Big Cartoon Festival Announce 2020 Selection: Foreign Competition and Russian Competition
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)
- #hAPPy by Yu-Ju Kuo (TW), student film
- 6|6 by Yali Herbet (IL)
- A MYSTERIOUS HAT by Du Yen-Ting (TW), student film
- AFTERNOON TEA by Andrea Szelesová (CZ), student film
- AHEAD by Ala Nunu Leszynska (GB), student film
- AND THEN THE BEAR by Agnes Patron (FR)
- ANGRY DOGS by Shaun Clark (GB)
- APFELMUS by Alexander Gratzer (AT), student film
- AVERAGE HAPPINESS by Maja Gehrig (CH)
- AWKWARD by Nata Metlukh (US)
- BEAR WITH ME by Daphna Awadish (NL), student film
- BENCH by Rich Webber (GB)
- BETWEEN SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS by Pavel Alexasin, Nika Zinoveva (CZ), student film
- BEWARE THE WOLF! by Julie Rembauville (FR)
- BLACK SNOT & GOLDEN SQUARES by Irina Rubina (DE)
- BROKEN THINGS by Panni Gyulai (HU), student film
- BUBE MAISES by Or Levy (IL), student film
- CANDY CAN by Anton Octavian (RO), student film
- CATGOT by Ho Tsz Wing (HK), student film
- CHADO by Dominica Harrison (GB)
- CHILDSKIN by Pepi Eirew (CA), student film
- COMTE by Natalia Ryss (IL, CA, SI, GB)
- CONDO by Trevor Hardy (GB)
- CORPSELAND by Yang Liu (FR), student film
- DIRTY DISHES by Lucy Davidson (AU), student film
- EVENING by Ivan Gopienko (BY)
- EVERYTHING PIZZA by David Amberg (US), student film
- FOOD CHAIN by Matthias Daenschel (DE)
- FORTUNE by Em Jiang (US), student film
- FYODOR by Milo Bonnard (GB), student film
- GEN TREE by Ronni Shalev, Alon Sharabi, Hod Adler (IL), student film
- GRAVEDAD by Matisse Gonzalez (DE), student film
- GUNPOWDER by Romane Faure, Nathanael Perron, Léa Detrain, Benoît de Geyer d’Orth, Pei-Hsuan Lin, Anne-Lise Kubiak (FR), student film
- HEATWAVE by Sovan Dutta (IN), student film
- HOT FLASH by Thea Hollatz (CA)
- I WANT A SUN IN MY POCKET by Laui Laessa (CR), student film
- IMAGINARY SCENE by Neda Goodarzi (IR), student film
- IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR by Eduardo Arandia (MX), student film
- IN YOUR DREAMS by Natálie Durchánková (CZ), student film
- INTERNAL AFFAIRS by David Sick (DE), student film
- INVADE by Wong Man Sze (HK)
- JAM TOMORROW by Eflatun Serbay Çelebi (ES), student film
- JUST A GUY by Shoko Hara (DE)
- KOSMONAUT by Kaspar JANCIS (EE)
- MANTIS LOVE by Baptiste Groazil (FR)
- MICROTOPIA by Audrey Defonte, Denis Koessler, Philip Gonçalves, Alexandre Terrier, Pierre Duhem, Achille Bauduin (FR), student film
- MOON KING – FREE TIME by Jordan Minkoff (CA)
- MORNING by Vojtěch Domlátil (CZ)
- EICHMANN AND THE MAVERICK GOAT by Qiao (Joe) Cheng (GB), student film
- NOISE by Mahdi Barqzadegan (IR)
- OLD HAG by Julie Rembauville, Nicolas Bianco-Levrin (FR)
- ONLINE LESSON by Mariska Diasamidze (GE)
- PANDICULATION by Konrad Hjemli, Jakob Eiring (NO), student film
- PEARL DIVER by Margrethe Danielsen (NO), student film
- PLEASE FORGIVE ME by Mike Raymond (GB)
- RABBITS ONLY by Wei Wang (TW), student film
- REBOOTED by Michael Shanks (AU)
- RETURN by Jonathan Delgado Herrera (AR, CO), student film
- SERIAL PAPALLELS by Max Hattler (HK, GE)
- SHEEP, WOLF AND A CUP OF TEA… by Marion Lacourt (FR)
- SHLOMO AND THE RABBI by Julien David (FR)
- SHOOT by Ema Mlynarcikova (CZ), student film
- SIGNS by Dustin Rees (CH)
- SIMPLE PRESENTS by Catalina Matamoros (CO)
- SO I PICKED UP THE WORM by Li Shuqin (JP), student film
- STRANGE by Cameron Carr (GB), student film
- STRAWBERRY CANDY by Nianze Li (CN), student film
- SUBJECT by Renen Adar, Neta Zaidel (IL), student film
- TAMOU by Tom Prezman, Tzor Edery (IL), student film
- TANGO SPARKS by Maureen Zent (US)
- TATATA by YiYangSun (CN), student film
- TAXIMAN by Novella Lian (SG), student film
- THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEETH! by George ve Gänæaard, Horia Cucută (RO)
- THE BOX ASSASSIN by Jeremy Schaefer (US), student film
- THE CHORUS OF MILLENNIUM by Yin Chang, Li Junyi (CN), student film
- THE DEATH VENDOR by Jeon JInkyu (KR), student film
- THE FABRIC OF YOU by Josephine Lohoar Self (GB)
- THE GREAT MILESTONE by Ignasi López Fàbregas (ES)
- THE INFINITE by Simone Massi (IT)
- THE PASSERBY by Pieter COUDYZER (BE)
- TIME & AGAIN by Saachi Mehta (IN), student film
- TIME O´ THE SIGNS by Reinhold Bidner (AT)
- WADE by Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, Kalp Sanghvi (IN)
- WASHING MACHINE by Alexandra Májová (CZ)
- WEAR AND TEAR by Rory Kerr (IE), student film
- WHAT WILL YOU DO NOW, JOHN? by Pooja Pottenkulam (GB)
- WHERE DO DRAGONS COME FROM? by Grace Luzzi (BR)
- WOULD YOU PLEASE? by Ada Güvenir (BE), student film
- ZODIAC GOSSIP by Fabiola Tenorio (MX), student film
- ZORG II by Auden Lincoln-Vogel (EE), student film
RUSSIAN COMPETITION (in alphabetical order)
- 10 ТЫСЯЧ КИЛОМЕТРОВ by Varvara Ryabova, Sonya Silvestrova, student film
- 7 КОЗЛЯТ by Marina Karpova
- АННА, КОШКИ-МЫШКИ by Varya Yakovleva
- БА by Svetlana Filippova
- БАБА-ЯГА И МАЛЫШКА by Yevgenia Golubeva
- 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
- БЕГ ЗА СТЕНОЙ by Liana Makaryan
- БЕГОМАНИЯ by Dariya Stolbetsova
- БЕЛАЯ ЗМЕЯ by Polina Fedorova
- БЕСТЕЛЕСНАЯ КОМАНДА. ПРИКЛЮЧЕНИЯ СОЛДАТА КАБЛУКОВА by Alexey Turkus, Dmitry Kupriyanov
- БОКСБАЛЕТ by Anton Dyakov
- БОЛЬШОЙ И МАЛЕНЬКИЙ by Natalia Grofpel
- БОЛЬШОЙ by Anastasia Belousova
- ВЕСЕЛО – ЩЕНКИ by Varvara Lavrova, student film
- ВОЛК НАОБОРОТ by Irina Elshansky
- ВОЛК by Maria Yakushina
- ВСТРЕЧА by Polina Ivanushkina, student film
- ВТОРАЯ СРЕДА АПРЕЛЯ by Svetlana Karayeva, Maria Platonova, student film
- ВЫПУСКНОЙ by Darya Zimina
- ГОЛЫЙ by Kirill Khachaturov, student film
- ГОРОДСКАЯ КОЗА by Svetlana Razgulyaeva
- ДЕВОЧКА-ПТИЧКА by Ekaterina Nevostrueva
- ДЕКАНИМЕРОН-2 by Igor Melnikov, Alexandra Lukina, Sonya Melamud, Masha Yakushina, Zoya Kireeva, Ekaterina Kuricheva
- ДЕНЬ РОЖДЕНИЯ ПИШТО by Sonya Kendel
- ДИЧЬ — ИВАН ДОРН by Ruslana Mirzalieva
- ДЫЛДА by Anastasia Zhakulina
- ЖЕЛТЫЙ БУЛЬК by Svetlana Nagaeva
- ИГРА by Elena Kurkova
- ИДЕТ КОЗА РОГАТАЯ by Sergey Merinov
- «ИДИОТ» — ВЯЧЕСЛАВ БУТУСОВ by Vladimir Ponomarev
- ИЗ ГОВНА И ПАЛОК — LOQIEMEAN by Veronika Usoltseva, student film
- ИЗ-ПОД ЗЕМЛИ by Anna Lyubimtseva, Maria Afonina, student film
- КАК ГОВОРИЛ МОЙ ДЕД by Sasha Deeva, student film
- КАК РАЗБУДИТЬ МАМУ by Lubov Sobol
- КВАРТЕТ №2 by Anastasia Panina, student film
- КИБЕР-ЕВА by Katya Mikheeva, student film
- КОРАБЛИК, КОТОРЫЙ ХОТЕЛ ЛЕТАТЬ by Ekaterina Filippova
- КОРОЛЬ И ГРУША by Nastya Voronina
- КРЕПОСТЬ — ДАЙТЕ ТАНК! by Masha Mayorova, student film
- МАЛЕНЬКАЯ БОЛЬШАЯ МЕЧТА by Nina Bisyarina
- МАЛЬЧИК, КОТОРЫЙ КРИЧАЛ by Maria Serebryakova, student film
- МАМИН ПОМОЩНИК by Maria Savelyeva
- МЕДВЕДЬ by Slava Ushakov
- МЕТРО by Valentin Tyuterev, student film
- МОЙ ГАЛАКТИЧЕСКИЙ ДВОЙНИК ГАЛАКТИОН by Sasha Svirsky
- МОЙ ЗНАКОМЫЙ МЕДВЕДЬ by Ekaterina Sokolova
- МОКРЫЕ НОСОЧКИ БЕРТЫ РАЙЗ by Alexandra Shadrina
- МОНСТЕРА — ТЕРПЕНИЕ! by Katya Solonskaya, Lisa Rydvan, student film
- МУЕЗУМ by Andrey Bakhurin
- НА ХРЕНА МЫ ИДЕМ КТО? by Ivan Maximov
- НАЧАЛО СВЕТА by Anastasia Melikhova
- ОДЕЯЛКО by Marina Moshkova
- ОДИН ДЕНЬ by Anastasia Vereykina, student film
- ОНО ВЫДЕЛЯЛО ТЕПЛО — АИГЕЛ by Elina Belchenkova, Katya Morozova, student film
- ПАНДЕМИЯ by Polina Campioni
- ПАРАШЮТЫ — АЛЕНА АПИНА by Vladimir Vishnyakov, Daria Vyatkina
- ПАСТУХИ ОБЛАКОВ by Evgeny Fadeev
- ПРАЗДНИЧНЫЙ УЖИН by Natalia Abramova, student film
- ПРИВЕТ, БАБУЛЬНИК! by Natalia Mirzoyan
- ПРИНЦЕССА И БАНДИТ by Mikhail Aldashin, Maria Sosnina
- РОДИОН by Maria Yakushina
- 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
- РЫСЬ В ГОРОДЕ by Nina Bisyarina
- РЮКЗАК – ФИЛЬМ ИЗ ПРОЕКТА «МУЛЬТИПЕЛКИ» by Sergey Merinov
- САЛЮТ — ЯУЗА by Alex Budovsky
- СВИНГ by Lyudmila Skotnikova
- СЕЛЕЗЕНЬ, ВЕРЁВОЧКА И ЖЁЛУДЬ by Alina Titorenko, student film
- СОБАКИ ПАХНУТ МОРЕМ by Anastasia Lisovets, student film
- СУП — ФЁДОРОВ И КРУЗЕНШТЕРН by Nelly Ilyasova, Tanya Gagarina, Katya Chelyapina, Eliza Olkinskaya, Katya Ganah, student film
- СЧАСТЬЕ by Andrey Zhidkov
- СЪЕШЬ МЕНЯ! by Nastya Kamorina, student film
- ТЕПЛАЯ ЗВЕЗДА by Anna Kuzina
- ТЁПЛЫЙ СОЛЕНЫЙ ВЕТЕР by Мария Коржова, Мария Ларичева, София Петрова, student film
- ТУПОЙ ЧЕЛ — СУПЕРКОЗЛЫ by Sonya Gorya
- УТОЧКА И КЕНГУРУ by Liza Skvortsova
- УТРЕННЯЯ ЗВЕЗДА by Sasha Chirkov, Alisa Serbinenko, Katya Shiryaeva, Katya Snegireva, student film
- ХОЗЯЙКА МЕДНОЙ ГОРЫ by Dmitry Geller
- ЧИХ by Natalia Berezovaya
- ШКАФОВЫ by Andrey Bakhurin
- ШКОЛА РАЗВИТИЯ by Anastasiya Sokolova
- Я – РЫБА by Daria Melnikova, student film
- ЯБЛОНЕВЫЙ ЧЕЛОВЕК by Alla Vartanyan
- BATHWELL IN CLERKENTIME by Alex Budovsky
- FLORIAN by Pavel Loparev, Keshav Abrol, Lucas Londoño-Clayton, Alicia Velasco, student film
- GAME OVER by Natalia Berezovaya
- MOND – PFISTERMEN’S FRIENDS by Maria Savelyeva
- NA MOLDAVANKE MUSYKA IGRAYET – ORKESTAR KRIMINAL by Vera Zaikina, Anna Fedorova, student film
- PERFECT by Khe Yn O, student film
- PISA NA FULO — ДЕФЕСА by Alexey Ermolaev, Masha Ermolaeva, Gulnara Nizamieva, Lena Makarenko, Katya Shiryaeva, student film
- PuWu-R 5 by Sasha Svirsky
- PuWu-R 6 by Sasha Svirsky
- ROOM WITH A SEA VIEW by Leonid Shmelkov, student film
- SUPERMAN by Maria Yakushina
- THE BRUSHWOOD by Oleg Chuksin
- 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.