Anniversary, the fifth International Festival of short films and animations Open cinema, passing under the sign of the 85 th anniversary of the birth of the famous film director Sergei Parajanov, begins Aug. 7 in St. Petersburg.
for participation in the competition have applied for more than 500 applicants from 23 countries worldwide. In the non-competition section will contain 16 programs of international festivals, national film schools and film studios, as well as retrospectives and compilations of the best short films submitted by the European kinodistribyutorami.
Official Launch Program Open cinema will show the author's version of the film Sergei Parajanov "Color of Pomegranate", which will be presented on August 7 major art-house kinoploschadke city - in the cinema center "Home Movies".
August 14 at a specially installed at the beach big screen in front of a large audience erupted best picture out of competition panorama. In the final, on Saturday night for the first five-year history of the festival awards ceremony was held under the open sky.