September 10, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

On September 14 the XIII International Festival of TV programs and films “Golden Drum” will start in Khanty-Mansiysk.

President of the Festival Lyubov Korneeva said that “it is the only Forum in Russia of historic-educational and ethnographic character. The festival tells every year about the history of television development, about life and culture of peoples and countries via documentaries and TV programs, unique TV portraits tell about talented people, journalists tell about the present, artists tell about their vision via art-video”.

In 2009 303 works were submitted to the contest in 9 nominations. 154 TV companies and studios from 69 towns participate in the contest including studios from Udmurts Republic, Komi Republic, Dagestan, Chuvashia,  Bashkortostan, Khakasia, Karelia, Tatarstan. The nominations of the Festival: documentary, history and culture, ethnography and travels, art-video, children’s program – contest films and programs were submitted by studios and creative teams from Armenia, Byelorussia, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Finland, USA, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Netherlands, Kirgiz. Their total timing – 17225 minutes or 287 hours. Totally – 67 candidates for 10 awards – “Golden Goddesses”.

The Jury and Expert Council members: professor of the University Paris-Sorbonna (Paris-IV) Helene Melat, film director, cameraman, president of the Documentaries Guild of Finland Leena-Stiina Kilpelainen, director of the Science-Popular programs Direction of Channel 1 Andrei Tsvintarny, film director, documentary maker, laureate of the State prizes Igor Shadkhan, TV analyst and consultant, teacher at the Mass Media Institute Andrei Tsitovski, TV journalist and film director Viktor Jouravlev. The Chair of the Expert Council – a famous film director, producer and script-writer Evgeniya Golovnya. The Chair of the Festival International Jury – film director, president of the Russian Non-Fiction  Films Guild Vladimir Gerchikov.

The opening ceremony of the Festival will be held on September 14 at 6.00 p.m. at the cinema hall of the   Picture Gallery, Foundation of Generations. The ceremony will be finished with the demonstration of the documentary “MINA” (Iran).

On September 14-16 daily everyone can watch the best documentaries on-line at the cinema hall of the Picture Gallery and film and video center “Cinema-Profi”.

The cinema hall of the Nature and Man Museum on September 14 and 15 from 10 a.m. till 5.00 p.m. will demonstrate the out-of-contest program, organized by the Non-Fiction Films Guild of Russia. On September 16 from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. there will a special demonstration of films of the international festival “The other dimension” about people with limited abilities.

At the conference-hall of the Cathedral there will be demonstrated contest Orthodox films and press-conferences with film directors Sergei Potemkin and Olga Lobacheva-Dvoretskaya.

The conference-hall “Palace” will gather the Festival participants for discussions and presentations. On September 15 it will be held the discussion “Youth and community. Common and different” and out-of-contest film “In Moving” of independent producers. Leaders of youth movements will be invited.

The Festival will be finished on September 16 with the awarding ceremony of winners at the Center of Arts for Gifted Children of the North. The Festival Grand-Prix will be given to the best of the best and special prize “For personal contribution into development of television of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug” will be given by Governor of Ugra, chair of the “Golden Drum” Festival Organizing Committee Alexander Filipenko.

Sponsors General of the XIII International Festival of TV programs and films “Golden Drum” are JSC “RH-Yuganskneftegaz”, JSC “LUKoil-Zapadnaya Sibir”, sponsor of the Festival – company “Salym Petroleum Development”.

The official carriers of the Festival – air company “UTAir”, air company “Urals airlines”, JSC “Severavtotrans”.

The official tour operator of the Festival – hotel complex “On seven hills”