IV International Festival of Animation Arts “Multivision” took place at 2-3 December at the Rodina cinema center in St.Petersburg

Download the catalog (pdf, 600 kb) On the forth year of its existance the festival widely expanded it’s international program which was very impressive this year. Instead of usual one day and night, the festival screening took 2 days to the huge public response.

Our congratulations for the winners of the competition!!!

Grand Prix & The Best Experimental Animation	1 Place
Янсан Режиссер Карлос Эдуардо Ногейра Бразилия
Yansan Directed by Carlos Eduardo Nogueira Produced by Mayra Lucas Brazil	Our Man in Nirvana Directed by Jan Koester producer: Ole Nicolaisen Germany
2 Place	3 Place
FLESH Directed by EDOUARD SALIER Production: AUTOUR DE MINUIT France	“GUIDE DOG” Directed by Bill Plypmton U.S.A.
Best Animation for Children & 5 place	Best Internet Animation & 9 place
Masquerade Denis Chernov, Alexey Lebedev Alexander Guerassimov, Ilya Popov, Anatoly Prohorov Petersburg studios, Russia	The Animal. Evguenia Golubeva, Russia
4 place – Shish, Directed by Marina Karpova, Pilot studios, Russia, 6 place – ‘Ce que je suis’, Directed by Joris CLERTE, France; 7 place (Three-way tie)– CARLITOPOLIS, Directed by Luis NIETO , France; The Tale Tell Heart, Directed by Raul Garcia, Spain – Luxembourg ; Yarn, Directed by Reka Gacs, Great Britain; 8 place – Sprossling, Directed by Anne Breymann, Germany, 10 place – Herzen and Tolstoy, Directed by Darina Schmidt, Alexander Druzhinin, Russia Svetlonos (Torch Bearer) Director: Václav Švankmajer, Czech Repubic is mentioned by jury as the Most Disputed Film

The Jury:

• Iliya Maksimov
  Director of  the first russian feature-length animated films The Dwarf’s Nose, Dobrynia Nikitych and Zmey Gorynytch (Melnitsa Studios).
• Dmitry Vysotsky – animated film director and artist
• Andrey Sicorsky – animated film director and artist
• Bella Matveeva – painter, the Member of the New Academy of Fine Arts
• Gala Filatova – artist and perfrmancist, the founder of Purga art-club
• Arcady Ippolitov – Senior Curator of The State Hermitage Museum
• Serguey Ushan – Creative Director of Zero Communication Agency and Zero Cinema Club

The organizers wish to express their gratitude to everyone who participated in the festival. Your works have had a huge impact on the development of and interest in animation art in Russia. We look forward to further cooperation and invite you and your colleagues to take part in the next edition of the Multivision festival.

Yours faithfully,
Svetlana Petrova, Festival Director

On 20 November 2004, at the Baltiskii Dom theatre in St. Petersburg, Multivision 2004, the 2nd International Festival of Animation Art, took place to huge public response. – 25.11.2004

On the second year of its existence, the festival had considerably expanded its program including an all night marathon screening and a day time children’s programme. And, for the first time, a competition was held for the best animation films in various categories.

Following are the Prize Winners:

The God Written, directed and illustrated by Elena Chernova Produced by Pilot Studios, Moscow, 2003

First Place:

2+1= Режиссе, сценарист, художник: Елена Чернова Московская анимационная студия “Пилот”, 2003 г.

Second Place (Three-way tie):

	Second Place and Best Children’s Film Smeshariki (collection of animated films for children) Directed by Denis Chernov Written by Alexey Lebedev Illustrated by Salavat Shaiginurov, Maria Susidko Produced by Petersburg Studios, 2004
	Second Place and Critics Choice Award Kunstbar Directed by Steve Whitehouse, Canada
	Autumn Rise Directed by Alexandra Uvarova Debut work by Aleksandra Uvarova, student at the St. Petersburg University of Cinema and TV

Third Place:

300 Stories About Petersburgers Concept by Alexander Druzhinin and Andrey Karpushin Directed and illustrated by Djangir Sulaymanov Screenplay by Andrey Karpushin, Djangir Sulaymanov, Gosha Shpektrov, Denis Eleonsky Produced by Show Reel Studios

Best Internet Animation:

Magazinchik BO Directed by Oleg Kuvayev and Katya Gorelova Produced by Mult.ru Studios

The Jury:

• Irina Evteeva is the jury’s chairman. she is a professor in the Faculty of Motion Picture Art at St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television. She is also a director for Lenfilm Studios
• Anastasy Kuryohina – Director of the International Center of Modern
  Art
• Andrey Zonin – Director of the State Institute for Cultural Programs
• Vasily Konovalov – Professor and Vice-Chancellor of Animation and Graphics at the St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and TV
• Ivan Savenkov – Artist and animator
• Olesya Turkina – Senior Curator, Contemporary Art Department of The State Rus-sian Museum
• Rosana Zelma – Artistic Director for MultTeleFilm Studio and Screen Studio
• Sergey Debizhev – Film director

The organizers wish to express their gratitude to everyone who participated in the festival. Your works have had a huge impact on the development of and interest in animation art in Russia. We look forward to further cooperation and invite you and your colleagues to take part in Multivision 2005 – the 3rd International Festival of Animation Art.

Yours faithfully,
Svetlana Petrova, Artistic Director
Alexander Druzhinin, Director of Programming
Alla Kladova, Managing Director