The Big Cartoon Festival is the largest annual animation festival in Russia. Since 2007, it has been introducing 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. During recent years, the Festival has been held in Moscow, Voronezh, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Khabarovsk, Norilsk, Togliatti and Lipetsk, and in 2020, it was held online for the first time.
18th Big Cartoon Festival (BCF) will take place in Moscow (Russia) between the dates of October 25 – November 5, 2024
The official website of the Festival: www.multfest.ru
The program director of the festival is Dina Goder.
Jury of the International Competition of Animated Short Films presents the following prizes:
Grand Prix for Best Short Animated Film
Award for Best Student Animated Film
Two Special Jury Prizes
Jury of the Russian Competition presents the following prizes:
Award for Best Russian Short Animated Film
Award for Best Russian Student Animated Film
Two Special Jury Prizes
Jury of the International Competition of Animated Feature Films presents the following prizes:
Award for Best Animated Feature Film
Special Jury Prize
Other Prizes
Audience Choice Award
Critics Choice Award
Prize of the BCF Management
The Jury
The Festival has three juries:
The jury for the International Competition of Animated Short Films
The jury for the Russian National Competition
The jury for the International Animated Feature Film Competition
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, 2024. 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 5, 2024. 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 winners of the Festival will be notified of taking 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.
