The “Mayak” Contemporary Russian Cinema Festival, created in 2023, aims, according to its organizers, to draw attention to talented original films.
The organizers also write on the festival website: "Russian cinema has always responded to the challenges of the times, resolved moral dilemmas and shaped the image of the future, drawing on the country's cultural heritage. Today "Today, it is particularly important to help its authors make themselves heard in the noise of the times."

About the festival / О фестивале

Regulations /Регламент

- Фонд "Кинопрайм" Романа Абрамовича запустить в Геленджике кинофестиваль "Маяк" [Le Fonds Kinoprime de Roman Abramovich lance le festival du film Mayak à Guelendjik] Николай КОРНАТСКИЙ, Мария ИСТОМИНА, vedomosti.ru, 2023

Best film :

Intermission (Каникулы), 2022, from Anna KUZNETSOVA (Анна КУЗНЕЦОВА)

Special Prize :

Dmitry DAVYDOV for the film Plague (Чума), 2023, from Dmitry DAVYDOV (Дмитрий ДАВЫДОВ)

Best actress :

Yelizaveta YANKOVSKAYA for the film Frau (Фрау), 2023, from Liubov MULMENKO (Любовь МУЛЬМЕНКО)

Best actor :

Eldar KALIMULIN for the film Year of birth (Год рождения), 2023, from Mikhail MESTETSKY (Михаил МЕСТЕЦКИЙ)

Best Screenplay :

Frau (Фрау), 2023, from Liubov MULMENKO (Любовь МУЛЬМЕНКО)

Best first film :

Kingdom (Королевство), 2023, from Tatyana RAKHMANOVA (Татьяна РАХМАНОВА)