All-Union Film Festival
The All-Union Film Festival was one of the most important film festivals of the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1958 and held regularly from 1964-1988. It was held annually from 1972 onwards, and bi-annually before that. Its time and location were determined by Goskino and the Union of Soviet Composers.
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
- Animated films
Locations
- 1964, Leningrad
- 1966, Kiev
- 1968, Leningrad
- 1970, Minsk
- 1972, Tbilisi
- 1973, Alma-Ata
- 1974, Baku
- 1975, Kishinev
- 1976, Frunze
- 1977, Riga
- 1978, Yerevan
- 1979, Ashgabad
- 1980, Dushanbe
- 1981, Vilnius
- 1982, Tallinn
- 1983, Leningrad
- 1984, Kiev
- 1985, Minsk
- 1986, Alma-Ata
- 1987, Tbilisi
- 1988, Baku
