The 16th International Youth Film Festival “Light to the World”. Results.
The 16th International Youth Film Festival “Light to the World”. Results.
GRAN PRIX
Blood Type (Russia, Triks Media Film Company, with the support of the Film Fund, 2025, Maxim Brius / Karina Andolenko, Petar Zekavica, Andrey Rudyka, Eva Williams, Daniil Rubashevsky)
Nominees for the Grand Prix
The animated film “Live in the House” (Russia, 2025, Angelina Mayulova)
Full-length film «Blood Type» (Russia, «Triix Media» Film Company, with the support of the Cinema Foundation, 2025, Maxim Brius/ Karina Andolenko, Petar Zekavitsa, Andrey Rudyka, Eva Williams, Daniil Rubashevsky)
Short feature film «Lizonka» (Russia, 2025, Mikhail Gushchin, Evgeniya Razumnaya, Vasily Lyskov
The short film “Baitora” (Iran, 2025, Faraj Salehi / Rana Al Azem, Kiyasha Tangestani)
Category “Youth”, nomination “Short Film”
1st place
Book Romantics (Russia, Kurakin’s Illusion Film Company (KIK), 2026, Nikolai Chernobaev / Egor Pavlychev, Anna Gordienko, Kirill Rusin and Victoria Ufimtseva)
Special diploma: best cinematography: Vitaly Smalko
1st place
I’m giving birth (Russia, 23mmoon production, 2025, Vlastopulo Medea/Pipko Varvara)
Special diploma: best supporting female role: Elena Melentyeva
1st place
Baitora (Iran, 2025, Faraj Salehi / Rana Al Azem, Kiyasha Tangestani)
Special diploma: for the best acting performance: Rana Al Azem
2nd place
DO (Russia, St. Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts, 2025, Igor Ivanov /Alena Shchipitsina, Vyacheslav Piskunov)
Special diploma: for the best work by production designers: Yana Litvinova, Polina Fedotova
2nd place
There Is No Love (Russia, Institute of Film and Television (GITR), 2025, Apollinaria Limanskaya / Sofya Volodchinskaya, Evgeny Pisarev)
Special Diploma: for Best Actress: Sofya Volodchinskaya
2nd place
TIC and TAC (France, 2026, François Le Gen / Niels Dubost, Patrick Azam)
Special diploma: best acting performance: Niels Dubost
2nd place
Seagulls over Golgotha (Armenia, 2025, Liya Karapetyan / Armen Margaryan, Lilit Saliazaryan, Mays Sargsyan)
3rd place
Talk to Me (Syria–Russia, St. Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts, 2025, Zane Issa / Artem Tselovalnikov, Polina Snezhko, Arkady Zdravoismy)
Special Diploma: For the Best Screenplay: Arkady Zdravoismy, Zane Issa
3rd place
Clash (Pakistan, 2025, Syed Asad Raza Abidi / Shamoon Abbasi, Nazish Ali)
3rd place
Set Sail (China, 2025, Shunliang Shen/ Luo Ji, Wang Yuxiang)
3rd place
Time of Cinema (Russia, 2025, Maxim Strygin/Sergey Tezov, Evgeny Safonov)
finalist
Black Box (Russia, 2025, Kristina Ponomareva/Evgeny Melnik, Anastasia Rechister)
Category “Adults for Children”, nomination “Short Film”
1st place
Order (Russia, 2025, Maxim Gabula/ Yuri Kuznetsov, Savely Kudryashov)
1st place
Dandelion Girl (Iran, 2025, Azadeh Masihzadeh / Tara Soroush, Benyam Afrange, Abdollah Bahadori)
Special diploma: for the best acting performance: Tara Soroush
2nd place
Vusya Vulaty (Russia, 2026, Timur Davydov, Yulia Davydova / Davydov Gordey, Dmitry Gritsun, Evdokia Kolyvanova)
Special diploma: for the best cinematography: Pavel Salkin
2nd place
Orange Road (Syria, UAE, 2025, Sami Farah / Ahmad Janod, Mariyah Aban)
2nd place
First Lesson (Russia, 2025, Maxim Bobkov /Efim Simakov)
Special diploma: best acting performance: Efim Simakov
3rd place
People Love (Russia, 2025, Victoria Kot / Kirill Savichev, Matvey Zosimovich)
Special Diploma: for the best male role: Kirill Savichev
3rd place
Ndoto (Kenya, Omar Hamza Hassan)
3rd place
Fire of Courage (Uzbekistan, 2025, Mukhammadali Mardanov / Ulmas Uraev, Muslima Sabitzhanova)
finalist
Tree Man (Russia, Studio “Master”, 2024, Andrey Kim / Savely Amelyanenko, Danil Belyaev, Victoria Faustova)
Special Diploma: Best Acting: Victoria Faustova
finalist
Ivan and Nestor. Vanka Zhukov (Russia, 2024, Dmitry Platonov / Ivan Shuvarov, Nestor Porfiriev, Dmitry Platonov, Liliya Galeeva)
Special diploma: best acting performance: Nestor Porfiriev
finalist
I rarely look at the stars (Philippines, 2025, Harvey Gozado / Darnet Gumarang, Shildhon Molina)
Category “Adults for Children”, nomination “Short Film”, amateur category
2nd place
Parental Control (Russia, Children’s Film Studio “Stop! Cut”, Andrey Kozlov /Maria Salakhova, Alisa Hartova, Demid Batishchev, Pavel Ilyin, Anna Eshchenko)
Category “No Age Limit”, nomination “Full‑Length Feature Film”
1st place
Blood Type (Russia, Triks Media Film Company, with the support of the Film Fund, 2025, Maxim Brius / Karina Andolenko, Petar Zekavica, Andrey Rudyka, Eva Williams, Daniil Rubashevsky)
Special Diploma: for the best acting performance: Eva Williams, Daniil Rubashevsky
Special prize from the “Berega” project named after Darya Dugina
2nd place
The Legend of the Scythian Gold (Russia, LLC “Film Studio Effect Domino”, 2025, Vyacheslav Kazantsev / Alexey Bakurenko, Alexander Kazachek, Stepan Lopatin, Ekaterina Mikhailova, Denis Zaitsev)
2nd place
Lefty (Russia, Legio Felix Film Company with the support of the Cinema Foundation, 2026, Vladimir Besedin/ Yuri Kolokolnikov, Fedor Fedotov)
Category «Youth» nomination «Video clip»
1st place
You Better Run (Armenia, 2025, Narek Hakobyan/Sat Gasparyan, Norayr Sndayan, Alla Vardanyan, Grigor Gabrielyan)
2nd place
Christo Vladyko (Russia, 2026, Ivan Bernatsky / Serafim Murzyukov, Alexandra Yudenko)
3rd place
I’m Leaving (France, 2026, Alban Chomé)
Category “Youth”, nomination “Social Film”
1st place
Eighty (Russia, 2025, team of the RT TV channel’s Youth Broadcasting Directorate, producer Alena Taky)
2nd place
Resonating Silence (Indonesia, 2026, Yaka Budiana)
3rd place
Do It Yourself (Brazil, 2025, Fábio Biondo)
Category “Youth”, nomination “Animation”
1st place
Live in a House (VGIK named after S. Gerasimov, Moscow, Russia, 2025, Angelina Mayulova)
1st place
Two Ships (Portugal, 2025, McKinley Benson)
2nd place
Prayer for Salvation (Russia, 2026, Ekaterina Chernaya)
2nd place
The Power of Fish (Russia, Light Studio LLC, VGIK named after S. A. Gerasimov, 2024, Varvara Volkova)
2nd place
The path we have taken/The path we took (Iran, 2026, Narges Fazli)
3rd place
Knitting Lesson (Russia, A‑film Studio LLC, 2025, Viktoria Maksimova)
Special prize: Painting by a member of the jury, animator Alexander Petrov
3rd place
Fondue (Russia, Kristina Kesler, 2026)
3rd place
The Bear and the Hunter (France, 2025, Gustave Ballard)
«Champions» series «»The Cherished Stick» finalist (Russia, «Soyuzmultfilm», 2025, Maxim Kulikov, Danil Strizhov)
Finalist: Star (Mexico, 2025, Daniela Meléndez García)
Category “Adults for Children”, nomination “Animation”
1st place
My Dog (Russia, 2025, Sergey Kiatrov)
1st place
Blue Companion (Turkey, 2024, Farzane Ghabadi)
2nd place
Voices of Leningrad: the city that withstood. Vechka (Russia, Individual Entrepreneur Komarov Alexander Arkadyevich, Maxim Polyakov, Andrey Zheludkov, Anastasia Anufrieva, Timofey Shilov, Yuliy Kun, Darya Bayborodina, Valeria Akhmetova)
2nd place
Distant Land (Iran, 2025, Abbas Ghadirmohseni, Farshad Borzu)
3rd place
Moon Girl (Russia, LLC “Studio ‘Ural‑Cinema’”, 2025, Grigory Malyshev)
3rd place
Detective Dobrynin and the Unbearable Sandals (Russia, “Soyuzmultfilm”, 2026, Karina Gazizova)
3rd place
The series “Proper Rules” (Belarus, 2025, Elena Turova, Natalya Kostyuchenko, Tatyana Nagorskaya, Alexander Lenkin)
finalist
Water, water (Russia, Soyuzmultfilm, 2026, Yuri Tomilov)
finalist
Pirezan and Shahderakht (Iran, 2025, Robabe Hashemi)
Category «Youth» nomination «Non-fiction film»
1st place
Despite Childhood (Russia, Institute of Cinema and Television (GITR), 2025, Ulyana Panchenko)
2nd place
Mom, annie, anna (Russia, 2025, Marina Makarova, Anna Dranitsyna)
Special prize from the “Shores” project named after Darya Dugina
2nd place
Russian Lapta. Back in Action (Russia, Wolverine Film, 2025, Ivan Voloshin)
3rd place
Stork on the Roof (Russia, 2024, Yulia Shulgina)
3rd place
Clumsy Happiness (Russia, Institute of Film and Television (GITR), 2025, Alexandra Barkhatova)
3rd place
A Man’s Life (Syria–Russia, 2025, Hussen Ali)
finalist
Frenesí (Chile, Argentina, 2026, Diego Alejandro)
Category “Adults for Children”, nomination “Non‑fiction film”
1st place
Not in Your Element (Russia, LLC “Film Company Abradoks” and the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation, 2025, Margarita Volkova/ Artem Sergeev)
2nd place
Children of the Mountains (Kyrgyzstan, 2025, Guliza Abdikamylova, Stambulbek Mambetaliev)
Category “Youth”, nomination “TV Program, Reportage”
1st place
The Attractive Factory (Russia, 2025, Maria Kletskina)
1st place
Behind the scenes. Money doesn’t stink: what does the young milkmaid Nastya dream of? (Russia, 2025, the team of the Directorate of Youth Broadcasting of the RT television channel, Tatyana Salnikova, Sergey Pekhterev, Alena Taky)
2nd place
Alma Sucreña / Soul of Sucre (Colombia, 2024, productor, Fabián Paternina Herazo)
3rd place
Community with responsibility for sustainable development (Angola, 2024, Moises Suane)
Category “Adults for Children,” nomination “Experimental Film”
1st place
Petersburg (Russia, 2025, Ekaterina Stukanova)
2nd place
Tales of Old Riga (Latvia, 2024, Egor Gordeev)
Category “No Age Limit,” nomination “Orthodox Film”
1st place
«Lizonka», a feature film (Russia, 2025, Mikhail Gushchin, Evgeniya Razumnaya, Vasily Lyskov
Special diploma: for the best female role: Evgenia Razumnaya
for the original soundtrack to the film: Ruslan Silin
Special prize from the Daria Dugina «Shores» project
2nd place
«By Sunday», non-fiction film (Russia, 2025, Avdeev Evgeny)
2nd place
«11:11», feature film (Russia, 2026, Nikita Mark, Sergey Romanovich/ Oleg Vasilkov, Sergey Romanovich)
3rd place
«Soul», feature film (Russia, 2024, Ivan Kharatyan/ Mikhail Salin, Sergey Sharovatov)
Special diploma: for raising the issue of fake Christianity: Vasily Okhlobystin
3rd place
“This Is a Repentant One,” a non‑fiction film (Russia, 2025, Andrey Zverev, Alexander Zelenov)
3rd place
“Optina of White Rus,” a non‑fiction film (Belarus, 2025, Anton Efimenko)
finalist
“Silence,” a non‑fiction film (Armenia, 2025, Narek Shahverdyan)
Special diploma: best cinematography: Vahe Terzikyan
Category “No age limit,” nomination “Patriotic Film”
1st place
“Dot‑Dash,” a feature film (Russia, 2025, Kaleriya Kotova/ Yaroslav Zvyagin, Igor Pekhovich)
1st place
“Brothers,” a non‑fiction film (Russia, 2025, Dmitry Semibratov)
2nd place
“BETEY/Obereg,” a feature film (Russia, 2024, Ruslan Yultaev / Ilsiyar Gazetdinova, Ilnur Adzhitarov)
Special diploma: for the best female role: Ilsiyar Gazetdinova
2nd place
«Memorial Complexes of Belarus», documentary animation (Belarus, 2025, Irina Tarasova, Natalia Kostyuchenko, Yulia Pintsak, Alexander Lenkin, Konstantin Andryushechkin)
3rd place
«A Suitable case», feature film (Russia, 2024, Dmitry Pasichnyuk, Anna Chizhova/ Igor Karpievich)
Finalist
“The Goalkeeper,” a feature film (Italy, 2025, Salvatore Lizzio, Daniele Bonarini/Guglielmo Garafolo, Regina Bonaventure, Alessio Sorini, Giulia Testi)