The 5th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film was held in from Feb. 10-14 in 2000 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, music clips and television bumpers were in competition. There was also a two-minute pilot for The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, a feature film finally released in 2004, and Optimus Mundus, a feature film consisting of 50 independently directed short films about Moscow.
The jury prizes were handed out by profession, with some prizes tailored to the films in competition. No Grand Prix was given out this year. Also, any member or guest of the festival was able to vote for their favourite film.
Jury English Profession(s) Fyodor Khitruk director, animator Andrey Khrzhanovskiy director, animator Mikhail Aldashin director, artist Vladislav Bayramgulov director, artist Konstantin Bronzit director, scenario writer, artist, animator
Jury prizes Award Film Recipient(s)(the director of the film, unless stated otherwise) Links Prize for an Original Idea and Colorful Art Direction The Socks of the Big CityНоски большого города (Noski bolshovo goroda) Andrey Ushakov Prize for Best Debut The Autumn Has BegunНаступила осень (Nastupila osen) Yekatirina Sokolova Prize for a Bold Experiment in Bringing Together Animators to Work on a Common Project Optimus Mundus n/a Prize for Series of Commercials Cabinet - IIКабинет - IISavinovСавинов Dmitriy VysotskiyAndrey Sikorskiy (artist, animator) Prize to Animation Teams The Tree with the Golden ApplesДерево с золотыми яблоками (Serevo s zolotymi yablokami)Little Reed Riding HoodТростниковая шапочка (Trostnikovaya shapochka) Animators:Valentin SmeshnikovAndrey SmirnovAleksandr Vikhanskiy---Vladimir KadukhinOlga VeselovaMilana FedoseyevaTatyana Molodova Prize for Best Scenario for Children A Wonderful Supper on Christmas EveУдивительный ужин в сочельник (Udivitelnyy uzhin v sochelnik) Irina Kodyukova (director, scenario) Prize for Best Student Film NikopeckНикопейка (Nikopeyka) Anna Belonogova Diploma for Inventive Use of New Technologies PharaohФараон (Faraon) Sergey Ovcharov Diploma for Inventive Scenario in a Commercial FireПожар (Pozhar) n/a Diploma for Being a Cultural Phenomenon Petrovich, Петрович n/a Diploma for Most Dashing Animatic The Bag of Deception, Мешок обмана (Meshok obmana) Rim Sharafutdinov (director, artist, animator) Diploma for a Bright Example of Folk Animation Kolobok, Колобок Nikolay Bogayevskiy Diploma for Successive Development of an Original Technique Moby Dick, Моби Дик (Mobi Dik) Natalya OrlovaNatalya Demidova (artist)
Rating (by audience vote) 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 The Socks of the Big CityНоски большого города (Noski bolshovo goroda) Andrey Ushakov 261 2 PharaohФараон (Faraon) Sergey Ovcharov 129 3 Moby DickМоби Дик (Mobi Dik) Natalya Orlova 108 4 The Tree with the Golden ApplesДерево с золотыми яблоками (Serevo s zolotymi yablokami) Natalya Dabizha 104 5 Little Reed Riding HoodТростниковая шапочка (Trostnikovaya shapochka) Galina Beda 68 6 Optimus Mundus (50 directors) 63 7 KolobokКолобок Nikolay Bogayevskiy 61 8 Lukomorye. The NurseЛукоморье. Няня (Lukomorye. Nyanya) Sergey Seregin 58 9 The Autumn Has BegunНаступила осень (Nastupila osen) Yekatirina Sokolova 57 10 The Story of a Cat with All the Ensuing ConsequencesИстория кота со всеми вытекающеми последствиями (Istoriya kota so vsemi vytekayushchemi posledstviyami) Natalya Beryozova 56
External links Official website with the results Full list of competing films Article about the festival