Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States explained

The Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States (Russian: Ника за лучший фильм стран СНГ и Балтии) is given annually by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science and presented at the Nika Awards.

In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a light blue background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year	Winner and nominees	Original title	Country	Director	Ref(s)
2003	Flashback	Flashback	Latvia	Herz Frank
2003	Documentarist	Vaveragrogh	Armenia
2003	Leila's Prayer	Molitva Leyly	Kazakhstan	Satybaldy Narymbetov
2003	Passengers from the Past	Пассажиры из прошлого столетия	Ukraine	Victor Olender
2003	Comrade Boykenzhayev	Товарищ Бойкенжаев	Uzbekistan	Yusup Razykov
2004	Angel on the Right	Farishtai kitfi	Tajikistan
2004	Keep Smiling!	Keep Smiling!	Latvia	Askolds Saulitis
2004	Gold Rush	Золотая лихорадка	Ukraine	Mikhail Belikov
2004	The Healer	Лекарь	Uzbekistan	Yusup Razykov
2004	Somnambuul	Somnambuul	Estonia
2005	The Hunter	Охотник	Kazakhstan	Serik Aprimov
2005	Boys in the Sky	Osmondagi bolalar	Uzbekistan	Zulfikar Musakov
2005	Rebirth Island	Ostrov vozrozhdeniya	Kazakhstan	Rustem Abdrashev
2005	Romeo And Juliet	Romeo un Džuljeta	Latvia
2005	Saratan	Saratan	Kyrgyzstan	Ernest Abdyjaparov
2006	Tbilisi-Tbilisi	Tbilisi-Tbilisi	Georgia	Levan Zakareishvili
2006	Erkak	Erkak	Uzbekistan	Yusup Razykov
2006	Dangerously Free Man	Opasno Svobodniy Chelovek	Ukraine	Roman Shirman
2006	A Trip to Karabakh	Gaseirneba Karabaghshi	Georgia	Levan Tutberidze
2006	Seven Invisible Men	Septyni nematomi žmonės	Lithuania
2007	Two in One	Dva v odnom	Ukraine
2007	Ghetto	Vilniaus getas	Lithuania	Audrius Juzenas
2007	Notes on a Railway Inspector	Zapiski putevogo obkhodchika	Kazakhstan	Zhanabek Zhetiruov
2007	Fed Up!	Kõrini!	Estonia
2007	3 Girls	3 Girls	Azerbaijan	Murad Ibragimbekov
2008	The Russian Triangle	რუსული სამკუთხედი	Georgia	Aleko Tsabadze
2008	Monotony	Monotonija	Latvia	Juris Poskus
2008	Autumn of the Magician	Autumn of the Magician	Armenia	Ruben Gevorkyants, Vahe Kevorkov
2008	Pure Coolness	Boz Salkyn	Kyrgyzstan	Ernest Abdyjaparov
2008	Swift	Strizh	Kazakhstan	Abai Kulbai
2008	Whisper of Sin	Nuodemes uzkalbejimas	Lithuania
2009	Birds of Paradise	Райські птахи	Ukraine
2009	Unknown Route	Belgisiz marshrut	Kyrgyzstan	Temirbek Birnazarov
2009	Autumn Ball	Sügisball	Estonia
2009	The Gift to Stalin	Podarok Stalinu	Kazakhstan	Rustem Abdrashev
2009	Goodbye, Gulsary!	Қош бол, Гүлсары!	Kazakhstan	Ardak Amirkulov

2010s

Year	Winner and nominees	Original title	Country	Director	Ref(s)
2010	Melody for a Street Organ	Melodiya dlya sharmanki	Ukraine
2010	The 40th Door	40-cı gapı	Azerbaijan
2010	The Other Bank	გაღმა ნაპირი	Georgia
2010	Vortex	Duburys	Lithuania	Gytis Luksas
2010	Songs from the Southern Seas	Песни южных морей	Kazakhstan	Marat Sarulu
2011	A Trap for the Ghost	Kabusun gözleri ile	Azerbaijan
2011	Border	Sahman	Armenia
2011	Family Instinct	Ģimenes lietas	Latvia	Andris Gauja
2011	Eastern Drift	Eurazijos aborigenas	Lithuania
2011	The Light Thief	Svet-Ake	Kyrgyzstan
2012	Will There Be a Theatre Up There?		Netavi ik teatri aris?		Georgia
2012	There Was Never a Better Brother	I ne bylo luchshe brata	Azerbaijan	Murad Ibragimbekov
2012	Letters to Angel	Kirjad Inglile	Estonia
2012	Presumed Consent	Prezumptsiya soglasiya	Tajikistan	Farkhot Abdullaev
2012	The Lead	Churgoschin	Uzbekistan	Zulfikar Musakov
2013	Eternal Homecoming	Одвiчне повернення	Ukraine
2013	Everybody's Gone	Vse ushli	Georgia	Georgiy Paradzhanov
2013	If Only Everyone	Եթե բոլորը	Armenia	Nataliya Belyauskene
2013	Heaven – My Abode	Parizod	Uzbekistan
2013	Lonely Island	Üksik saar	Estonia
2014	Haytarma	Qaytarma	Ukraine
2014	The Excursionist	Ekskursantė	Lithuania	Audrius Juzenas
2014	Capitalism at Crossroad Street	Capitalism at Crossroad Street	Latvia	Ivars Seleckis
2014	Affection	Kumar	Kyrgyzstan	Temirbek Birnazarov
2014	The Old Man	Shal	Kazakhstan	Ermek Tursunov
2015	The Tribe	Плем'я	Ukraine
2015	Corn Island	სიმინდის კუნძული	Georgia
2015	Queen of the Mountains	Kurmanjan Datka	Kyrgyzstan
2015	Nabat	Nabat	Azerbaijan
2015	The Owners	Ukkili kamshat	Kazakhstan	Adilkhan Yerzhanov
2016	Heavenly Nomadic	Sutak	Kyrgyzstan	Mirlan Abdykalykov
2016	1944	1944	Estonia
2016	The Caucasus Trio	Kavkazskoe trio	Georgia	, Fuad Ibragimbekov, Temur Butikashvili
2016	Song of Songs	Пісня пісень	Ukraine
2016	Peace to Us in Our Dreams	Ramybė mūsų sapnuose	Lithuania
2017	House of Others	სხვისი სახლი	Georgia
2017	A Father's Will	Atanyn Kereezi	Kyrgyzstan	Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Zhapar Uulu
2017	Red Garden	Pomegranate Garden	Azerbaijan	Mirbala Səlimli
2017	Xazonrezgi	Xazonrezgi	Uzbekistan	Zulfikar Musakov
2017	The Plague at the Karatas Village	Chuma v aule Karatas	Kazakhstan	Adilkhan Yerzhanov
2018	The Chair	Savardzeli	Georgia
2018	A Call to Father	A Call to Father	Kazakhstan	Serik Aprimov
2018	Centaur	Centaur	Kyrgyzstan
2018	The Last Day Before June	Nabat		Igor Kistol
2018	Close Relations	Рідні	Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine
2019	Crystal Swan	Хрусталь	Belarus	Darya Zhuk
2019	Berlin - Akkurgan	Berlin - Akkurgan	Uzbekistan	Zulfikar Musakov
2019	The Gentle Indifference of the World	Laskovoe bezrazlichie mira	Kazakhstan	Adilkhan Yerzhanov
2019	Munabia	Munabia	Kyrgyzstan	Taalaibek Kulmendeev
2019	Beautiful Corruption	Beautiful Corruption		Eugen Damaschin

2020s

Year	Winner and nominees	Original title	Country	Director	Ref(s)
2020	Inhale-Exhale	Inhale-Exhale	Georgia
2020	Running to the Sky	Jo Kuluk	Kyrgyzstan	Mirlan Abdykalykov
2020	Your Honor!	Kohtunik	Estonia
2020	Lengthy Night	Էրկեն Կիշեր	Armenia	Edgar Baghdasaryan
2020	Guardian of the Light	Shyrakshy	Kazakhstan	Ermek Tursunov
2021	Shambala	Shambala	Kyrgyzstan	Artykpai Suyundukov
2021	2000 Songs of Farida	სიმინდის კუნძული	Uzbekistan
2021	Yellow Cat	Zheltaya koshka	Kazakhstan	Adilkhan Yerzhanov
2021	In Between Dying	Səpələnmiş ölümlər arasında	Azerbaijan	Hilal Baydarov
2021	Sweetie, You Won't Believe It	Zhanym, ty ne poverish	Kazakhstan	Yernar Nurgaliyev
2022	Water Boy	Pesari Ob	Tajikistan	Fayzullo Faiz
2022	The Road to Eden	Akyrky koch	Kyrgyzstan	Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Zhapar Uulu
2022	Zulali	Zulali	Armenia	Hayk Ordyan
2022	Herd Immunity	Onbagandar	Kazakhstan	Adilkhan Yerzhanov

Awards by nation

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Country	Number of winning films	Number of nominated films
Ukraine	6	11
Georgia	6	11
Kyrgyzstan	2	13
Kazakhstan	1	17
Latvia	1	7
Lithuania	1	7
Azerbaijan	1	7
Tajikistan	1	3
Belarus	1	1
Uzbekistan	0	9
Estonia	0	8
Armenia	0	6
Moldova	0	2