Postventure Film (July 8-10, 2023) is a film contest and screening of Russian and foreign films about travel and postal communication. The contest program welcomes the works of different genres, techniques and length: fictional, doсumentarу and experimental films - all about the life of post service and its workers, postal communication and travel.

We especially appreciate the films that can show travel in the context of postal communication or post service through the lens of adventure - that's what we mean by philatourism.

The aim of the festival is to introduce the viewer to an unusual and, as a rule, invisible side of such an everyday thing as postal communication, to show that in spite of digital technology development the postal service is still holding up well.

The festival takes place in the town of Zadonsk, the capital of philatourism (Lipetsk region, Russia). The best films are to be shown in Zadonsk cinema and Dom Kultury (culture center), and the authors are to be awarded.

Festival organizers:
● Zadonsk municipal district administration
● Zadonsk town administration
● Tourist and information center Zadonskaya Zemlya
● Tourist and information center Lipetskaya Zemlya
● Creative agency LLC. "Traditsii pochtovykh soobscheniy"
● International Philatourism Community
● Ministry of Marine & Bottle Mail
● Ministry of Balloon Post
● Ministry of Post and Communication of the Kingdom of North Barchant
● Timur Khusyainov's publishing house

Rules & Terms

Short rules:
• The Festival accepts full-length and short-length fictional, animation films and documentaries, advertising clips and anthology films from any country shot in 2015-2023.
• If the film contains dialogs in other languages than Russian, it should have English subtitles.
• Premier screening is not necessary.
• No registration fee.
• When applying, the film authors should agree on open screening at the festival. Commissions are not paid.
• The application should enclose a film poster, at least 2 high definition shots, photo and profile of the director.
• All the materials should be sent not later than May 1, 2023.
• Each author may submit only one application in each nomination.