The Russian Guild of Film Critics () is a Russian organization of professional film critics, headquartered in Moscow. Beginning in 1998, the guild began conferring annual awards in several categories. The awards were called the "Golden Ram" or "Golden Aries" from 1998 to 2004, then, beginning in 2005, the name was changed to "White Elephant".
The guild belongs to the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation, a non-government organisation, and has been a member of FIPRESCI since 1999.
Award categories
Current categories
Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Art Direction Best Music Best Animated Film Best Documentary
Best Short Film Best First Film Best Television Series Lifetime Achievement Award Event of the Year
Retired awards Best Foreign Language Film (awarded 1998–2011) Best Foreign Actor (awarded 1998–2003) Best Foreign Actress (awarded 1998–2003)
Award ceremonies CeremonyYearBest Film Winner 1st 1998 Country of the Deaf 2nd 1999 Khrustalyov, My Car! 3rd 2000 Luna Papa 4th 2001 Taurus 5th 2002 The Cuckoo 6th 2003 The Return 7th 2004 Our Own 8th 2005 The Sun 9th 2006 Free Floating 10th 2007 Cargo 200 11th 2008 Wild Field 12th 2009 Wolfy 13th 2010 A Stoker 14th 2011 Elena 15th 2012 Faust 16th 2013 The Geographer Drank His Globe Away 17th 2014 Leviathan 18th 2015 My Good Hans 19th 2016 Paradise 20th 2017 Arrhythmia 21st 2018 Anna's War 22nd 2019 Beanpole 23rd 2020 Dear Comrades! 24th 2021 Captain Volkonogov Escaped
References
External links (in Russian) RGOFC at IMDb