Stozhary
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Festival Stozhary is the international actors film festival which takes place in Kiev, Ukraine. The name of the festival is an Old Slavonic counterpart for the asterism of Pleiads. In the mythology of ancient Greece Pleiads were the 7 beautiful daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione. Turned into 7 birds by Zeus they later became 7 bright stars, which formed beautiful constellation.
The mysterious 7 became the code structure of the festival “Stozhary” – 7 days the festival lasts, 7 prizes the winners receive, 7 members of jury, 7 colors of rainbow which along with the winged Pleaiad-maid became the symbol of the festival.
Through the history of the festival - 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, cinematographers from Russia, Belarus, Georgia, Latvia, Estonia, Moldavia, Poland, Serbia, Austria, Italy, Germany, USA and Ukraine were the guests and participants of the festival contest. The festival was covered by the media of Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Poland.
The festival contributes into strengthening and intensification of the brotherhood of actors and provides for non-official, non-formal atmosphere in which cinematographers can resolve issues, gain new experiences, teach and learn, share inspiration, uphold each other and bring happiness to the spectators.
[edit] Festival History
[edit] Festival nominations
Key Nominations
- Best actor in a leading role
- Best actress in a leading role
- Best actor in a supporting role
- Best actress in a supporting role
- Best debut
- Best actor in short film
- Best episode.
Secondary Nominations
- Best non-professional actor
- Best young actor.
[edit] Festival Goals
- to provide for professional, creative "actors workshop" - an atmosphere of absolute mental and emotional trust;
- to see the works and views of experts and young colleagues from CIS, Baltic States and Europe;
- to draw interest to new attainments of movie makers;
- to provide for development of culture of movie in Ukraine;
- to demonstrate the European movie experts' works, their search for new screening language and technologies.
