Main article: Cinema of Russia
2023: Announcement of the first festival by the Roman Abramovich Foundation "Kinoprime"
In July 2023, it became known that the Kinoprime Foundation, founded by Roman Abramovich, plans to hold a festival of relevant Russian cinema in Gelendzhik. The event called "Mayak" will become an annual event, Anton Malyshev, executive director of Kinoprime and producer of the festival, told Vedomosti.
The dates of the pilot festival are named October 5-9, 2023. The event will be held in the format of a professional forum with a program of film screenings and business communication. It will be funded from the Kinoprime Foundation and by private partners.
The organizers claim that the new Mayak festival does not set itself the goal of replacing the Sochi Kinotavr. According to Anton Malyshev, people who continue to shoot relevant films need an honest review of current Russian films, RBC-Kuban reports.