Patriki Film Festival ()

Festival Start: 20 Dezember 2021      Festival Ende: 31 August 2022

The Patriki Film Festival will become Russia’s first competitive international online film festival. The chairman of the jury will be American film director, screenwriter, producer, and winner of the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion prize, Darren Aronofsky.

The Selection Committee nominates the films that will take part in the Festival.

Applicants can use the website https://patrikifilmfestival.ru to submit motion pictures for review by the Selection Committee.

Applications will be accepted between 20 December 2021 and 31 March 2022.

Only films that have not previously been shown in public are eligible to be included in the Festival Programme.

The Festival Management will determine the Programme and the schedule of the film screenings. Each film may be shown up to five (5) times during the Festival, including press screenings.


International and worldwide new releases are given precedence at the selection stage for the Festival competitions.

A minimum of seven (7) films will be selected to take part in the Main Competition.

The eligibility criteria for motion pictures to take part in the Main Competition are: feature films, at least sixty (60) minutes long, not previously broadcast on television or distributed as a theatrical, DVD or VoD release, not freely available online, not released in online cinemas or on online platforms, and not screened to the public. For the pre-selected films, digital film prints in Digital Cinema Package (DCP) format must be provided within the timeframe specified in the registration form.

The release prints of the films selected for the Festival competitions must be provided in their original language with English subtitles, unless English is the original language.

All film prints for the motion pictures included in the Festival competitions must be submitted to the Festival Management by 31 March 2022. Any copies submitted after this deadline will not be considered.