The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national

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in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the

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History

The award was established in 1987 in Moscow by Yuli Gusman, and ostensibly modelled on the

. The Russian award takes its name from

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, the goddess of victory. Accordingly, the prize is modelled after the sculpture of the

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. The oldest professional film award in Russia, the Nika Award was established during the final years of

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by the influential Russian Union of Filmmakers. At first the awards were judged by all the members of the Union of Filmmakers. In the early 1990s, a special academy, consisting of over 500 academicians, was elected for distributing the awards, which recognise outstanding achievements in cinema (not television) produced in Russia and the

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. In 2002

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established the competing Golden Eagle Award, modelled on the

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as it honours both film and television production of Russia.

Description

The award name is sometimes styled NIKA Awards. The Nika Awards ceremony is broadcast annually and attracts huge publicity across Russia and the

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Award categories

Current categories

* Nika Award for Best Picture: since 1988 * Nika Award for Best Director: since 1988 * Nika Award for Best Screenplay: since 1988 * Nika Award for Best Actor: since 1988 * Nika Awards for Best Actress: since 1988 * Nika Award for Best Supporting Actor: since 2002 * Nika Award for Best Supporting Actress: since 2002 * Nika Award for Best Cinematography: since 1988 * Nika Award for Best Production Design: since 1988 * Nika Award for Best Costume Design: since 1988 * Nika Award for Best Sound: since 1988 * Nika Award for Best Music: since 1988 * Nika Award for Best Animation Film: since 1988 * Nika Award for Best Documentary: since 1988 * Nika Award for Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States: since 2003 * Nika Award for Discovery of the Year: since 2002 * Nika Award for Best Contribution to the Cinematic Science, Criticism and Education: since 2002 *

Nika Award for the Lifetime Achievement Award The Nika Award for the Lifetime Achievement Award (russian: Ника за «Честь и достоинство») is given annually by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science and presented at the Nika Awards The Nika Award (sometimes ...

: since 1988

Retired awards

Nika Award for Best Supporting Performance The Nika Award for Best Supporting Performance (russian: Ника за лучшую роль второго плана) is given annually by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science and presented at the Nika Awards The Nika Award (some ...

(awarded 1988–2001) * Nika Award for Best Producer (awarded 1994–1995) * Nika Award for Best Cinematography in Documentary (awarded 1989)

Films with multiple wins

;7 wins * '' Taurus'' (2002) * '' The Horde'' (2013) * '' Hard to Be a God'' (2015) ;6 wins * ''

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'' (1988) *'' Promised Heaven'' (1992) * ''

Prisoner of the Mountains ''Prisoner of the Mountains'' (russian: Кавказский пленник, ''Kavkazskiy plennik''), also known as ''Prisoner of the Caucasus'', is a 1996 Russian war drama film directed by Sergei Bodrov and written by Bodrov, Arif Aliyev and B ...

'' (1997) * ''

Khrustalyov, My Car! ''Khrustalyov, My Car!'' (russian: Хрусталёв, машину!, Khrustalyov, mashinu!) is a 1998 Russian comedy-drama film directed by Aleksei German and written by German and Svetlana Karmalita. It was produced by Canal+, CNC, Goskino, Le ...

'' (2000) * '' The Island'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''

Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman ''Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman'' (russian: Жила-была одна баба, translit=Zhila-byla odna baba) is a 2011 film directed and written by Andrey Smirnov. It tells the story of a Russian peasant woman between 1909 and 192 ...

'' (2012) ;5 wins * '' The Thief'' (1998) * '' Our Own'' (2005) * ''

The Geographer Drank His Globe Away ''The Geographer Drank His Globe Away'' (russian: Географ глобус пропил, Geograf Globus Propil) is a Russian drama film made in 2013, directed by Alexander Veledinsky, based on the novel of the same name by Alexei Ivanov. The ...

'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2018) * ''

A Frenchman ''A Frenchman'' (russian: Француз) is a 2019 Russian black-and-white historical drama film directed, written, and co-produced by Andrey Smirnov. Plot The film takes place in 1957. It tells about the French student Pierre Durand, who goe ...

'' (2020)

References

External links

* {{National Cinema Awards Russian film awards Soviet awards Awards established in 1987 1987 establishments in the Soviet Union Nika Awards