THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF THE STUDENT SHORT FILMS "PERVIY!" (FIRST)

The 4th Gagarin.doc festival is dedicated to digital reality  and is held in Saratov in April 6th-12th.
The "digital format" today is becoming the new universal code of humanity, replacing the text. In a way, "digital"
is a new space, infinitely alluring and charmingly dangerous. An important part of the festival program is the competition
of the student short films “First!” which is held since 2016. Its mission is to initiate a conversation on science and space
topics by means of cinema and contemporary art, discussion of problems of popularization of scientific knowledge,
building a dialogue between science and art for a more complete picture of the structure of the world.

The competition is organized on the basis of of Saratov State University.

Submissions are open for short documentaries, non-fiction, feature films, animation, television programs and video art
(under 20 minutes), any year of production. High school students, students of Russian and Foreign universities, as well as creative youth (students of additional professional education: schools of film and video, and schools of contemporary art) can take part in the
competition.

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF THE STUDENT SHORT FILMS "PERVIY!" (FIRST)
Competition nominations
"EVENT" — unusual, bright moments, episodes, facts of life related to space;
"MAN" — a film-portrait, life stories related to space, science and art;
"INNOVATION" — inventions, changes in standards, modernization in all spheres of science and culture;
"SPACE" — space exploration, cosmonauts, space technology;
“EUPHORIA OR IMAGINARY SPACE” — cinema fantasies, flight of imaginations, experiments in the cinema language;
modernization in all spheres of science and culture;
"DIGITAL" — as a new space.