The Presidential Library presented films of the participants of the International Film Festival "Under the Protection of the Mother of God "Tikhvinskaya"

The Presidential Library hosted cinema club meeting with the screening of the documentaries by the participants of the II International Film Festival "Under the Protection of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God".

The cinema club meeting presented two films on the theme Temples-Martyrs. The film Five Stories about Pyatino told about the ancient Trinity Church in the village of Pyatino, Ulyanovsk Region. The project authors are the director Anastasia Novoselova, a graduate of the Most Eparchy Television School, and the cameraman Anton Nakonechny, a specialist of the Udachi Media Video Studio. A feature film about the Trinity Church in the village of Pyatino was created with the support of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and the Ministry of Youth Development of Ulyanovsk Region. The film calls for drawing attention to the revival of the shrine. Besides, it is a production of the highest artistic level, which spotlights national memory and spiritual culture, and allows understanding of modern life. It also reveals the connection between the Orthodox faith and the fate of Russia.

The documentary I Believe, directed by Hegumen Anthony (Kuznetsov), told about the revival of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in the village of Nadkopanie, Volkhovsky District, Leningrad Region. The film traces the history of the church from the early XIX century. At that time, the architect A. I. Melnikovon constructed a five-altar stone church instead of a stone church of the XVI century, dismantled in 1822. The main altar of the new church was consecrated in honour of the Nativity of Christ, and the side-altars were devoted to the Annunciation of the Theotokos, the Holy Prophet Elijah, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and St. Jonah of Novgorod. The services in the temple ceased in 1937. In 1941 it was closed. In 1994 it was returned to the Tikhvin Eparchy, and in 1997 it was consecrated again, and church services resumed. The film also tells about the revival of Orthodox festive traditions in the village of Podkopanie.

The International Film Festival "Under the Protection of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God" represented professional and amateur films that spotlighted the history, spiritual traditions, holy places and the culture of the native land. The geography of the film festival is the whole world, but it starts in Leningrad Region. In 2021, the film festival marked the 800th anniversary of Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky.

The festive program includes film screenings devoted to the revival of spiritual and cultural traditions and historical events. It aimed to highlight and preserve the single spiritual, cultural and historical space of Russia. It also strived to promote the ideas of virtue, faith, love, and the upbringing of the young generation in the spirit of patriotism and love for the Motherland. The festival attracted film studios, cinema clubs, TV companies from Russia and abroad.

The film festival is supported by the Committee for Tourism and Culture of Leningrad Region. It aims to increase interest in travelling to the holy spaces of Russia, the development of tourism in sites of historical memory and spiritual places.

The meeting of the cinema club was broadcast live on the Presidential Library's portal in the Live broadcasts section, on the institution's YouTube channel and the Presidential Library's Cinema Club page in the VKontakte social network.