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HEAD OFFICE Visual and Performing Arts Centre «ART Corporation» 220088, Belarus, Minsk, Internatsionalnaya Street, 21 +375172339874, +375172339839 www.listapad.com, www.artcorporation.by

VISIT US ON FACEBOOK /Listapad OUR STORY 3

OUR MISSION 4

2018 IN REVIEW 5

COMPETITIONS 7

OUT-OF-COMPETITION 13

AWARDS & JURIES 14

GUESTS OF HONOUR 16

INDUSTRY DAYS 17

SPECIAL EVENTS 20

SUPPORTERS 21

TEAM & CONTACT 23

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 2 OUR STORY TODAY Minsk IFF Listapad brings the best from all over the world to Belarus. The Festival is held annually in November and includes four sections: feature films, documentary films, films for children and young audience, national competition. The Awards are decided upon by the International Juries. Minsk IFF Listapad has been accredited by FIAPF since 2011 as the festival of an original The First edition of Minsk IFF format. The main competitions are focused Listapad was held in 1994. Until on new films, created in the ex-communist 2002, the Festival was known as countries: Central and Eastern Europe, CIS International of CIS countries, Baltics, Georgia, China, Vietnam, and Baltic Countries. Cuba. Since 1996, the Main prize Golden Moreover, special screenings, retrospectives, Listapad have been awarded master classes, and other related events are presented annually within the framework of according to audience’s choice. the Festival. Since 2010, a professional jury has Industry days, held during Minsk IFF Listapad, been making decisions on the awards. is a meeting place for movie professionals. Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 3 OUR MISSION

As the biggest and high-status It presents the variety of widely cinema event in Belarus, appreciated feature films Minsk IFF Listapad preserves the and documentaries to cinematographic space for Belarussian audience; artists and gives a full impression of the cinema of the ex-communist It forms high cultural status of countries, including Central and cinema and involves young South-East Asia, China, Baltics, talents into the industry. Eastern and Central Europe, Cuba;

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 4 2018 IN REVIEW 69 Q&A WITH FILMMAKERS HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE YEAR - BY THE NUMBERS.

750 SUBMISSIONS 54 COUNTRIES

PUBLIC EVENTS INCLUDING 232 SCREENINGS 17

STAPA D INDUSTRY DAYS BEL:CINEMA I

167 FILMS 8 DAYS OF FESTIVAL

140 ACCREDITED GUESTS 7 CINEMAS 25TH MIFF L 2018 LISTAPAD FILM WEBSITE

TH E 18,000 FESTIVAL AUDIENCE 208KVIEWS Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 5 GLOBAL REACH 167 FILMS FROM 54 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED

Argentina Kyrgyzstan Armenia Austria Lebanon Belarus Lithuania Macedonia Britain Netherlands Bulgaria Philippines Canada Poland China Portugal Colombia Qatar Romania Cuba Russian Federation Czechia Serbia Denmark Spain Sweden Switzerland Hungary Syria India Taiwan Thailand Ireland Turkey Israel United States of America Japan Kazakhstan Number of Films 1 33 THE 25TH MIFF LISTAPAD Kenya

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 6 MAIN COMPETITION

No more than 12 films produced in the ex-communist countries participate PETITION S in the Main Feature Films Competition. Only full-length films produced during the last year and a half specially mentioned at international festivals and highly acclaimed by filmmakers and

CO M viewers may participate in the Main Competition Programme.

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 7 FEATURE FILMS COMPETITION "YOUTH ON THE MARCH"

No less than 10 most outstanding debut films (1st - 2nd full-length film in the director’s filmography) from all over the world participate in the Feature Films Competition “Youth on the March”. Only full-length films produced during the last year and a half specially mentioned at international festivals and highly

COMPETITIONS acclaimed by filmmakers and viewers may participate.

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 8 MAIN DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION

No more than 12 films produced in the ex-communist countries participate in the PETITION S Main Documentary Films Competition. Full-length films and medium films for the last year and a half specially mentioned at international festivals and highly acclaimed by filmmakers and

CO M viewers may participate.

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 9 NATIONAL FILM SCHOOLS COMPETITION

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 PETITION S works) participate in 1st - 2nd Documentary Films Competition – National Film Schools Competition. Full-length films, medium and short films for the last year and a half specially mentioned at international festivals and highly acclaimed

CO M by filmmakers and viewers may participate.

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 10 CHILDREN AND YOUTH FILM COMPETITION “LISTAPADZIK”

PETITION S Full-length feature films and films for children and youth for the last two years specially mentioned at international festivals and highly acclaimed by filmmakers and viewers may participate in the Children and

CO M Youth Films Competition “Listapadzik”.

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 11 NATIONAL COMPETITION

Fiction, documentary and animated feature-length and short films created by Belarusian authors in Belarus and abroad during the previous year can

COMPETITIONS participate in the National Competition.

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 12 SPECIAL SCREENINGS

MORE THAN 10 INIMITABLE

EVERY YEAR

lions, bears, golden palms N master class O women’s stories human comedies colour of night TIT I outstanding filmmakers: E Agnès Varda P russian premieres the best (un)childish stories XX. dramas of history -CO M films about the cinema meeting Russia art

T-O F musicDoc

U passion for sports

O belarusian panorama

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 13 AWARDS OF THE 25TH Minsk IFF LISTAPAD

THE MAIN FEATURE FILM COMPETITION AWARDS THE FIPRESCI JURY AWARD Grand-Prix «Golden Listapad» “I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS” “New Voices – FIPRESCI Award” for Best Debut THE CHAMBERMAID (Mexico), (Romania, , France, Bulgaria, Germany), director Radu Jude director Lila Avilés Award for Best Director JIA ZHANG-KE, ASH IS PUREST WHITE (China, France, Japan) Award for Best Screenplay OGNJEN GLAVONIĆ, THE LOAD (Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar) THE NATIONAL COMPETITION AWARDS Yury Marukhin Memorial Award for Best Cinematography Best Belarusian Feature Film Award DAUGHTER (Poland), director Mara Tamkovich ADAM BAJERSKI, ONCE UPON A TIME IN NOVEMBER (Poland), director Andrzej Jakimowski Best Belarusian Documentary Film Award SONGS FOR KIT (Belarus, Russia), Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role director Ruslan Fedotow ZHAO TAO, ASH IS PUREST WHITE (China, France, Japan), director Jia Zhang-Ke Best Belarusian Animated Film Award THE GOOD WOLF (Belarus), director Natalia Darvina Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role STEPAN DEVONIN, CORE OF THE WORLD (Russia), director Natalia Meshchaninova CHILDREN AND YOUTH FILM COMPETITION “LISTAPADZIK” AWARDS Award for Best Sound/Score ANTON BAIBAKOV, VOLCANO (Ukraine, Germany) Grand Prix Golden Listapadzik For Best Film SUPA MODO (Kenya, Germany), Special Jury Award THE THIRD WIFE (Vietnam), director Ash Mayfair director Likarion Wainaina Award for Best Young Actor / Actress CHUNG CHIACHUN, LONG TIME NO SEA (Taiwan) THE FEATURE FILM COMPETITION "YOUTH ON THE MARCH" AWARDS Award for Best Adult Actor / Actress in Children’s Film FILIPPO NIGRO, Victor Turov Memorial Award for Best Film THE DEAD AND THE OTHERS (Brazil, Portugal), GIRL IN FLIGHT (Italy, Switzerland) directors João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora Special Jury Award for Best Screenplay ON THE EDGE (Kazakhstan), director Aldiyar Bairakimov Special Jury Award MANTA RAY (Thailand, France, China), director Phuttiphong Aroonpheng Award for Best Cinematography THE LITTLE COMRADE (Estonia), director Moonika Siimets

THE MAIN DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION AWARDS AUDIENCE AWARDS OF THE 24TH Minsk IFF LISTAPAD Grand-Prix for Best Documentary Film HOME GAMES (Ukraine, France, Poland), Audience Award for the Best Feature Alisa Kovalenko YULI (Spain, UK, Germany), director Icíar Bollaín Special Jury Award OVER THE LIMIT (Finland, Germany, Poland), director Marta Prus Audience Award for the Best Documentary Film GRANNY PROJECT (Hungary, Germany, ), director Bálint Révész AWARD FOR BEST 1ST–2ND DOCUMENTARY FILM – NATIONAL FILM SCHOOLS COMPETITION Audience Award for the Best Children and Youth Film Award for Best Documentary THE SAME PAIN (Poland), director Peter Sand Magnussen SUPA MODO (Kenya, Germany), director Likarion Wainaina

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 14 HEADS OF JURIES

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Yusup Zara Michal Josephine Lucy Eric Renata Razykov Abdullaeva Leszczylowski Settmacher Virgen Bilodeau Santoro (Russia, Uzbekistan) (Russia) (Poland, Sweden) (Germany) (Mexico) (USA) (Italy) 2017

Bence Erez Andrei Ludmila Dimitar Kai S. Yuri Kabaivanov Pieck Fliegauf Pery Zagdansky Saenkova Goroulev (Hungary) (Israel) (USA) (Belarus) (Bulgaria) (Germany) (Belarus) 2016

Zaza Denis Nana Alain Janusz Emilia Natalia Urushadze Cote Dzhanelidze Fleischer Wroblewski Haviarova Drozd

(Georgia) (Canada) (Georgia) (France) (Poland) (Czech Republic) (Russia) 2015

Vadim Cristina Artchil Heidi Sergey Christian Igor Abdrashitov Velasco Khetagouri Gronauer Trimbach Dyekjaer Avdeev

(Russia) (Mexico) (Georgia) (Italy) (Ukraine) (Denmark) (Belarus)

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 15 GUESTS OF HONOUR

Bence FLIEGAUF, film director, the Head of the Main Competition jury at Listapad-2017, awardee of the Grand Prix Golden Listapad-2016 For Best Film Sean BAKER, film director, the Head of the “LILY LANE” (Hungary): Feature film competition “Youth on the March” Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV, film director, the Head of the Main Competition jury at “Listapad opens an unknown films. jury at Minsk IFF Listapad-2014 (USA): Listapad-2012, awardee of the Bronze Audience Award Listapad-2003 (Russia): I liked the selection of cinema, the “I am totally impressed not only “Listapad” is a great festival. Right from the very first days program included high-quality films by the program of the festival, of screenings it became clear that it would be difficult to there are not shown on the screens but also by the hospitality of every choose the best film. “Listapad” is needed to give a kind of of other forums.” single person I met here.” creative injection to the young.

Claire DENIS, film director, special guest at Kira MURATOVA, film director (Ukraine): Minsk IFF Listapad-2013 (France): “I like Minsk and the atmosphere of the festival; “Belarusians and French people have many things in common. it is a calm atmosphere of something clean and In terms of culture. Yes, we speak different languages, but damn, we noble in its clarity, non-clumsiness of ads and are so close! You are not foreigners for me.” anything that is irrelevant.”

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 16 INDUSTRY DAYS TODAY The Bel:Cinema Industry is open since 2015 Script workshops, B2B Doc workshops Projects pitching in frame of Minsk IFF Listapad with the Presentations aim of creating the playground for Local initiatives communication among film professionals Animation & VR Day and a bigger goal to include local Distribution Day scriptwriters, directors and producers in the European and international context of film production with an emphasis on co-products.

Over the past three years, notable results have been achieved by organizing a feature films “Scripts Matchmaking” and documentary projects Pitching.

“We sincerely believe that Industry Event will contribute to the development of the national and will open and promote new names.” Lizaveta Bobrykava, head of Industry platform

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 17 SCRIPT WORKSHOPS INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS GIVE PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PARTICIPANTS ON THE TECHNIQUE OF CREATING SUCCESSFUL STORIES AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN FRAME OF INTERNATIONAL SCRIPT WORKSHOPS.

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 18 ANIMATION & VR DAY THE PROGRAM INCLUDES SPHERICAL MOVIES, WORKSHOPS ABOUT SPATIAL AUDIO, IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING, ART IN VIRTUAL REALITY, APPLYING VR IN ANIMATION. FOR THE FIRST TIME MINSK PLANETARIUM SHOWED A FULLDOME CINEMA.

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 19 SPECIAL EVENTS

• SEMINARS AND ROUNDTABLES ON MODERN CINEMA; • PRESS CONFERENCES;

• FILM POSTERS EXHIBITIONS, PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS OF FILM DESIGNERS, PHOTO EXHIBITIONS; • FILM MUSIC CONCERTS; • CHILDREN’S DRAWINGS EXHIBITIONS, BOOKS, TOYS (WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK “LISTAPADZIK” SECTION)

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 20 SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS PARTNERSHIP WITH MINSK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL GIVES WIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REACHING CUSTOMERS, CINEMA PROFESSIONALS AND CULTURAL ELITE OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE FOLLOWING: • Cobranding of 6/7 festival’s screening platforms; • Advertising possibilities of the Festival; • Holding special branded partner’s events at the Festival; • Holding one or more festival’s programmes under the partner’s brand; • Foundation of a special partner’s prize for the films; • Elite Hospitatlity; • Participating in festival’s media-activities.

Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 21 PARTNERS & DISTRIBUTORS 2 TEAM PRODUCTIONS (ISRAEL) FILMS DISTRIBUTION (FRANCE) METAFILMS (CANADA) URBAN DISTRIBUTION INT. (FRANCE) 4L () FILMS BOUTIQUE (GERMANY) MILLIMETER FILM PRODUCTION UTV MOTION PICTURES (INDIA) A COMPANY (RUSSIA) FLASH FILM PRODUCTION (FRANCE) (GEORGIA) UTOPIA PICTURES (RUSSIA) FORTISSIMO FILMS (THE NETHERLANDS) MK2 (FRANCE) VERSATILE (FRANCE) AD VITAM (FRANCE) GARMATA FILM PRODUCTION (UKRAINE) NATIONAL FILM STUDIO BELARUSFILM VOLTAGE PICTURES (USA) ALPHA VIOLET (FRANCE) GEORGIAN NATIONAL FILM CENTER NOMADIC INDEPENDENCE PICTURES WIDE HOUSE (FRANCE) AMRION OÜ (ESTONIA) (GEORGIA) (USA) WIDE MANAGEMENT (FRANCE) GLOBAL SCREEN GMBH (GERMANY) OTHER ANGLE PICTURES (FRANCE) WILD BUNCH (FRANCE) ANTIPODE SALES & DISTRIBUTION (RUSSIA) HANWAY FILMS (UK) OY ART STUDIO (KYRGYZSTAN) WILDSIDE (ITALY) ASA FILM PRODUCTION A/S (DENMARK) INTERCINEMA (RUSSIA) P&I FILMS (RUSSIA) КИНОКОМПАНИЯ НОВЫЕ ЛЮДИ BAC FILMS (FRANCE) JOUR2FETE (FRANCE) PARADOX (NORWAY) (РОССИЯ) BAOBAB FILMS (SPAIN) HELSINKI FILM OY (FINLAND) PASCALE RAMONDA (FRANCE) НАШЕ КИНО (РОССИЯ) BARABAN FILMS (RUSSIA) HOMLESS BOB PRODUCTION (ESTONIA) PAPA FILMS DOO (SERBIA) ПРОВЗГЛЯД (РОССИЯ) BETA FILM (GERMANY) IRIS FILMS (BELGIUM) PATHE (FRANCE) СТВ (РОССИЯ) BIBERCHE PRODUCTIONS (SERBIA) KADR STUDIO (POLAND) PREMIUM FILM (RUSSIA) ТЕЛЕВИЗИОННОЕ АГЕНТСТВО BOLD FILMS (USA) KAZAKHFILM JSC (KAZAKHSTAN) PRIMA LINEA PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE) РУССКИЙ РЕПОРТАЖ (РОССИЯ) CAT&DOCS (FRANCE) KINOELEKTRON (FRANCE) PROTAGONIS (UK) CELLULOID DREAMS (FRANCE) KINOLOGY (FRANCE) PYRAMIDE FILMS (FRANCE) CG CINEMA (FRANCE) KOKTEBEL FILM COMPANY (RUSSIA) RECTANGLE PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE) CINEMA DEPARTMENT OF RUSSIAN KUUKULGUR FILM (ESTONIA) REZO (FRANCE) FEDERATION LE PACTE (FRANCE) ROCK FILMS (RUSSIA) CINEMA PRESTIGE (RUSSIA) LES FILMS DU FLEUVE (BELGIUM) SBS PRODUCTIONS (FRANCE) CINEMA REPUBLIC. INTERNATIONAL LES FILMS DU LENDEMAIN (FRANCE) SEVILLE INTERNATIONAL (CANADA) SALES&PRODUCTION (SPAIN) LES FILMS DU LOSANGE (FRANCE) SIERRA / AFFINITY (USA) CINEMAGINAIRE (CANADA) LES FILMS VELVET (FRANCE) SND GROUPE M6 (FRANCE) COPRODUCTION OFFICE (GERMANY) LEVEL K (DENMARK) SUNRISE FILMS (FRANCE) ELLE DRIVER (FRANCE) LYLA FILMS (CANADA) TASKOVSKI FILMS LTD (UK) ENDORFILM S.R.O. (CZECH REPUBLIC) M APPEAL (GERMANY) TEMPESTA SRL (ITALY) FA FILMA (LATVIA) MANDARIN CINEMA (FRANCE) THE MATCH FACTORY (GERMANY) FARABI CINEMA FOUNDATION (IRAN) MAXIMA FILM (CROATIA) TRUSTNORDISK (DENMARK) FIDELITE FILMS (FRANCE) MEMENTO FILMS INTERNATIONAL (FRANCE) UDI (URBAN DISTRIBUTION INT)(FRANCE) Minsk IFF LISTAPAD 2018 22 TEAM & CONTACT

Visual and Performing Arts Centre «ART Corporation» 220088, Belarus, Minsk, Internatsionalnaya Street, 21 tel. +375 17 2339874, +37517 233989 www.listapad.com, www.artcorporation.by

Angela Krashevskaya Irina Demyanova Lizaveta Bobrikova Director of the MIFF «Listapad» Documentary films program director Industry Days coordinator [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Igor Soukmanov Ekaterina Sychyova Tamara Basakova Deputy director, feature film program director, Assistant of documentary film program director Guest coordinator program director of the Children and Youth Films [email protected] [email protected] Competition «Listapadzik» [email protected] Nikolai Lavreniuk Traffic Manager National competition coordinator [email protected] Julia Samoilovskikh [email protected] Assistant of feature film program director Press Centre [email protected] [email protected]

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