Published on: 2026-04-20
Source: Mosfilm Film Concern – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
April 16, 2026
News Editorial
At the capital’s cinema “Moskino Sputnik” during the solemn closing ceremony, the winners of the 33rd International Festival of Student and Debut Films “Holy Anna” were announced. This is the oldest festival of young cinema in Russia (since 1993), a place of the first screening outside film school and a platform for establishing oneself in the profession.
The chairman of the main competition jury was the directorDzhannik Fayziev. Together with him, projects were evaluated by the film critic and directorNikita Kartsev, operatorValeriy Ma Mudov, producerElena Bystrova, actor and directorGrigory Kalinin, director and documentarianSergey Kapkov.
The Grand Prix for Best Feature Film was awarded to the film “Morning” by Anna Fradkina, who also won the prize for Best Screenplay. The second prize for Best Feature Film was taken by Natasha Durkina’s “Everything Will Be Fine,” and the third — by Dmitry Lebedev’s “Chinvat Mountain,” who, in addition to this, won the trophy for Best Cinematography (Timofey Konovalov, Ilya Klimin).
The prize of the film concern “Mosfilm”, which “Saint Anna” has been awarding for the second decade, this year was given to the graduate of the A. Mitta film school.Andrey Cherkasovfor the short film “Jessie.”Painful memories of bullying contrast with Lesha’s cold reality. The hero of “Jessie” chooses a radical and direct trajectory — violence as a way to regain lost control. His path to the offender, laid through rain, surrounded by monotonous blocks of flats, acquires features of neo-noir. Wandering in the labyrinth of the residential district, Lesha looks for a colleague, while he is searching for his beloved dog, but is vengeance capable of bringing long-awaited liberation, or is there a much greater force hidden in forgiveness?
Holder of the prize from the Mosfilm Cinema Concern, Andrei Cherkasov, chairman of the jury of the main competition Dzhanik Faiziev, guests and participants of the “Saint Anna” festival
The awards for Best Documentary Film were given to the projects “Today is the Last Day” by Mariya Sokolovskaya (1st prize) and “Void” by Mariya Romanova (2nd prize).
The Grand Prix at the International Competition was awarded to the film “Ship of Fools” by Ali Khadzh. The prize for Best Feature Film was given to the film “Malicia” by Edward Gomez Granada.
More about the contest winner – onofficial Festival page on VK
Photo: Press service of the “Holy Anna” festival
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