After TWENTY successful festivals in the depth of Siberia and after TWO years of a compulsory silence caused by the war in Ukraine, we launch the next edition of the festival — in exile.

A hybrid character of the event allows to incorporate online showcases and offline screenings in three countries: United States, Italy, and Serbia. On each following year we will change locations in order to reach audiences enthusiastic about visual languages.

We still are focused on experimental works which are drifting, as a rule, between new cinematic and contemporary artistic languages.

The theme of the festival 2024 is FOREVER YOUNG.

Grand Prix — Palm Secateur D'Or
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Diplomas
Special Jury Diplomas and Mentions

Nominations:
Experimental film 
Video art
Feature film 
Documentary film 
Animation film 

1. Professional filmmakers or video artists can submit to the Festival, as well as amateurs.

2. Festival entry is FREE ONLY for those authors who have been previously selected to any of the past Festival editions. Please request a special code via videodom@gmail.com.

3. Only digital productions are accepted - films or video art projects:
- maximum running time is 30 min.

4. One author/company can submit to the Festival any number of works.

5. Each film can be entered for only one nomination at once.

6. Festival nominations: Fiction, Documentary, Experimental, Animation, Video Art.

7. The Festival accepts films completed after the 1st of January 2022. Please note, the films produced before this date will be automatically disqualified.

8. Deadline for entries - May 1, 2024. Early bird deadline - March 1, 2024.

9. If original language of your entry is not English it has to be subtitled.

10. All submissions will be watched and reviewed by the Selection Committee.

11. The Selection Committee has the right not to inform about criteria of selection or non-selection to the main competition programme, audience award competition or any special screenings.

12. All submissions selected to the main competition programme will be screened to the Jury. Non-selected entries can be shown in the frames of the Festival special screenings, in such case a request will be sent to author/producer to confirm.

13. Festival awards:
Grand Prix — Palm Secateur D'Or
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Diplomas
Special Jury Diplomas and Mentions

15. The list of selected films will be announced on our web-site www.metakanskfest.art after the 1st of June, 2024.

16. Authors of the films selected to the International competition are invited to participate in the festival online.

17. Award winners will be announced on the web-site on the last day of the Festival after a closing ceremony.

18. A Grand Prix winner will be invited to the international jury of the following festival.

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  • Лидия Риккер

    Программа фестиваля была очень интересная и я счастлива, что была там, в кругу прекрасных творческих людей!!! Спасибо команде фестиваля! Я постоянно чувствовала вашу заботу и увезла с собой самые лучшие впечатления!

    February 2022
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    Response from festival:

    Спасибо огромное! Это самое главное признание - от авторов )

  • Such a lovely passionate team who love what they do and most importantly, they care about their filmmakers and are committed to seeing them grow.

    September 2021
  • Joe Chang

    I am happy with the participations in this film festival and thank you very much for selecting my animated short film Pray!

    September 2021
  • Filmes do Gajo

    What an nice invitation it is to screen at a festival in Kansk, Siberia, a place where ones mind immediately starts to have photographs and stunning cinematography in mind. The variety of films and videos was mesmerizing, as well as all technical aspects to run a festival online worked without any interferences. It was special in a very positive way to have comments from the jury, poetry readings, performances and Q&As with interesting questions. And to received an award was fantastic. Thank you Kansk!

    September 2020
  • What a great experience Kansk 2020 was for me. My experimental art film Rockana found a home, all the way from Australia in Siberia. The festival team did an amazing job pulling all the tech together to run 24 hour online screenings for the first time due to restrictions. Excellent communication all the way. It was a special experience for me to have my work discussed in an intellectual and artistically aware manner by reviewers and judges, something I've found difficult to find elsewhere. Only disappointment was not being able to attend due to rona travel restrictions. I sure intend to visit Kansk and meet some of it's fine people in the future. Recommended festival.

    September 2020