On May 23, a special award ceremony for the winners of the V Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival took place at the Representative Office of the Kaluga Region Government under the Government of the Russian Federation in Moscow.
The festival was held from April 12 to 16 in Kaluga and the Kaluga Region under the leadership of People's Artist of Russia Igor Ugolnikov. The main venue was the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics named after K. Tsiolkovsky. This year, the competition program featured around 100 films from 30 countries, with the best films announced on the final day of the festival during the closing ceremony and press conference.
The festival’s partner, the watchmaking company Russian Time, prepared special prizes - watches from a collection developed in collaboration with Hero of the Russian Federation, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, designed for his mission to the ISS and spacewalk. Last Thursday, Oleg Novitsky personally presented these watches to the winners of the V Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival.
The festival was held from April 12 to 16 in Kaluga and the Kaluga Region under the leadership of People's Artist of Russia Igor Ugolnikov. The main venue was the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics named after K. Tsiolkovsky. This year, the competition program featured around 100 films from 30 countries, with the best films announced on the final day of the festival during the closing ceremony and press conference.
The festival’s partner, the watchmaking company Russian Time, prepared special prizes - watches from a collection developed in collaboration with Hero of the Russian Federation, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, designed for his mission to the ISS and spacewalk. Last Thursday, Oleg Novitsky personally presented these watches to the winners of the V Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival.
The event was attended by festival organizers, jury members, special guests, and, of course, the winners of the V Tsiolkovsky Film Festival.
Festival President, People's Artist of Russia Igor Ugolnikov, reminded the audience that the festival hosts competitions in feature films, documentaries, animation, and full-dome films, awarding four Grand Prix: Tsiolkovsky, Korolev, Klushantsev, and Gagarin - the latter being introduced this year and awarded for the first time.
Igor Ugolnikov also expressed his gratitude to Vladimir Potyomkin, Deputy Governor of the Kaluga Region and Head of the Kaluga Region Representative Office under the Government of the Russian Federation, for supporting the festival and providing the opportunity to hold the award ceremony in this unique venue.
Festival President, People's Artist of Russia Igor Ugolnikov, reminded the audience that the festival hosts competitions in feature films, documentaries, animation, and full-dome films, awarding four Grand Prix: Tsiolkovsky, Korolev, Klushantsev, and Gagarin - the latter being introduced this year and awarded for the first time.
Igor Ugolnikov also expressed his gratitude to Vladimir Potyomkin, Deputy Governor of the Kaluga Region and Head of the Kaluga Region Representative Office under the Government of the Russian Federation, for supporting the festival and providing the opportunity to hold the award ceremony in this unique venue.
Acknowledgments were also extended to Vasily Kuznetsov, General Director of the Russian Federation of Cosmonautics, as well as to the jury members of the Tsiolkovsky Film Festival, including Andrey Kondrashov, General Director of the Russian News Agency TASS; playwright and producer Yevgeny Shchedrin; screenwriter and development director of the ETNOMIR project Ilya Chikolini; and Jury Chair Natalia Abakumova, Director of the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics named after K. Tsiolkovsky.
Igor Ugolnikov noted that TASS serves as the festival’s key media partner and has provided support throughout its history. In 2024, Andrey Kondrashov joined the festival jury.
Igor Ugolnikov noted that TASS serves as the festival’s key media partner and has provided support throughout its history. In 2024, Andrey Kondrashov joined the festival jury.
“TASS was the first to announce to the entire world that Yuri Gagarin had flown into space. To this day, TASS remains closely connected to space exploration; we work closely with Roscosmos, and every ISS crew rotation includes a TASS correspondent,” said Kondrashov.
Vladlen Nevzorov, General Director of Russian Time, shared with the guests why the company began making watches for cosmonauts and what makes Oleg Novitsky’s timepiece unique. Each year, Russian Time supports the Tsiolkovsky Film Festival by preparing exclusive prizes for its participants.
On this day, at the Representative Office of the Kaluga Region in Moscow, the special awards of the V Tsiolkovsky Film Festival were presented to:
🏆 Natalia Anisimova – Director, screenwriter, and composer of the documentary Meteorite Hunter (Grand Prix “Tsiolkovsky”)
🏆 Lidia Vasilevskaya – Screenwriter of the documentary How I Became a Cosmonaut (Director: Pavel Baydikov) (Grand Prix “Korolev”)
🏆 Elena Potanina – Screenwriter of the documentary Gagarin: The Second Orbit Around Earth (Director: Nikita Snegov) (Grand Prix “Gagarin”)
🏆 Anna Filippova – Director of the documentary Embracing the World (Roscosmos State Corporation Award)
🏆 Larisa Smirnova – Director of the documentary Valentina Tereshkova: The Fire of My Soul (Governor of the Kaluga Region Award)
🏆 Ruslan Bozhko – Director of the short documentary Tsiolkovsky: Guest from the Future (City of Kaluga Award)
🏆 Oksana Leonova and Tatyana Ogorodnikova – Producers of the documentary Alexei Leonov: Space Within (Best Educational Project)
🏆 Oksana Popovich – Producer of the documentary People of the Sky (Best Socio-Cultural Project)
🏆 Alexander Merzhanov – Director of the documentary Sergey Korolev: The Unfulfilled Dream (Best Documentary Film)
🏆 Olga Gorshkova – Director, screenwriter, and producer of the short documentary The Lost Fleet (Best Documentary Short Film)
🏆 Alina Borodina – Director and producer of the short feature film And They Lived Happily Ever After (Best Short Feature Film)
🏆 Olga Titova – Director of the animated short Socks for the Star (Best Animated Short Film)
🏆 Ekaterina Parshina – Screenwriter and director of the animated short Better Safe Than Sorry (Best Animated Short Film)
The 2024 Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival was held with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, the State Corporation “Roscosmos,” the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Research Institute, Rossotrudnichestvo, the Government and Ministry of Culture of the Kaluga Region, the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky, the Association of Planetariums of Russia, and other public and commercial organizations.
The festival’s media partners include Roscosmos Media and TRK Nika.
The festival’s key media partner is TASS.
Vladlen Nevzorov, General Director of Russian Time, shared with the guests why the company began making watches for cosmonauts and what makes Oleg Novitsky’s timepiece unique. Each year, Russian Time supports the Tsiolkovsky Film Festival by preparing exclusive prizes for its participants.
On this day, at the Representative Office of the Kaluga Region in Moscow, the special awards of the V Tsiolkovsky Film Festival were presented to:
🏆 Natalia Anisimova – Director, screenwriter, and composer of the documentary Meteorite Hunter (Grand Prix “Tsiolkovsky”)
🏆 Lidia Vasilevskaya – Screenwriter of the documentary How I Became a Cosmonaut (Director: Pavel Baydikov) (Grand Prix “Korolev”)
🏆 Elena Potanina – Screenwriter of the documentary Gagarin: The Second Orbit Around Earth (Director: Nikita Snegov) (Grand Prix “Gagarin”)
🏆 Anna Filippova – Director of the documentary Embracing the World (Roscosmos State Corporation Award)
🏆 Larisa Smirnova – Director of the documentary Valentina Tereshkova: The Fire of My Soul (Governor of the Kaluga Region Award)
🏆 Ruslan Bozhko – Director of the short documentary Tsiolkovsky: Guest from the Future (City of Kaluga Award)
🏆 Oksana Leonova and Tatyana Ogorodnikova – Producers of the documentary Alexei Leonov: Space Within (Best Educational Project)
🏆 Oksana Popovich – Producer of the documentary People of the Sky (Best Socio-Cultural Project)
🏆 Alexander Merzhanov – Director of the documentary Sergey Korolev: The Unfulfilled Dream (Best Documentary Film)
🏆 Olga Gorshkova – Director, screenwriter, and producer of the short documentary The Lost Fleet (Best Documentary Short Film)
🏆 Alina Borodina – Director and producer of the short feature film And They Lived Happily Ever After (Best Short Feature Film)
🏆 Olga Titova – Director of the animated short Socks for the Star (Best Animated Short Film)
🏆 Ekaterina Parshina – Screenwriter and director of the animated short Better Safe Than Sorry (Best Animated Short Film)
The 2024 Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival was held with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, the State Corporation “Roscosmos,” the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Research Institute, Rossotrudnichestvo, the Government and Ministry of Culture of the Kaluga Region, the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky, the Association of Planetariums of Russia, and other public and commercial organizations.
The festival’s media partners include Roscosmos Media and TRK Nika.
The festival’s key media partner is TASS.