5th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film
The 5th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film was held in from Feb. 10-14 in 2000 at a boarding house called "Birch Grove" two kilometres from the town of Tarusa, Russia. Animated works from the past three years from the Russian Federation were accepted. Along with auteur films, commercial reels, music clips and television bumpers were in competition. There was also a two-minute pilot for The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, a feature film finally released in 2004, and Optimus Mundus, a feature film consisting of 50 independently directed short films about Moscow.
The jury prizes were handed out by profession, with some prizes tailored to the films in competition. No Grand Prix was given out this year. Also, any member or guest of the festival was able to vote for their favourite film.
Jury
Jury prizes
Rating (by audience vote)
Each member of the audience was asked to list their top 5 five films of the festival. 5 points were given for a 1st place vote and so on, down to 1 point for a 5th place vote.| Position | Film | Director | Points | Link |
| 1 | The Socks of the Big City Носки большого города | Andrey Ushakov | 261 | |
| 2 | Pharaoh Фараон | Sergey Ovcharov | 129 | |
| 3 | Moby Dick Моби Дик | Natalya Orlova | 108 | |
| 4 | The Tree with the Golden Apples Дерево с золотыми яблоками | Natalya Dabizha | 104 | |
| 5 | Little Reed Riding Hood Тростниковая шапочка | Galina Beda | 68 | |
| 6 | Optimus Mundus | 63 | ||
| 7 | Kolobok Колобок | Nikolay Bogayevskiy | 61 | |
| 8 | Lukomorye. The Nurse Лукоморье. Няня | Sergey Seregin | 58 | |
| 9 | The Autumn Has Begun Наступила осень | Yekatirina Sokolova | 57 | |
| 10 | The Story of a Cat with All the Ensuing Consequences История кота со всеми вытекающеми последствиями | Natalya Beryozova | 56 |