Message To Man | Послание к Человеку

Dear friends,

The entry call for the XXII Message To Man is now open!

From January 1 till May 20 we accept:
International competition
Documentary films (duration not more than 120 minutes), short fiction and animated films (duration not more than 40 minutes), which were completed after January 1st 2011;
National Documentary Competition Gateway to Russia
Documentary films (duration not more than 120 minutes) produced in Russian Federation or having “National film” certificate, completed after January 1st 2011;
International Experimental Films Competition In Silico
Short experimental films (duration not more than 15 minutes) of any genre, suitable for screening in a regular movie theater, produced not earlier than January 1st, 2009.

Please note that we should receive all materials not later than June 20. You can download full regulations in ms word from here.

This year we are starting to use the Reelport online platform for receiving submissions. This is the fastest and the most convenient way for both the festival and filmmakers. Please, go to their web site, register and follow the instructions to submit you film:

Alternatively, you can use the new platform Festhome, which works on the same principal.

We would really prefer to receive through Reelport or Festhome as many submissions as possible, but if for some reason you don’t want to use them, then shortly you will be able to fill in the online entry form on our new web site (which will replace this old one in the mid February) and send us a link to your preview file or DVD screener by post (see details in the regulations). As for now, you can download the entry form as MS Word file.

If you have any questions, please send your message to the following address: info(at)message2man.com

Looking forward to receiving your films!

The festival team, 29.12.2011

International Competition

Grand Prix
HOW ARE YOU DOING, RUDOLF MING?
By Roberts Rubins
LATVIA

Best full-length documentary film
VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS!
by Victor Kossakovsky

Best fiction film
RITE
By Michael Pearce
SCOTLAND (UK)

Best debut film
GLASGOW
By Piotr Subbotko
POLAND

Best animation
THE LOST TOWN OF SWITEZ
By Kamil Polak
POLAND

Best short documentary film
I WILL FORGET THIS DAY
By Alina Rudnitskaya
RUSSIA

Jury Diploma
TABA
By Marcos Pimentel
BRAZIL

Jury Diploma
LATE ON EARTH
By John Skoog
SWEDEN

Jury Diploma
PINK SARIS
By Kim Longinotto
UK

International Competition Of Experimental Short Films In Silico

Best Experimental Film
LA GRAN CARRERA
by Kote Camacho
Spain

Jury Diploma
For a vivid sense of the absurdity of existence
SENSE + INNOCENCE
by Nicolaas Schmidt
GERMANY

Jury Diploma
For respect for the Fate and Memory
THE D TRAIN
by Jay Rosenblatt
USA

National Competition Gateway To Russia

Best film
SPAS-KAMEN. STORIES ABOUT ALEXANDER NIKOLAEVICH PLIGIN
by Valentina Gurkalenko
RUSSIA

Best Full-length Documentary
THE SUPERSTAR’S ONLY ROLE
by Anton Seregin
RUSSIA

Best Short Documentary
GROMOV
by Andrey Stadnikov
RUSSIA

Best Debut
SINKOPA
by Julia Bivsheva
RUSSIA

Pavel Kogan Prize
WINDOW PANE NOSTALGIA
by Valeriy Balajan
RUSSIA

REASONS FOR LIFE
by Nadezhda Maidanskaja
RUSSIA

Victor Mikhalchenko Prize
THE WINTERING
by Olga Stefanova
RUSSIA

Victor Astafiev Prize
GEORGY
by Valeriy Timosshenko
RUSSIA

Special Prize by The Channel One
KATJA KRENALINOVA
by Alexandra Likhacheva
RUSSIA

Prize of the Students Jury
AMBITIOUS
by Ainur Askarov
RUSSIA

Diploma of the Students Jury
LESHA
by Elena Demidova
RUSSIA

Danya Gurewitch Prize
AMBITIOUS
by Ainur Askarov
RUSSIA

Prize of Film Critics Jury
VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS!
by Victor Kossakovsky

Diploma of Film Critics Jury
I WILL FORGET THIS DAY
by Alina Rudnitskaya
RUSSIA

Kodak Company Prize
TO BE OR SEEM TO BE
by Evgenia Marchenko
RUSSIA

• Eugenia Golant
• Alexander Markov
• Alexander Mashanov
• Denis Rubin

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To view the list of films selected for the international competition please  click on the link below Read the rest of this entry »

Dear friends, thanks to your activity this year we’ve received an unprecedented number of films.  As a result we have nothinng to do but to apologise for the delay and ask for another 2 weeks for the selection process.  The list of the selected films will be announced on our website  till 15th August 2011.

Dear friends, beginning July 10 you may submit your film for selection by uploading the video file using any of the following:

• а video-hosting site (such as youtube.com, vimeo.com, etc.)
• your own server
• а file-exchange service (such as ge.tt)

When you fill out the entry form, please chose “Uploaded file” in the “Format for Selection” drop-box and provide a link for downloading your video.

If you have already filled out the entry form, please send the link for downloading your film to info@message2man.com along with your application number.

With king regards, festival “Message to Man”.

Attention Festival Participants! This year we would like to introduce a new competition program of experimental films ”In Silico”. This program will include short experimental films (up to 15 minutes in duration), which are produced no earlier than January 1st, 2008.

The experimental films are usually not shown on TV and rarely in movie-theaters or clubs. But it is precisely the experimental films, often standing in the forefront of filmmaking, that contribute greatly to the development of cinematographic language.

To enter your film in “In Silico” program, please complete online entry form and send us your film on DVD.

The first press-conference of the Festival will take place on April 26 at 13 pm in the White room of Saint-Petersburg Culture Committee.

Press release of the conference is now available to download in “Press-center” section.

During the conference the organisation plans of competition developing and culture programm building will be announced.

The organizators will present new collaborative projects of national and international scale.