration, as well as about the registrations additionally, follow the news in social networks!

And we will finish the festival program with a closing ceremony, which will be held on November 15 at 18:00 - there will be a bright concert program, summing up and, of course, awarding the winners.

For both ceremonies, we invite you in the movie and concert hall of VGIK!
07.11.2024
VGIK International Student Festival 2024