Stozhary
Sign in to saveFestival Stozhary is an international actors film festival which takes place in Kyiv, Ukraine. The name of the festival is an Old Slavonic counterpart for the asterism of Pleiades. In the mythology of ancient Greece Pleiads were the 7 beautiful daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione. Turned into 7 birds by Zeus they later became 7 bright stars, which formed beautiful constellation.
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- Instance of
- film festival
- Country
- Ukraine
- Located in
- Kyiv
- Location
- Kyiv
- Official website
- stozhary.kiev.ua
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- inception
- 1995-00-00
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- WikiProject Ukraine
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- Stozhary
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- Festival history
- Stozhary '95
- Stozhary '95 jury
- Stozhary '95 Prize-Winners
- Stozhary '95 Additional Awards
- Stozhary '97
- The Guests
- Stozhary '97 Prize-Winners
- Testimony
- Stozhary '99
- The Guests
- Stozhary '99 jury
- Stozhary '99 Prize-Winners
- Stozhary 2003
- The Guests
- Stozhary 2003 Prize-Winners
- Stozhary 2005
- General list of films screened during the festival in 2005
- Stozhary 2005 jury
- Stozhary 2005 Prize-Winners
- Panorama
- Festival nominations
- Festival Goals
- References
- External links
Festival Stozhary is an international actors film festival which takes place in Kyiv, Ukraine. The name of the festival is an Old Slavonic counterpart for the asterism of Pleiades. In the mythology of ancient Greece Pleiads were the 7 beautiful daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione. Turned into 7 birds by Zeus they later became 7 bright stars, which formed beautiful constellation.
The mysterious 7 became the code structure of the festival “Stozhary” – 7 days the festival lasts, 7 prizes the winners receive, 7 members of jury, 7 colors of rainbow which along with the winged Pleaiad-maid became the symbol of the festival.
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