Published on: 2026-10-02
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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On October 10 and 11, a large-scale festival will be held at the CSKA Arena sports complex “Fandom Fest VKontakte”. Guests can expect film screenings and presentations, meetings with writers and actors, a cosplay contest, autograph sessions, board games, and other events.
Visitors will meet the author of the bestseller “The Inaccessible Store” — South Korean writer and screenwriter Kim Ho-en, the Chinese Hitchcock, thriller author of “Super Forbidden Games” and “The Mystery of the 12th Floor” Ning Hanyi, as well as Chinese writer Tianxia Guiyuan, whose novels “The Legend of Fuyao” and “The Rise of the Phoenixes” have been adapted into films.
New films and series will be presented at the festival. As part of the presentation of the film “Black Silk,” director Andrey Volgin, actor Milosh Bikovich, and the film’s executive producer Vadim Byrkin will speak. On the main stage, actors from the film “Through the Shards of Your Heart” Veronika Zhuravleva, Alya Mayer, Maksim Saprykin, Ivan Trushin, and Aleksandra Tikhonova will perform, as well as actresses from the series “Daddy’s Daughters. The New Ones” Anastasia Sivaeva and Vitaliya Kornienko.
Participants of the project “The Handmaid’s Tale” Milan Bru, Matvey Lykov, Veronika Zhuravleva, Ivan Trushin, Makar Kasatkin, Nina Kalugina, and Ekaterina Khomchuk will share exclusive materials and hold an autograph session. Dmitry Chebotarev and Katya Chervova will talk about the family fantasy blockbuster “The Wizard of the Emerald City. The Great and Terrible.”
The film distribution company “Russian Report” will present the film “Lamb in the Box,” and the creators of the thriller “Forest,” based on the eponymous book by Svetlana Tyulbasheva, will talk about the selection of authentic sets in Karelia.
A separate program will be dedicated to animation. Darina Schmidt, the creator of the animated series “Luntik and His Friends,” will give a lecture on the topic “How to Create a Character Loved by Millions. Luntik vs Totoro vs Mickey Mouse.” Tatiana Pavlova, producer of the “Smeshariki” project, and Maria Kornilova, chief editor of the Riki group of companies, will discuss fan theories related to the universe of the animated series.
The creators of the media project “Kanashibari. Until the Last Lantern Goes Out. The Countdown” Angelica and Veronica Shen will talk about it. Together with the author of the podcasts “Myths” and “The Diaries of Laura Palna,” Mitya Lebedev, they will discuss creepy Asian stories and invite viewers to test their literary skills.
A meeting dedicated to the TV series “Hard to Be a God” will take place in the lecture hall. It will feature the scriptwriter and showrunner Andrey Zolotarev, as well as actors Danya Kiselev and Irina Pautova.
The creators of the film “The Admirer” will talk about their work on the adaptation. Rita Hoffman, the author of the “Save the King” saga, will meet with actresses Marina Gladkaya and Olga Sirina, who voiced the characters in the “VK Music” audio series. Writer Ekaterina Bobrovskaya and folklorist Nadezhda Rychkova will discuss the influence of local mythology on books and games. Members of the “Studio Gang” will share their experience of voicing materials from different countries.
The hosts of the special segment will be singer and streamer Tenderlybae and theater and film actor Dania Kiselev. On the main stage, Lida and Chrich, Weiyi, the group “Sestrenka”, and Kai Xin will perform. The headliners will be South Korean artist BewhY and the band W24.
On several floors, there will be a geek market featuring exclusive merchandise and themed gaming zones. Over the course of two days, guests will be able to visit the “Cosplayers’ Alley” and participate in dance competitions.
The “Fandom Fest VKontakte” will take place at: Avtozavodskaya Street, building 23a. Tickets without surcharges and fees can be purchased through the service “Mosbilet”.
“Mosbilet”— the official service on the mos.ru portal, through which you can purchase tickets to theaters, museums, concert halls, and other institutions subordinate to the Moscow Department of Culture, without commission or markups. The service page features announcements of the most anticipated events, season premieres, activities within city festivals, exhibitions, performances, and concerts taking place in the upcoming weekend.
You can buy a ticket directly through the service. For events where personal data is required to purchase a ticket, entering last name, first name, patronymic, and visitor information is not necessary: if the user has a standard or full account, it is sufficient to leave the default value — Mos ID — in the document selection field. Mandatory fields must be filled in manually if the account is simplified. When booking tickets for young guests through the service, all data should be entered only by the accompanying adult. For children under 14, only last name, first name, patronymic, and date of birth can be specified, and when attending cultural events, it is not necessary to show the child’s document.
In addition, authorized users will be able to open ticket QR codes in the mobile applications “My Moscow,” “My id,” and “Moscow Public Services.”
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