All-Union Film Festival

Period: 1958–1988

The All-Union Film Festival (AUF) was the main film festival held in the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1988. The time and venue of each festival were regulated by the USSR State Committee for Cinematography and the USSR Union of Cinematographers.
The first All-Union Film Festival was held in 1958.
The first three festivals were held irregularly from 1958 to 1960.
Since 1964, the film festival has been held regularly every two years, and since 1972, annually.

1958 All-Union Film Festival (Moscow / Russia)

Two from One Neighborhood - Award to composer Gara Garayev (1958, Moscow / Russia)
Two from One Neighborhood - Encouragement Award to cameraman Margarita Pilikhina (1958, Moscow / Russia)

1959 All-Union Film Festival (Kiev / Ukraine)

Stepmother - Third Prize (1959, Kiev / Ukraine)
On the Far Shores - Award to composer Gara Garayev (1959, Kiev / Ukraine)

1960 All-Union Film Festival (Minsk / Belarus)

1st All-Union Film Festival (1964, Leningrad / Russia)

2nd All-Union Film Festival (1966, Kiev / Ukraine)

3rd All-Union Film Festival (1968, Leningrad / Russia)

The Twenty-six - Second Prize (1968, Leningrad / Russia)

4th All-Union Film Festival (1970, Minsk / Belarus)

V All-Union Film Festival (1972, Tbilisi / Georgia)

The Last Passage – Best Actor – Adil Isgandarov, Hasan Mammadov (1972, Tbilisi / Georgia)

“Soviet Azerbaijan” No. 2 – special diploma

VI All-Union Film Festival (1973, Alma-Ata / Kazakhstan)

Pages of Life – encouraging diploma (1973, Alma-Ata / Kazakhstan)

VII All-Union Film Festival (1974, Baku / Azerbaijan)

Nasimi – Best Film on a Historical Theme (1974, Baku / Azerbaijan)

Nasimi - Second Prize for the Performance of a Male Role - Rasim Balayev (1974, Baku / Azerbaijan)

The First Hour of Life - Encouraging Prize for Addressing the Theme of the Working Class and the Succession of Generations (1974, Baku / Azerbaijan)

Why Does the Cloud Cry? – First Prize in Animated Film (1974, Baku / Azerbaijan)

VIII All-Union Film Festival (1975, Chisinau / Moldova)

IX All-Union Film Festival (1976, Frunze / Kyrgyzstan)

The Concerns of Happiness – Special Jury Prize (1976, Frunze / Kyrgyzstan)

X All-Union Film Festival (1977, Riga / Latvia)

XI All-Union Film Festival (1978, Yerevan / Armenia)

XII All-Union Film Festival (1979, Ashgabat / Turkmenistan)

Mother-in-law – Prize to Composer Tofig Guliyev (1979, Ashgabat / Turkmenistan)
Mother-in-law – Prize to Actress Nasiby Zeynalova (1979, Ashgabat / Turkmenistan)
Dissonance – Jury Diploma (1979, Ashgabat / Turkmenistan)

XIII All-Union Film Festival (1980, Dushanbe / Tajikistan)

Investigation - Best Feature Film (1980, Dushanbe / Tajikistan)

XIV All-Union Film Festival (1981, Vilnius / Lithuania)

Golden Abyss - Special Prize (1981, Vilnius / Lithuania)

XV All-Union Film Festival (1982, Tallinn / Estonia)

Closed Door - Special Prize for Illumination of Moral and Ethical Problems (1982, Tallinn / Estonia)

XVI All-Union Film Festival (1983, Leningrad / Russia)

Nizami - Award to director Eldar Guliyev for the screen embodiment of the humanistic pathos of the Azerbaijani poet (1983, Leningrad / Russia)

XVII All-Union Film Festival (1984, Kiev / Ukraine)

Park - Special Prize of the Organizing Committee (1984, Kiev / Ukraine)

XVIII All-Union Film Festival (1985, Minsk / Belarus)

XIX All-Union Film Festival (1986, Alma-Ata / Kazakhstan)

XX All-Union Film Festival (1987, Tbilisi / Georgia)

XXI All-Union Film Festival (1988, Baku / Azerbaijan)

The Devil in the Eyes - Special Prize (1988, Baku