The All-Union Film Festival (russian: Всесоюзный кинофестиваль;
tr.:''Vsesoyuznyy kinofestival'', also known as ВКФ; ''VKF'') was one of the most important
film festival
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s of the
Soviet Union
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. It was founded in 1958 and held regularly from 1964-1988. It was held annually from 1972 onwards, and bi-annually before that (before 1964, there were festivals in the years 1958, 1959 and 1960). Its time and location were determined by
Goskino
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and the
Union of Soviet Composers
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.
There were four categories among which prizes were handed out:
*Fiction films
*Documentaries, scientific-popular films, and film-journals
*Fiction films for children and youth (from 1977)
*Animated films (from 1977)
Locations
# 1964,
Leningrad
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# 1966,
Kiev
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# 1968, Leningrad
# 1970,
Minsk
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# 1972,
Tbilisi
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# 1973,
Alma-Ata
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# 1974,
Baku
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# 1975,
Kishinev
# 1976,
Frunze
# 1977,
Riga
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# 1978,
Yerevan
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# 1979,
Ashgabad
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# 1980,
Dushanbe
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# 1981,
Vilnius
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# 1982,
Tallinn
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# 1983, Leningrad
# 1984, Kiev
# 1985, Minsk
# 1986, Alma-Ata
# 1987, Tbilisi
# 1988, Baku
References
Defunct film festivals
Film festivals in the Soviet Union
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