Russian Guild of Film Critics
The Russian Guild of Film Critics (Russian: Гильдия киноведов и кинокритиков России) is a Russian organization of professional film critics, headquartered in Moscow. A member of FIPRESCI since 1999, the guild critiques Russian and Foreign films. Beginning in 1998, the guild began conferring annual awards in several categories. The awards were called "The Golden Ram" or "The Golden Aries" from 1998 to 2004, then, beginning in 2005, the name was changed to "The White Elephant".[1]
Categories
- Best Actor/Actress
- Best Debut
- Best Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Director
- Best Director of Photography
- Best Art Direction
- Best Score
- Best Supporting Actor/Actress
- Best Foreign Film
- Best Foreign Actor/Actress
Winning films
The following films were the recipients of the guild's Best Film and Best Foreign Film awards at ceremonies held during the listed years.[2]
1998
- Country of the Deaf (Страна глухих): Best Film
- Alexei Balabanov (Of Freaks and Men, Про уродов и людей): Best Director
- Marina Mareeva (Totalitarian Romance, Тоталитарный роман): Best Screenplay
- The Big Lebowski: Best Foreign Film
1999
- Khrustalyov, My Car! (Хрусталёв, машину!): Best Film
- Aleksei German (Khrustalyov, My Car!, Хрусталёв, машину!): Best Director
- Yuri Arabov (Moloch, Молох): Best Screenplay
- Shakespeare in Love: Best Foreign Film
2000
- Luna Papa (Лунный папа): Best Film
- Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov (Luna Papa, Лунный папа): Best Director
- Roman Kachanov, Ivan Okhlobystin (Demobbed, ДМБ): Best Screenplay
- American Beauty: Best Foreign Film
2001
- Taurus (Телец): Best Film
- Alexander Sokurov (Taurus, Телец): Best Director
- Yuri Arabov (Taurus, Телец): Best Screenplay
- La Pianiste: Best Foreign Film
2002
- The Cuckoo (Кукушка): Best Film
- Kira Muratova (Chekhov's Motifs, Чеховские мотивы): Best Director
- Aleksandr Rogozhkin (The Cuckoo, Кукушка): Best Screenplay
- Hable con ella: Best Foreign Film
2003
- The Return (Возвращение): Best Film
- Vadim Abdrashitov (Magnet Storms, Магнитные бури): Best Director
- Alexander Mindadze (Magnet Storms, Магнитные бури): Best Screenplay
- Dogville: Best Foreign Film
2004
- Our Own (Свои): Best Film
- Kira Muratova (The Tuner, Настройщик): Best Director
- Valentin Chernykh (Our Own, Свои): Best Screenplay
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring: Best Foreign Film
2005
- The Sun (Сóлнце): Best Film
- Alexander Sokurov (The Sun, Сóлнце): Best Director
- Aleksandr Gonorovskiy, Ramil Yamaleyev (First on the Moon, Первые на Луне): Best Screenplay
- L'Enfant: Best Foreign Film
2006
- Free Floating (Свободное плавание): Best Film
- Boris Khlebnikov, (Free Floating, Свободное плавание): Best Director
- Igor Porublyov, Aleksandr Veledinsky (Alive, Живой): Best Screenplay
- Presnyakov Brothers (Playing the Victim, Изображая жертву): Best Screenplay
- Volver: Best Foreign Film
2007
- Cargo 200 (Груз 200): Best Film
- Kira Muratova (Two in One, Два в одном): Best Director
- Alexander Mindadze (A Separation, Отрыв): Best Screenplay
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days: Best Foreign Film
2008
- Wild Fields (Дикое Поле): Best Film
- Aleksei German (Paper Soldier, Бумажный Солдат): Best Director
- Pyotr Lutsik, Alexei Samoryadov (Wild Fields, Дикое Поле): Best Screenplay
- No Country for Old Men: Best Foreign Film
2009
- Volchok (Wolfy): Best Film
- Alexei Balabanov (Morphine, Морфий): Best Director
- Aleksey Mizgirev (Tambourine, Drum, Бубен, барабан): Best Screenplay
- Inglourious Basterds: Best Foreign Film
2010
- Kochegar (Stoker): Best Film
- Alexei Balabanov (Kochegar, Stoker): Best Director
- Denis Osokin (Silent Souls, Овсянки): Best Screenplay
- The White Ribbon: Best Foreign Film
2011
- Elena (Елена): Best Film
- Andrey Zvyagintsev (Elena, Елена): Best Director
- Marina Potapova (Tent-show, Шапито-шоу): Best Screenplay
- The King's Speech: Best Foreign Film
2012
- Faust (Фауст): Best Film
- Alexander Sokurov (Faust, Фауст): Best Director
- Yuri Arabov (Faust, Фауст): Best Screenplay
2013
- The Geographer Drank His Globe Away (Географ глобус пропил): Best Film
- Kira Muratova (Eternal Redemption: The Casting, Вечное возвращение. Кастинг): Best Director
- Denis Osokin (Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari, Небесные жёны луговых мари): Best Screenplay
2014
- Leviathan (Левиафан): Best Film
- Andrey Zvyagintsev (Leviathan, Левиафан): Best Director
- Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev (Leviathan, Левиафан): Best Screenplay
2015
- My Good Hans (Милый Ханс, дорогой Петр): Best Film
- Alexander Mindadze (My Good Hans, Милый Ханс, дорогой Петр): Best Director
- Alexander Mindadze (My Good Hans, Милый Ханс, дорогой Петр): Best Screenplay
2016
- Paradise (Рай): Best Film
- Andrei Konchalovsky (Paradise, Рай): Best Director
- Yuri Arabov (The Monk and the Demon, Монах и бес): Best Screenplay
2017
- Arrhythmia (Аритмия): Best Film
- Andrey Zvyagintsev (Loveless, Нелюбовь): Best Director
- Boris Khlebnikov (Arrhythmia, Аритмия): Best Director
- Natalya Meshchaninova, Boris Khlebnikov (Arrhythmia, Аритмия): Best Screenplay
References
- ^ Белый Слон [White Elephant]. Guild of Film Critics Russia (in Russian). Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Премия «Белый слон» – Номинанты и лауреаты национальной премии кинокритики и кинопрессы 1998-…" [White Elephant Prize – Nominees and laureates of the national prize of film critics and film press 1998-...]. Russian Guild of Film Critics (in Russian). Retrieved 10 March 2017.
External links
- official website of Russian Guild of Film_Critics (in Russian)
- RGOFC at IMDb
