Festivals

A unique teaching
methodology in MSNC
has already given its results.

Every year student's films are sent to the world's leading festivals. Films of students took part and received prizes in the competitive programs of many international film festivals. Among them Cannes Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Amsterdam Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival, Kinotavr, Artdkofest, Thessaloniki Film Festival, Window to Europe Film Festival
and many others.


«Tekbetek» (2014) directed by Ismail Safarali
«Tekbetek» (2014) directed by Ismail Safarali
«Christmas» (2013) directed by Ruslan Fedotov, Sasha Kulak
«Christmas» (2013) directed by Ruslan Fedotov, Sasha Kulak
«Salarié oriental» (2015) directed by Rinat Bekchintayev, Egor Shevchenko
«Salarié oriental» (2015) directed by Rinat Bekchintayev, Egor Shevchenko
«Holy Days» (2016) directed by Alina Filippova
«Holy Days» (2016) directed by Alina Filippova
«Fire» (2016) directed by Nadya Zakharova
«Fire» (2016) directed by Nadya Zakharova
More works
12
Festivals and prizes
iff Cannes
  • 2018 "Calendar" Igor Poplauhin and Evgeny Rodin -
    second place in the competition Cinefondation
  • 2015 "14 steps" Maxim Shavkin and Anton Gromov
iff Locarno
  • 2015 "Salarié oriental" Rinat Bekchintayev and Egor Shevchenko
iff Moscow
  • 2017 "Rina" Arthur Grigoryev
  • 2017 "Superhero" Marina Cherry
  • 2015 "14 steps" Maxim Shavkin - "The best short film" prize
San Sebastian iff
  • 2018 "Sirin" Andrey Klychnikov and Veronika Solovyeva
IDFA
  • 2017 "Songs for Kit" Ruslan Fedotov
  • 2015 "Salamanca" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak
  • 2015 "Ok good" Sasha Kulak
Hot Docs Toronto
  • 2015 "Salamanca" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak
DOK Leipzig
  • 2018 "The Wolf and the Seven Kids" Elena Gutkina
    and Genrikh Ignatov
Kinotavr
  • 2018 "Calendar" Igor Poplauhin and Evgeny Rodin - the main prize
    for the best film and prize for best debut
  • 2016 "Zabelin" Nika Barabash and Andreas Kostandakes
  • 2016 "The night flow" Ismail Safarali - the winner of the project market
  • 2015 "Like a life without love" Svetlana Samoshina
iff 2morrow
  • 2016 "Holy Days" Alina Filippova
  • 2015 "Salarié oriental" Rinat Bekchintayev and Egor Shevchenko
  • 2015 "Yuha" Maria Ignatenko
Artdocfest
  • 2017 "Recalling New Feelings" Lilia Prelskaya
  • 2017 "Songs for Kit" Ruslan Fedotov
  • 2016 "Inner rap" Margarita Zakharova
  • 2016 "Fire" Nadya Zakharova
  • 2015 "Salamanca" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak - special jury prize
  • 2015 "Ok good" Sasha Kulak
iff Koroche
  • 2018 "Mum I Will Call You Back" Ekaterina Stashevskaya
  • 2018 "Attraction" Dmitry Tarkhov
  • 2018 "Type 8" Lena Lanskih
  • 2017 "Rina" Arthur Grigoryev
  • 2016 "Giraffe" Ilya Silaev - special jury prize
  • 2016 "Magic of Love" Oleg Masalov
  • 2016 "One floor above they sing until someone swims with dolphins"
    Vic Lashchenov
  • 2015 "The Tiger Who Came to Tea" Ekaterina Stashevskaya
  • 2013 "Death of a tourist" Artem Moskalev
Window to Europe
  • 2017 "The dust of time" Nadya Zakharova
  • 2017 "Kmchtk" Katya Dikova
  • 2015 "Fin" Daniil Sharypin
  • 2014 "Christmas" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak
iff Thessaloniki
  • 2013 "Body's Memory" Valentina Antonova - a special note
    by the jury and a diploma of the festival
Beat Film Festival
  • 2018 "Dramatic and Mild" Nastia Korkia
  • 2018 "No Ribbons Trophies Medals" Sasha Kulak
  • 2018 "Attacca" Alina Filippova
  • 2017 "Artemiev: interview" Margarita Zakharova
  • 2016 "Postoto" Margarita Filippova
  • 2016 "Forget me not" Leila Masharipova and Maria Kapranova
  • 2016 "Inner rap" Margarita Zakharova - prize for the best film
    in the program "Smena"
  • 2015 "Ok good" Sasha Kulak
TISFF
  • 2016 "Consecutive Scenes" Veta Geraskina
  • 2016 "Holy Days" Alina Filippova
iff Montreal
  • 2016 "22" Igor Poplauhin and Evgeny Rodin
Pacific Meridian
  • 2018 "Calendar" Igor Poplauhin and Evgeny Rodin
  • 2018 "Type 8" Lena Lanskih
  • 2017 "Storge" Katya Selenkina and Alexey Kurbatov
  • 2016 "Zabelin" Nika Barabash and Andreas Kostandakes -
    "The best short film" prize
Saint Anna
  • 2018 "Type 8" Lena Lanskih - II prize of the jury and prize
    for the best actor's work
  • 2018 "Point of No Return" Yana Chernukha and Maxim Bogomazov
  • 2018 "Butterflies breathe otherwise" Ekaterina Perfilova
    and Valentina Kryshova
  • 2018 "Hammer" Dmitry Tarkhov and Svetlana Romanova
  • 2017 "My Brother" Nina Volova and Kirill Khachaturov
  • 2017 "Sign" Svetlana Samoshina and Anna Arushanyan - diploma
    of the jury "for professionalism"
  • 2017 "Recalling New Feelings" Lilia Prelskaya
  • 2017 "That's all I wanted to say" Aleksandra Ivaschenko
    and Leonid Nikiforenko
  • 2016 "Before the end of the world" Andrius Mishkinis
    and Aleksandra Romanova-Shevskaya
  • 2016 "Cocoon" Marat Muradov and Leonid Nikiforenko
  • 2016 "Transition" Arseniy Syukhin
  • 2016 "After you" Ilya Silaev
  • 2016 "Alice" Daria Slyusarenko and Zarina Kodzaeva
  • 2016 "Stones in the water" Maria Zelinskaya and Veronika Solovyeva
  • 2016 "Magic of Love" Oleg Masalov
  • 2015 "Certainly" Aleksandra Ivaschenko and Andrey Luninsky
  • 2015 "Antiavatar" Maxim Gusev and Margarita Zakharova
  • 2014 "Sophie" Zhanna Karabalayeva and Evgeny Rodin
  • 2014 "Christmas" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak - diploma of the jury
  • 2013 "Round Lake" Maria Karpovich
  • 2013 "Mary is not present" Rinat Bekchintayev and Valentina Antonova
  • 2013 "Сontempt" Zhanna Karabalayeva and Ivan Gromov - prize
    for the Best Cinematography
Message to Man
  • 2018 "Hermit" Artem Moskalev
  • 2018 "Songs for Kit" Ruslan Fedotov
  • 2018 "The Wolf and the Seven Kids" Elena Gutkina
    and Genrikh Ignatov
  • 2018 "Dépaysée" Ruslan Fedotov
  • 2018 "Calendar" Igor Poplauhin and Evgeny Rodin
  • 2018 "Dramatic and Mild" Nastia Korkia
  • 2017 "One Day" Daria Markina
  • 2016 "Fire" Nadya Zakharova - prize "Centaur" for the best
    full-length documentary film of the national competition
  • 2015 "Ok good" Sasha Kulak
  • 2015 "Salamanca" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak - diploma
    "For the film about the complexities of personal choice"
  • 2014 "Christmas" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak
DOKer
  • 2018 "The Wolf and the Seven Kids" Elena Gutkina and Genrikh
    Ignatov - the best camematography work and the best sound
  • 2016 "Working Village" Artem Ignatiev and Anton Petrov
Cannes Lions
  • 2017 "Coffee is not a drug" Artur Miroshnichenko
  • 2016 "The sound of change. Subterranean street society"
    Artur Miroshnichenko
Kinoshock
  • 2015 "It Is Good to Wander the World" Denis Spiridonov
  • 2015 "Salarié oriental" Rinat Bekchintayev and Egor Shevchenko
  • 2014 "Sophie" Zhanna Karabalayeva and Evgeny Rodin
Phoenix Film Festival
  • 2016 "Again and again" Alla Cheremisina Irina Gorovaya
    and Leonid Reznik
Euro Film Festival
  • 2014 "River" Artur Miroshnichenko
iff Listopad
  • 2016 "Fire" Nadya Zakharova - prize for the best cinematography
    work in the competition of national film schools
  • 2015 "Salamanca" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak - prize
    for the best documentary
Sguardi Altrove ff
  • 2016 "Fire" Nadya Zakharova - prize for the best film
    in the nomination "Le Donne Raccontano"
Lucania ff
  • 2017 "The dust of time" Nadya Zakharova
FIDMarseille
  • 2016 "The Pleroma" Ivan Kurbakov
Spirit of Fire
  • 2017 "One Day" Daria Markina
  • 2017 "Sign" Svetlana Samoshina and Anna Arushanyan
  • 2016 "Consecutive Scenes" Veta Geraskina
  • 2016 "22" Igor Poplauhin and Evgeny Rodin
  • 2014 "Tekbetek" Ismail Safarali and Veronika Solovyeva
iff Camerimage
  • 2017 "Storge" Katya Selenkina and Alexey Kurbatov
  • 2014 "Christmas" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak
Kansk Video Festival
  • 2016 "Towards the Figure of Father" Liza Babenko
  • 2016 "One floor above they sing until someone swims with dolphins"
    Vic Lashchenov
iff Zerkalo
  • 2016 "Zabelin" Nika Barabash and Andreas Kostandakes
  • 2015 "Free days" Artem Moskalev
  • 2014 "Ball of chrysanthemums" Dina Karaman
  • 2013 "Dominic wants to tell stories" Dina Karaman
  • 2013 "Memory" Masha Kharitonova
Kinodot
  • 2014 "Junction" Andrey Klychnikov - special mention of the jury
iff Bosphorus
  • 2015 "A Lullaby for Yuki" Ismail Safarali and Veronika Solovyeva
Shnit
  • 2017 "Sign" Svetlana Samoshina and Anna Arushanyan - Audience Award
  • 2016 "22" Igor Poplauhin and Evgeny Rodin
iff Odessa
  • 2016 "Towards the Figure of Father" Liza Babenko
12 Months ff
  • 2016 "Giraffe" Ilya Silaev
iff Auburn
  • 2014 "Sophie" Zhanna Karabalayeva and Evgeny Rodin
Short film corner iff Cannes
  • 2017 "Chita" Dmitry Tarkhov Katya Smolina and Svetlana Romanova
  • 2016 "First call" Alexander Shigorin
  • 2015 "Father" Alexander Shigorin
  • 2015 "Eight steps to a height" Ruslan Kotkovets
Toronto Arthouse ff
  • 2016 "One floor above they sing until someone swims with dolphins"
    Vic Lashchenov
Short to the Point
  • 2016 "One floor above they sing until someone swims with dolphins"
    Vic Lashchenov
iff Lisbon
  • 2016 "One floor above they sing until someone swims with dolphins"
    Vic Lashchenov
iff Sesily
  • 2014 "Sophie" Zhanna Karabalayeva and Evgeny Rodin
Rudnik
  • 2018 "Songs for Kit" Ruslan Fedotov - grand-prix for the best film -
    audience award
  • 2018 "Dramatic and Mild" Nastia Korkia
  • 2016 "Fire" Nadya Zakharova - grand-prix for the best film
Dvizheniye
  • 2017 "Sea of Tranquility" Ismail Safarali and Evgeny Rodin
  • 2015 "Without color" Daniil Sharypin
  • 2014 "Christmas" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak
iff Sose
  • 2016 "Again and again" Alla Cheremisina Irina Gorovaya
    and Leonid Reznik
Kinoproba
  • 2016 "One floor above they sing until someone swims with dolphins"
    Vic Lashchenov
  • 2015 "Underground" Konstantin Bushmanov
  • 2015 "Salarié oriental" Rinat Bekchintayev and Egor Shevchenko
New York Eurasian ff
  • 2014 "Tekbetek" Ismail Safarali and Veronika Solovyeva
iff Yakutsk
  • 2016 "Fire" Nadya Zakharova - winner of the documentary
    film competition program
European ff
  • 2016 "One floor above they sing until someone swims with dolphins"
    Vic Lashchenov
Foresight ff
  • 2017 "A Right on Ficus" Olga Gdulya
iff Konik
  • 2017 "Rina" Arthur Grigoryev
  • 2014 "Sophie" Zhanna Karabalayeva and Evgeny Rodin -
    prize "for the searching for a new cinema language"
iff Uruguay
  • 2015 "Fin" Daniil Sharypin
Tree of Life
  • 2014 "Christmas" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak
Kolkata Shorts ff
  • 2015 "Like a life without love" Svetlana Samoshina -
    prize for the best cinematography work
Microfest
  • 2017 "Nah talnax" Ilya Silaev and Daria Slyusarenko -
    special jury prize
iff Docudays
  • 2015 "Salamanca" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak - special prize
DocPoint Helsinki
  • 2015 "Salamanca" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak
iff Guanajuato
  • 2015 "Salamanca" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak
iff Camden
  • 2015 "Salamanca" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak
Moscow premiere
  • 2015 "14 steps" Maxim Shavkin - Audience Award "Art-line"
I see God
  • 2016 "Forgive me" Dmitry Tarkhov
  • 2015 "Drop in the ocean" Lyudmila Dmitrieva
iff des Peuples
  • 2015 "Salamanca" Ruslan Fedotov and Sasha Kulak - prize
    for the best mid-length film
East Coast ff
  • 2016 "Again and again" Alla Cheremisina Irina Gorovaya
    and Leonid Reznik
The São Paulo Times ff
  • 2016 "Again and again" Alla Cheremisina Irina Gorovaya
    and Leonid Reznik
Martinique ff
  • 2016 "Again and again" Alla Cheremisina Irina Gorovaya
    and Leonid Reznik
Horror online art
  • 2016 "Magic of Love" Oleg Masalov
Post Mortem
  • 2016 "Magic of Love" Oleg Masalov
iff Fresco (Yerevan)
  • 2014 "Sophie" Zhanna Karabalayeva and Evgeny Rodin
Budapest Short Film Festival
  • 2014 "Sophie" Zhanna Karabalayeva and Evgeny Rodin
Vision
  • 2014 "Sophie" Zhanna Karabalayeva and Evgeny Rodin
iff Kin (Yerevan)
  • 2014 "Sophie" Zhanna Karabalayeva and Evgeny Rodin
iff Golden Anteaters
  • 2014 "Sophie" Zhanna Karabalayeva and Evgeny Rodin
Radiant Angel
  • 2016 "Alice's dreams" Yana Chernukha
  • 2014 "Sophie" Zhanna Karabalayeva and Evgeny Rodin
l’Alternativa Independent ff
  • 2015 "Ok good" Sasha Kulak
GeoFilm Festival
  • 2016 "Forgive me" Dmitry Tarkhov
  • 2016 "Not a Hollywood movie" Dmitry Tarkhov
  • 2016 "Alice's dreams" Yana Chernukha
Filmets Badalona ff
  • 2016 "The Maid" Elena Klepatskaya and Anton Petrov
Autumn Shorts ff
  • 2016 "Again and again" Alla Cheremisina Irina Gorovaya
    and Leonid Reznik
Watersprite ff
  • 2017 "Not indifferent" Ilya Silaev and Vic Lashchenov
8 women
  • 2018 "Not my story" Alena Alenkina and Anastasia Ivanova -
    the jury's prize
iff Al-Nahj
  • 2018 "Hammer" Dmitry Tarkhov and Svetlana Romanova
Barselona Planet ff
  • 2017 "Chita" Dmitry Tarkhov Katya Smolina and Svetlana Romanova
Largo Film Awards
  • 2017 "Chita" Dmitry Tarkhov Katya Smolina and Svetlana Romanova
We Care Film Festival
  • 2018 "Not my story" Alena Alenkina and Anastasia Ivanova
  • 2016 "Forgive me" Dmitry Tarkhov
AFG Global Festival
  • 2017 "Chita" Dmitry Tarkhov Katya Smolina and Svetlana Romanova
International Festival of Ethnological Film
  • 2017 "The dust of time" Nadya Zakharova
Woodengate ff
  • 2018 "Point of No Return" Yana Chernukha and Maxim Bogomazov -
    winners in the nomination "The best student"
  • 2017 "Chita" Dmitry Tarkhov Katya Smolina and Svetlana Romanova - winners in the nomination "The best student"
Human cinema
  • 2017 "Chita" Dmitry Tarkhov Katya Smolina and Svetlana Romanova -
    the prize for the best film and for the best film editing
Vkratze!
  • 2017 "Chita" Dmitry Tarkhov Katya Smolina and Svetlana Romanova
Amur Autumn
  • 2017 "Chita" Dmitry Tarkhov Katya Smolina and Svetlana Romanova
LISFE (Leiden)
  • 2018 "Mum I Will Call You Back" Ekaterina Stashevskaya
    and Andrey Luninsky
iff Cine-Literature
Of Agadir
  • 2017 "Chita" Dmitry Tarkhov Katya Smolina and Svetlana Romanova
River Film Festival
  • 2018 "Project t" Ksenia Galyga
SalónInternacional
de La Luz
  • 2018 "I believe" Maria Kosobokova
Female Eye Film Festival
  • 2016 "The Maid" Elena Klepatskaya and Anton Petrov
Voices iff (Vologda)
  • 2018 "Calendar" Igor Poplauhin and Evgeny Rodin
  • 2017 "Rina" Arthur Grigoryev
Eurasia iff
  • 2018 "Calendar" Igor Poplauhin and Evgeny Rodin - diploma
    "Special mention of the jury" in the short film competition
Gorky fest
  • 2018 "Calendar" Igor Poplauhin and Evgeny Rodin
  • 2018 "Type 8" Lena Lanskih - special jury prize
    "For creating an image of a person opposed to the system"
Alaska iff
  • 2018 "Nazirite" Timofey Dorogoychenko and Ivan Kadamer -
    Denali award
Sarajevo Film Festival
  • 2018 "Calendar" Igor Poplauhin and Evgeny Rodin