VTEME Youth Media Festival will be held on June 11-13 at the Mosfilm Cinema

The VTEME Youth Media Festival will be held on June 11-13 at the Mosfilm Cinema Complex. Participants will be able to attend lectures and trainings from leading experts of the media industry.

One of the master classes will be conducted by Maxim Ilyakhov, co-author of the book "Write, Shorten". The program of the festival includes analysis of works, networking and acquaintance with the latest technical innovations.

The project will bring together youth media studios and teenagers between the ages of 12 and 18 who create TV programs, films and animation projects. TV presenter and journalist Yana Churikova will be a special guest of the festival.

The festival is dedicated to attracting the attention of young people to modern tools for creating and promoting content, as well as developing new media talents. The VTEME project opens up new opportunities for the participants for career growth and cooperation in the media industry.

The festival's jury consists of professionals from the media industry and young media professionals who will determine the winners in six main categories: entertainment, educational, social, news, film and animation — the main areas of youth media creation.

Among the jury members are Lev Makarov (director of the CTC Kids TV channel), Tatiana Tsyvareva (general producer of the Cartoon TV channel), Boris Mokrousov (director of the VK Creative department), Kirill Yemelyanov (director of production of the SUN TV channel), Nikita Nichkalyuk (marketing director of VKontakte), Kirill Didenok (founder of the communication agency DIDENOK TEAM and DNK Music publishing house).

The creative director of the festival is Anton Mikhalev, director, producer, TEFI laureate, member of the Academy of Russian Television.

The festival, organized jointly with VKontakte, will bring together more than 500 participants from 129 Russian cities in online and offline formats for the first time.: from Kaliningrad to Khabarovsk, from Murmansk to Sochi.

Among the partners of the festival are the family federal TV channel SUN, CTC Kids TV channel, the children's TV channel Mult, the Ostankino television center and the educational holding Skillbox. The digital partners of the event are VK Videos, VK Clips, and New School of Media with the support of VK Creative.

As part of the festival, participants will receive a quest with thematic tasks in the "Other Business" service, a raffle for merch and other prizes from the organizers and partners of the site.