| "Kinoshock" Open Film Festival of CIS and Baltic countries | |
| Location: | Anapa, Russia |
| Established: | 1992 |
| Language: | Russian |
"Kinoshock" Open Film Festival of CIS and Baltic countries, also spelt Kinoshok, is a film festival staged in the Black Sea resort of Anapa, Russia, each September. "CIS" refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States, comprising nine member states.
Kinoshock film festival was established in 1992. In 1997, it changed its name from Kinoshock to "Kinoshock – Open CIS and Baltic Film Festival".[1]
In 2014, the 23rd edition, the festival moved from the outskirts of Anapa to the city centre,[2] and began opening all year round.[3] Russian films screened in 2014 were Alexander Kott's film Test and 's Son.[2]
The Kinoshock Festival is an independent non-profit organisation. The film festival is held annually, supported and organised by the Government of the Russian Federation, the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Administration of the Krasnodar Territory, the Anapa city administration, the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, and the State Film Fund of Russia. It focuses on the films of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS),[4] along with Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.[5] CIS states are:[6]
In 2014, the president of the festival was the writer / director Viktor Merezhko (1937–2022).[2]
The festival aims to support and showcase filmmakers of all genres of feature films, "whose work brings spirituality and aesthetic novelty; preservation of a single cinematic space, the revival of the national cultures of Russia and neighbouring states and cooperation between filmmakers from the CIS countries as well as the republics and regions of the Russian Federation", and to increase the popularity of each country's national cinema industry.[4]
In 2021, the festival took place from 25 September to 2 October. There were 12 feature films entered into competition, from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Estonia, and Armenia. Two Krygz films were included in the feature film competition: The Lake, directed by Emil Atageldiev[7] (Atageldijev),[8] and The Road To Eden[7] (Akyrky koch), directed by Bakyt Mukul and Dastan Zhapar Uulu.
The 2022 edition of the festival runs from 25 September to 2 October.
In 2022, Elvin Adigozal's film Bilasuvar, which is about the residents of Bilasuvar in Azerbaijan, is scheduled to be screened at the festival.[9]
All but the television film prize, which is voted on by audiences, are awarded by jury. Other events and retrospective programs are also held at the festival.[4]
Films are screened in various competitions for:[4]
the following prizes are awarded:
Georgian tenor Zurab Sotkilava chaired the jury in 2000.[10]