The 4th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film was held in from Feb. 4-8 in 1999 at a boarding house called "Birch Grove" two kilometres from the town of Tarusa, Russia. Animated works from the past three years from the Russian Federation were accepted. Along with auteur films, commercial reels, video clips, music videos, television bumpers and one animated series were in competition. Coming the year after the 1998 Russian financial crisis, there were fewer films than usual.
The jury prizes were tailor-made to the films in competition. Also, any member or guest of the festival was able to vote for their favourite film.
Jury English Profession(s) Fyodor Khitruk director, animator Oksana Cherkasova director Andrey Khrzhanovskiy director, animator Igor Nazaruk composer Boris Pavlov film theorist
Jury prizes Award Film Recipient(s)(the director of the film, unless stated otherwise) Links Grand Prix At the Ends of the EarthНа краю земли (Na krayu zemli) Konstantin Bronzit Best Animated Clip The BeastЧудовище (Chudovishche) Antonov Aleksey Best Commercial The Phone BirdТелефонная птичка» (Telefonnaya ptichka) Dmitry VysotskiyAndrey Sikorskiy (writer, artist) Prize for Talented Art Direction and Reflection of National Traditions A Facetious DanceШуточный танец (Shutochnyy tanets) Dinyara Ganiyeva (art director) Prize for Feature-length Exploration of a National Epic Poem with the Method of Puppet Animation The Magic PipeВолшебная свирель (Volshebnaya svirel) Mikhail Tumelya Prize for the Elegance of Artistic and Directorial Signature MimyМимыInkorstrakhИнкорстрахDeep WoodsЛесная глушьBarrisolБаррисоль Dmitriy Geller Prize for Scenario from the Series The Fund of Legal Reforms The NeedНужда (Nuzhda) Vasiko Bedoshvilli Prize for Inventiveness and Lyricism FatherОтец (Otets) Aleksey Demin Best Debut Direction Grand Jeter Aleksandr Ilyash Prize for Witty Parody of Modern Commercials Short Legs, Короткие ноги (Korotkiye nogi) Svyatoslav Ushakov
Rating (by audience vote) Each member of the audience was asked to list their top 5 five films of the festival. 5 points were given for a 1st place vote and so on, down to 1 point for a 5th place vote. Position Film Director Points Link 1 At the Ends of the EarthНа краю земли (Na krayu zemli) Konstantin Bronzit 442 2 Once Upon a Time on the Sea-ShoreОднажды у синяго моря (Odnazhdy u sinyavo morya) Aleksey Kharitidi 238 3 The Magic PipeВолшебная свирель (Volshebnaya svirel) Mikhail Tumelya 227 4 Gone with the WindУнессённые ветром (Unessyonnyye vetrom) Aleksandr Tatarskiy 146 5 The Fund of Legal Reforms (series, 10x30sec)Фонд правовых реформ (Fond pravovykh reform) Vasiko BedoshviliYelena Rogova 109 6 BeowulfБеовульф Yuriy Kulakov 92 7 FatherОтец (Otets) Aleksey Demin 67 8 Night on Bald MountainНочь на лысой горе (Noch na lysoy gore) Galina Shakitskaya 62 9 Short Legs, Короткие ноги (Korotkiye nogi) Svyatoslav Ushakov 32
External links Official website with the results Full list of competing films