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From October 14 to November 5, the XI International Wildlife Festival "Golden Turtle" will be held at the Expocentre on Krasnaya Presnya. The program of the world's first interactive wildlife festival will include the largest exhibition of nature photography, documentary film screenings, a series of lectures and workshops for children and adults, as well as an interactive audio quest.

The Golden Turtle Festival is the largest international environmental education project, the official event of the Year of Ecology in Russia and the only Russian event held within the framework of the decade of biodiversity conservation declared by the United Nations.

One of the most important components of the Golden Turtle is The Golden Turtle International Competition, one of the world's most prestigious creative competitions that celebrates the beauty of wildlife. Every year, within the framework of the Festival, an exhibition of the winners of the competition is held. In 2017, selected works of the exhibition will come to life and become part of an interactive audio quest #open your eyes - a fascinating journey through the world of wildlife.

All visitors will be able to download for free mobile app Festival and listen to a fascinating audio guide - stories about the places and animals depicted on the most beautiful photos wildlife. Mikhail Shirvindt, Tutta Larsen, Maria Sittel and Evgenia Timonova took part in the recording of the audio guide. The audio guide contains clues and hints. After passing all the stations and completing the tasks, participants will have a chance to win a family stay in hotels in Greece - Aldemar Royal Mare and Aldemar Royal Olympian.

Various interactive zones will be located on the Festival site. In the VR-cinema from the general partner of the Volkswagen Caravelle Festival, visitors will be able to see the unique reserved places of Russia in 360-degree format. In the "Games" of the Festival, the educational and entertainment project Virry VR will invite everyone to go on a virtual safari in Kenya with Nikolai Drozdov.

The main festival stage will host a series of documentaries from Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. The headliners of the program will be the host of the Vesti program on the Rossiya TV channel Maria Sittel, naturalist, popularizer of science, author and host of the program “Everything is like animals” Evgenia Timonova, Russian wildlife photographer Sergey Gorshkov and winner of many prestigious photo contests, nature photographer from Switzerland Michel Roggo. Within the framework of the Festival, a series of meetings will be held with participants of unique expeditions - they will tell stories about overcoming and surviving a person in the world of wildlife.

A special block of the program is dedicated to the art of photography, within its framework lectures will be held by the ambassadors of Fujifilm, the official partner of the Festival: one of the best teachers photographs by Alexander Medvedev, street photographer Vivian del Rio, travel photographer Alexander Cheban. Author's sessions on the peculiarities of travel photography were prepared by the masters of RUSS PRESS PHOTO, Russian photographer, naturalist and candidate of biological sciences Anton Lange will give an author's lecture.

A special pride of the Festival is the exposition of works by Michel Roggo - a large-scale project The Freshwater Project (“freshwater project”). For more than seven years, the photographer traveled around the world, creating an "underwater map" of the world. Festival visitors will have a unique opportunity to see the result of his work - a series of photographs showing the underwater atmosphere of each place, and images of objects on the surface.

As part of the Golden Turtle Festival, an entertaining educational program for kids. For kids, there will be culinary master classes from the Anderson cafe, board games about science and environmental games. The partner of the Festival this year was the leading Russian animation holding Riki Group, the creator and copyright holder of the brands Smeshariki, Malyshariki, PINKOD. Riki Group of Companies will present photo zones with Smeshariki and Malyshariki to guests of the Festival, where you can take photos as a keepsake. Throughout the festival, you will be able to watch the best series of Smeshariki and Malyshariki projects, and on the weekends, life-size puppets of your favorite animated film characters will appear on the Festival site. For older children popular science magazine"Schrödinger's Cat" will present at the Festival "Days of Science" with informative lectures. "Days of Science" are held with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

The program of the XI International Wildlife Festival "Golden Turtle" is aimed at developing interest in the world around the society in general and children in particular, at popularizing the idea of ​​caring for nature through art and education. From November 10 to November 19, the Golden Turtle Festival will be held in St. Petersburg in the ArtPlay space.

Five reasons to come to the Golden Turtle Festival:

1. Largest international exhibition wildlife. More than 200 photographs from 92 countries of the world. Unique exposition by Michel Roggo - the legendary author of The Freshwater Project. World premiere. It's wildly beautiful!

2. A rich educational program. More than 30 lectures, creative meetings and master classes on photography, ecology, psychology and travel. It is very useful!

3. Unique audio quest #OPEN YOUR EYES. An educational adventure for the whole family, accompanied by the stellar voices of Maria Sittel, Tutta Larsen, Mikhail Shirvindt, Evgenia Timonova. Opportunity to win a family stay in a premium Aldemar hotel in Crete. Don't miss your chance!

4. Interactive zones. VW Caravelle + Planetpics Virtual Cinema: A unique 360-degree natural movie experience. Virtual safari Virry: acquaintance with the "red book fauna of Kenya" accompanied by the legendary Nikolai Drozdov. The spirit is captivating!

5. An easy way to do good and become part of a large charity project. The more people visit the Festival, the more children's lives we will save. Doing good is easy!

Full- All festival activities without restrictions, one-time visit

Student- Students, upon presentation of a student card

To the festival with the whole class- 15 schoolchildren (6-16 years old inclusive) + 2 adults.

School- Children from 6 to 16 years old (inclusive)

Family- 2 adults + 1 child (6-16 years old inclusive)

family dbl- 2 adults + 2 children (6-16 years old inclusive)

Subscription- Visiting the Festival an unlimited number of times at any time, on any day (valid for the bearer).

Exhibition opening hours: 10:00-21:00. Entrance closes at 20:00

Moscow, October 13 — The solemn opening ceremony of the XI Golden Turtle International Wildlife Festival took place at the Expocentre on Krasnaya Presnya. As part of the ceremony, the winners of The Golden Turtle 2017 International Competition for Photography, Painting and Design were announced. Erlend Haaberg from Norway. Among the winners are two photographers from Russia -Vladimir Voychuk and Maxim Tarasov.

The Golden Turtle International Photography, Painting and Design Competition is a creative competition for professionals and amateurs who celebrate the beauty of wildlife. The jury consists of leading photographers, animal artists and designers: Jim Brandenburg (USA), Claudio Contreras Cube (Mexico), Odan Rikardsen (Norway), Michel Roggo (Switzerland), Jonathan Loir (France), Paul Hermansen (Norway), Peter Delaney (Ireland/South Africa), Sergey Gorshkov (Russia), Saleh Zanganeh (Iran), Scott Lizerow (USA), Christina Lambert (South Africa) and others. In 2017, independent experts of the professional jury determined the authors the best works in three directions: "Photography", "Painting" and "Design".

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Photographer of the Year The Golden Turtle 2017 became Erlend Haaberg(Norway).

Direction winners "Painting" recognized in four categories:

Direction winners "Design" in three categories were:

• Eric Ginard (Cuba) - "Butterfly Trap";

The prize fund of the competition amounted to $1,000 for the winners in each nomination, the Grand Prix of the contest - Photographer of the Year - $2,000.

The opening ceremony of the XI International Wildlife Festival "Golden Turtle" was attended by Sergey Yastrebov, and about. Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, Andrey Sukhinin, President of the Golden Turtle Festival, Nadezhda Makova, General Producer of the Golden Turtle Festival, curator creative competitions festival The Golden Turtle 2017 Julia Knoll, Michelle Roggo, member of the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP), laureate of prestigious international competitions; outstanding nature photographer Sergey Gorshkov, art director of the ProLab photo lab and one of the leading experts in Russia in the field of digital imaging Dmitry Shevlyakov, animal painter, multiple winner of wildlife art competitions Claudia Khan; representatives Charitable Foundation"My Equator" - President of the Festival and Founder of the Foundation Andrey Sukhinin, Foundation President Maria Gromova, member Board of Trustees fund, co-president of the Association of Branding Companies of Russia, managing partner of the Depot WPF agency Alexey Andreev, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation Uwe Eischner; partners and friends of the "Golden Turtle" Festival - director of the TV channels of the company "Media Alliance" - Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, Artem Kuvshinov, Deputy Chief Editor of the publishing house "Komsomolskaya Pravda" Evgeny Sazonov, head of the photo service of the Izvestia Information Center Vitaly Bezrukikh, founder of the production center and publishing house ProLab Nikolai Kanavin, head of the Cultural project RUSS PRESS PHOTO Vasily Prudnikov, extreme photographer Olga Michi.

“This year the Golden Turtle is held for the 11th time and it was 2017 that became a record for The Golden Turtle contest. Authors from 92 countries took part in the creative competition of photographers from all over the world, more than 10,000 works were sent in total, 48 of which won prizes thanks to the assessment of an expert jury, which included world stars, undisputed authorities in the world of nature photography. The works of laureates and finalists of creative competitions can be seen at the Golden Turtle Festival, which will be held in Moscow and St. Petersburg,” said the President of the Festival and the founder of the Charitable Foundation Andrey Sukhinin.

“We have radically changed the format of the project this year - we have turned the photo exhibition into the world's first interactive wildlife festival. In order to expand the audience and make ecology a trend, we “revived” the exposition, supplemented it with extensive educational and entertainment program. Now the "Golden Turtle" is not only an exhibition the best photos nature from all over the world, and a platform where you can go on a virtual safari in Kenya with Nikolai Drozdov, go through a fascinating audio quest, learn a lot about the wild world and its inhabitants. The progressive audience of megacities is the electoral public. We wanted to surprise her, we worked long and hard, and today I am sure that the Golden Turtle will be the decoration of 2017 and the most beautiful event of the fall,” said Nadezhda Makova, General Producer of the Golden Turtle Festival.

The works of the finalists and laureates of The Golden Turtle 2017 can be seen at the Golden Turtle Festival from October 14 to November 5 at the Expocentre on Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow. From November 10 to 19, the Festival will be held in the ArtPlay space in St. Petersburg.

Golden Turtle Arts Festival

The festival combines various areas of creative activity dedicated to the protection of the environment and the conservation of rare and endangered species of animals. The Golden Turtle is the only official event in Russia held as part of the decade of biodiversity conservation declared by the United Nations. More than 130 participating countries, more than 10,000 authors, more than 100,000 works and more than 5,000,000 visitors worldwide - such is the scale of the "Golden Turtle". Over the 10 years of its existence, the festival has become the largest in the world in terms of the number of participating countries and one of the most visited expositions in Russia.

The Golden Turtle Festival 2017 is an official event of the Year of Ecology in Russia.

The general information partners of the Golden Turtle Festival in 2017 were Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, GEO, Sostav.ru, Izvestia Information Center. Informational support for the Festival is also provided by the radio stations Moscow Speaks, GEOlyonok, Agency for Social Information, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Vokrug Sveta, Public Television of Russia, Sobesednik, Kudago, RosPhoto, Clubphoto .ru, Photographer.ru.

The official partners of the Golden Turtle Festival are: Volkswagen Caravelle, a chain of children's goods stores " Child's world”, FujiFilm, Aldemar hotel chain, Greenfield, MTS, ProLab photo lab, Aeroexpress, Anderson family cafe chain, Resource Saving Center, Smeshariki.

Fund "My Equator"

Charitable Foundation for Social Support "My Equator" is the owner of the rights to organize and hold the "Golden Turtle" Festival. Funds collected by the fund are used to perform operations on children from one to 18 years of age suffering from serious illnesses, including congenital heart defects of varying degrees of complexity.

The name of the foundation is not accidental: for many children, a life-saving operation is the “equator” between illness and health, between a world of limitations and a full life. The main goal of the Foundation's work is to help its wards safely cross it.

The foundation has several successful charity events aimed not only at raising funds, but also at educating children, popularizing creative activities and disseminating information about wildlife and its inhabitants.

More detailed information You can find it on the website of the Golden Turtle Wildlife Festival.

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The international festival "Golden Turtle" is taking place these days in Moscow. This year, the competition brought together a record number of participating countries: more than 2,300 authors from 110 countries sent their works. And the central event of the review was a photo exhibition dedicated to the protection of wildlife. From the Central House of Artists - a report by Aliya Sharifullina.

Behind the scenes of each photo - a story, exciting, sometimes dangerous. For example, this picture was taken on safari. The photographer, without leaving the car, settled down on the floor to get the right angle. Catching bats with a lens is not easy at all. Here they had to use the infrared barrier, which "froze" their fast flight. For an exclusive shot, the authors are ready for anything: descend to the bottom of the ocean, sail to the ends of the world, or, like Konstantin Shatenev, sit in ambush for weeks.

“I always wanted to shoot bears in heavy rain. It didn't work for a very long time. These are the bears that the mother bear abandoned, and they stick together for some time. And here, under the tree, three bears are waiting for a heavy thunderstorm,” said photographer Konstantin Shatenev.

"The world just doesn't fit into a 35mm camera" - these are the words of the American photographer Eugene Smith. To capture something that cannot be reached by either cars or planes, the authors use camera traps and unmanned miniature cameras. With the help of modern technology, Ilya Timin was able to photograph the northernmost resort on the planet - Franz Josef Land, where 375 walruses rested at once.

“The task was to count the number of walruses that was found in the haulage of walruses. We tried to walk overland, but they chose a place where neither a polar bear nor a man can reach, and there they rested quietly. We raised the quadcopter,” explained photographer Ilya Timin.

You can see the beauty and fragility of nature through the eyes of designers and artists. They also take part in the competition. This year, a record number of applications were submitted - more than two thousand from 110 countries. The work was evaluated by an international jury. One of the experts is the famous Dutch photographer Jan Vermeer.

“For many years, millions of pictures have been taken, one way or another, many are repeated. Therefore, the most important criterion for me will be novelty. The author's approach to filming is very important to me,” said photographer Jan Vermeer, member of the jury of the photo contest.

All photographs have undergone additional examinations - technical, to establish how photographers abuse graphic editing, as well as biological, regarding the ethical treatment of animals.

“It's no secret that photographers resort to tricks: they feed them, shoot the wing of a bird, put small animals in a refrigerator so that they have suspended animation. In this case, these personnel are selected, evaluated and disqualified by biological experts,” says Andrei Sukhinin, president of the Golden Turtle festival.

Until January 13, 2019, the XII International Wildlife Festival "Golden Turtle" will be held in the "Etazhi" space. The festival is an official event held as part of the decade of biodiversity conservation declared by the United Nations. On Mondays admission is free for pensioners.

This year's motto is "Freedom. Creation. Scale". The key event of the festival will be a large interactive exposition of the works of the finalists and laureates of The Golden Turtle 2018 international photo contest. This year, the contest brought together a record number of participants: more than 1,800 authors from 110 countries sent their works. The authors compete in several categories: photography, painting and eco-posters.

The Wildlife Festival is not a traditional photo exhibition format. The territory of the festival is a place for leisure of the whole family.

A lot of unforgettable events await guests: interactive travel using augmented reality technologies, master classes for both professional photographers, as well as training programs for beginners, scientific and educational games for children, screenings of unique documentaries, creative meetings with famous festival ambassadors. For the first time this year, visitors will be able to become members of the Eco-Lecturer.

The history of the festival began 12 years ago with the GOLDEN TURTLE wildlife photography exhibition. In 2017, the Festival became an official event of the Year of Ecology in Russia. For 12 years, more than 11,000 authors from 120 countries of the world have taken part in it, sending more than 100,000 works to the competition.

About the festival:

The Golden Turtle is an international interactive wildlife festival that brings together the best creative work photographers, artists and world-class designers about the beauty and harmony of the world around.

The main idea of ​​the festival is to increase the beauty and diversity of wildlife, show the pricelessness of this world and call on all people to be sensitive and attentive to it.