The start of applications collection for participation in the International Film Festival for Children and Youth «Hero» has been announced.

The festival will be taking place in Krasnoyarsk, Divnogorsk, Kansk and Minusinsk from May 14 through 18.

The applications for participation in the festival programmes for authors of feature, documentary and animated films for children and youth can be submitted up until March 22, 2020 (inclusive) online.

The following are accepted to participate in the competition:

• full-length feature films: year of production 2018–2020, duration from 60 to 240 min;
• short feature films: year of production 2018–2020, duration from 3 to 35 min;
• animated full-length films: year of production 2019–2020, duration from 60 to 180 min;
• animated short films: year of production 2019–2020, duration from 1 to 35 min;
• documentaries: year of production 2018–2020, duration from 3 to 100 min;
• mobile films: year of production 2019–2020, duration from 1 to 15 min.

The «Hero» was first held in Krasnoyarsk in the spring of 2018. It immediately evoked great interest in children and teenagers. Now the festival has outgrown the status of All-Russian, becoming the only professional competitive international film festival for children and youth from Eastern Siberia to Sakhalin. The jury will include foreign experts, and viewers will have the opportunity to watch foreign films firsthand. 

One of the main innovations is a special nomination for the best mobile film «Who is your hero?», ni which short movies filmed on a mobile phone will be competing.

From September to April, Yenisei Cinema, with the support of the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation, has been implementing the Mobile Cinema: Who is Your Hero project, in which the youth of Krasnoyarsk Region receives professional cinema-related knowledge. According to the results of said training, participants make their own mobile films, which can join the main competition of the festival.