Finalists of the 5th Anniversary Russian National Award in the field of creative industries have been announced

The TASS press center announced the finalists of the V Anniversary Russian National Award in the field of Creative Industries, the country's main and the world's only cross-industry award covering all 16 areas of the creative sector. This year, more than 1,200 applications were submitted, of which an expert jury selected 33 finalists in 11 nominations. Also this year, a special nomination "Young Professionals" was established for young representatives of creative industries from Tavrida.ART". It is awarded to young creative teams/individuals for popularizing cultural values of Russia among the youth.

The prize is awarded to professionals, projects, companies, cities and regions for their achievements in the field of creative industries and significant contribution to the development of the Russian creative economy.

The press conference was attended by Alexander Zhuravsky, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation for Public Projects, Marina Mongush, President of the ANO Creative Economy, Roman Karmanov, General Director of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives, Alexey Frandetti, director of the ceremony, three-time winner of the Golden Mask National Theater Award, and Alexey Frandetti, General Director of the Zaryadye Concert Hall, which will host the award ceremony, Ivan Rudin.

"Five years ago, it was clear that the creative potential of our country was huge, but it was dispersed, unsystematic and often had no platform for recognition. It was then, with the personal support of Sergey Vladilenovich Kiriyenko, that the foundation for this Award was laid. He responded to the industry's desire to create a cross-industrial professional award that would cover all areas of the creative industries. It is also important that projects related to the development and achievements of creative industries stimulated the development of common agreements between the state, experts, and the community and significantly contributed to the emergence of the law on creative industries," said Alexander Zhuravsky.

Over the course of its history, the Award has united the whole country: the total number of applications received has surpassed the 6,000 mark, 183 finalists and 49 laureates have been identified, and a professional community of creative economy leaders has been formed.

"We want to talk to those who will be at the ceremony, who have been walking with us all these five years. It will be something solemn and warm. Every year we introduce new nominations, for example, "Agrocreanomics". As a huge country, we cannot afford the European approach to the creative economy, where everything is centralized and everything is in clusters. It is important for us to develop our creative economy so that creative businesses appear not only in small towns, but also in rural areas. The “Global Creanomics” nomination was introduced for the first time. Relations with our partner countries are growing stronger, and the nomination will show how great the export potential is, as well as identify the best projects that help this collaboration. In addition to the 11 main nominations, this year there was also a special nomination “Young Professionals” from Tavrida.ART”. It is very important not only to show the masters, but also the young specialists, whom we also honor today and rely heavily on them," said Marina Mongush.

Finalists of the V Russian National Award in the field of creative industries:

1. "Creative region": Tyumen region, Chelyabinsk region, Republic of Bashkortostan.

2. "Creative event": The First International Biennale of Environmental Art; the International Outdoor Festival "Teatralny Boulevard — 2025"; The International Music Competition "Intervision".

3. "Cultural code": the project "Russian tea party Gzhel"; "Friends of Petersburg" — a project of Gazprom PJSC; the series "Overheard in Rybinsk".

4. "Creative Integration": ALROSA and the Unified Resource Center of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) for the Arctic Creative Academy; Andrey Melnichenko Foundation for the All—Russian Public Art Festival "SMENA"; Rosatom State Corporation for the ATOM Museum.

5. Agrocreanomics: the project "Can not be! Or the adventures of Fun"; Paris Fashion Week (Chelyabinsk region); Maskaga art residence.

6. "Creative innovations": AI service "Nikolay Ironov"; ecosystem MAIKERS; AI assistant "Gigachat".

7. "Creative trend": My Matreshka; INCRUA's Mordovian Stained Oak project; Impact Content System (National Media Group).

8. "Impulse of impact": the creative cluster "Kvadrat"; the series "Lilies of the Valley. Such a tender love"; International Festival of Children's and Family Cinema and Animation "Little Bear".

9. Global Creanomics: Polis Urban Development Institute; Moscow Cluster of Video Games and Animation; International Forum of Creative Industries "Created in the Far East".

10. "Competencies in Creanomics": Laboratory of Creative Industries of the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO; Global Creative Hub; Cosmos Academy of Hospitality.

11. Creative City: Vyksa (Nizhny Novgorod region), Yuryevets (Ivanovo region), Tatneft, Almetyevsk transformation.

The next stage is the selection of the jury, which includes representatives of the authorities, leaders and practitioners of the creative industries — the winners of the Award. The award will be a symbolic statuette in the shape of a sunflower, created by students of the Stieglitz Academy, a sign of endless creative potential.

The winners will be announced at the award ceremony on December 1, 2025 at 19:00 at the Zaryadye Concert Hall.