The countdown to the Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival has begun. The festival will open on April 12, Cosmonautics Day, at the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics in Kaluga.
This year’s documentary film section features a strong competition lineup, with short films grouped into four thematic screenings. These films have been submitted from Turkey, Greece, Russia, France, and the United States.
The first screening, titled "Explorers," lasts 45 minutes and includes two films: Dark Zone and Instruments of Light. The second session, "Soviet Space Projects," consists of two films with a total runtime of 61 minutes: The Lost Fleet and Project Banner. The third screening, "A Childhood Dream," runs for 60 minutes and features Weightless: The Story and Dreams of Cosmonaut Elena Kondakova and Mom, I’m in Space!. The fourth session focuses on the history of cosmonautics, with three films spanning 64 minutes: Tsiolkovsky. A Guest from the Future, Trajectory of a Dream, and 50 Years of Skylab: America’s First Space Station.
The festival will also host the premiere of China's first official documentary on Mars exploration, Hello, Mars! The film is a five-part series, each episode lasting 30 minutes, and covers the successful launch of China’s Mars probe Tianwen-1 on July 23, 2020. The episodes will be screened at the ICC cinema hall.
Additionally, the documentary competition includes 15 feature-length films from Russia, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and China. These films highlight cosmonauts such as Konstantin Borisov, Andrey Borisenko, Sergey Avdeev, Valentina Tereshkova, Yuri Gagarin, and Alexei Leonov, as well as scientists like Sergey Korolev and Vladimir Utkin. Other works focus on military pilots, a meteorite collector, musicians who transform starlight into melodies, and many more fascinating subjects.
The documentary film section’s program director for the V Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival is Igor Prokopenko, a journalist, documentary filmmaker, writer, and Deputy General Director for documentary and journalistic projects at REN TV.
The V Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival (2024) is supported by the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, State Corporation "Roscosmos," 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, the Russian Planetarium Association, and other public and commercial organizations.
The festival’s media partners include Roscosmos Media and TRK "Nika."
The key media partner of the festival is TASS.
This year’s documentary film section features a strong competition lineup, with short films grouped into four thematic screenings. These films have been submitted from Turkey, Greece, Russia, France, and the United States.
The first screening, titled "Explorers," lasts 45 minutes and includes two films: Dark Zone and Instruments of Light. The second session, "Soviet Space Projects," consists of two films with a total runtime of 61 minutes: The Lost Fleet and Project Banner. The third screening, "A Childhood Dream," runs for 60 minutes and features Weightless: The Story and Dreams of Cosmonaut Elena Kondakova and Mom, I’m in Space!. The fourth session focuses on the history of cosmonautics, with three films spanning 64 minutes: Tsiolkovsky. A Guest from the Future, Trajectory of a Dream, and 50 Years of Skylab: America’s First Space Station.
The festival will also host the premiere of China's first official documentary on Mars exploration, Hello, Mars! The film is a five-part series, each episode lasting 30 minutes, and covers the successful launch of China’s Mars probe Tianwen-1 on July 23, 2020. The episodes will be screened at the ICC cinema hall.
Additionally, the documentary competition includes 15 feature-length films from Russia, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and China. These films highlight cosmonauts such as Konstantin Borisov, Andrey Borisenko, Sergey Avdeev, Valentina Tereshkova, Yuri Gagarin, and Alexei Leonov, as well as scientists like Sergey Korolev and Vladimir Utkin. Other works focus on military pilots, a meteorite collector, musicians who transform starlight into melodies, and many more fascinating subjects.
The documentary film section’s program director for the V Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival is Igor Prokopenko, a journalist, documentary filmmaker, writer, and Deputy General Director for documentary and journalistic projects at REN TV.
The V Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival (2024) is supported by the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, State Corporation "Roscosmos," 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, the Russian Planetarium Association, and other public and commercial organizations.
The festival’s media partners include Roscosmos Media and TRK "Nika."
The key media partner of the festival is TASS.