Welcome to the website of the International Film Festival for Russian-spoken Creative Documentaries “Artdocfest”! It is the largest festival of documentary films in Russia.

Films that have been shot in Russian Federation or films in languages of Russian Federation that have been shot at any location of the world as well as the films shot by Russian or Russian-language directors and the production of which have been wrapped not earlier than 18 months before the beginning of the Festival can take part in the Main Competition program and Non-Competition program «Sreda». Only films that have not been shown publicly on the territory of Russia before the «Artdocfest» can participate in the Main Competition.

The Festival is held annually in the beginning of December in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Ekaterinburg. The films selected for the Main Competition or Non-Competition program can be shown not more than five times during the Festival. The organisers assume the expenses connected with invitation of the author of the selected for the Main Competition film to Moscow on a period of three days and partly cover the expenses on the road. Participants of the program «Sreda» can be accommodated in a festival hotel for three days.

«Artdocfest» also has several Non-Competition and retrospective programs and special screenings that include films shot in foreign languages. These programs are organised by program directorate and the terms are specified with copyright holders on an individual basis.

The applications for the «Artdocfest»-2018 are accepted from the 3rd of April  till the 1st of September 2018. For submission please fill in the form on this site.

Also we are glad to announce that Artdofest and Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries (BSD) start to accept the applications for the participation in Artdocfest / Riga IFF Pitch session. Projects of authors from the countries of the former USSR can take part in Pitch. The forum will be held in Riga (Latvia) from the 5th to 9th of September 2018.
The applications for the Artdocfest / Riga IFF Pitch are accepted till the 15th of June 2018. For submission please fill in the form on the site.
Please check the Artdocfest / Riga IFF Pitch Regulatins for more details.

For more detailed information about the Festival you can visit the main pages of the website, but at the present moment all the information is only in Russian.
In case of any questions do not hesitate to contact our office via e-mail: office@artdocfest.com

Welcome to the website of the International Film Festival for Russian-spoken Creative Documentaries “Artdocfest”! It is the largest festival of documentary films in Russia.

Films that have been shot in Russian Federation or films in languages of Russian Federation that have been shot at any location of the world as well as the films shot by Russian or Russian-language directors and the production of which have been wrapped not earlier than 18 months before the beginning of the Festival can take part in the Main Competition program and Non-Competition program «Sreda». Only films that have not been shown publicly on the territory of Russia before the «Artdocfest» can participate in the Main Competition.

The Festival is held annually in the beginning of December in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The films selected for the Main Competition or Non-Competition program can be shown not more than five times during the Festival. The organisers assume the expenses connected with invitation of the author of the selected for the Main Competition film to Moscow on a period of three days and partly cover the expenses on the road. Participants of the program «Sreda» can be accommodated in a festival hotel for three days.

«Artdocfest» also has several Non-Competition and retrospective programs and special screenings that include films shot in foreign languages. These programs are organised by program directorate and the terms are specified with copyright holders on an individual basis.

The applications for the Artdocfest 2019 are accepted from the 3rd of April till the 1st of September 2019. For submission please fill in the form on this site.

Also we are glad to announce that Artdofest and Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries (BSD) start to accept the applications for the participation in Artdocfest / Riga IFF Pitch session. Projects of authors from the countries of the former USSR can take part in Pitch. The forum will be held in Riga (Latvia) from the 5th to 7th of September 2019.
The applications for the Artdocfest / Riga IFF Pitch are accepted till the 15th of June 2019. For submission please fill in the form on the site.
Please check the Artdocfest / Riga IFF Pitch Regulatins for more details.

For more detailed information about the Festival you can visit the main pages of the website, but at the present moment all the information is only in Russian.
In case of any questions do not hesitate to contact our office via e-mail: office@artdocfest.com

Артдокфест 2019