All-Union Film Festival

The All-Union Film Festival ( _ru. Всесоюзный кинофестиваль; tr.:"Vsesoyuznyy kinofestival", also known as ВКФ; "VKF") was one of the most important film festivals of the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1958 and held regularly from 1964-1988. It was held annually from 1972 onwards, and bi-annually before that (before 1964, there were festivals in the years 1958, 1959 and 1960). Its time and location were determined by Goskino and the Union of Soviet Composers. [ [http://russiancinema.ru/template.php?dept_id=3&e_dept_id=4&e_prize_id=21 Description and list of prizes at russiancinema.ru] ]

There were four categories among which prizes were handed out:
*Fiction films
*Documentaries, scientific-popular films, and film-journals
*Fiction films for children and youth (from 1977)
*Animated films (from 1977)

Locations

# 1964, Leningrad
# 1966, Kiev
# 1968, Leningrad
# 1970, Minsk
# 1972, Tbilisi
# 1973, Alma-Ata
# 1974, Baku
# 1975, Kishinev
# 1976, Frunze
# 1977, Riga
# 1978, Yerevan
# 1979, Ashgabad
# 1980, Dushanbe
# 1981, Vilnius
# 1982, Tallin
# 1983, Leningrad
# 1984, Kiev
# 1985, Minsk
# 1986, Alma-Ata
# 1987, Tbilisi
# 1988, Baku

References