From 20 to 22 November, the Echoes of the 36th Message to Man International Film Festival come to Krasnoyarsk. Screenings will take place at Dom Kino. Screening times will be announced later.
Friday, 20 November
Dom Kino, Big Hall
The Adventures of Mosaics on Ground and Under
Dir. Aleksey Fedorchenko, Russia, 2026, 75 min.
The story of mosaic art in Russia told through the Frolov dynasty of master craftsmen.
Saturday, 21 November
Dom Kino, Small Hall
In Search of the Higher Purpose
Dir. Irina Obidova, Russia, 2026, 27 min.
The artist Nika combines iconography, personal experience and urban space in search of a new way to speak to today’s viewer.
Once Upon a Summer
Dir. Anastasia Emelyanova, Russia, 2026, 25 min.
Three older men spend the summer by the sea waiting for the wind: windsurfing keeps them moving and helps them face the fear of ageing.
Cave of Dreams
Dir. Marina Levashova, Russia, 2025, 25 min.
The caver Pyotr has a family and a job, but his true refuge is a hard-to-reach cave in Bashkiria.
Dom Kino, Small Hall
International Competition Animation: a programme of 8 films
The programme brings together animated films from the International Competition and a film from the In Silico experimental competition.
- God Is Shy, dir. Jocelyn Charles, France, 2025, 15 min.
- Gherking, dir. Claudius Gentinetta, Switzerland, 2026, 7 min.
- Final Party, dir. Patrick Buhr, Germany, USA, 2026, 4 min.
- Ye, dir. Anet Akbirova, Russia, 2026, 2 min.
- Drained, dir. Teodora Mihăilă, Mikaëla Daoust, Sara Maria Inoa, Spain, 2026, 5 min.
- Vagabond, dir. Susa Monteiro, Portugal, 2026, 11 min.
- Corpus Christi, dir. Bea Lema, Spain, 2026, 13 min.
- The In-the-Head Film, dir. Konstantin von Sichart, Germany, 2025, 12 min.
Sunday, 22 November
Dom Kino, Big Hall
Chuuraa
Dir. Evgenia Arbugaeva, UK, 2026, 18 min.
A Yakut palaeontologist descends into the depths of thawing permafrost in search of an ancient creature: a journey between mythology and science.
City of Owls
Dir. Zhenia Kazankina, Germany, Russia, 2026, 13 min.
On her last evening before leaving, Vera tells her little sister a bedtime story about a city of eternal night to hide the real reason they are parting.
The Wind Blows Wherever It Wants
Dir. Ivan Boiko, Georgia, 2025, 69 min.
Shepherds of Tusheti drive thousands of sheep along an ancient route between the Caucasus peaks and the Vashlovani steppes, where nomadic tradition meets the modern world.