Nika Award
Awarded forExcellence in cinematic achievements
CountryRussia
Presented byRussian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science
First awarded17 December 1988
WebsiteOfficial site of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science

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 Yuli Gusman,[1] and ostensibly modelled on the Oscars.[2] 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 Russian Union of Filmmakers.[3]

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 Golden Globe Awards as it honours both film and television production of Russia.[1]

Description

The award name is sometimes styled NIKA Awards.[4]

The Nika Awards ceremony is broadcast annually and attracts huge publicity across Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.[5]

Award categories

Current categories

Retired awards

Films with multiple wins

7 wins
6 wins
5 wins

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Condee, N.; Prokhorov, A.; Prokhorova, E. (2020). Cinemasaurus: Russian Film in Contemporary Context. Film and Media Studies. Academic Studies Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-64469-374-2. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Richard Taylor; Nancy Wood; Julian Graffy; Dina Iordanova (2019). The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. Bloomsbury. pp. 1923–1927. ISBN 978-1838718497.
  3. ↑ Рейтинг телепрессы — Общество — Новая Газета
  4. ↑ Mjolsness, L.; Leigh, M. (2021). She Animates: Gendered Soviet and Russian Animation. Film and Media Studies. Academic Studies Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-64469-067-3. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  5. ↑ Новый президент «Ники» Кончаловский ошеломлен оказанным ему доверием
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