Message to Man
| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russa |
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| Founded | 16 January 1988 (as International Film Festival) |
| Awards | Golden Centaur Grand Prix, Centaur Prize, Jury Prize |
| Artistic director | Alexei Uchitel |
| Website | https://message2man.com/en/ |
Message to Man International Film Festival (Russian: Послание к Человеку, Poslaniye k Chelovyeku) is an international competitive documentary, short and animated film festival held annually in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It's the oldest film festival in St. Petersburg and one of the three oldest film festivals in Russia.
Message to Man originated in the USSR in 1988 as a biennale documentary film festival. The organising committee was headed by the chairman of the Leningrad Executive Committee. Since its foundation, the festival has received financial and organisational support from the Russian (formerly USSR) State Cinematography Committee, the Russian Ministry of Culture and its cinema department, and the St. Petersburg Government and its Committee for Culture. Recently this list has been supplemented by the Federal Foundation for the Social and Economic Support of National Cinematography. The festival has received accreditation from the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF), France.
The name of the festival is a reference to the universal humanist values promoted in the Bible. The emblem of the festival and its prize is based on The Infant Centaur, a drawing by Nadya Rusheva.