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The grand opening of the IX International Film Festival of Student Works of Sound Engineers "INtonations" took place at the Saint Petersburg State University of Film and Television. More than 500 applications from 22 countries were submitted to the Festival, 69 works are included in the competition program.

This year the annual festival-competition will take place from May 16 to May 20. The competition list includes 50 short films from 17 countries. Within the festival will be held screenings of student works, meetings and master classes from famous sound engineers to name a few.

From 19 April till 24 April, within the framework of the 41st Moscow International Film Festival, a show of the best domestic short films will traditionally take place in the House of Cinema. This year, the program includes films of students and graduates of St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television: "Asya" (dir. D. Rybakyan, workshop of K. S. Lopushansky), "By hardcore" (directed by O. Urakin, workshop of K.S. Lopushansky), "The Teacher" (dir. M. Yelagin, workshop of V.A. Sarukhanov V.A. and I.P. Naumov).

On April 27, the final of the IV International Festival of sound engineering works "INTONATIONS-2017" took place in the cinema hall of the University. The jury was named winners, marked with prizes, diplomas and memorable gifts. A real gift for the participants and guests of the festival was a master class by the famous Russian composer, Honored Artist of Russia Alexander Knaifel.

"Paradise", film by Andrei Konchalovsky, in which crew our graduate Polina Volynkina worked as a sound producer, claims for the "Oscar". The film has won two awards of the 73rd Venice Film Festival : Silver Lion for Best Director and a special award Soundtrack Stars Award for the soundtrack