The Directorate of the Baikal International Film Festival, named after V. Rasputin, has closed the submission deadline for the upcoming edition. The shortlist will be announced in June, with the Festival taking place in September. The Festival regulations and the application form can be found at www.baikalkinofest.ru. Alternatively, submissions can also be made through FilmFreeway.
Applications for participation are accepted from February 1 to April 10, 2024. The shortlist will be announced in June. The festival itself will take place from September 17 to 27, with the main program from September 19 to 23.
The Competition program of the People and Environment is compiled
The Non-competition program of the 22d Baikal International Film Festival includes 10 non-fiction films
Out of 123 applications of the 21st Baikal International Film Festival named after V. Rasputin competition program 25 works have been selected: 15 documentaries, 7 popular science and 3 feature films. The majority of them come from Russia. They are 18 works, including those created by Irkutsk filmmakers Anastasia Zverkova, Yulia Byvsheva and Pavel Skorobogatov. Also, there are works from Iran, Slovakia, Argentina, the UK and the USA. The list of participants of the non-competition program and the full-dome cinema section will be announced later.
