Festival "The World of Foreign Languages" is held as part of the World of Words Festival and offers students of Moscow educational organizations the opportunity to demonstrate their achievements in learning English, Spanish, German, French and other foreign languages.
The festival presents several thematic areas to choose from:
- public speaking competition “I can speak beautifully” (April 2017);
- scientific-practical conference "Polyglot" (March 2017);
- French reading competition Le Salon poétique (March 2017);
- competition of theatrical projects "The World of Foreign Languages" (April 2017).
Young speakers, students in grades 8–11, are invited to Oratory competition “I can speak beautifully.” Participants in the competition must present an oral report in the form of a public oratory in a foreign language (English, Spanish, German, French) on one of the proposed topics:
- “There are no shortcuts to a worthy goal.” (Helen Keller)
- “Knowledge is a treasure that follows the possessor everywhere” (Chinese proverb)
- “To speak a second language means to have a second soul” (Charlemagne)
Participants conference "Polyglot" students of grades 5–11 who present the result of research or project activities can become candidates. Research or project work must be completed in two (or more) foreign languages. The bulk of the research or project work must be completed in the foreign language being studied as a first language, and at least one quarter of the content must be presented in the foreign language being studied as a second language.
Students in grades 5–11 can take part in a competition for reciting poetry and prose in French Le Salon poétique. The competition provides a unique opportunity to realize one’s creative, intellectual and aesthetic potential through mastering public speaking skills. The competition includes both individual and collective performances, which can be theatricalized or performed with musical accompaniment.
Students in grades 5–7 can participate in competition of theatrical projects “World of Foreign Languages”. Participation in the Competition involves the presentation of a single collective project on the topics: “The contribution of the country’s great people to history and culture” or “The power of tradition and the power of creativity in their combination is the life-giving source of any culture” in a foreign language studied at school. The creative work must be a literary, musical or theatrical composition, including information about the history, culture, traditions and customs of any selected country. The performance may include songs, dances, poems, excerpts from various works, and games of the peoples of this country.
The World of Foreign Languages festival is distinguished by the fact that, in addition to external assessment of knowledge of foreign languages, it gives students the opportunity to take a creative approach to their study and perform in front of a large audience.
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Where and when will the World of Knowledge 2018 festival take place?
From November 16 to 20, the International Popular Science Film Festival “World of Knowledge 2018” will be held in St. Petersburg.
Special guest festival "World of Knowledge 2018"– Doctor of Biological Sciences, TV presenter of the program “In the Animal World” N.N. Drozdov.
Festival "World of Knowledge 2018" will be held under the auspices of the VII International St. Petersburg Cultural Forum.
The theme of the special program is cosmology.
For the thirteenth time, scientists, filmmakers, representatives of public organizations and just spectators will gather to discuss current issues in the development of modern science and culture, to get acquainted with traditions and new trends in popular science cinema. According to the General Director of the Film Studio named after. M. Gorky S.A. Zernov, the organizer of the festival, “World of Knowledge” gives participants “an excellent experience of the interaction between science and culture, and becomes the starting point for the creation of high-quality popular science and educational films that will certainly serve the development of our society.”
Program of the festival “World of Knowledge 2018”
Traditional festival program "World of Knowledge 2018" includes a competitive part, non-competitive shows and a special program.
The special program of the festival in 2018 is dedicated to cosmology - the study of the general laws of the structure and evolution of the Universe. This topic will be supported by a retrospective from the Roscosmos television studio, which is prepared for the twentieth anniversary of the launch of the first Russian module on the ISS. On the big screen, participants and guests of the festival will be able to watch documentaries about space exploration, including those from the series “A Space Odyssey. XXI Century". A meeting is planned with the creators of the films and pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation Andrei Borisenko.
Exhibitions will be a visual continuation of the special theme of the festival. In the foyer of the Rodina cinema center, festival participants will be greeted by SCIENCE-ART installations on a space theme. The multimedia exhibition “Space from Books” will unfold in the Presidential Library: visitors will be presented with personal memoirs of Yuri Gagarin, materials from the books of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, photo archives from the Library’s collections dedicated to space topics. In the House of Scientists, the festival organizers have prepared a unique exhibition of works by the production designer of the film “Solaris” Mikhail Romadin. The exhibition will feature a series dedicated to the legendary film Solaris, as well as illustrations for books about space.
"World of Knowledge 2018" For many years it has been a kind of school of cinematography. And this time, participants and guests of the festival will be able to learn a lot from the masters of popular science cinema. Thus, in the Rodina cinema center and the creative space Lumiere Hall, you can watch films by the outstanding director, screenwriter and cameraman Vladimir Kobrin. Laureate of the Nika Award, winner and participant of many international and domestic film festivals, he made 35 films, 20 of which are educational: in chemistry, physics, biology. After the screening, there will be a lecture by Nikolai Shiroky, a student and colleague of Vladimir Kobrin, which will be educational for those who make popular science films.
The Presidential Library is not only the First National Electronic Library of Russia, a multimedia multifunctional center, but also produces documentary and educational films. At the Rodina Cinema Center she will present six films dedicated to various periods of our country’s history, created in 2013-2018, for non-competition screening. The program will be presented by its curator, head of the expert department of the Presidential Library, Elena Smolina. The Presidential Library will also become a platform for a special screening of a film from the Film Studio named after. M. Gorky “Land of People” and discussing it with the film’s director Dmitry Semibratov.
A notable educational event within the framework of the festival will be an educational lecture from the community “A Pinch of Salt”, created to popularize science in an accessible and interesting way. In the creative space of Lumiere Hall, scientists from different cities of Russia will talk about current scientific ideas and their own research in the field of Cosmology and related sciences. Listeners will be able to join the discussion, ask questions and express their opinions.
A highlight of the festival will be an international round table dedicated to the popularization of science in modern cinema. Famous scientists and cultural figures, as well as representatives of international professional communities, will gather at the House of Scientists to discuss the prospects for cooperation in the field of education and education of Russian and foreign audiences.
It is noteworthy that any viewer can become a guest of the International Film Festival: admission to competitive and non-competitive screenings is free. This is an additional contribution of the festival to the popularization of high-quality popular science and educational cinema.
Competition program of the festival “World of Knowledge 2018”
The competition program will feature 28 popular science and educational films from Russia, Belarus, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, the USA, Chile, Canada and other countries. The projects are thematically diverse and cover problems from different areas of scientific knowledge: space exploration and the conservation of endangered species of animals and birds on earth, discoveries in medicine and microbiology, and research in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence.
Jury of the festival "World of Knowledge 2018"
The films will be judged by a jury consisting of:
- documentarian and film critic Tui Steen Müller (Denmark),
- Director of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts Irina Popova,
- Vice-President of the interregional public organization "Association of Polar Explorers" Vladimir Strugatsky,
- Director of the Kunstkamera Andrey Golovnev.
The winning film will be awarded the Main Prize - the Tree of Knowledge, which will be presented by the chairman of the jury - documentary director, vice-president of the Guild of Non-Fiction Film and Television of the Russian Federation Evgeny Grigoriev. Special prizes will traditionally be prepared by the Russian Geographical Society and the Presidential Library.
The main venue of the World of Knowledge will be the oldest cinema in St. Petersburg, the Rodina Cinema Center. This is where the opening and closing ceremonies of the festival, competitive and non-competitive screenings and discussions will take place.
For a special program that will be very diverse and interesting, additional venues have been prepared by the House of Scientists, the Presidential Library, the Russian Geographical Society and Planetarium No. 1 (the Lumiere Hall creative space).
About the festival “World of Knowledge 2018”
- The international popular science film festival “World of Knowledge” has existed since 2006.
- Held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
- Since 2016, the organizer of the festival has been the Film Studio named after. M. Gorky.
- The festival Grand Prix is named after the first president of the World of Knowledge festival, Sergei Petrovich Kapitsa.
- During the existence of the festival, films devoted to physics, geography, astronomy, medicine, history, linguistics and other forms of scientific knowledge from 30 countries were presented.
Venues of the World of Knowledge 2018 festival and addresses
- CINEMA RODINA (Karavannaya st., 12)
- HOUSE OF SCIENTISTS (Palace embankment, building 26)
- PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY (Senate Sq., 3)
- RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (Grivtsova lane, building 10, letter A)
- CREATIVE SPACE LUMIERE HALL (Obvodny Kanal Embankment, 74 A)
- SPbGIKIT (Pravdy St., 13)
Registration for events during the festival will be carried out through the official website of the festival in the Program section.
- Pre-registration for events is carried out by email from the festival press office: [email protected] indicating the name of the event, full name and email.
International festival-competition “THE WHOLE WORLD IS ART!”
Nominations:
Theatrical art and artistic expression,
vocal and choral arts.
Moscow, Russia
DK Stimul
Send soundtrack and programs (for theaters) by email Email is required by May 22.
Regulations for the International Festival-Competition“THE WHOLE WORLD IS ART!”
Project goals.
- Identifying talents in children and youth.
- Providing an opportunity for teams to realize their creative potential and improve their performing skills.
- Supporting children's and youth creativity, strengthening diverse connections between teams and groups.
- Development of the outlook and intellectual level of children and youth.
- Professional development of artistic directors of theaters and creative groups.
Conditions for participation in the festival.
All interested creative teams and soloists can take part in the competition.
Creative groups and soloists who have submitted an application for participation and paid the registration fee are allowed to participate in festival-competitions. Applications for participation close on May 20, 2017.
Attention! Check that the applications are filled out correctly (names of managers, teachers, directors, name of the institution), as this information will be indicated in the diplomas! If you do not want this information to be included in your diplomas, please let us know.
You can fill out an application on the organizing committee website. In response, within 2 days, you will be sent payment details. Payment must be made no later than May 22, 2017.
The Organizing Committee has the right to stop or extend the deadline for submitting applications.
Competition program.
Theatrical art and artistic expression.
- Literary word (poetry, prose, monologue, individually and in an ensemble of readers (literary and musical composition));
- Drama theater (dramatic performance or excerpt from a performance);
- Musical theater (musical performance or excerpt from a play, operetta, musical, etc.);
- Plastic theater (plastic performance or excerpt from a performance);
- Theatrical miniature (dramatic, musical, plastic (pantomime, plastic compositions) miniatures);
The competition of theater groups requires the presence of a compositionally complete fragment.
Vocal and choral arts.
Participants of the competition are distributed in the following nominations:
- choral art;
- academic vocals;
- pop vocals;
- jazz vocals;
- folk song;
- song with a patriotic sound.
In each nomination, participants are distributed into the following age groups:
- 4-6 years,
- 7-9 years old
- 10-13 years old,
- 14-17 years old,
- 18-25 years old
- Mixed category
- Adult category
Competitive performances are organized according to a specific schedule and take place in one round according to age categories from junior to senior. In teams with participants from different age groups, membership in the age group is determined by the age of the majority of the participants.
Requirements.
ATTENTION!!! IN THE EVENT OF GROSS TIMELINE VIOLATION, THE SCORE IS REDUCED AND THE NUMBER IS ALSO STOPPED!
A competitor can take part in 1 or several nominations. (for information on the registration fee, see clause 8.1.). The jury and the organizing committee are not responsible for the discrepancy between the content of the issue and the genre of the declared nomination.
For theatrical art and artistic expression:
Contestants (soloist, duet, trio, quartet) participating in the “artistic word” nomination present 1 piece lasting no more than 5 minutes. The competitor has the right to take part in several nominations.
An ensemble of readers (from 5 people) participating in the category “artistic word” presents 1 or 2 works (optional) in one category, lasting no more than 5 minutes each. Contestants have the right to take part in several nominations.
Participants in the nominations “Dramatic Theatre”, “Musical Theatre”, “Plastic Theatre” present a performance or an excerpt from a performance with a total duration of no more than 30 minutes.
Participants in all other nominations (theatrical miniatures (musical and dramatic, plastic (pantomime, plastic compositions)) provide a composition with a total duration of no more than 10 minutes.
The time for installation/dismantling of decorations is no more than 10 minutes.
Participants in the nominations “Dramatic Theatre”, “Musical Theatre”, “Plastic Theatre” must send an email on May 22, 2017. festival mail or bring 6 programs with you.
For vocal and choral arts:
- Participants (soloist, duet, trio, quartet) provide 1 piece in any language; when performing a song in a foreign language, the jury has the right to demand that the song be performed in their native or Russian language. The timing of the piece should not exceed 4 minutes. The competitor has the right to take part in several nominations.
- Ensembles (from 5 people) and choirs provide 1 or 2 works (optional) in one nomination in any language; when performing a song in a foreign language, the jury has the right to demand that the song be performed in their native or Russian language. The timing of the piece should not exceed 4 minutes. If 2 pieces are performed, the total duration should not exceed 8 minutes. The competitor has the right to take part in several nominations.
- Performers can perform with an accompanying band, i.e. without soundtracks (“live”).
- It is acceptable to have “backing vocals” in the form of harmonic support, pre-recorded in the “minus one” phonogram or performed “live”. The technique of “double track” (duplicating the soloist’s part in the form of a single backing voice) is not permitted.
- Minidisc, DVD, phones and other devices connected via Bluetooth or flash, as well as any other audio formats are NOT accepted. Each file on the flash drive must have a name in the format: team name/room name.
Phonograms accompanying the performances must be of appropriate quality and provided on a flash drive (in MP3 format) or CD. Phonograms are sent to the address of the organizing committee no later than May 22, 2017 (if you did not have time to submit a phonogram before the specified date, please provide the phonogram on the day of the event)
Composition of the jury.
The jury is composed of the festival's organizing committee from cultural and artistic figures, artists, teachers of creative disciplines, directors, and leaders of creative groups. The list of jury members is not disclosed until the start of the competition.
At the end of the competition, round tables (20-30 minutes) will be held, at which participants and teachers have the opportunity to discuss competitive performances with members of the jury and receive recommendations.
When evaluating contestants, the jury adheres to the following criteria:
- technique and artistry;
- stage image;
- selection of repertoire;
- performing skills;
- staging (artistic and performing integrity);
- plastic;
- costumes;
- general artistic impression;
- musical arrangement.
ATTENTION!!! If participants, teachers or accompanying persons behave inappropriately towards members of the Jury or the organizers of the Festival, they are automatically removed from participation in the Festival without returning the registration fee.
Prizes and awards.
- The best team or participant receives the Grand Prix. In each nomination and in each age category, the titles of Laureate of I, II and III degrees, the titles of Diploma of I, II, III degrees, and a participant diploma are awarded.
- Special titles can also be awarded: “Hope of the Festival”, “Young Talents”, etc.
- The winner of the Grand Prix is awarded a diploma and the Planet Cup
- Teams that become First Class Laureates are awarded a diploma, a medal and a gold statuette.
- Teams that become laureates of the 2nd and 3rd degrees are awarded a diploma and a medal.
- Soloists who become Laureates of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd degrees are awarded a diploma and a medal.
- Diplomas are awarded to diploma holders and participants.
- ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE RECEIVED SWEET PRIZES!!!
At the discretion of the jury, contestants may be awarded special prizes or statuettes.
At the discretion of the jury, the following awards are awarded: “BEST DIRECTION”, “BEST MALE ROLE”, “BEST FEMALE ROLE”, “BEST SUPPORTING ROLE”, etc. (for theatrical art).
All team leaders receive certificates of gratitude.
Competitive performances are divided into blocks according to age category and nomination. Participants and leaders are rewarded after each block.
If for some reason you were unable to attend the award ceremony, then you can receive your awards within the next week at a time convenient for both parties, having previously agreed with the organizing committee on the time and place.
Financial conditions.
Attention! By paying the registration fee, you confirm that you have read and agreed with the provisions of the International Festival-Competition “The Whole World is Art!”
Cost of participation:
- Participant (soloist) -2500 rubles, including registration of an application 500 rubles per person
- Duets and trios - 1600 rubles for each participant
- Team (from 4 to 8 people) - 1200 rubles for each participant , including registration of the application 300 rubles per person
- Team (from 9 to 14 people) - 900 rubles for each participant
- Team (from 15 and above) - 700 rubles for each participant , including registration of the application 200 rubles per person
- Back-up dancer - 300 rubles for each participant.
Org. The fee for the performance is 15,000 rubles. (for participants in the nominations “Dramatic Theatre”, “Musical Theatre”, “Plastic Theatre”, presenting a performance or an excerpt from a performance with a total duration of no more than 30 minutes.)
Org. The fee for participation in the “Theatrical Miniature” nomination is 5,000 rubles. (for the number of participants from 1 to 4) , including registration of the application 1500 rubles per application. For the number of participants from 5 and above: org. the fee is calculated according to the number of participants.
For participation in an additional nomination a 10% discount is provided (for contestants participating in several nominations) from the org. fee according to the number of participants.
PHOTO AND VIDEO MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS AS A GIFT!
The organizing committee reserves the right to use photo and video materials of the International Festival-Competition “The Whole World is Art!” for posting on social media networks, on the festival website and on the partners’ website.
Special conditions.
If you are traveling from another city and have limited time, please inform the organizing committee in advance. Otherwise, we will not be able to make time changes to a ready-made program. The competition program will be sent by email. mail specified in the application 3-4 days before the event.
If a participant fails to appear at the festival, the registration fee is refunded in the following cases:
The participant warned about his absence 2 weeks before the start of the competition and provided the document.
Force majeure circumstances regarding the organization of the festival.
Force majeure circumstances concerning the participant(s) in the presence of a document (in case of illness - a certificate of incapacity for work in form 095/U for children, sick leave - for adults) and a warning to the organizers at least 3 working days before the start of the competition.
In other cases, the registration fee is not refundable.
- The festival organizers have the right to change the location of the festival due to force majeure circumstances.
- The organizers of the festival-competition are not responsible to the authors of works and songs performed by participants of the festival-competition!
- The issue of parking spaces, as well as the delivery of costumes, props and scenery is decided by the participants independently.
- During a competitive performance, lighting support is not assessed. During the competition program, “fill” light is used on stage.
Contestants have the right to ask the stage worker to turn the lights on/off completely, if required.
The organizing committee of the festival-competition is not responsible for the personal belongings of participants! Do not leave personal items unattended!
How to say “thank you”? Touch your fist first to your forehead and then to your chin. Almost anything can be said in sign language, which is used by deaf people. And it is better to show names and other names in a dactyl alphabet, in which each letter has its own gesture. At the festival "World of the Deaf" in Sokolniki Park many people spoke with gestures. They are used to communicating this way because they are born unable to hear. At the edge of the festival stage, a sign language interpreter used gestures to translate the greetings of the honored guests and the words of the songs to which the deaf dancers performed. A particularly beautiful genre is the gestural song, when the artist “sang” with smooth gestures to a soundtrack. This is how it took place in Sokolniki Park International Day of the Deaf, which is traditionally celebrated on September 29.
“When a deaf person comes to a cafe, he cannot say “give me some tea” because he will not hear the answer. He has to point his finger at the menu or write on a piece of paper. But how to call an ambulance by phone? We want to draw attention to the problems of those who are not heard, and show that these are cheerful, beautiful, talented people. Only they speak a little differently, often using sign language. By the way, it is not difficult, you can learn it, like any foreign language, in order to speak with those who live nearby.” Ekaterina Verbitskaya, president of the charitable foundation "Peace and love", and her friends started the Deaf World festival ten years ago. This is the only large-scale festival in Russia in support of people with hearing impairments. Famous artists come here who also want to take part in a good and useful cause. And of course, deaf artists of various genres perform here.
When a person cannot express emotions in words, he uses gestures and movements with special “fervor.” There are many talented dancers and mimes among deaf people. Many people start studying while still in school for deaf and hard of hearing children. “My players don’t hear sounds, but they definitely fall into the rhythm that I show them with my fingers. Today we will perform the “Matryoshka” dance, here are girls from primary school, they have been studying recently, but are making obvious progress, because they are very artistic and, most importantly, they want to dance,” explains the teacher Irina Gurova from a boarding school at the Kurchatov school.
After graduating from school, you can enter the Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts, where people with hearing impairments are trained to become actors in drama theater and cinema. Academy graduates work in the Theater of Facial Expressions and Gestures, in dance groups, and teach in clubs. A few years ago, former students created their own theater called "Innuendo" His repertoire already includes a dozen plastic performances (fragments of which were shown at the festival). “Since childhood, I dreamed of becoming an artist and was happy when I found out that I could study this profession. Teachers from the academy came to our school for hearing-impaired children, they arranged an audition and invited me to enroll. Now I am busy in almost all productions of “Underword”, my favorite role is in the play “Duck Hunt”. At first, my parents were against me becoming an artist, but now they no longer think so,” he says with gestures Antonina Pichugina(a sign language interpreter helps us talk). “And my parents were happy when I said that I wanted to enter the theater department of a specialized academy,” she smiles. Irina Hristova. – I like different roles, both tragic and comic. But for some reason I dream of playing the role of a funny old woman, I see myself in this image.”
“Deaf actors can be in demand in various theatrical projects and be popular with audiences,” I am sure Sergey Bidny, director of the Nedoslov Theater, - Now two of our guys are working in the musical “Oscar and the Pink Lady” in St. Petersburg, three are at the Provincial Theater, in the production of “Caligula”. The veil of isolation is disappearing, both society and the actors themselves are changing, we are moving towards rapprochement.”
Different artists complement each other perfectly when they are united by an interesting creative idea. Young people, including those with hearing impairment, “rock” the drums in the “Ethno-rhythm DEAF” studio of the “Integration” cultural center. “We come up with interesting creative experiments, we play not only ethnic drums, but also other percussion instruments, bells, for example. The deaf do not hear and therefore copy the movements of others, but it turns out harmoniously, because all people have an internal natural sense of rhythm,” says the head of the studio Nikolay Ivanov. At the festival, everyone, young and old, beat the rhythm together with the drummers. Those who did not hear repeated the clapping while looking at those around them. Barriers to communication have almost disappeared. We live nearby and can understand each other quite well, even if one of us usually speaks sign language.
