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Here I Live

A large-scale screening of video stories at the Hermitage Theater: from television reports to animated documentary films. Customs, traditions, cultural interweaving, modern realities, and stories of people passionate about their work in their native land — on the big screen in the works of authors from Russia and Eurasia
Video content festival
Uncover the unknown
About the festival
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No need to travel the whole territory of Russia to discover something new about this vast country — just attend our festival to watch:

  • Documentary short films
  • Short animated documentaries
  • TV stories
  • Media arts (animation, motion design)
Talented view of young professionals
If you’ve ever wondered about how your everyday life differs among the lives of people throughout Eurasia — join the festival as a participant, if you have your own video works, or as a spectator
We’re waiting for your works
Technical requirements for participation
Timing — up to 13 minutes
The main topics are history, cultural peculiarities of the country, customs and traditions, modern realities of the country’s life, the history of cultural and scientific figures.
The organizers of the festival accept videos, television stories and documentaries in MOV format, H264 codec.
Films in a foreign language must be accompanied by a Russian subscript translation.
The authors of documentaries also need to submit the following accompanying materials (with a link to the file sharing site):


  • Trailer
  • Poster in electronic version (jpg format)
  • Several frames from the movie
  • Backstage (photo or video)
  • Photo of the director (in color, in high quality, preferably a portrait)
  • Project team (list)
  • List of festivals and screenings (if available)
Хронометраж — до 13 минут
Видеоролики, телевизионные сюжеты и документальные фильмы в формате MOV, кодек H264
The main topics are history, cultural peculiarities of the country, customs and traditions, modern realities of the country’s life, the history of cultural and scientific figures.
Films in a foreign language must be accompanied by a Russian subscript translation.
The authors of documentaries also need to submit the following accompanying materials (with a link to the file sharing site):


  • Trailer
  • Poster in electronic version (jpg format)
  • Several frames from the movie
  • Backstage (photo or video)
  • Photo of the director (in color, in high quality, preferably a portrait)
  • Project team (list)
  • List of festivals and screenings (if available)
It is allowed to use short video clips and combine them
Motion design:

  • Timing for motion design — from 5 to 30 seconds
  • File format for motion design — H264 (mp4), Apple ProRes 422, QuickTime (mov)
The main topics are history, cultural peculiarities of the country, customs and traditions, modern realities of the country’s life, the history of cultural and scientific figures
​​It is allowed to use voice acting, audio effects, music
Animated films:

  • Timing for animation — up to 13 minutes
  • The file format for animation is avi
Resolution — Full HD (1920×1080)
Preferable techniques frame-by-frame animation, animated collage, shapeshifting animation, animated 3D scene, combination of 2D and 3D
Any frame rate but preferably 25 frames per second
The plot does not necessarily have to strive for complex drama
Films in a foreign language must be accompanied by a Russian subscript translation
Motion design:

  • Timing for motion design — from 5 to 30 seconds
  • File format for motion design — H264 (mp4), Apple ProRes 422, QuickTime (mov)
Animated films:

  • Timing for animation — up to 13 minutes
  • The file format for animation is avi
The main topics are history, cultural peculiarities of the country, customs and traditions, modern realities of the country’s life, the history of cultural and scientific figures
It is allowed to use short video clips and combine them
​​It is allowed to use voice acting, audio effects, music
Resolution — Full HD (1920×1080)
Preferable techniques frame-by-frame animation, animated collage, shapeshifting animation, animated 3D scene, combination of 2D and 3D
Films in a foreign language must be accompanied by a Russian subscript translation
The plot does not necessarily have to strive for complex drama
Resolution — Full HD (1920×1080)
Share a video story about yourself or your fellow countrymen with forum participants
Take part
May 20-21
We look forward to seeing you!