On April 7 at 14:00, the Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival team will hold a press conference at the TASS Information Agency press center to present the festival’s program, competitive and non-competitive screenings, creative meetings, and its educational and outreach mission.
Participants of the press conference will include:
Igor Ugolnikov, People’s Artist of Russia and President of the Tsiolkovsky Film Festival;
Natalia Abakumova, Director of the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky and Chair of the Festival Jury;
Nikolai Mayorov, film expert and curator of the festival's retrospective program;
Irina Soshnikova, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Producing at VGIK (S.A. Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography) and the festival’s Program Director for feature films and animation.
Joining the event online will be composer and conductor, People’s Artist of Russia Pavel Ovsyannikov, and stage director of the heroic production Onward to the Stars! Galina Vlasenok.
Media accreditation is open until 15:00 on April 4, 2025. Journalists must send a letter on official media letterhead from a corporate email address to press-center@tass.ru with the full name, position, and current contact information of the journalist. Entry is restricted to media representatives with prior accreditation and requires both a passport and press ID.
The livestream will be available via the TASS press center group and on the event announcement page on the official website.
The Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival is held with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, the Government and Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Kaluga Region. Festival partners include State Corporation "Roscosmos," Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Research Institute, the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, the Kaluga regional branch of the “Volunteers of Culture” movement, and other public and commercial organizations.
The festival’s key media partner is TASS, supported by media partnerships from Roscosmos Media and TRK "Nika."
Participants of the press conference will include:
Igor Ugolnikov, People’s Artist of Russia and President of the Tsiolkovsky Film Festival;
Natalia Abakumova, Director of the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky and Chair of the Festival Jury;
Nikolai Mayorov, film expert and curator of the festival's retrospective program;
Irina Soshnikova, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Producing at VGIK (S.A. Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography) and the festival’s Program Director for feature films and animation.
Joining the event online will be composer and conductor, People’s Artist of Russia Pavel Ovsyannikov, and stage director of the heroic production Onward to the Stars! Galina Vlasenok.
Media accreditation is open until 15:00 on April 4, 2025. Journalists must send a letter on official media letterhead from a corporate email address to press-center@tass.ru with the full name, position, and current contact information of the journalist. Entry is restricted to media representatives with prior accreditation and requires both a passport and press ID.
The livestream will be available via the TASS press center group and on the event announcement page on the official website.
The Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival is held with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, the Government and Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Kaluga Region. Festival partners include State Corporation "Roscosmos," Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Research Institute, the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, the Kaluga regional branch of the “Volunteers of Culture” movement, and other public and commercial organizations.
The festival’s key media partner is TASS, supported by media partnerships from Roscosmos Media and TRK "Nika."