Cinema and Province
In the article the historical and cultural context of development of the system of film festivals is recreated. Is analyzed political, economic and national specificity of film festivals in the world and in Russia. On the basis of the cultural experience studied by the author personally it is shown that in recent years the sphere of cinematography not only returned its leading positions in cultural development, but also was very unexpectedly decentralized. The work of domestic cinematographers is analyzed: in Khanty-Mansiysk "the Spirit of Fire" festival was based, and then and the center of film production); A. Sokurov's "Faust" first night in Russia took place within the Cultural Forum in Ulyanovsk; festivals in Yekaterinburg, in Perm ("Texture"), the international festival in Yakutsk are characterised, Vyborg Festival "The Window into Europe" - the most Soviet among Post-Soviet festivals, the work of "Meridians of the Pacific" in Vladivostok and the recent birth of "the World's End" festival in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk are noted. It is suggested that cinema development of variety of the multicultural world in the territory of the Russian Federation gets new outlines, and quality of created movies makes it possible to develop special programmes of their presentations in large international film festivals where exotic foundings are especially appreciated.