Father & Daughter Film Report 



SOCHI FILM FESTIVAL 



As you know, Sochi is an absolutely beautiful city on the Black Sea Coast near the border between Georgia/Abkhazia and Russia, and is the largest resort city in that part of the world.


Some of you may remember that the 2014 Winter Games where held there in 2014 and will be one of the host cities for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.


Imagine having a film festival in such a wonderful setting on a resort coastline...

We also like the fact that everyone was signing the backdrop on the red carpet....!

Festival Director Vitaly Karyakin not only has created a wonderful film festival, but has also started a wonderful organization call Festival Plus that brings film festivals to cities all over Russia:


 

Beisdes the Sochi International Film Festival in February 2017, Vitaly has also organized these:

"KZ FILM FESTIVAL" in Astana from 17 to 19 March 2017 

 "WHITE NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL" in Saint-Petersburg from 17 to 19 April 2017 

"KIEV INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL" in Kiev from 19 to 21 May 2017

 "MAYKOP INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL" from 21 to 23 July 2017. 

Festival Plus is also preparing festivals in such cities as Saratov, Feodosiya and Odessa in the near future as well...!  Our hats off to Vitaly for not only conceiving such a broad scope concept to bring film to the people, but for executing the idea in spectacular fashion...!



Vitaly Karyakin is the mastermind behind the multi-festival concept of Festival Plus.


Now, back to the Sochi International Film Festival...

With hundreds of submissions from 44 countries, we can certainly call this one of the best international film festivals out there, here are a list of the winners:

Best Cartoon: 
LITTLE FLOWER


Click HERE for more information on Little Flower

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Best Feature Film:
JOKER

Best Documentary Film: 
VOLGA

Best Film of the Nature:
 THE FALL

Best Short Feature Film: 
THE LIGHT THIEF

Best Short Dramatic Film: 
VALUE


Click HERE to see the Preview for VALUE

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Best Cartoon Short:
I AM NOT A MOUSE
 
Best Short Documentary Film: 
PAROKHOD «DOSTOYEVSKI»… A NAPOSLEDOK YA SKAZHU...

Best Short Film about Nature: 
FLYING RAINBOW


Click HERE to see the film FLYING RAINBOW

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Best Student Film: 
ROOM NO. 4


Special Jury Prize: 
IT'S NOT THE TIME OF MY LIFE

People's Choice Award: 
(LITTLE) RED RIDING HOOD



Click HERE to see the Preview of (Little) Red Riding Hood

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Best Screenplay: 
THE MAN WHO BEAT MARK SPITZ

We hope to have some clips and/or trailers of the winners soon, as well as the names of the directors and producers.  We can let you in on one of the winners, The Man Who Beat Mark Spitz was written by Dad of the Father/Daughter Film Report, and you can see the script below:


We're sure the people of Sochi were just as excited as the film makers whose films were selected and can't wait until next year's festival...we know we are excited to see the next one...!