Insomnia International Animation Film Festival

Four nights of animation under the open sky shaped the 14th Insomnia festival, held near Rylyaki in Russia’s Kaluga region from 9 to 13 July 2026. By day, the woodland site made room for music, lectures, workshops, performances and art installations. The screening programme brought together 223 works from 39 countries, selected from more than 1,600 submissions. Directors Natalia Grofpel, Liana Makarian and Nikita Meshcheryakov joined screenwriter Inga Kirkizh and digital artist Prokopiy Ulyashov on the jury, with Pavel Shvedov serving as artistic director. Polina Bovkun’s 12 p.m. — also known as Twelve o’clock in the Afternoon — took the Grand Prix, while Elizaveta Khlomova’s Four Stops won the national competition. Young filmmakers had a jury of their own: the separate Insomnia.Children competition screened 71 finalists from 360 submissions. Alexander Voronin’s БесСонница won its Grand Prix. The festival ident competition received 71 entries. First place went to the team of Pavel Kondratenko, Konstantin Neklyudov and Evgeny Galuza. Five works shared second place: Anna Astrelina; Daniil Yanovsky and Anastasia Archibasova; Sonya Abramova; Anastasia Dorozhkina and Anna Terentyeva; and Anna Olekhnovich. No third prize was awarded. Special jury mentions went to Anya Molchanova; Alexandra Popova and Arina Panchenko; Egor Ikonnikov; Anya Kolmykova; Valeria Arkhangelskaya, Polina Vasilatiy, Elizaveta Volkova, Varvara Golovkina, Karina Kazieva, Anastasia Kondakova and Sofya Kharkina; Ekaterina Burnaeva, Ekaterina Egorova and Olga Avdoshina; Kamil Vatolin; Ulyana Mozzharova and Alexander Shorokhov; Margarita Konstantinova; and Alla Vasilyeva.