Festival of Festivals - International Film Festival St Petersburg
| when: | 23 - 29 Jun 2010 (annual) |
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| where: | St Petersburg |
The International Film Festival St Petersburg - known as the "Festival of Festivals" - brings together the best of film festivals around the world. Held since 1993, the festival is a top-notch cinematic showcase held each June.
The event is Russia's largest non-competitive film festival and brings together cinema from all over Europe, Australia, Norway, Mexico, the USA, China, Singapore and South Korea. There is also a strand featuring new Russian cinema from the past year, shorts by new directors and both retrospectives and special screenings.
While not holding official competitions, numerous special awards are made, including the Grand Prix - Golden Gryphon (hence the festival's logo) decided on by participants and guests, the Silver Gryphon, which represents the audiences' choice, the Bronze Gryphon, representing experimental and new technology, and prizes for both best debut and contribution to world cinema.
Related Information
Website: Festival of Festivals - International Film Festival St Petersburg Website
| Contact Details | |
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| Email: | info@filmfest.ru |
| Phone: | +7 (812) 237 0304 |
| Town Information: | St Petersburg |
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| Built by Peter the Great from 1703 on the delta of the River Neva before it disgorges into the Baltic. | |
| Directions: | Around 480km (300 miles) north-west of Moscow and roughly equidistant at 100km (65 miles) from both the Finnish (north) and Estonian (west) borders. |
| Other Information: | St Petersburg |
| Website: | St Petersburg Website |
| Website: | City Government of St Petersburg Website |
| Contact Details | |
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| Email: | info@filmfest.ru |
| Phone: | +7 (812) 237 0304 |
| Name: | Federal Agency for Tourism of the Russian Federation |
| Location: | Russia |
| Address: | 47 Myasnitskaya str, Moscow, Russia, 107084 |
| Email: | rustourism@ropnet.ru |
| Phone: | +7 (8) 495 207 7117 |
| Fax: | +7 (8) 495 207 3745 |
| Name: | Russian National Tourist Office (UK office) |
| Location: | Russia |
| Address: | 70 Piccadilly, London, W1J 8HP |
| Email: | info@visitrussia.org.uk |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 20 7495 7570 |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 20 7495 8555 |
Highlights
Festival of Festivals - International Film Festival St Petersburg
St Petersburg
23 - 29 Jun 2010 (annual)
