Dates – July 2023
Festival goals:
- development of cinematography;
- moral education of children and adolescents;
- the formation of personality with the help of cinema;
- initiation of the younger generation to spiritual culture;
- increasing the interest in creating films focused on children and youth audiences.
Festival tasks:
- to fill the world with good pictures with humane ideas, moral values in order to make our world brighter;
- to revive children’s, youth and family cinema;
- to draw the attention of society around the world to social problems that are associated with children, people in need and nature;
- to promote true, universal spiritual values;
- to educate a new generation of filmmakers;
- to expand and strengthen filmmakers connections from different countries both for children and youth;
- to draw the attention of state, public and commercial organizations to supporting children’s and family filmmaking as well as to encouraging of the young authors.
The International Children’s Film and Television Festival “KINOSVET” includes various programs for participation:
Filmmakers aged 10 to 18 who work in film/television studios, film schools, creative associations or shoot their works on their own with a camera or phone can take part in the “KinoLeader” program.
Authors over 18 years of age can take part in the “KinoProfi” program. The selection committee of the festival accepts professional films for children and teenagers made by film/television studios, film schools, creative associations. Independent works of individual authors are also accepted.
Authors over 18 years of age can take part in the program “Hallowed be Thy Name”. In this program the selection committee considers professional films for any age audience, touching on the topics of relationships with God, life according to universal spiritual laws. Films about saints in various spiritual traditions, about miracles are also accepted, where the authors share their experience of contact with the Almighty in the beautiful language of cinema.
Films for participation in the festival are accepted by the SELECTION Committee.
Those who wish to submit a film for participation in the festival must complete and submit an application for participation in the established Organization committee term.
All films participating in the festival must be sent along with the application to the organizing committee of the festival no later than April 14, 2023.
Any number of works can be submitted from one author to participate in the festival program.
Films that have been shown at other film festivals may take part in the competition.
Films that were sent to the competition program in previous years to “KINOSVET” cannot participate in the festival.
The festival management reserves the right to use film fragments for festival promotional purposes.
Technical requirements
Only works with subtitles in English are accepted for participation in the International Children’s Film and Television Festival “KINOSVET”.
The selection committee of the festival gives priority to films that raise issues of friendship, loyalty, unity, honor, love, compassion, mercy, respect, diligence, responsibility, patience, sincerity and other moral values.
All submitted works must be free of:
– scenes and plots that offend the feelings of believers (of various faiths and religions);
– plots and frames that advertise or promote drugs, alcohol, smoking and other bad habits;
– scenes of cruelty and violence;
– profanity and obscene expressions.
Duration of the work is not limited.
To participate in the festival, you need to provide materials for the booklet: annotation for the film; director’s photo; 2 frames from the competition film – and send to the festival’s e-mail before May 21, 2023: festivalkinosvet@gmail.com
The organizers of the festival are not responsible for errors and inaccuracies contained in the submitted application.
Mounted fragments or excerpts from several programs are not accepted.
The organizers of the festival are not responsible for the violation by the participants of the copyrights of third parties.
If the winner cannot attend the festival, then a copy of the diploma will be sent to him by e-mail, and Org. the committee may invite participants out of the competition at its discretion.
For any questions, please contact us at: festivalkinosvet@gmail.com
Festival stages
The festival takes place in three stages:
Stage I (organizational) takes place from November 14, 2022 to May 14, 2023. The organizing committee accepts applications for nominations.
Stage II (selection) – from April 14 to May 14, 2023. The selection committee reviews films and selects the festival nominees.
Stage III – (competitive) July 2023.
Creative associations, studios, family groups, authors and groups of film authors who have passed the second qualifying stage are invited to participate in the third stage of the festival.
Awards
The festival includes the following programs and nominations:
“KinoLeader” program (directors aged 10 to 18):
- Feature Film
- Documentary
- Animated film
- TV program
- Social video
In each nomination the best works from all over the world will be selected.
“KinoProfi” program (directors over 18):
- Feature film for children
- Documentary for children
- Animated film for children
- TV program for children
- Social video for children
In each nomination the best works from all over the world will be selected.
The program “Hallowed be Thy Name” (directors over 18):
- Feature Film
- Documentary
- Animated film
- TV program
- Social video
In each nomination the best works from all over the world will be selected.
Festival Rules
The KINOSVET festival is a spiritual and moral event, the purpose of which is to support moral values, goodness all over the world, as well as the development of a healthy lifestyle through personal example, therefore there are certain rules at our festival.
On the territory of the festival it is prohibited:
- The use of any alcoholic, tobacco, drug products.
- Any aggressive and disrespectful behavior.
- Profanity.
- Any disrespectful treatment of food
If a participant violates one of these rules during the festival the organizing committee will be forced to ask the participant to leave the festival.