Kinotavr

Kinotavr
New festival logo from 2006[1]
LocationSochi, Russia
LanguageRussian
Websitehttp://www.kinotavr.ru/en/

Kinotavr (Russian: Кинотавр[2]), also known as the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival was an open film festival held in the resort city of Sochi, Russia annually in June since 1991, until it was cancelled in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3][4] Alexander Rodnyansky said: "This year the festival will not take place, it will be rescheduled for a period when we survive the current political events and can return to the cinema, including to understand what happened to the country and to all of us."[3]

From 1994 to 2005 the festival consisted of two parts: the Open Russian Film Festival (ORFF) and the International Film Festival (IFF).[5] As of 2008 it was the largest national film festival in Russia.[6] There is a second film festival, known as Sochi International Film Festival and Awards.[7]

The word Kinotavr is a portmanteau (in Russian) of "Cinema" and "...taur" (as in Centaur or Minotaur).

  1. ^ Leonova, Yevgeniya (19 April 2006). "Кинотавр" сократится вдвое. Nezavisimaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  2. ^ A pun on "Minotaur"
  3. ^ a b "Alexander Rodnyansky announced the cancellation of Kinotavr this year - ePrimefeed". 24 March 2022.
  4. ^ Official website, retrieved on 2018-05-14.
  5. ^ "Кинофестиваль "Кинотавр". Досье".
  6. ^ "Russia's biggest local film festival starts". Hollywood Reporter. 9 June 2008.
  7. ^ Sochi International Film Festival and Awards, official website.