Winners of the Yuri Tarich Republican Amateur Film Competition Awarded in Polotsk

The results of the republican competition of amateur films named after Yuri Tarich "I Shoot Movies" have been summed up in Polotsk, as reported by the Polotsk District Executive Committee.

The Grand Prix winners of the competition were: in the "Animation" nomination - the children's creative studio "Star Factory" (Minsk) for the animated film "Grandma's Garden".

In the "Documentary Film" nomination - Alexey Averuk (Grodno) for the film "Good Old Harpsichord". In the "Fiction Film" nomination - the studio "KONI crew" (Minsk) for the feature film "Nameless". Diplomas of I, II, and III degrees were awarded to the authors of the best works in the nominations "Advertising", "Social Video", "Essay", "Thematic Program", "Music Video", "The light began from Polotsk...". The latter was introduced this year in honor of the city's centuries-old history. The Audience Award was shared by 6 contestants.

In 2017, the Yuri Tarich amateur film competition was held for the fourth time, and for the first time, it was held with republican status. 96 participants (22 professionals, 43 amateurs, the rest are studios) aged 14 to 66 from Belarus, Russia, Latvia, Estonia, and Germany competed for victory, submitting 187 works in various genres (66 documentaries, 54 fiction films, 9 animations, 14 music videos, 12 advertisements, and 20 social videos, 8 thematic programs, and 5 essays) for the audience and professional jury.

In addition, this year the forum had six subsidiary competitions: "We all come from childhood" (among preschool educational institutions), "The Great Change" (among students in grades 1-7), "We are young, the hope of the country" (among students in grades 8-11), "SmartSTUDIO" (among students of secondary vocational and vocational-technical educational institutions), "In the Spotlight - a Person" (among rural executive committees), "In the Spotlight - an Enterprise" (among employees of enterprises and institutions). Almost 70 enterprises and institutions of Polotsk and Polotsk district participated in them, submitting 124 works.

The organizers of the competition are the Ministry of Culture, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, the Polotsk District Executive Committee, and the National Film Studio

"Belarusfilm", Belarusian State Academy of Arts.

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