The films will be screened from April 12 to 16 at the venues of the Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival. As tradition holds, the festival’s main venue will be the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky.
Festival guests will have free access to more than 100 feature, documentary, animated, and full-dome films from 25 countries. Visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the Soviet past through classic retrospective films, attend lectures by scientists, theatrical performances, master classes, meetings with cosmonauts and filmmakers, and special presentations by festival partners.
The documentary section features 16 short and 11 full-length films from Russia, the USA, China, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Mexico, Spain, and the Republic of Belarus.
The Program Director of the Documentary Film Section at the Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival is documentarian, journalist, and seven-time TEFI Award winner Igor Prokopenko.
The short films are thematically divided into several groups: Celestial Bodies, A Broad Perspective, Around the World, and Rockets. Spacecraft. People.
The "CELESTIAL BODIES" group includes four films:
🔸 Legends of Science. Chizhevsky. Inspired by the Sun, Russia, Director: Alexey Kiselyov
🔸 Lunar, USA, Director: Dustin Morrow
🔸 Mars is Waiting for Us, Russia, Director: Zakhar Reshetnik
🔸 A Celestial Adventure with Chang'e, China, Directors: Lei Wu, Li Liu, Zhiming Gao
Festival guests will have free access to more than 100 feature, documentary, animated, and full-dome films from 25 countries. Visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the Soviet past through classic retrospective films, attend lectures by scientists, theatrical performances, master classes, meetings with cosmonauts and filmmakers, and special presentations by festival partners.
The documentary section features 16 short and 11 full-length films from Russia, the USA, China, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Mexico, Spain, and the Republic of Belarus.
The Program Director of the Documentary Film Section at the Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival is documentarian, journalist, and seven-time TEFI Award winner Igor Prokopenko.
The short films are thematically divided into several groups: Celestial Bodies, A Broad Perspective, Around the World, and Rockets. Spacecraft. People.
The "CELESTIAL BODIES" group includes four films:
🔸 Legends of Science. Chizhevsky. Inspired by the Sun, Russia, Director: Alexey Kiselyov
🔸 Lunar, USA, Director: Dustin Morrow
🔸 Mars is Waiting for Us, Russia, Director: Zakhar Reshetnik
🔸 A Celestial Adventure with Chang'e, China, Directors: Lei Wu, Li Liu, Zhiming Gao
"A BROAD PERSPECTIVE" features two films:
🔹 Welcome to the Fulldome, Czech Republic, Director: Jonáš Jirovský
🔹 Gennady Golobokov: The Man and the Artist of the Future
🔹 Welcome to the Fulldome, Czech Republic, Director: Jonáš Jirovský
🔹 Gennady Golobokov: The Man and the Artist of the Future
"AROUND THE WORLD" includes four films:
🔸 Spacetime, Netherlands, Director: Jeroen Hoekstra
🔸 Flying a Kite to the Stars, China, Directors: Lei Wu, Yichang Huang
🔸 Buena Noche, Mexico, Director: Iván López-Barba
🔸 Find the Fallen Star: An Extreme Expedition, Russia, Director: Vladislav Doroshev
🔸 Spacetime, Netherlands, Director: Jeroen Hoekstra
🔸 Flying a Kite to the Stars, China, Directors: Lei Wu, Yichang Huang
🔸 Buena Noche, Mexico, Director: Iván López-Barba
🔸 Find the Fallen Star: An Extreme Expedition, Russia, Director: Vladislav Doroshev
Six works are presented in the "ROCKETS. SPACECRAFT. PEOPLE" group:
🔹 Angara, Russia, Director: Igor Malikov
🔹 The Eyes and Ears of Baikonur, Russia, Director: Nikolay Chuev
🔹 Precise Space, Russia, Director: Nikolay Chuev
🔹 Guardians of Life. Boris Egorov, Russia, Director: Yevgeny Bezborodov
🔹 Angara Amurskaya. Steps of the Future, Russia, Directors: Kseniya Zima, Nikolay Chuev
🔹 Chasing Stars, Russia, Director: E. Kozhakina
🔹 Angara, Russia, Director: Igor Malikov
🔹 The Eyes and Ears of Baikonur, Russia, Director: Nikolay Chuev
🔹 Precise Space, Russia, Director: Nikolay Chuev
🔹 Guardians of Life. Boris Egorov, Russia, Director: Yevgeny Bezborodov
🔹 Angara Amurskaya. Steps of the Future, Russia, Directors: Kseniya Zima, Nikolay Chuev
🔹 Chasing Stars, Russia, Director: E. Kozhakina
This year’s competition program of full-length documentary films includes 11 entries:
🔸 Takeoff Strip, Russia, Director: Ada Solvich
🔸 El Mundo Oscuro (The Dark World), Spain, Director: Luis Miguel Ariza
🔸 Space Chasers, USA, Director: Dr. Steven Swancoat
🔸 Back to the Far Side, China, Director: Chen Yilin
🔸 Starman, USA, Director: Robert Stone
🔸 Atomic Enthusiasts, Russia, Director: Alexey Yakovlev
🔸 Alexey Leonov. On the Very Edge, Russia, Director: Ivan Tsybin
🔸 Survive in Space, Russia, Director: Igor Malikov
🔸 The Attraction of the Earth by Ivan Misko, Belarus, Director: Sergey Katyer
🔸 Altai. Grain of the Future, Russia, Director: Natalia Bondarchuk
🔸 Space. The Battlefield of a Nuclear War, Russia, Director: Sergey Kozhevnikov
🔸 Takeoff Strip, Russia, Director: Ada Solvich
🔸 El Mundo Oscuro (The Dark World), Spain, Director: Luis Miguel Ariza
🔸 Space Chasers, USA, Director: Dr. Steven Swancoat
🔸 Back to the Far Side, China, Director: Chen Yilin
🔸 Starman, USA, Director: Robert Stone
🔸 Atomic Enthusiasts, Russia, Director: Alexey Yakovlev
🔸 Alexey Leonov. On the Very Edge, Russia, Director: Ivan Tsybin
🔸 Survive in Space, Russia, Director: Igor Malikov
🔸 The Attraction of the Earth by Ivan Misko, Belarus, Director: Sergey Katyer
🔸 Altai. Grain of the Future, Russia, Director: Natalia Bondarchuk
🔸 Space. The Battlefield of a Nuclear War, Russia, Director: Sergey Kozhevnikov
More information about each documentary film is available on the official social media pages of the VI Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival. The full festival program will soon be published on the website space-fest.ru.
The Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival is held with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, and 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, Rossotrudnichestvo, the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, and other public and commercial organizations.
The festival’s key media partner is TASS, supported by media partnerships from Roscosmos Media and TRK "Nika."
The Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival is held with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, and 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, Rossotrudnichestvo, the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, and other public and commercial organizations.
The festival’s key media partner is TASS, supported by media partnerships from Roscosmos Media and TRK "Nika."