From May 13 to 18, the 23rd All-Russian Film Festival «Vivat Russian Cinema!» took place in St. Petersburg.

9 feature films participated in the competition program. The festival jury was headed by director Vera Storozheva. The jury also included: actor Valery Barinov; cinematographer Ilya Dyomin; actress Ekaterina Semyonova; art critic and film critic Alexander Timofeevsky.

Alexander Kott's drama «The Test» received two awards at once – awards for directing and cinematography.