Film program XVI International Youth Film Festival «Light to the World»

Category «Youth» nomination «Feature film»
1. Time of Cinema (Russia, 2025, Maxim Strygin/Sergey Tezov, Evgeny Safonov)
2. TO (Russia, SPbGUKI, 2025 Igor Ivanov/Alena Shchipitsina, Vyacheslav Piskunov)
3. Book Romantics (Russia, Kurakin Illusion Film Company (KIK), 2026, Chernobaev Nikolai/Pavlychev Egor, Gordienko Anna, Rusin Kirill and Ufimtseva Victoria)
4. I’m Giving Birth (Russia, 23mmoon production, 2025, Vlastopulo Medeya/Pipko Varvara)
5. There is no more love (Russia, Institute of Cinema and Television (GITR), 2025, Apollinaria Limanskaya/Sofia Volodchinskaya, Evgeny Pisarev)
6. The Black Box (Russia, 2025, Kristina Ponomareva/Evgeny Melnik, Anastasia Rechister)
7. Baitora (Iran, 2025, Faraj Salehi/Rana Al Azem, Kiyasha Tangestani)
8. Talk to Me (Syria-Russia, SPbGUKI, 2025, Zain Issa/ Artem Tselovalnikov, Polina Snezhko, Arkady Zdravomysl)
9. Set Sail (China, 2025, Shunliang Shen/ Luo Ji, Wang Yuxiang)
10. The Clash (Pakistan, 2025, Syed Asad Raza Abidi/ Shamoon Abbasi, Nazish Ali)
11. Seagulls over Golgotha (Armenia, 2025, Liya Karapetyan/ Armen Margaryan, Lilit Saliazaryan, Mays Sarkisyan)
12. TIC and TAC (France, 2026, François Le Guen/ Niels Dubost, Patrick Azam)

Category «Adults for Children» nomination «Feature Film»
1. The Tree Man (Russia, Studio «Master», 2024, Andrey Kim/ Saveliy Amelyanenko, Danil Belyaev, Victoria Faustova)
2. People Love (Russia, 2025, Victoria Kot/ Kirill Savichev, Matvey Zosimovich)
3. The First Lesson (Russia, 2025, Maxim Bobkov/Efim Simakov)
4. Vusya Vulaty (Russia, 2026, Timur Davydov, Yulia Davydova/Davydov Gordey, Dmitry Gritsun, Evdokia Kolyvanova)
5. Ivan and Nestor. Vanka Zhukov (Russia, 2024, Platonov Dmitry/Ivan Shuvarov, Nestor Porfiryev, Dmitry Platonov, Lilia Galeeva)
6. Order (Russia, 2025, Mikhail Muzalevsky/ Yuri Kuznetsov, Saveliy Kudryashov)
7. Parental Control (Russia, Children’s Film Studio «Stop! Filmed», Andrey Kozlov/
Maria Salakhova, Alisa Khartova, Demid Batishchev, Pavel Ilyin, Anna Eshchenko)
8. Ndoto (Kenya, Omar Hamza Hassan)
9. The Fire of Courage (Uzbekistan, 2025, Muhammadali Mardanov / Ulmas Uraev, Muslima Sabitzhanova)
10. I rarely look at the stars (Philippines, 2025, Harvey Gozado/ Darnet Gumaraing, Shildhon Molina)
11. Dandelion Girl (Iran, 2025, Azadeh Masihzadeh/ Tara Sorush, Beniam Afraneh, Abdollah Bahadori)
12. Orange Road (Syria, UAE, 2025, Sami Farah/ Ahmad Janod, Mariaha Aban)

Category «No age restrictions» nomination «Feature film full-length»
1. Blood type (Russia, Triix Media Film Company, supported by the Film Foundation, 2025, Maxim Brius/Karina Andolenko, Petar Zekavitsa, Andrey Rudyka, Eva Williams, Daniil Rubashevsky)
2. The Legend of the Scythian Gold (Russia, Domino Effect Film Studio LLC, 2025, Vyacheslav Kazantsev/ Alexey Bakurenko, Alexander Kazachek, Stepan Lopatin, Ekaterina Mikhailova, Denis Zaitsev)
3. Lefty (Russia, Legio Felix Film Company with the support of the Cinema Foundation, 2026, Vladimir Besedin/ Yuri Kolokolnikov, Fyodor Fedotov)

Category «Youth» nomination «Video clip»
1. Christ the Lord (Russia, 2026, Bernatsky Ivan/ Murzyukov Serafim, Yudenko Alexandra)
2. I’m leaving (France, 2026, Alban Chaume)
3. You’d better run (Armenia, 2025, Narek Akobyan/Sat Gasparyan, Norayr Sndayan, Alla Vardanyan, Grigor Gabrielyan)

Category «Youth» nomination «Social Film»
1. Eighty (Russia, 2025, Alena Takiy)
2. Do It Yourself (Spain, 2025, Fábio Biondo)
3. Resonating Silence (Indonesia, 2026, Jaka Budiana)
Category «Youth» nomination «Animation»
1. Live in the house (Russia, 2025, Angelina Mayulova)
2. Prayer for salvation (Russia, 2026, Ekaterina Chernaya)
3. Lesson of knitting (Russia, LLC «Studio «A-film», 2025, Maximova Victoria)
4. Fondue (Russia, Kristina Kesler, 2026)
5. The series «Champions», the cartoon «The Cherished Puck» (Russia, Soyuzmultfilm, 2025, Maxim Kulikov, Danil Strizhov)
6. The Power of Fish (Russia, Light Studio LLC, VGIK named after S. A. Gerasimov, 2024, Varvara Volkova)
7. The Bear and the Hunter (France, 2025, Gustave Ballard)
8. Two Ships (Portugal, 2025, McKinley Benson)
9. The path we have taken/The path we have taken (Iran, 2026, Narges Fazli)
10. Starry (Mexico, 2025, Daniela Melendez Garcia)

Category «Adults for Children» nomination «Animation»
1. My Dog (Russia, 2025, Sergey Kiatrov)
2. Water Bubbles (Russia, Soyuzmultfilm, 2026, Yuri Tomilov)
3. Voices of Leningrad: The City That Endured. Valya (Russia, IP Komarov Alexander Arkadievich, Maxim Polyakov, Andrey Zheludkov, Anastasia Anufrieva, Timofey Shilov, Yuliy Kun, Daria Bayborodina, Valeria Akhmetova)
4. Detective Dobrynin and the Annoying Sandals (Russia, Soyuzmultfilm, 2026, Karina Gazizova)
5. Luna Girl (Russia, Studio Ural-Sinema LLC, 2025, Grigory Malyshev)
6. Faraway Land (Iran, 2025, Abbas Gadirmohseni, Farshad Borzu)
7. The Right Rules (Belarus, 2025, Elena Turova, Natalia Kostyuchenko, Tatyana Nagorskaya, Alexander Lenkin)
8. The Blue Companion (Turkey, 2024, Farzaneh Gobadi)
9. Pirezan and Shahderakht (Iran, 2025, Robabe Hashemi)

Category «Youth» nomination «Non-fiction film»
1. Mama, әni, anne (Russia, 2025, Marina Makarova, Anna Dranitsyna)
2. The Stork on the Roof (Russia, 2024, Yulia Shulgina)
3. Despite Childhood (Russia, Institute of Cinema and Television (GITR), 2025, Pachenko Ulyana)
4. Kossolapoe Happiness (Russia, Institute of Cinema and Television (GITR), 2025, Alexandra Barkhatova)
5. Russian Lapta. Back in Action (Russia, Wolverine Film, 2025, Ivan Voloshin)
6. Human Life (Syria-Russia, 2025, Hussen Ali)
7. Frenesí (Chile, Argentina, 2026, Diego Alejandro)

Category «Adults for Children» nomination «Non-fiction film»
1. Out of Place (Russia, LLC «Film Company Abradox» and the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation, 2025, Margarita Volkova/ Artem Sergeev)
2. Children of the Mountains (Kyrgyzstan, 2025, Guliza Abdykamilova, Istanbulbek Mambetaliev)

Category «Youth» nomination «TV show, report»
1. Attractive factory (Russia, 2025, Kletskina Maria)
2. Behind the scenes. Money doesn’t smell: what does young milkmaid Nastya dream of? (Russia, 2025, Tatyana Salnikova, Sergey Pekhterev, Alyona Takiy)
3. Alma Sucreña/Soul of Sucre (Colombia, 2024, Greg Mendez)
4. Community with Responsibility for Sustainable Development (Angola, 2024, Moises Sua)

Category «Adults for Children» nomination «Experimental Film»
1. Petersburg (Russia, 2025, Ekaterina Stukanova)
2. Tales of Old Riga (Latvia, 2024, Egor Gordeev)

Category «No age restrictions» nomination «Orthodox film»
1. «To the Resurrection», non-fiction film (Russia, 2025, Evgeny Avdeev)
2. «Soul», feature film (Russia, 2024, Ivan Kharatyan/ Mikhail Salin, Sergey Sharovatov)
3. «Lizonka», feature film (Russia, 2025, Mikhail Gushchin, Evgeniya Razumnaya, Vasily Lyskov
4. «This is a Penitent», non-fiction film (Russia, 2025, Andrey Zverev, Alexander Zelenov)
5. «11:11», fiction film (Russia, 2026, Nikita Mark, Sergey Romanovich/Oleg Vasilkov, Sergey Romanovich)
6. «Silence», non-fiction film (Armenia, 2025, Narek Shahverdyan)
7. «Optina of White Russia», non-fiction film (Belarus, 2025, Efimenko Anton)

Category «No age restrictions» nomination «Patriotic film»
1. «BETEY/Obereg», feature film (Russia, 2024, Yultaev Ruslan/ Ilsiyar Gazetdinova, Ilnur Adzhitarov)
2. «A Suitable Opportunity», feature film (Russia, 2024, Dmitry Pasichnyuk, Anna Chizhova/ Igor Karpievich)
3. «Dot-Dash», feature film (Russia, 2025, Kaleriya Kotova/ Yaroslav Zvyagin, Igor Pekovich)
4. «Brothers», non-fiction film (Russia, 2025, Dmitry Semibratov)
5. «Goalkeeper», feature film (Italy, 2025, Salvatore Lizzio, Daniele Bonarini/Guglielmo Garafolo, Regina Bonaventì, Alessio Sorini, Giulia Testi)
6. «Memorial Complexes of Belarus», documentary animation (Belarus, 2025, Irina Tarasova, Natalia Kostyuchenko, Yulia Pintsak, Alexander Lenkin, Konstantin Andryushechkin)