Meters Fest

The International Youth Festival of Short Cinema and Animation METERS is one of the most famous cultural events. Every year the insterest for this events grows among young movie directors from different countries and cinema stars. Festival is a place for demostration and discussion of short cinema and animation, and also for the experiments.

The Festival provides a space for communication of young authors and professionals from different countries and becomes a ground for sharing knowledge and experience. The visitors of the Festival get a chance to explore the modern world of short cinema and animation.

The participants of the Festival are authors from 18 to 35 years old . The following short cinema genres are accepted: play and documentary cinema, animated movies, experimental cinema, music video.  

The Festival gathers participants from more than 15 countries and the number of countries taking part in the Festival events grows. They are: Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, Khazakhstan, Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Germany, Denmark, Britain, Argentina, Lebanon...

We unite countries and generations!

The guests of the Festival are professionals in the areas of cinema and visual arts from Russia and from other countries. Festival program includes workshops, movie shows and much more.

Among Festival partners are Russian and foreign cultural centers and movie academies.

Special shows are held in different cities of Russia and the world. These events took place in Munchen (2009), Berlin (2010), The Rhön, Dusseldorf and Aachen (2011), Nizhny Novgorod (2010, 2011), Saint-Petersburg (Russia, 2010), Kazan (2010), Kharkiv (2011), Tula (2011), Perm (2011), Moscow (2011).

The Festival is held anually, usually in the fall (October/November).