Arctic International Film Festival «Golden raven»

COMPETITION PROGRAM

The Festival is composed of the following competition sections:
• international competitive selection of full-length feature and documentary films;
• international competitive selection of full-length animated films;
• international competitive selection of short feature films;
• international competitive selection of short documentary films;
• international competitive selection of short animated films;
• interregional competitive selection "FilmRising!".

OUT-OF-COMPETITION PROGRAM
Out-of-competition program of the Festival includes:
• full-length and short films;
• animated films;
• other media content at the discretion of the Organizing Committee of the Festival.

FILMS SUBMITION REQUIREMENTS

Copyright holders of the films submitted for the Festival’s programs (each film can be submitted only for one section) may take part in the Festival.
The Festival programs include Russian and foreign films selected by the Selection Committee, reflecting universal spiritual and moral values and cultural traditions, bearing the ideas of peacemaking, religious tolerance and humanism, in accordance with the main nominations of the Festival.

International competitive selections of full-length feature, documentary and animated films are reserved for:
• full-length feature, documentary and animated films over 52 minutes;
• films produced after January 1, 2024;
• films dedicated to Arctic or northern topics and reflecting the life of the population of the northern regions of the world; as well as films about the everyday life, and culture of indigenous peoples in different parts of the world, environmental issues, and the relation between man and nature.

International competitive selections of short feature and documentary films are reserved for:
• films less than 52 minutes;
• films produced after January 1, 2024;
• films of any themes and genres.

International competition program of short animated films are reserved for:
• films less than 52 minutes;
• films produced after January 1, 2024;
• films dedicated to Arctic or northern themes and reflecting the life of the population of the northern regions of the world, including indigenous peoples, nature and wildlife and other themes.

Interregional competitive selection "FilmRising!" is reserved for:
• short feature and documentary films less than 30 minutes;
• films produced after January 1, 2024 by authors of the regions of the North, Siberia and the Far East in the territory of residence: regions of the North, Siberia and the Far East and that have never before taken part in this section of the Festival;
• films dedicated to Arctic or northern themes and reflecting the life of the population of the northern regions of the world, including indigenous peoples, nature and wildlife and other themes.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submissions to the Festival will be accepted from August 15, 2025 to November 30, 2025.
Russian submissions are entered online at the Festival’s official web site http://goldenravenfilmfest.ru/ and it is obligatory to send all the materials to section https://goldenravenfilmfest.ru/zayavka.

Foreign submissions are entered for Selection committee via one of online-platforms including FilmFreeway (https://filmfreeway.com/ArcticInternationalFilmFestivalGoldenRaven), Festhome (https://festhome.com/festival/the-golden-raven-international-arctic-film-festival).

The submission to the competitive sections is free:
• early deadline (before September 30, 2025);
• regular deadline (before October 31, 2025);
• extreme deadline (before November 30, 2025).

The final decision about including the film in the program of the Festival is taken by the Selection Committee that reserves the right not to provide any personal feedback and not to comment on the reasons of the rejections to submissions.

The Selection Committee and the Organizing Committee of the Festival reserve the right to refuse to participate in the Festival to a previously confirmed competitor in case of the following circumstances:
- the participant's failure to provide information for the catalog and media support of the festival within the specified period;
- the absence of feedback on current organizational issues from the participant for a long time during the process of preparing the Festival without valid excuse;
- identification by the Festival Organizing Committee of the fact that the participant provided false information on issues related to the demonstration of the film during the festival the Festival.
The list of the participants of competitive and out-of-competitive sections is created by the Selection Committee and released at the official web site of the Festival https://goldenravenfilmfest.ru/ no later than on March 25, 2026.

ENTRY CONDITIONS

Each film selected to the Festival must be accompanied no later than by February 01, 2026 by the following materials:
- the dialogue list, *srt file in English (for foreign films) or Russian language with exact time code;
- the copy of the film for creating subtitling (Full HD, mp4 or Proress file with maximum bitrate);
- synopsis in English and/or in Russian;
- festival history of the film in English and/or Russian;
- biography in English and/or in Russian and photo of the director;
- stills from the film (no less than 300 dpi);
- poster of A1 format (*psd and *jpeg in parameters suitable for high-quality printing);
- trailer or teaser of the film;
- a copy of the film's distribution certificate (if available, for Russian participants);
- a copy of the national film certificate (if available, for Russian participants);
- consent of the copyright holder to show the film as part of the Festival
- other press, advertising and promotional materials if available.

For the participation in the Festival the right holder of the film must supply to the Festival a copy of the film. The accepted screening format is DCP. The film should be provided in its original language subtitled in Russian or in English if the original language is neither Russian nor English.
The participation of the film in the competitive sections implies the personally presence of the director or of a leading member of the cast of the film at the Festival. In case the director and/or the leading member of the cast have no opportunity to attend the Festival, the Organizing Committee reserves the right to keep the film in the competition program in case it will be represented by the leading member of the film crew.
The Festival has the right to use all visual materials related to the selected films including excerpts from the films (no longer than 3 minutes each) in order to promote the Festival and Festival’s events and to inform the auditory.

HOSPITALITY TERMS AND TRANSPORTATION OF SCREENING COPIES

The Festival provides official invitation letter for the representatives of the films participating in competitive sections in order to apply for visa and/or to arrange a business trip to the Festival.
The Festival covers the cost of the economy class air ticket from Moscow (or other Russian city) to Anadyr and from Anadyr to Moscow (or other Russian city) for one representative from each film included in full-length films competitive program.
The Festival covers the cost of hotel accommodation and meals at Anadyr for one representative from each film included in full-length films competitive program.
The participant is liable for the other costs including:
• application fee for the Russian visa;
• costs related to the change of the tickets;
• costs related to the upgrade of comfort level of flight tickets or accommodation during the festival and during the transfer to its location and back;
• transfer to and from the airport except transfer in Moscow and in Anadyr.
The Festival does not cover the costs of the visit of the participants of the competitive selections of short films to the Festival.
The Festival covers the costs of transport agents (for both outward and return shipment), transportation, storage and insurance expenses of the prints with the screening copies of the selected films.
In case of loss or damage of the print, the responsibility of the Festival occurs only within the cost of this electronic media specified by the producer in the technical certificate for the film.

OFFICIAL EVENTS DURING THE FESTIVAL

Besides competitive and non-competitive film screenings, in order to realize its mission, the Festival carries out social, cultural and educational activities, organizing and holding a number of official events.

These activities may include:
• business program (master classes, meetings, public discussions, round tables, conferences with representatives of the professional film community, as well as with representatives of local authorities, Russian and foreign media, etc.);
• educational program (master classes, lectures, meetings held primarily for children and youth on the basis of schools, libraries and other social facilities, and aimed at transferring knowledge in the field of cinematography);
• cultural program (creative evenings of the guests of the festival, creative meetings, cultural presentations, concerts, open sports trainings, excursions for participants and guests of the festival, etc.).

FINAL PROVISIONS

The Artistic Director has the power to settle all the cases and issues not covered by these Regulations.
In case of objective reasons these Regulations may be amended and supplemented on the initiative of the Organizing Committee of the Festival, the Artistic Director of the Festival or the Committee for Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Chukotka Autonomous Region. Changes and additions to the articles of the Regulation are subject to mandatory agreement. The term for approval of amendments and additions shall not exceed five working days from the moment of documentary (written) initiation.

Participation in the Festival presumes agreement to all articles of the present Regulations and compliance with them.