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Big Cartoon Festival Announce 2020 Selection: Foreign Competition and Russian Competition

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The Big Cartoon Festival – the largest animation film festival in Russia – will take place for the 14th time from October 29 to November 9, 2020. For the first time, the Festival will be held in a mixed format: it will be possible to watch some of the programs online from anywhere in Russia, while the other programs will be shown in cinemas in Moscow.

In 2020, for the first time in its history, the Big Cartoon Festival will include two competition programs: Foreign Competition and Russian Competition, which will be judged by a professional jury. The susmissions were accepted through the FilmFreeWay online platform in August and September; the total 1501 films from 89 countries were submitted. The selection committee chose 95 films for the participation in the Russian Competition and 90 for the participation in the Foreign one. The participants represent the following countries: Great Britain (11), France (9), Germany, the Czech Republic (6 films each), Israel, USA (5 films each), Canada (4), Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, China (3 films each), Australia, Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Mexico, Switzerland, Romania, Spain, Iran, Norway, Estonia (2 films each), Belarus, Brazil, Hungary, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Costa Rica, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Japan (1 film each).

Jury of the Foreign Competition awards the following prizes:

  • Grand Prix for Best Foreign Short Animation
  • Award for Best Foreign Student Animation
  • Two Special Jury Prizes

Jury of the Russian Competition awards the following prizes:

  • Grand Prix for Best Russian Short Animation
  • Award for Best Russian Student Animation
  • Two Special Jury Prizes

Other Prizes:

  • Audience Choice Award for the best film in the Festival’s program
  • Prize of the BCF Management for the best film in the Festival’s program
  • Сritics Prize

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION (in alphabetical order)

  1. #hAPPy by Yu-Ju Kuo (TW), student film
  2. 6|6 by Yali Herbet (IL)
  3. A MYSTERIOUS HAT by Du Yen-Ting (TW), student film
  4. AFTERNOON TEA by Andrea Szelesová (CZ), student film
  5. AHEAD by Ala Nunu Leszynska (GB), student film
  6. AND THEN THE BEAR by Agnes Patron (FR)
  7. ANGRY DOGS by Shaun Clark (GB)
  8. APFELMUS by Alexander Gratzer (AT), student film
  9. AVERAGE HAPPINESS by Maja Gehrig (CH)
  10. AWKWARD by Nata Metlukh (US)
  11. BEAR WITH ME by Daphna Awadish (NL), student film
  12. BENCH by Rich Webber (GB)
  13. BETWEEN SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS by Pavel Alexasin, Nika Zinoveva (CZ), student film
  14. BEWARE THE WOLF! by Julie Rembauville (FR)
  15. BLACK SNOT & GOLDEN SQUARES by Irina Rubina (DE)
  16. BROKEN THINGS by Panni Gyulai (HU), student film
  17. BUBE MAISES by Or Levy (IL), student film
  18. CANDY CAN by Anton Octavian (RO), student film
  19. CATGOT by Ho Tsz Wing (HK), student film
  20. CHADO by Dominica Harrison (GB)
  21. CHILDSKIN by Pepi Eirew (CA), student film
  22. COMTE by Natalia Ryss (IL, CA, SI, GB)
  23. CONDO by Trevor Hardy (GB)
  24. CORPSELAND by Yang Liu (FR), student film
  25. DIRTY DISHES by Lucy Davidson (AU), student film
  26. EVENING by Ivan Gopienko (BY)
  27. EVERYTHING PIZZA by David Amberg (US), student film
  28. FOOD CHAIN by Matthias Daenschel (DE)
  29. FORTUNE by Em Jiang (US), student film
  30. FYODOR by Milo Bonnard (GB), student film
  31. GEN TREE by Ronni Shalev, Alon Sharabi, Hod Adler (IL), student film
  32. GRAVEDAD by Matisse Gonzalez (DE), student film
  33. GUNPOWDER by Romane Faure, Nathanael Perron, Léa Detrain, Benoît de Geyer d’Orth, Pei-Hsuan Lin, Anne-Lise Kubiak (FR), student film
  34. HEATWAVE by Sovan Dutta (IN), student film
  35. HOT FLASH by Thea Hollatz (CA)
  36. I WANT A SUN IN MY POCKET by Laui Laessa (CR), student film
  37. IMAGINARY SCENE by Neda Goodarzi (IR), student film
  38. IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR by Eduardo Arandia (MX), student film
  39. IN YOUR DREAMS by Natálie Durchánková (CZ), student film
  40. INTERNAL AFFAIRS by David Sick (DE), student film
  41. INVADE by Wong Man Sze (HK)
  42. JAM TOMORROW by Eflatun Serbay Çelebi (ES), student film
  43. JUST A GUY by Shoko Hara (DE)
  44. KOSMONAUT by Kaspar JANCIS (EE)
  45. MANTIS LOVE by Baptiste Groazil (FR)
  46. MICROTOPIA by Audrey Defonte, Denis Koessler, Philip Gonçalves, Alexandre Terrier, Pierre Duhem, Achille Bauduin (FR), student film
  47. MOON KING – FREE TIME by Jordan Minkoff (CA)
  48. MORNING by Vojtěch Domlátil (CZ)
  49. EICHMANN AND THE MAVERICK GOAT by Qiao (Joe) Cheng (GB), student film
  50. NOISE by Mahdi Barqzadegan (IR)
  51. OLD HAG by Julie Rembauville, Nicolas Bianco-Levrin (FR)
  52. ONLINE LESSON by Mariska Diasamidze (GE)
  53. PANDICULATION by Konrad Hjemli, Jakob Eiring (NO), student film
  54. PEARL DIVER by Margrethe Danielsen (NO), student film
  55. PLEASE FORGIVE ME by Mike Raymond (GB)
  56. RABBITS ONLY by Wei Wang (TW), student film
  57. REBOOTED by Michael Shanks (AU)
  58. RETURN by Jonathan Delgado Herrera (AR, CO), student film
  59. SERIAL PAPALLELS by Max Hattler (HK, GE)
  60. SHEEP, WOLF AND A CUP OF TEA… by Marion Lacourt (FR)
  61. SHLOMO AND THE RABBI by Julien David (FR)
  62. SHOOT by Ema Mlynarcikova (CZ), student film
  63. SIGNS by Dustin Rees (CH)
  64. SIMPLE PRESENTS by Catalina Matamoros (CO)
  65. SO I PICKED UP THE WORM by Li Shuqin (JP), student film
  66. STRANGE by Cameron Carr (GB), student film
  67. STRAWBERRY CANDY by Nianze Li (CN), student film
  68. SUBJECT by Renen Adar, Neta Zaidel (IL), student film
  69. TAMOU by Tom Prezman, Tzor Edery (IL), student film
  70. TANGO SPARKS by Maureen Zent (US)
  71. TATATA by YiYangSun (CN), student film
  72. TAXIMAN by Novella Lian (SG), student film
  73. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEETH! by George ve Gänæaard, Horia Cucută (RO)
  74. THE BOX ASSASSIN by Jeremy Schaefer (US), student film
  75. THE CHORUS OF MILLENNIUM by Yin Chang, Li Junyi (CN), student film
  76. THE DEATH VENDOR by Jeon JInkyu (KR), student film
  77. THE FABRIC OF YOU by Josephine Lohoar Self (GB)
  78. THE GREAT MILESTONE by Ignasi López Fàbregas (ES)
  79. THE INFINITE by Simone Massi (IT)
  80. THE PASSERBY by Pieter COUDYZER (BE)
  81. TIME & AGAIN by Saachi Mehta (IN), student film
  82. TIME O´ THE SIGNS by Reinhold Bidner (AT)
  83. WADE by Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, Kalp Sanghvi (IN)
  84. WASHING MACHINE by Alexandra Májová (CZ)
  85. WEAR AND TEAR by Rory Kerr (IE), student film
  86. WHAT WILL YOU DO NOW, JOHN? by Pooja Pottenkulam (GB)
  87. WHERE DO DRAGONS COME FROM? by Grace Luzzi (BR)
  88. WOULD YOU PLEASE? by Ada Güvenir (BE), student film
  89. ZODIAC GOSSIP by Fabiola Tenorio (MX), student film
  90. ZORG II by Auden Lincoln-Vogel (EE), student film

RUSSIAN COMPETITION (in alphabetical order)

  1. 10 ТЫСЯЧ КИЛОМЕТРОВ by Varvara Ryabova, Sonya Silvestrova, student film
  2. 7 КОЗЛЯТ by Marina Karpova
  3. АННА, КОШКИ-МЫШКИ by Varya Yakovleva
  4. БА by Svetlana Filippova
  5. БАБА-ЯГА И МАЛЫШКА by Yevgenia Golubeva
  6. БАБУШКИ – АКВАРИУМ by Ilya Yudovich, Sasha Svirsky, Vera Pavlova, Olga Fedorova, Yulia Krivosheina, Alexey Ermolaev, Yura Boguslavsky, Masha Serebryakova, Masha Ermolaeva, Asya Kiseleva, Sonya Nikitina, student film
  7. БЕГ ЗА СТЕНОЙ by Liana Makaryan
  8. БЕГОМАНИЯ by Dariya Stolbetsova
  9. БЕЛАЯ ЗМЕЯ by Polina Fedorova
  10. БЕСТЕЛЕСНАЯ КОМАНДА. ПРИКЛЮЧЕНИЯ СОЛДАТА КАБЛУКОВА by Alexey Turkus, Dmitry Kupriyanov
  11. БОКСБАЛЕТ by Anton Dyakov
  12. БОЛЬШОЙ И МАЛЕНЬКИЙ by Natalia Grofpel
  13. БОЛЬШОЙ by Anastasia Belousova
  14. ВЕСЕЛО – ЩЕНКИ by Varvara Lavrova, student film
  15. ВОЛК НАОБОРОТ by Irina Elshansky
  16. ВОЛК by Maria Yakushina
  17. ВСТРЕЧА by Polina Ivanushkina, student film
  18. ВТОРАЯ СРЕДА АПРЕЛЯ by Svetlana Karayeva, Maria Platonova, student film
  19. ВЫПУСКНОЙ by Darya Zimina
  20. ГОЛЫЙ by Kirill Khachaturov, student film
  21. ГОРОДСКАЯ КОЗА by Svetlana Razgulyaeva
  22. ДЕВОЧКА-ПТИЧКА by Ekaterina Nevostrueva
  23. ДЕКАНИМЕРОН-2 by Igor Melnikov, Alexandra Lukina, Sonya Melamud, Masha Yakushina, Zoya Kireeva, Ekaterina Kuricheva
  24. ДЕНЬ РОЖДЕНИЯ ПИШТО by Sonya Kendel
  25. ДИЧЬ — ИВАН ДОРН by Ruslana Mirzalieva
  26. ДЫЛДА by Anastasia Zhakulina
  27. ЖЕЛТЫЙ БУЛЬК by Svetlana Nagaeva
  28. ИГРА by Elena Kurkova
  29. ИДЕТ КОЗА РОГАТАЯ by Sergey Merinov
  30. «ИДИОТ» — ВЯЧЕСЛАВ БУТУСОВ by Vladimir Ponomarev
  31. ИЗ ГОВНА И ПАЛОК — LOQIEMEAN by Veronika Usoltseva, student film
  32. ИЗ-ПОД ЗЕМЛИ by Anna Lyubimtseva, Maria Afonina, student film
  33. КАК ГОВОРИЛ МОЙ ДЕД by Sasha Deeva, student film
  34. КАК РАЗБУДИТЬ МАМУ by Lubov Sobol
  35. КВАРТЕТ №2 by Anastasia Panina, student film
  36. КИБЕР-ЕВА by Katya Mikheeva, student film
  37. КОРАБЛИК, КОТОРЫЙ ХОТЕЛ ЛЕТАТЬ by Ekaterina Filippova
  38. КОРОЛЬ И ГРУША by Nastya Voronina
  39. КРЕПОСТЬ — ДАЙТЕ ТАНК! by Masha Mayorova, student film
  40. МАЛЕНЬКАЯ БОЛЬШАЯ МЕЧТА by Nina Bisyarina
  41. МАЛЬЧИК, КОТОРЫЙ КРИЧАЛ by Maria Serebryakova, student film
  42. МАМИН ПОМОЩНИК by Maria Savelyeva
  43. МЕДВЕДЬ by Slava Ushakov
  44. МЕТРО by Valentin Tyuterev, student film
  45. МОЙ ГАЛАКТИЧЕСКИЙ ДВОЙНИК ГАЛАКТИОН by Sasha Svirsky
  46. МОЙ ЗНАКОМЫЙ МЕДВЕДЬ by Ekaterina Sokolova
  47. МОКРЫЕ НОСОЧКИ БЕРТЫ РАЙЗ by Alexandra Shadrina
  48. МОНСТЕРА — ТЕРПЕНИЕ! by Katya Solonskaya, Lisa Rydvan, student film
  49. МУЕЗУМ by Andrey Bakhurin
  50. НА ХРЕНА МЫ ИДЕМ КТО? by Ivan Maximov
  51. НАЧАЛО СВЕТА by Anastasia Melikhova
  52. ОДЕЯЛКО by Marina Moshkova
  53. ОДИН ДЕНЬ by Anastasia Vereykina, student film
  54. ОНО ВЫДЕЛЯЛО ТЕПЛО — АИГЕЛ by Elina Belchenkova, Katya Morozova, student film
  55. ПАНДЕМИЯ by Polina Campioni
  56. ПАРАШЮТЫ — АЛЕНА АПИНА by Vladimir Vishnyakov, Daria Vyatkina
  57. ПАСТУХИ ОБЛАКОВ by Evgeny Fadeev
  58. ПРАЗДНИЧНЫЙ УЖИН by Natalia Abramova, student film
  59. ПРИВЕТ, БАБУЛЬНИК! by Natalia Mirzoyan
  60. ПРИНЦЕССА И БАНДИТ by Mikhail Aldashin, Maria Sosnina
  61. РОДИОН by Maria Yakushina
  62. РОЛИКИ СТОП КОРОНАВИРУС: «ДОМИНО», «ОСТАНЬСЯ ДОМА, ПРЕРВИ ЦЕПЬ ЗАРАЖЕНИЙ», «УВАЖАЙ ТРУД ВРАЧЕЙ», «ТИТАНИК», «АНТИВИРУСНАЯ МАНТРА», «КАРАНТИН В КЛЕРКЕНВЕЛЛЕ», «ОСТАНЬСЯ ДОМА-ПРОЧТИ КНИГУ» by Alex Budovsky
  63. РЫСЬ В ГОРОДЕ by Nina Bisyarina
  64. РЮКЗАК – ФИЛЬМ ИЗ ПРОЕКТА «МУЛЬТИПЕЛКИ» by Sergey Merinov
  65. САЛЮТ — ЯУЗА by Alex Budovsky
  66. СВИНГ by Lyudmila Skotnikova
  67. СЕЛЕЗЕНЬ, ВЕРЁВОЧКА И ЖЁЛУДЬ by Alina Titorenko, student film
  68. СОБАКИ ПАХНУТ МОРЕМ by Anastasia Lisovets, student film
  69. СУП — ФЁДОРОВ И КРУЗЕНШТЕРН by Nelly Ilyasova, Tanya Gagarina, Katya Chelyapina, Eliza Olkinskaya, Katya Ganah, student film
  70. СЧАСТЬЕ by Andrey Zhidkov
  71. СЪЕШЬ МЕНЯ! by Nastya Kamorina, student film
  72. ТЕПЛАЯ ЗВЕЗДА by Anna Kuzina
  73. ТЁПЛЫЙ СОЛЕНЫЙ ВЕТЕР by Мария Коржова, Мария Ларичева, София Петрова, student film
  74. ТУПОЙ ЧЕЛ — СУПЕРКОЗЛЫ by Sonya Gorya
  75. УТОЧКА И КЕНГУРУ by Liza Skvortsova
  76. УТРЕННЯЯ ЗВЕЗДА by Sasha Chirkov, Alisa Serbinenko, Katya Shiryaeva, Katya Snegireva, student film
  77. ХОЗЯЙКА МЕДНОЙ ГОРЫ by Dmitry Geller
  78. ЧИХ by Natalia Berezovaya
  79. ШКАФОВЫ by Andrey Bakhurin
  80. ШКОЛА РАЗВИТИЯ by Anastasiya Sokolova
  81. Я – РЫБА by Daria Melnikova, student film
  82. ЯБЛОНЕВЫЙ ЧЕЛОВЕК by Alla Vartanyan
  83. BATHWELL IN CLERKENTIME by Alex Budovsky
  84. FLORIAN by Pavel Loparev, Keshav Abrol, Lucas Londoño-Clayton, Alicia Velasco, student film
  85. GAME OVER by Natalia Berezovaya
  86. MOND – PFISTERMEN’S FRIENDS by Maria Savelyeva
  87. NA MOLDAVANKE MUSYKA IGRAYET – ORKESTAR KRIMINAL by Vera Zaikina, Anna Fedorova, student film
  88. PERFECT by Khe Yn O, student film
  89. PISA NA FULO — ДЕФЕСА by Alexey Ermolaev, Masha Ermolaeva, Gulnara Nizamieva, Lena Makarenko, Katya Shiryaeva, student film
  90. PuWu-R 5 by Sasha Svirsky
  91. PuWu-R 6 by Sasha Svirsky
  92. ROOM WITH A SEA VIEW by Leonid Shmelkov, student film
  93. SUPERMAN by Maria Yakushina
  94. THE BRUSHWOOD by Oleg Chuksin
  95. TOLMUIMEJA by Georgiy Boguslavskiy, Vasiliy Chirkov

It will be possible to watch films from the competition programs at the Big Cartoon Festival website over the course of the Festival, after registering and according to the schedule of screenings. In addition to the competition programs, the Festival will include feature-length animated films, children’s and special programs. Online screenings will be accessible only from within the Russian Federation. Meetings with directors that will be streamed on the Festival’s YouTube channel, will be available for watching from any part of the world.

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