Awards & Winners

Nika Award for Best Film

Nika Award

Nika Award for Best Film is an annual award presented by Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences.
Nika Award for Best Film is an annual award presented by Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences.

Check all the winners of Nika Award for Best Film presented under Nika Award since 1987 .


Leonid Lebedev, Valery Todorovsky, Aleksandr Veledinsky, Vadim Goryainov

Honored for : The Geographer Drank His Globe Away

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Aleksandr Veledinsky The Geographer Drank His Globe Away
Leonid Lebedev The Geographer Drank His Globe Away
Valery Todorovsky The Geographer Drank His Globe Away
Vadim Goryainov The Geographer Drank His Globe Away
Zhora Kryzhovnikov Gorko!
Timur Bekmambetov Gorko!
Ilya Burets Gorko!
Dmitri Nelidov Gorko!
Sergey Svetlakov Gorko!
Boris Khlebnikov A Long and Happy Life
Roman Borisevich A Long and Happy Life
Aleksandr Kushaev A Long and Happy Life
Anton Megerdichev Metro
Igor Tolstunov Metro
Sergey Kozlov Metro
Anna Kagarlitskaya Metro
Fedor Bondarchuk Stalingrad
Alexander Rodnyansky Stalingrad
Sergey Melkumov Stalingrad
Dmitry Rudovsky Stalingrad
Anton Zlatopolsky Stalingrad

Alexander Sokurov

Honored for : Faust

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexander Sokurov Faust
Karen Shakhnazarov White Tiger
Pavel Lungin The Conductor
Avdotya Smirnova Kokoko
Andrei Proshkin The Horde

Andrei Smirnov

Honored for : Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Slava Ross Siberia, Monamour
Andrey Zvyagintsev Elena
Pyotr Buslov Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive
Sergei Loban Tent-show
Andrei Smirnov Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman

Alexei Uchitel

Honored for : The Edge

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexei Uchitel The Edge
Aleksei Fedorchenko Silent Souls
Alexander Kott The Brest Fortress
Alexei Popogrebski How I Ended This Summer
Aleksei Balabanov A Stoker

Andrey Khrzhanovsky

Honored for : Room and a Half

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Andrey Khrzhanovsky Room and a Half
Vassilij Sigarev Wolfy
Karen Shakhnazarov Ward No. 6
Nikolai Dostal Pete on the Way to Heavens
Pavel Lungin Tsar

Valery Todorovsky

Honored for : Hipsters

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Valery Todorovsky Hipsters
Alexei German Jr. Paper Soldier
Mikheil Kalatozishvili Wild Field
Karen Shakhnazarov The Vanished Empire
Alexei Uchitel Captive

Sergei Bodrov

Honored for : Mongol

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sergei Bodrov Mongol
Aleksei Balabanov Cargo 200
Alexei Popogrebski Simple Things
Vera Storozheva Travelling with Pets
Anna Melikian Mermaid

Pavel Lungin

Honored for : The Island

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Pavel Lungin The Island
Eldar Ryazanov Andersen. Life Without Love
Aleksandr Veledinsky Alive
Kirill Serebrennikov Playing the Victim
Boris Khlebnikov Free Floating

Fedor Bondarchuk

Honored for : The 9th Company

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Fedor Bondarchuk The 9th Company
Alexei German Jr. Garpastum
Andrei Kravchuk The Italian
Alexei Uchitel Dreaming of Space
Alexander Sokurov The Sun

Dmitry Meskhiev

Honored for : Our Own

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dmitry Meskhiev Our Own
Pavel Chukhray A Driver for Vera
Sergei Ursuliak Long Farewell
Valery Todorovsky My Step-Brother Frankenstein
Kira Muratova The Tuner

Andrey Zvyagintsev, Dmitry Lesnevsky

Honored for : The Return

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dmitry Lesnevsky The Return
Andrey Zvyagintsev The Return
Stanislav Govorukhin Bless the Woman
Yekaterina Maskina Bless the Woman
Boris Khlebnikov Roads to Koktebel
Alexei Popogrebski Roads to Koktebel
Roman Borisevich Roads to Koktebel
Vadim Abdrashitov Magnetic Storms
Aleksandr Potemkin Magnetic Storms
Alexander Sokurov Russian Ark
Jens Meurer Russian Ark
Karsten Stöter Russian Ark
Andrey Deryabin Russian Ark
Andrei Razumovsky Russian Ark
Gennadi Sidorov Old Women

Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Sergey Selyanov

Honored for : The Cuckoo

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Aleksandr Rogozhkin The Cuckoo
Sergey Selyanov The Cuckoo
Aleksei Balabanov War
Sergey Selyanov War
Nikolai Lebedev The Star
Karen Shakhnazarov The Star
Aleksandr Litvinov The Star
Valery Todorovsky The Lover
Aleksandr Akopov The Lover
Kira Muratova Chekhov's Motifs
Igor Kalyonov Chekhov's Motifs

Alexander Sokurov, Victor Sergeev

Honored for : Taurus

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexander Sokurov Taurus
Victor Sergeev Taurus
Mikhail Ptashuk In August of 1944
Olga Semago In August of 1944
Vladimir Semago In August of 1944
Denis Yevstigneyev Let's Make Love
Aleksandr Atanesyan Let's Make Love
Igor Tolstunov Let's Make Love

Alexei Uchitel

Honored for : His Wife's Diary

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexei Uchitel His Wife's Diary
Sergei Solovyov Tender Age
Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov Luna Papa

Alexei Guerman, Armen Medvedev, Aleksandr Golutva, Guy Séligmann

Honored for : Khrustalyov, My Car!

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexei Guerman Khrustalyov, My Car!
Armen Medvedev Khrustalyov, My Car!
Aleksandr Golutva Khrustalyov, My Car!
Guy Séligmann Khrustalyov, My Car!
Stanislav Govorukhin The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment
Igor Tolstunov The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment
Sergey Kozlov The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment
Valeri Ogorodnikov Barracks
Leonid Yarmolnik Barracks
Stanislav Archipov Barracks
Rolf Jaster Barracks

Aleksei Balabanov, Sergey Selyanov, Oleg Botogov

Honored for : Of Freaks and Men

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Aleksei Balabanov Of Freaks and Men
Sergey Selyanov Of Freaks and Men
Oleg Botogov Of Freaks and Men
Karen Shakhnazarov Day of the Full Moon
Vladimir Dostal Day of the Full Moon
Valery Todorovsky The Country of Deaf
Sergei Livnev The Country of Deaf
Viacheslav Sorokin A Totalitarian Romance

Pavel Chukhray, Igor Tolstunov

Honored for : The Thief

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Pavel Chukhray The Thief
Igor Tolstunov The Thief
Aleksei Balabanov Brother
Sergey Selyanov Brother
Vadim Abdrashitov Time of a Dancer
Sergei Bayev Time of a Dancer

Sergei Bodrov, Boris Giller

Honored for : Prisoner of the Mountains

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sergei Bodrov Prisoner of the Mountains
Boris Giller Prisoner of the Mountains
Sergei Ursuliak Summer People
Oleg Kapanets Summer People
Vladimir Krasnopolsky Ermak
Valeriy Uskov Ermak
Aleksandr Litvinov Ermak
Viktor Glukhov Lyubit po-russki 2
Sergey Melkumov Lyubit po-russki 2
Yevgeny Matveyev Lyubit po-russki 2

Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Aleksandr Golutva

Honored for : Peculiarities of the National Hunt

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Aleksandr Rogozhkin Peculiarities of the National Hunt
Aleksandr Golutva Peculiarities of the National Hunt
Aleksei Sakharov Lady Into Lassie
Vladimir Khotinenko The Mussulman
Vladimir Repnikov The Mussulman

Kira Muratova

Honored for : Passions

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kira Muratova Passions
Valery Todorovsky Katya Ismailova
Andrei Konchalovsky Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs

Vladimir Khotinenko

Honored for : Makarov

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Vladimir Khotinenko Makarov
Tamás Tóth Childrens of Iron Gods
Yuri Mamin Window to Paris

Pyotr Todorovsky

Honored for : Encore, Once More Encore!

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Pyotr Todorovsky Encore, Once More Encore!
Otar Iosseliani Chasing Butterflies
Nikita Mikhalkov Close to Eden

Eldar Ryazanov

Honored for : The Promised Heaven

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Eldar Ryazanov The Promised Heaven
Georgiy Daneliya Pasport
Karen Gevorkian Spotted Dog, Running at the Edge of the Sea

Kira Muratova

Honored for : The Asthenic Syndrome

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kira Muratova The Asthenic Syndrome
Pavel Lungin Taxi Blues
Vitali Kanevsky Freeze Die Come to Life

Sergei Parajanov, Dodo Abashidze

Honored for : Ashik Kerib

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sergei Parajanov Ashik Kerib
Dodo Abashidze Ashik Kerib
Marina Goldovskaya Solovki Power
Vadim Abdrashitov The Servant

Aleksandr Proshkin

Honored for : The Cold Summer of 1953

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Aleksandr Proshkin The Cold Summer of 1953
Aleksandr Askoldov Commissar
Vasili Pichul Little Vera

Tengiz Abuladze

Honored for : Repentance

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tengiz Abuladze Repentance
Vadim Abdrashitov Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game
Kira Muratova Long Farewells