3rd Open Russian Festival of Animated Film

Open Russian Festival of Animated Film
Date	February 5, 1998 (1998-02-05)-February 9, 1998 (1998-02-09)
Location	Tarusa
Country	Russia
Website	http://www.suzdalfest.ru

The 3rd Open Russian Festival of Animated Film was held in from February 5–9 in 1998 at a boarding house called "Birch Grove" two kilometres from the town of Tarusa, Russia. Animated works from the past three years from the Russian Federation were accepted.

The prizes were handed out according to profession, and any member or guest of the festival was able to vote for their favourite film.

Jury

English	Profession(s)
Fyodor Khitruk	director, animator
Lyudmila Petrushevskaya	writer
Valentin Olshvang	director, art director
Anatoliy Gerasimov	composer
Dmitriy Yurkov	producer

Prizes of the Jury

Award	Recipient(s)	Film(s)	Links
Grand Prix	Vladislav Bayramgulov Владислав Байрамгулов	Far Away Down the River Далеко вниз по реке (Daleko vniz po reke)
Best Scenario	Svyatoslav Ushakov Святослав Ушаков	I Used to Live by the Sea Раньше я жил у моря (Ranshe ya zhil u morya)
Best Art Direction	Andrey Zolotukhin Андрей Золотухин	A Bird Becomes a Bird Птица становится птицей (Ptitsa stanovitsya ptitsey)
Best Composer	Yevgeniy Kadimskiy Евгений Кадимский	The Lion's Constellation Созвездие Льва (Sozvezdiye lva)	,
Best Animator	Tatyana Molodova Татьяна Молодова Alla Solovyova Алла Соловьёва	Christmas Eve Ночь перед Рождеством (Noch pered Rozhdestvom)
Best Debut	Lamiya Karaali Ламия Караали	Alone Один (Odin)
Best Children's Film	Valeriy Ugarov Валерий Угаров	The Magic Paintbrush Волшебная кисточка (Volshebnaya kistochka)
Best Animated TV Interstitial, Clip or Commercial	?	Melikhov and Felyurin Мелихов и Филюрин (Melikhov i Felyurin)

Rating (by audience vote)

Position	Film	Director	Points
1	Christmas Eve Ночь перед Рождеством (Noch pered Rozhdestvom)	Yekatirina Mikhaylova	268
2	The Magic Paintbrush Волшебная кисточка (Volshebnaya kistochka)	Valeriy Ugarov	260
3	The Major's Nose Нос майора (Nos mayora)	Mikhail Lisovoy	199
4	A Bird Becomes a Bird Птица становится птицей (Ptitsa stanovitsya ptitsey)	Lyusi Li	168
5	I Used to Live by the Sea Раньше я жил у моря (Ranshe ya zhil u morya)	Svyatoslav Ushakov	151
6	Varvara Варвара	Valeriy Fomin	128
7	A Long Voyage Голгое путешествие (Dolgoye puteshestviye)	Andrey Khrzhanovskiy	124
8	Far Away Down the River Далеко вниз по реке (Daleko vniz po reke)	Vladislav Bayramgulov	90
9	A Strange Bird Странная птица (Strannaya ptitsa)	Tatyana Kostousova	47
10	The Night Has Come Ночь пришла (Noch prishla)	Svetlana Filippova	45

External links

• Full list of submissions (some can be watched online)
• Official website with the results