The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars.

History

The award was established in 1987 in Moscow by

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, and ostensibly modelled on the Oscars. The Russian award takes its name from Nike, the goddess of victory. Accordingly, the prize is modelled after the sculpture of the Winged Victory of Samothrace. The oldest professional film award in Russia, the Nika Award was established during the final years of USSR by the influential

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. 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 Commonwealth of Independent States. In 2002 Nikita Mikhalkov established the competing Golden Eagle Award, modelled on the

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as it honours both film and television production of Russia.

Description

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Award categories

Current categories

* Nika Award for Best Picture: since 1988 *

Nika Award for Best Director The Nika Award for Best Director (russian: Ника за лучшую режиссёрскую работу) is given annually by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science and presented at the Nika Awards. In the following lists, the titles ...

: 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 The Nika Award for Best Film of the Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS and Baltic states, Baltic States (russian: Ника за лучший фильм стран СНГ и Балтии) is given annually by the Russian Academy of Cinema Art ...

: since 2003 * Nika Award for Discovery of the Year: since 2002 *

Nika Award for Best Contribution to the Cinematic Science, Criticism and Education The Nika Award for Best Contribution to the Cinematic Science, Criticism and Education (russian: Ника за вклад в кинематографические науки, критику и образование) is given annually by the Rus ...

: 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 (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) * ''

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'' (2015) ;6 wins * ''

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'' (1988) *'' Promised Heaven'' (1992) * '' Prisoner of the Mountains'' (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, ...

'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2007) * '' Mongol'' (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 Our Own may refer to: * Our Own (2004 film) ''Our Own'' (russian: Свои, Svoi) is a 2004 Russian action drama film directed by Dmitri Meskhiyev. Plot In October 1941, the Soviet Union is experiencing an invasion by Nazi Germany. Despite So ...

'' (2005) * '' The Geographer Drank His Globe Away'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2020)

References

External links

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