Short and feature-length films will be screened from April 12 to 16 at the VI Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival in Kaluga and the Kaluga Region. The festival’s main venue is the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics named after K. Tsiolkovsky.
The competition program of the VI Tsiolkovsky Film Festival includes over 100 fiction, documentary, animated, and full-dome films from 25 countries. Screenings will take place at various festival venues. In addition to the Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, these include the Kaluga Innovative Culture Center, the House of Folk Art and Cinema “Tsentralny,” and the Kaluga Regional Scientific Library named after V.G. Belinsky.
The fiction film section consists of 18 short films and 6 feature-length films from Russia, France, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Iran, Italy, China, the USA, Spain, Brazil, Israel, India, and Germany.
The short films are thematically divided into four groups:
“SPACE ON SCREEN”:
🔹 Bandits and Love on Mars, Russia, 15 min, in Russian, 16+
Directors: Daniil Podgorny, Igor Prokopenko
🔹 No Time to Wrap, China, short fiction, 18 min, in Chinese
Director and Screenwriter: Deng Zongze
🔹The Lost Film, France, short fiction, 10 min, in French
Directors: Pablo Tréhin-Marçot, Tenzin-Metok Dheuntop-Tsang
🔹 Infinitely Far, Kazakhstan, short fiction, 14 min, in Russian, 0+
Screenwriter, Director, Editor: Azamat Asylbek
“THE TWO”:
🔹 Off Orbit, Mexico, short fiction, 10 min, in Spanish
Director: Luis Genaro Genaro Peñalosa
🔹 Beyond Reality, Russia, short fiction, 18 min, in Russian
Screenwriter, Director, and Director of Photography: Anton Shirin
🔹 Black Box, Russia, short fiction, 11 min, in Russian, 12+
Director: Nikolay Belyakov
🔹 The Same Color, Iran, short fiction, 24 min, in Farsi
Director and Screenwriter: Arash Seyfi
🔹 The Star Named After Us, Russia, short fiction, 5 min, in Russian, 0+
Director and Screenwriter: Lenar Mardanov
“THE SPACE OF MY CHILDHOOD”:
🔹 Mal di luna, Italy, short fiction, 14 min, in Italian
Director: Davide Lo Bue
🔹 Our Dream, USA/China, short fiction, 9 min, in Chinese
Director and Screenwriter: Lisa Jing Li Brown
🔹 Over the Shelter, Italy, short fiction, 14 min, in Italian
Director, Screenwriter, Producer: Ian Cardinali
🔹 Bittersweet Stars, Russia, short fiction, 16 min, in Russian
Director: Katrina Romanova
🔹 JURA, Russia, short fiction, 15 min, in Russian, 0+
Screenwriter, Director, Artist: Anastasia Gerasimchuk
“ASTROPHYSICISTS”:
🔹 HESTIA 19, France, short fiction, 5 min, in French
Director: Stephen Bigot
🔹 Primacy, Spain, short fiction, 20 min, in English
Director: Jos Man
🔹 SERTAO 2138, Brazil, short fiction, 19 min, in Portuguese
Director: Deuilton do Nascimento Barboza Júnior
🔹 The Astronomer, Spain, short fiction, 13 min, in Spanish
Director: Jose A. Ruiz
🔹 KRAKEN MARE, Spain, short fiction, 14 min, in Spanish
Director: Francisco García Mateos
Six feature-length films:
Alien, Russia, 12+
Director and Screenwriter: Ivan Sosnin
Horse with No Name, Israel, 12+
Director and Screenwriter: Asaf Assulin
My Neighbor is an Alien, India, 12+
Director and Screenwriter: R. Ravikumar
Wow! Nachricht aus dem All (Voice from Space), Germany, 6+
Director: Felix Binder
Pirates of the Barracuda Galaxy, Russia, 6+
Director: Anton Bormatov
Cosmonaut’s Dreams, Kazakhstan, 6+
Director: Bekentay Azhibekov
Residents and guests of Kaluga can watch any of these films, or even several, for free. To attend, visit the “Festival Programs” section on the website space-fest.ru, select the film screening, fill out the registration form, and present the SMS confirmation received upon successful registration at the entrance.
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 All-Russian public movement “Cultural Volunteers,” 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 competition program of the VI Tsiolkovsky Film Festival includes over 100 fiction, documentary, animated, and full-dome films from 25 countries. Screenings will take place at various festival venues. In addition to the Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, these include the Kaluga Innovative Culture Center, the House of Folk Art and Cinema “Tsentralny,” and the Kaluga Regional Scientific Library named after V.G. Belinsky.
The fiction film section consists of 18 short films and 6 feature-length films from Russia, France, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Iran, Italy, China, the USA, Spain, Brazil, Israel, India, and Germany.
The short films are thematically divided into four groups:
“SPACE ON SCREEN”:
🔹 Bandits and Love on Mars, Russia, 15 min, in Russian, 16+
Directors: Daniil Podgorny, Igor Prokopenko
🔹 No Time to Wrap, China, short fiction, 18 min, in Chinese
Director and Screenwriter: Deng Zongze
🔹The Lost Film, France, short fiction, 10 min, in French
Directors: Pablo Tréhin-Marçot, Tenzin-Metok Dheuntop-Tsang
🔹 Infinitely Far, Kazakhstan, short fiction, 14 min, in Russian, 0+
Screenwriter, Director, Editor: Azamat Asylbek
“THE TWO”:
🔹 Off Orbit, Mexico, short fiction, 10 min, in Spanish
Director: Luis Genaro Genaro Peñalosa
🔹 Beyond Reality, Russia, short fiction, 18 min, in Russian
Screenwriter, Director, and Director of Photography: Anton Shirin
🔹 Black Box, Russia, short fiction, 11 min, in Russian, 12+
Director: Nikolay Belyakov
🔹 The Same Color, Iran, short fiction, 24 min, in Farsi
Director and Screenwriter: Arash Seyfi
🔹 The Star Named After Us, Russia, short fiction, 5 min, in Russian, 0+
Director and Screenwriter: Lenar Mardanov
“THE SPACE OF MY CHILDHOOD”:
🔹 Mal di luna, Italy, short fiction, 14 min, in Italian
Director: Davide Lo Bue
🔹 Our Dream, USA/China, short fiction, 9 min, in Chinese
Director and Screenwriter: Lisa Jing Li Brown
🔹 Over the Shelter, Italy, short fiction, 14 min, in Italian
Director, Screenwriter, Producer: Ian Cardinali
🔹 Bittersweet Stars, Russia, short fiction, 16 min, in Russian
Director: Katrina Romanova
🔹 JURA, Russia, short fiction, 15 min, in Russian, 0+
Screenwriter, Director, Artist: Anastasia Gerasimchuk
“ASTROPHYSICISTS”:
🔹 HESTIA 19, France, short fiction, 5 min, in French
Director: Stephen Bigot
🔹 Primacy, Spain, short fiction, 20 min, in English
Director: Jos Man
🔹 SERTAO 2138, Brazil, short fiction, 19 min, in Portuguese
Director: Deuilton do Nascimento Barboza Júnior
🔹 The Astronomer, Spain, short fiction, 13 min, in Spanish
Director: Jose A. Ruiz
🔹 KRAKEN MARE, Spain, short fiction, 14 min, in Spanish
Director: Francisco García Mateos
Six feature-length films:
Alien, Russia, 12+
Director and Screenwriter: Ivan Sosnin
Horse with No Name, Israel, 12+
Director and Screenwriter: Asaf Assulin
My Neighbor is an Alien, India, 12+
Director and Screenwriter: R. Ravikumar
Wow! Nachricht aus dem All (Voice from Space), Germany, 6+
Director: Felix Binder
Pirates of the Barracuda Galaxy, Russia, 6+
Director: Anton Bormatov
Cosmonaut’s Dreams, Kazakhstan, 6+
Director: Bekentay Azhibekov
Residents and guests of Kaluga can watch any of these films, or even several, for free. To attend, visit the “Festival Programs” section on the website space-fest.ru, select the film screening, fill out the registration form, and present the SMS confirmation received upon successful registration at the entrance.
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 All-Russian public movement “Cultural Volunteers,” and other public and commercial organizations.
The festival’s key media partner is TASS, supported by media partnerships from Roscosmos Media and TRK "Nika."