Patriki Film Festival launches open call for its first digital film competition

Now in its 4th edition, Russia’s Patriki Film Festival is calling on international filmmakers working across all genres to submit their films and TV shows for competition. Darren Aronofsky, an American film director, screenwriter and producer, who won the prestigious Golden Lion prize at the 2008 Venice Film Festival for his sports psychological drama The Wrestler, will be the Chairman of the Jury of the 2022 Festival.

Founded in Russia’s capital, the Patriki Film Festival has been on quite a journey, starting as a series of film screenings at the Patriarch Ponds (a green space in central Moscow most associated by literature buffs with Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita) and growing into an international industry event premiering acclaimed films and TV series. The upcoming edition taking place next summer will be online, making it Russia’s first exclusively digital competitive film festival.

Participating filmmakers will compete for the Patriki Film Festival Grand Prix award, where the winner will be selected from a shortlist of seven films. “I was delighted to have accepted the invitation to chair the jury at the Patriki Film Festival in 2022,” Aronofsky told press, encouraging the applicants to surprise the jury with their original works and auteurs’ vision.

Entries are now open. You can find more information and apply at the Patriki Film Festival website.