Свет миру (Light Of The World) (17)

Festival start: 08 September 2027      Festival end: 12 September 2027

The International Youth Film Festival “Light to the World”, founded by the Rybinsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, began its history in 2011. Since 2025, it has been held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

Today, in terms of its geography and the number of participants, “Light to the World” is one of the largest youth film festivals in Russia.

The winners of the festival receive original prizes.

Films are rated on a 5-point system (from 0 to 5). Films that have received an average score of 3.5 to 5 points become laureates of the festival and are awarded diplomas of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd degrees. The rest of the finalists receive incentive diplomas.

Special prizes of the festival: jury members and sponsors can award films they like for acting, directing or cinematography, for an idea, etc.

The best films are determined and awarded according to the version of the children's and youth jury.

Criteria for evaluating films: compliance of the work with the goals of the festival; originality of the script;
the relevance of the topic touched upon in the work; the originality of the idea (director's decision);
the artistic level of the solution; camerawork; acting skills; sound solution; the level of technical implementation of the idea (the quality of film editing).

1. The “Youth” category: filmmakers, youth groups, and individual authors. At the time of creating a film, music video, or animation, the author must be between 18 and 35 years old.

2. Teams and individual authors, regardless of age, who make films for children with children as the main characters.

3. Teams and individual authors, regardless of age, who have presented an Orthodox film.

4. Teams and individual authors, regardless of age, who have made a patriotic film.