Russian Guild of Film Critics

The Russian Guild of Film Critics (Russian: Гильдия киноведов и кинокритиков России) is a Russian organization of professional film critics, headquartered in Moscow. Beginning in 1998, the guild began conferring annual awards in several categories. The awards were called the "Golden Ram" or "Golden Aries" from 1998 to 2004, then, beginning in 2005, the name was changed to "White Elephant".[1]

Russian Guild of Film Critics
AbbreviationRGOFC
TypeFilm criticism
Location
Official language
Russian
WebsiteOfficial site of the Russian Guild of Film Critics

The guild belongs to the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation, a non-government organisation,[2] and has been a member of FIPRESCI since 1999.

Award categories edit

Current categories edit

Retired awards edit

Award ceremonies edit

Ceremony[3] Year Best Film Winner
1st 1998 Country of the Deaf
2nd 1999 Khrustalyov, My Car!
3rd 2000 Luna Papa
4th 2001 Taurus
5th 2002 The Cuckoo
6th 2003 The Return
7th 2004 Our Own
8th 2005 The Sun
9th 2006 Free Floating
10th 2007 Cargo 200
11th 2008 Wild Field
12th 2009 Wolfy
13th 2010 A Stoker
14th 2011 Elena
15th 2012 Faust
16th 2013 The Geographer Drank His Globe Away
17th 2014 Leviathan
18th 2015 My Good Hans
19th 2016 Paradise
20th 2017 Arrhythmia
21st 2018 Anna's War
22nd 2019 Beanpole
23rd 2020 Dear Comrades!
24th 2021 Captain Volkonogov Escaped

References edit

  1. ^ Белый Слон [White Elephant]. Guild of Film Critics Russia (in Russian). Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Russian Filmmakers' Union". Российский Союз Правообладателей. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Russian Guild of Film Critics". Russian Guild of Film Critics. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

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