Post report of the 12th festival |

Post report of the 12th festival

Any  difficult time requires extraordinary solutions. Due to force majeure circumstances, on September 24 and 25, 2022, the previously planned venues for the master class and the awards ceremony could not receive their audience, guests and organizers of the Drop festival. As a result, the traditional Q&A session, as well as the awards ceremony for the creators of the best thrillers and horror films were held in the concert hall of the M.N. Zadornov Library of Satire and Humor No. 225 in Mnevniki.

Viktor Boulankin, the president of the festival,  shared all the difficulties that he had to face, and the ceremony itself was conducted by novice perfomers and participants of the children’s competition «The Voice» according to the good old tradition. The breaks between the awards were filled with hip-hop performers and circus acts, pop melodies and rock compositions. The main headliners of the evening were Adnan Koch, the Turkish pop star, Mikhail Panferov, the performer of the role of Christ in the musical «Jesus Christ is a superstar», Alexey Elistratov, the frontman of the legendary band «Revolvers», Stepan Menshchicov, the star of the TV project «Dom 2», Anton Zatsepin, the graduate of the «Star Factory» project of Channel 1 Russia, and  Vladimir Permyakov, the performer of the role of Lenya Golubkov.

Thematically, the festival was dedicated to the Turkish action-packed cinema that  was presented by the guests from the other side of the Black Sea: actress Sebahat Adalar, director Alper Mestchi, as well as actor Andan Koch, known to all fans of the TV series «Magnificent Century» and «East-West». The Russian side was attended by director Alexey Dykhovichny, actress Olga Gorchakova, young star Taisiya Novik and many others. Despite the crisis, a lot of foreign cinematographers attended the question-and-answer session and the award ceremony. There were also present the guests from the UK, Italy, Turkey, Serbia, Argentina, Japan, USA, Germany and Canada. The film «The Chase» became the leader in a number of awards for all 12 years of the existence of the «Drop» film festival.

 

The winners of the XII «Drop» festival

Best Feature Film

Best Full–length Thriller of the Year — «After Chernobyl», directed by Igor Kinko and Maxim Litvinov, Russia

Best Full–length horror of the year — «The White Goddess», directors: Eugina Gelbelman, Sean Coulton, Canada

 

Best Screenplay

Benjamin Thomson — «As I Lie Awake», USA

 

Best Short Meter

Best Short Thriller of the Year – «FURY», directed by Petar Ristovski, produced by Nada Savic, Serbia

Best Horror Short Film of the Year – «Aura Phase», directed by Rebeca Leal Hernandez, produced by Celia Hernandez, Great Britain

 

The best film distribution and production companies of the year 2021

360 MAX Company (VR movies)

“Russian” Film Company

 

The best games in the action-packed genre

«Madison», Argentina

«In Rays of Light», Russia

 

Special awards :

Young Talent of the year – Taisiya Novik

Audience Award – the film «The Last Christmas», directed by Ryan Port (Ryan Port), USA

Jury Sympathy Prize – film «Andrey Dudarenko. Face from the Portrait», directed by Ivan Kachalin, Inessa Mezhevalova, Dmitry Glazovsky, Denis Kolontai; Russia

The best action-packed film of the year according to the cinema portal Profi Cinema: the film «The Chase», Russia/Belarus, producers Natalia Gorn, Igor Gorn

The best film of the year according to the TRICOLOR TV platform and the ACTION-PACKED TV channel: the film «The Chase», Russia/Belarus, producers Natalia Gorn, Igor Gorn

The most original action–packed film of the year — «Soul for Two», directed by Georgy Smirnov, Russia

The main breakthrough of the year – the film «The Chase», Russia/Belarus

 

Special awards for national contribution to the development of action-packed and horror genres:

Film producer, screenwriter, actor, dubbing actor Alexander Zlatopolsky («Sonambula», «Aika», «Plast», «Capercaillie», «Conference», «Behind enemy lines», «Detectives», «Chikatilo», «All about men», «Enigma»)

Dubbing actor Mikhail Tikhonov (Marvel universe films, «Generic curse», «Saw», «Fighter without Rules», «Wasteland of Darkness and Evil», «Who didn’t hide», «Trap», «They», «Hotel Royal», «Horror», «Alive», «Mom», «Kamatozniki», «Experiment «Office», «Illusion of deception», «Passengers», «X-Files», «Collector», «Black Mirror» and many others)

Actor Alexander Nosik («The Key to all doors», «Wild 3», «Revenge», «Witch Doctor 2», «Bigwigs», «The Return of Mukhtar», «Special Forces», «Kamenskaya»)

Actor Igor Zizhikin («Major», «Hunter Killer», «Territory», «Viy 3D», «Love in the Big City 3», «Sherlock Holmes», «Wild 3», «Nightingale Robber», «Politicians», «Defender», «Marines», «Tourist», «Indiana Jones», «Black Mark», «Bloody Job»)

People’s Artist of Russia, Soviet and Russian actor – Evgeny Gerasimov for the role of a robot in the famous Soviet TV series «Guest from the Future»

Actor, People’s Artist of Russia Evgeny Gerchakov («Grandmother of easy virtue», «It’s Hard to be God», «Agony of Fear», «What the Deceased Said», «Musketeers 20 years later»)

 

Special awards for international contribution to the development of action-packed and horror genres:

Director Uwe Boll, Germany («Zombie Massacre», «Under Siege», «Bloodrain», «Alone in the Dark», «House of the Dead», «Obsession», «Postal», «Rage»)

Actor Hideo Kimura, Japan («The Game», «Yakuza Brother», «Austin Powers», «Deadpool 2», «The Squid Game»)

Actress Sebahat Adalar, Turkey (“Uc Harfliler», “Siccin 4″, “Owner», “Fugitive», “Fifth Dimension»)

Director Alper Mestci, Turkey («Siccin 1-6», «Uc Harfliler 1-3», «Infected 1-2», «Owner»)

Actor Adnan Koc, Turkey (TV series «Magnificent Century», «East-West», films «Siccin», «Fathers and Children»)

 

The Drop Film Festival is the first and only genre film festival of horror and thriller films in the country. The festival is included in the list of official international film festivals recognized by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

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