ON DECEMBER, 6 THE FESTIVAL CLOSING CEREMONY TOOK PLACE IN THE "PIONEER" CINEMA.

We are grateful to all participants and guests, sponsors, partners, friends and everyone who helped us organize this event. Our special thanks are to the "Pioneer" cinema theater.

We also congratulate our winners:

"Two year guarantee" (Spain, 2009) by Juan Parra Costa - an audience prize

and

"Hi,Mum!" (Czech Republic, 2008) by Ivan Shvedoff - the Press Award.

We hope that you liked our festival and enjoyed the screenings.

Today the festival round tables took place. The discussions were devoted to the issues of producing and distibuting short film in Russia and Europe. The participants included:

1st part:

1. Alexander Doulerain (Russia) – TNT Marketing Director and comedy producer, the Co-Founder of the Cinefantom Club  www.cinefantom.ru
2. Christofer Tidman (UK) – Head Global Acquisitions of one of the largest European distributor of shorts Shorts International www.shortstv.fr
3. Fabien Regall (UK) – Founder and Creative Director of international distribution and festival label for short films Future Shorts www.futureshorts.com
4. Martin Rogard (France) - Managing Director of Dailymotion France www.dailymotion.com

2nd part:

1. Valentine Roulet (France) – Head of creative department CNC (the National centre of cinematography of France) www.cnc.fr
2. Sabina Eremeeva (Russia) - producer (the almanac "Short circuit")
3. Ludivic Henry (France) - producer, President of the Union of the short film producers of France www.lespi.or

 SEE PROGRAMME DETAILS ON THE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE PAGE

Attention! There are rearrangements in the main Festival programmes. See details on the page PROGRAMMES

Watch the trailer here

The extracts from the selection can be viewed on the web-page of our information partner Dailymotion .

The most number of films included in the Official Programme will be screened in Russia for the first time.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb7y1z_official-programme-extracts_creation

NOW YOU CAN SEE ALL FESTIVALS PROGRAMMES HERE

30 films from 13 European countries and Russia are in the Festival's Official programme, including 3 Russian films: "Stone People" by Leonid Rybakov, "Casting" by Olga Stolpovskaya and "Syndrome" by Svyatoslav Podgayevskiy. The spectators can watch the films on Dec. 4-6 at the Pioner Cinema. Tickets booking by phone  +7(499)240-5-240 and www.pioner-cinema.ru. 

For the late-night viewers, the night shows will take place. On December 4, 5 and 6 there will be the screenings of the official selection as well as special Future Shorts and Shorts TV programmes. See details soon in the Festival Schedule. 

The press conference on the Festival will take place November 16, 2009 in the Pioner cinema. (address: Moscow, Kutuzovskiy av. 21). Event starts at 12.00 

Press conference speakers:

Etienne Claeye - Head of Operations, EU-Russia Cooperation Programme

Jean-Philippe Reza - Festival President

Piotr Khazizov - Festival Organizer

Sergey Mats - Professional Programme Curator

Cultural counsellors and heads of cultural centres of the 27 EU countries are invited to attend the press conference.