The Big Cartoon Festival is the largest annual animation festival in Russia. Since 2007, it has been introducing the Russian audience to the best examples of Russian and foreign animation. The Festival program includes screenings of full-length films, thematic programs of short animation for adults and children, meetings with leading artists and directors, and master classes on various animation techniques. Over the recent years, the Festival has been held in Moscow, Voronezh, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Khabarovsk, Norilsk, Togliatti and Lipetsk, and in July 2020 it was held online for the first time. In 2021, the festival celebrates its 15th anniversary.
Условия подачи фильмов на конкурс-2021 на русском языке размещены здесь: http://www.multfest.ru/moscow2021/regulations
Jury of the International Competition presents the following prizes:
GRAND PRIХ for Best Short Animated Film
AWARD for Best Student Animated Film
AWARD for Best Non-narrative Animated Film
Special Jury Prize
Jury of the Russian Competition presents the following prizes:
AWARD for Best Russian Short Animated Film
AWARD for Best Russian Student Animated Film
AWARD for Best Russian Animated Film for Children
Special Jury Prize
Jury of the International Children Competition presents the following prizes:
AWARD for Best Episode of TV Show (under 12 y.o.)
AWARD for Best Episode of TV Show (over 12 y.o.)
AWARD for Best Foreign Animated Film for Children
Other Prizes
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
CRITICS CHOICE AWARD
PRIZE of the BCF Management
The Festival has three juries:
1. International jury of the International Competition
2. Russian Jury of the Russian National Competition
3. International jury of the international competition of animated films for children and the international competition of TV shows
Each jury consists of three persons closely associated with the art of animation.
The list of members of the jury is formed in the period from July 1 to September 15, 2021. The names of the jury members are announced no later than 4 weeks before the start of the Festival. Films created by members of the jury are not eligible to participate in any of the competition programs that they judge. The decisions of the jury are final. The jury announces the results at the closing ceremony of the Festival on November 8, 2021. The jury has the right to refuse to award a prize in any category, if none of the works, in the
opinion of the jury members, meets its standards. The jury has the right to withhold an award in any category where no entries, in the jury’s view, meet its standards for recognition.
The winners of the Festival will be notified of the receipt of the prize at the closing ceremony (if they are present at it) or after its completion. The Festival sends prizes to film authors via courier delivery at the Festival's expense. If a representative of the winning film is present at the closing ceremony, the prize is handed over to him or her for self-delivery to their destination.
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Hui-ching Tseng
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