Listapad

Listapad ( , meaning "November"), also known as Minsk International Film Festival (MIFF) or Minsk International Film Festival Listapad, is an annual film festival which takes place in November in Minsk, Belarus. It is the largest such festival in Belarus.

Listapad ( , meaning "November"), also known as Minsk International Film Festival (MIFF) or Minsk International Film Festival Listapad, is an annual film festival which takes place in November in Minsk, Belarus. It is the largest such festival in Belarus. ==History== ==Description== MIFF Listapad is Belarus' largest film festival, it is managed by a non-governmental institution ART Corporation center of visual and performing arts. Listapad takes place over a week in November and comprises three main sections: feature films, documentaries, and the children and youth film festival, Listapadzik. The festival also includes an out-of-competition program and the CIS Golden Collection screenings. In 2022, the animation competition program was inaugurated. The top prize of the Festival is called "Golden Listapad", followed by "Silver Listapad" and "Listapad Bronze Audience Award". International Jury and International Film Critics Jury award them to the competing works. The festival also provides an educational platform for communication between cinema professionals. Varied workshops, discussions and exhibitions are held to provide an opportunity to learn from masters of cinema and to discuss challenges related to the development of cinematography. Special guests of the festival have included Fanny Ardant, Alyona Babenko, Juozas Budraitis, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Krzysztof Zanussi, Claire Denis, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Emir Kusturica, Sergei Loznitsa, Brillante Mendoza, Kira Muratova, Ornella Muti and Alexander Sokurov. ==Competition== As of 2019, the festival included following competitions: Main Feature Film Competition; Feature Film Competition "Youth on March"; National Competition (for feature films, documentaries and animation); Main Documentary Film Competition; 1st-2nd Documentary Film Competition – National Film School Competition; Children and Youth Films Competition "Listapadzik". Films should be no older than two years to be allowed to participate in the Competition. No fewer than 12 films that have never been screened in Belarus and produced in the Post-Soviet states and former Eastern Bloc countries participate in the Main Feature Films Competition. "Youth on the March" Competition supports young directors. No less than 8 films produced by young professionals participate in the Competition. Participating films can be either debut or second work in the director's filmography. Representatives of no less than 6 film schools from all over the world (each one of them presents 3-4 most outstanding student works including diploma works) participate in 1st - 2nd Documentary Films Competition –National Film Schools Competition. Full-length feature films and animation films that have been specially mentioned and highly acclaimed at international festivals participate in the Children and Youth Films Competition "Listapadzik". National Competition was introduced in 2014. Fiction, documentary and animated full-length and short films created by Belarusian authors in Belarus and abroad during the last two years can participate in the National Competition. International Jury will judge this Competition. Traditional format of the Festival includes not only viewers' voting, but also discussions between authors and viewers. In 2013 Claire Denis (retrospective), Kira Muratova (Eternal Homecoming ), Brillante Mendoza ("Captive" and "Thy Womb") and Alexander Veledinsky ("The Geographer Drank His Globe Away") have presented and discussed their works in Minsk. ==Jury== To judge the films in the Competition Programmes six juries are set up: International Jury of the Main Feature Films Competition (5 members¹), International Jury of the Feature Films Competition "Youth on the March" (3), International Jury of the National Competition (3), International Jury of the Main Documentary Films Competition (5), International Jury of the 1st - 2nd Documentary Films Competition – National Film Schools Competition (3). International Film Critics Jury (7 members¹) judge all the feature and documentary films competitions of the Festival. International Jury of 3 people judges Children and Youth Films Competition "Listapadzik". ==Awards== ===Feature Film Competition=== Prizes for Main Feature Film Competition: The Grand-Prix "Golden Listapad" for best film; Award for Best Director; Yury Marukhin Memorial Award for Best Cinematography; Special Jury Award (awarded in accordance with the Jury's decision) The International Jury of Feature Films Competition "Youth on the March" gives "Victor Turov Memorial Award for Best Film in "Youth on the March" Feature Films Competition". ===Documentary Film Competition=== The International Jury of the Main Documentary Films Competition gives the following awards: Grand-Prix for Best Documentary Film; Special Jury Award (awarded in accordance with the Jury's decision). The International Jury of the 1st -2nd Documentary Films Competition gives the "Award for Best 1st - 2nd Documentary Film". ===The Children and Youth Films Competition "Listapadzik"=== The International Jury of Children and Youth Films Competition "Listapadzik" gives the following awards: Award for Best Film for Children; Award for Best Film for Youth; Award for Best Young Actor or Actress; Award for Best Adult Actor in Children's film. The Main award of the Competition "Golden Listapadzik" is given after the results of audience vote. ==External links==

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