The 4th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film was held in from Feb. 4-8 in 1999 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. Along with auteur films, commercial reels, video clips, music videos, television bumpers and one animated series were in competition. Coming the year after the 1998 Russian financial crisis, there were fewer films than usual.
The jury prizes were tailor-made to the films in competition. Also, any member or guest of the festival was able to vote for their favourite film.
| English | Profession(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| Fyodor Khitruk | director, animator | |
| Oksana Cherkasova http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_person&pid=336 | director | |
| Andrey Khrzhanovskiy http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_person&pid=399 | director, animator | |
| Igor Nazaruk http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_person&pid=377 | composer | |
| Boris Pavlov http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_person&pid=480 | film theorist |
| Award | Film | Recipient(s) (the director of the film, unless stated otherwise) | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | At the Ends of the Earth На краю земли (Na krayu zemli) | Konstantin Bronzit | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1942 | |
| Best Animated Clip | The Beast Чудовище (Chudovishche) | Antonov Aleksey | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1948 | |
| Best Commercial | The Phone Bird Телефонная птичка» (Telefonnaya ptichka) | Dmitry Vysotskiy Andrey Sikorskiy (writer, artist) | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1975 | |
| Prize for Talented Art Direction and Reflection of National Traditions | A Facetious Dance Шуточный танец (Shutochnyy tanets) | Dinyara Ganiyeva (art director) | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1860 | |
| Prize for Feature-length Exploration of a National Epic Poem with the Method of Puppet Animation | The Magic Pipe Волшебная свирель (Volshebnaya svirel) | Mikhail Tumelya | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1930 | |
| Prize for the Elegance of Artistic and Directorial Signature | Mimy Мимы Inkorstrakh Инкорстрах Deep Woods Лесная глушь Barrisol Баррисоль | Dmitriy Geller | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_person&pid=29 | |
| Prize for Scenario from the Series The Fund of Legal Reforms | The Need Нужда (Nuzhda) | Vasiko Bedoshvilli | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5813 | |
| Prize for Inventiveness and Lyricism | Father Отец (Otets) | Aleksey Demin | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1945 | |
| Best Debut Direction | Grand Jeter | Aleksandr Ilyash | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1931 | |
| Prize for Witty Parody of Modern Commercials | Short Legs, Короткие ноги (Korotkiye nogi) | Svyatoslav Ushakov | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1937 |
Each member of the audience was asked to list their top 5 five films of the festival. 5 points were given for a 1st place vote and so on, down to 1 point for a 5th place vote.
| Position | Film | Director | Points | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At the Ends of the Earth На краю земли (Na krayu zemli) | Konstantin Bronzit | 442 | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1942 | |
| 2 | Once Upon a Time on the Sea-Shore Однажды у синяго моря (Odnazhdy u sinyavo morya) | Aleksey Kharitidi | 238 | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1944 | |
| 3 | The Magic Pipe Волшебная свирель (Volshebnaya svirel) | Mikhail Tumelya | 227 | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1930 | |
| 4 | Gone with the Wind Унессённые ветром (Unessyonnyye vetrom) | Aleksandr Tatarskiy | 146 | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1852 | |
| 5 | The Fund of Legal Reforms (series, 10x30sec) Фонд правовых реформ (Fond pravovykh reform) | Vasiko Bedoshvili Yelena Rogova | 109 | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1949 | |
| 6 | Beowulf Беовульф | Yuriy Kulakov | 92 | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1929 | |
| 7 | Father Отец (Otets) | Aleksey Demin | 67 | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1945 | |
| 8 | Night on Bald Mountain Ночь на лысой горе (Noch na lysoy gore) | Galina Shakitskaya | 62 | http://animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=7080 | |
| 9 | Short Legs, Короткие ноги (Korotkiye nogi) | Svyatoslav Ushakov | 32 | http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=1937 |