Nika
The Nika ( Russian: Ника ) is the most important Russian film award. It has been awarded annually in Moscow since 1988 , the trophy is a modern version of the winged Nike of Samothrace . The Nika award not only met with lively media coverage in Russia, but also in numerous other CIS countries .
history
The price was a child of glasnost politics. The founder was the Union of Filmmakers in the Soviet Union. First, all union members voted on the winners. An elected jury has been responsible for selecting the winners since the early 1990s.
First of all, films that dealt with the Stalinist past received awards, including many that had been banned from the censors to the archives for decades. Various Russian directors around the award winner Nikita Michalkow later criticized the selection process. They accused the jury of paying too much attention to personal relationships and founded the Golden Eagle competition .
The price categories are diverse and have changed several times since 1988 or new categories have been added. For example, the best film in the post-Soviet region has been awarded since 2003, and there are also special prizes that change with each Nika award. The award ceremony will be broadcast live on television, the rights for this are currently held by Perwy kanal .
Award winners
At the last award ceremony in 2016, winners were awarded in 15 regular categories (excluding special prizes). Below is an overview of the winners in the film and directing categories:
Best movie
- 1988: The repentance of Tengiz Abuladze
- 1989: The cold summer of 53 by Alexander Proshkin
- 1990: Aschik-Kerib by Sergei Parajanov
- 1991: The asthenic syndrome of Kira Muratova
- 1992: The Promised Paradise by Eldar Ryazanov
- 1993: Da Capo - Once again with feeling by Pyotr Todorowski
- 1994: Makarov by Vladimir Chotinenko
- 1995: Enthusiasms of Kira Muratova
- 1996: The peculiarities of Russian hunting by Alexander Rogoschkin
- 1997: Captured in the Caucasus by Sergei Bodrov
- 1998: The thief of Pavel Chuchrai
- 1999: Of Freaks and Men by Alexei Balabanow
- 2000: Khrustalyov, My Car! by Alexei German
- 2001: His Wife's Diary by Alexei Utschitel
- 2002: Taurus by Alexander Sokurow
- 2003: Kukuschka - The Cuckoo by Alexander Rogoschkin
- 2004: The Return - The Return of Andrei Svyagintsev
- 2005: Our Own by Dmitri Meschkijew
- 2006: The Ninth Company of Fyodor Bondarchuk
- 2007: The island of Pawel Lungin ; Best actor Pyotr Nikolajewitsch Mamonow .
- 2008: The Mongol by Sergei Bodrov
- 2009: Hipsters by Valery Todorowski
- 2010: Andrei Chrschanowski for Room and a Half
- 2011: Krai by Alexei Utschitel
- 2012: Shila-byla odna baba by Andrei Smirnow
- 2013: Faust by Alexander Sokurow
- 2014: The geographer who drank up the globe by Alexander Veledinski
- 2015: It's hard to be a god by Alexei German
- 2016: Dear Hans, best Pyotr from Alexander Mindadze
Best director
- 1988: Tengis Abuladze for Repentance
- 1989: Andrei Konchalovsky for The Story of Asja Klyachina (1967)
- 1990: Sergei Parajanov for Aschik-Kerib
- 1991: Stanislaw Goworuchin for We can't live like this
- 1992: Eldar Ryazanov for The Promised Paradise
- 1993: Nikita Michalkow for Urga
- 1995: Alexander Rogoschkin for The Special Features of Russian Hunting
- 1994: Vladimir Chotinenko for Makarov
- 1995: Kira Muratowa for Enthusiasms
- 1996: Alexander Rogoschkin for The Special Features of Russian Hunting
- 1997: Sergei Bodrow for prisoners in the Caucasus
- 1998: Pawel Tschuchrai for The Thief
- 1999: Alexei Balabanow for Pro urodov i lyudey and Otar Iosseliani for Briganten
- 2000: Alexei German for Khrustalyov, mashinu!
- 2001: Bakhtiyor Chudoinasarow for Luna Papa
- 2002: Alexander Sokurow for Taurus
- 2003: Alexander Rogoschkin for Kukuschka - The Cuckoo
- 2004: Wadim Abdraschitow for Magnetic Storms
- 2005: Kira Muratowa for The Tuner
- 2006: Alexei German for Garpastum
- 2007: Pawel Lungin for Die Insel
- 2008: Sergei Bodrow for The Mongol
- 2009: Alexei German for paper soldier
- 2010: Andrei Chrschanowski for Room and a Half
- 2011: Alexei Popogrebski for How I Ended This Summer
- 2012: Andrei Svyagintsev for Jelena
- 2013: Alexander Sokurow for Faust
- 2014: Alexander Weledinski for The Geographer Who Drank Up the Globe
- 2015: Alexei German for It's hard to be a god
- 2016: Stanislaw Goworuchin for The End of the Belle Epoque