Laureates of the national cinematographic X award APKiT

The Anniversary Award presented awards in 17 categories to premieres that took place in film distribution, television broadcast and video services in 2021 and 2022. As well as five special prizes.

The solemn ceremony was led by Evgeny Stychkin and Marina Zudina.

The best feature films were Coupe Number Six (2021) and The Heart of Parma (2022). “Compartment number six” by Juho Kousmanen is a picture of a joint production of Finland, Estonia, Russia and Germany. Created by CTB, Aamu, Amrion, Akhtung Panda! with the support of the Finnish Film Fund, YLE, ARTE, the Estonian Film Institute, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, MEDIA, Evrimage. The producers are Jussi Rantamäki, Riina Sildos, Natalia Drozd, Sergei Selyanov and Yamila Venske. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Finnish writer Rosa Liksom. “The Heart of Parma” from Star Media, “Profit” and the TV channel “Russia 1” is also a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by the writer and screenwriter Alexei Ivanov. This is a picture of Anton Megerdichev, its producers are Daria Lavrova, Vlad Ryashin, Igor Tolstunov and Anton Zlatopolsky. The film was made with the support of the Film Fund.

“Best Online Series (6 – 12 episodes)” was named “Patient Zero” – an artistic presentation of the tragedy that occurred in the city of Elista in 1988. “The best multi-part online series (more than 12 episodes)” was the original project of the START video service “Two Hills”, directed by Dmitry Gribanov.

“The best online mini-series (1 – 5 episodes)” was recognized as the tragicomedy “Nomination” produced by the film company “Mediaslovo” commissioned by Okko. The third season of the detective “Cipher” won in the nomination “Best TV series (5 – 24 episodes)”. “Nevsky. Hunt for an Architect” – “Best TV Series (more than 24 episodes)”.

The project of the film company “Tromedia” and NTV “Axe.1944” received an award – figurines in the form of a golden three-dimensional circle – as “The best mini-series on TV (episode 1 – 4)”. The Kidney won the 10th APK&T Award for Best Comedy Series.

The best documentary film was named Balabanov. Bell tower. Requiem directed by Lyubov Arkus, produced by the Seance workshop with the support of the STV film company and Channel One. Its producers are Sergey Selyanov and Konstantin Ernst.

Elbrus was named the best documentary series. Point of no return” by Kirill Verkhozin from the studio “TOK” and MIA “Russia Today”. The producers of the project-investigation of the tragic events that occurred on September 23, 2021 are Oleg Tumanov, Vadim Sokolovsky, Ilya Burets, Vasily Balashov and Olga Anisimova.

Three Cats by Metrafilms studio won the Best Animated Series nomination at the 10th APK&T Awards. The best mini-series (1 – 4 episodes) was the premiere of 2021 “Ax. 1943”.

Projects in 2021. The best series (5 – 24 episodes) is the drama “Crystal” by Dushan Gligorov. The winner in the nomination “Best series (more than 24 episodes)” was Anna Detective 2, beloved by viewers of different ages, produced by Star Media and Boomerang film companies.

The original START project “Vampires of the Middle Band” by Anton Maslov was recognized as the best comedy series of 2021. Its producers are Eduard Iloyan, Vitaly Shlyappo, Alexey Trotsyuk, Denis Zhalinsky, Alexey Akimov, Mikhail Tkachenko and Anna Ryzhikova.

At X, the anniversary award of the Association of Film and TV Producers was awarded five special prizes. The names of the laureates became known directly at the ceremony.

A special prize “For the annual achievement of film records” was awarded to the studio Yellow, Black and White, whose projects have become the highest grossing in recent years. This is the franchise “The Last Hero”, and the film “Cheburashka”, and many other tapes and series.

A special prize “For heroism in making films in hot spots” was awarded to the film crew of the Triix Media film company. This team of filmmakers has worked many times in close proximity to hostilities – in Libya, Syria, Central Africa and near the city of Popasnaya (Luhansk region).

Konstantin Ernst was awarded a special prize “For personal contribution to the development of the film and TV series industry” at the 10th APKiT award. Receiving the prize, the general director of Channel One said a few words about the development of the serial movement in the country and recalled that among the first Russian television series of modern times was “Streets of Broken Lights”, based on the idea of ​​Kapitsa.

Yury Vaksman, a producer, director and actor who revealed the film potential of the Yaroslavl region, was awarded a special prize “For creating favorable conditions in the region for filmmakers”.

A special prize “Event of the Year” was awarded “For the successful launch of the KION online cinema”. The streaming platform of the MTS ecosystem with original and exclusive projects, including more than 200 TV channels, thousands of films, series, cartoons and documentaries, as well as new film distribution, was launched in 2021.

Svetlana Yurieva.

Photo by Sergey Vinogradov