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Applications up 20 percent as winners named in Cinema Fund’s Far Eastern Grant Competition
Applications up 20 percent as winners named in Cinema Fund’s Far Eastern Grant Competition
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This year, applications for the Cinema Fund’s second Far Eastern grant competition rose by nearly 20 percent, with organizers also noting a marked improvement in submission quality and a shift in the applicant pool – with more entries coming from both regional and federal teams. The figures were announced by the Fund’s Executive Director, Fyodor Sosnov, during a news conference.Sosnov also revealed that nearly twice as many participants reached the finals this year compared with the previous competition.“The broader the selection, the fiercer the competition – and the stronger the projects that ultimately receive backing,” the Executive Director emphasized.This year’s winning projects, which secured funding, are BAM (Mechtalet animation studio, Khabarovsk Territory), Béchamel(Vremya Kino film company, Moscow), and Palma 3 (Mars Media Entertainment, Moscow).Sosnov added that this year’s selection process included animated projects for the first time, bringing filmmakers closer to younger audiences and enabling them to work with imagery that resonates even with the very young.Elvira Nurgalieva, Deputy Minister for the Development of the Far East and Arctic, noted that the financial mechanisms for supporting filmmakers have also evolved.“In addition to the Cinema Fund bidding process, we are developing financial digital assets, which are also seeing growing demand,” she observed.The competition selects domestic films about – and set in – the Far East, with production supported through subsidies. Over the two years since the competition was launched, six projects have received state backing, totaling 400 million rubles in state funding and a combined production budget of 1.6 billion rubles. The Cinema Fund’s Far Eastern Grant Competition is supported by the Russian Ministry of Culture, the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East, and the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation.
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This year, applications for the Cinema Fund’s second Far Eastern grant competition rose by nearly 20 percent, with organizers also noting a marked improvement in submission quality and a shift in the applicant pool – with more entries coming from both regional and federal teams. The figures were announced by the Fund’s Executive Director, Fyodor Sosnov, during a news conference.
“This reflects a growing interest in this form of film support,” he said.
Sosnov also revealed that nearly twice as many participants reached the finals this year compared with the previous competition.
“The broader the selection, the fiercer the competition – and the stronger the projects that ultimately receive backing,” the Executive Director emphasized.
This year’s winning projects, which secured funding, are BAM (Mechtalet animation studio, Khabarovsk Territory), Béchamel(Vremya Kino film company, Moscow), and Palma 3 (Mars Media Entertainment, Moscow).
Sosnov added that this year’s selection process included animated projects for the first time, bringing filmmakers closer to younger audiences and enabling them to work with imagery that resonates even with the very young.
Elvira Nurgalieva, Deputy Minister for the Development of the Far East and Arctic, noted that the financial mechanisms for supporting filmmakers have also evolved.
“In addition to the Cinema Fund bidding process, we are developing financial digital assets, which are also seeing growing demand,” she observed.
The competition selects domestic films about – and set in – the Far East, with production supported through subsidies. Over the two years since the competition was launched, six projects have received state backing, totaling 400 million rubles in state funding and a combined production budget of 1.6 billion rubles. The Cinema Fund’s Far Eastern Grant Competition is supported by the Russian Ministry of Culture, the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East, and the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation.
