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The Baikal International Man and Nature Festival opens in Irkutsk. It is dedicated to the memory of writer Valentin Rasputin and will be held for the eighteenth time with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture.
This year the jury accepted a record number of applications - representatives of 87 countries of the world, who claimed 701 entries, wished to participate in the film screening. Twenty eight films shot by the directors of our country, as well as Macedonia, Kyrgyzstan, the Philippines, Iran, Italy, Germany, Belgium, France, Norway and the United States, were selected for screenings. The features will be demonstrated in the framework of the competition and in the out-of-competition program.
Prizes will be awarded for the best fiction, documentary, animation and popular science films. The Baikal Prize will be awarded for the feature, most sharply reflecting environmental problems. Spectators, journalists and the special youth jury will present their own prizes. The Grand Prix winner will receive 200 thousand rubles.
The jury was led by Russian director, screenwriter, actor and producer Vladimir Grammatikov. The actors of the Theater of Nations, the Cheremkhovsky Drama Theater named after Gurkin and other theatrical figures are present at the festival as special guests. Everyone can attend classes at the film school, opened as part of the festival. The school takes place annually, the jury members act as mentors. The festival will end on September 23.
Russkiy Mir
