The largest sports film festival in Eastern Europe and the CIS countries, the International Sports Film Festival “KRASNOGORSKI” (IFSC) will be held in the capital region for the 21st time.
The festival program includes 51 works by filmmakers from Russia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Iran, Macedonia, Germany, and Turkey. These include 11 feature films, 37 documentaries and three animation films shot in the last two years.
Viewers will be presented with films dedicated to mountaineering, sports tourism, speleology, chess, as well as stories about the sporting achievements of Paralympic athletes, participants in the United Games of the Special Olympics – about people who win international competitions, open their own schools, and lead an active lifestyle.
The culmination of the last festival: presenter Dmitry Guberniev calls festival president Irina Rodnina and Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin to the stage to present awards.
“Sports cinema shows us the amazing power of spirit, willpower and desire to achieve goals that are inherent in real athletes. Films dedicated to sports motivate and teach us not to give up in the face of difficulties, overcome our boundaries and strive for heights. A distinctive feature of the 2023 competition program is the interest of filmmakers in sports that allow us to see the beauty of our country’s nature,” said the permanent president of the festival, three-time Olympic champion in figure skating, Irina Rodnina.
The festival jury, headed by director Evgeny Gerasimov, included: film director, president of the Victory Day International Film Festival Sergei Rusakov, director, artist and screenwriter Marat Kim, actress Valeria Arlanova, honored figure skating coach Elena Chaikovskaya, three-time Olympic champion, president of the Ski Racing Federation Russia’s Elena Vyalbe and the President of the Russian Skateboarding Federation Ilya Vdovin. The jury will have to determine the winners of the XXI IFSC in 12 categories, including the Grand Prix, special jury prize and audience award.
The opening ceremony of the festival will begin on October 26 at 18:30 at the Poklonka cinema on the territory of the Victory Museum in Moscow. The opening film will be “Forward!” Kazakh director Yernar Nurgaliev. This is an incredible story of two brothers who end up in the world of sports from the world of crime; about the twists and turns and trials as a result of which one of them manages to defeat the world champion in marathon running.
Screenings of the competition program will take place at venues in Moscow and the Moscow region from October 26 to November 1. Admission is free, but registration is required. You can get acquainted with the program of the XXI IFSC on the website Sportfilmsfest.org, and register to participate in ceremonies or watch films on the TIMEPAD.RU service. The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Russian Olympic Committee.
Source: Rosbalt
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