Tsalikov, Vadim Vadimovich

Born on August 12, 1966 in Pyatigorsk .

In 1989 he graduated from the Vladikavkaz art school (design department).

From 1989 to 1991, he studied at the Faculty of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts .

In 1996, he graduated from the VGIK (Studio of Documentary Film and TV Film by Viktor Lisakovich).

From 1994 to 1997, the author and director of more than 50 short children's films in the program “Magic World or Cinema”, the television company “ Class! , ORT ./1 Channel /

From 1997 to 1999, the director of editing the program " Old TV ", NTV .

In 1999, he began cooperation with the Moscow film studios Sovinfilm and M-Film, which will produce a number of documentary films. Among his paintings are portraits of outstanding contemporaries: Alibek Bey, founder of the Ali Circus dynasty of Aliens, People’s Artist of the RSFSR Alibek Tuzarovich Kantemirov, his son, People’s Artist of Russia, head of the legendary circus troupe Irbek Cantemirov , famous Russian sculptor Victor Mitroshin, Syrian President Khafez Asad , pilot, Hero of Russia Ivan Leonov and many others.

In 2004, for the documentary cycle “Russian Cinema. 20th century. Documents and testimonies ”the director will shoot one of the best pictures about the star of the Russian silent cinema Vera Cold - the film“ Farewell Beauty ”.

Tsalikov created and a number of films devoted to historical events - the little-known pages of Tula’s defense and the opposition of Guderian’s tank army during the Great Patriotic War (“Stopped under Tula”), the creation and development of Strategic Rocket Forces (“Troops born of the twentieth century”, “Intelligent "rocket over the mad world", "Start"), the formation of the Indian state ("India: yesterday, today, tomorrow"). A separate series of paintings by the director is devoted to the tragic events in his homeland in North Ossetia: Beslan tetralogy Citizens of Beslan, Retired Teacher, Beslan. Hope, Beslan. Memory, as well as the events of August 2008 in South Ossetia : Tskhinval parable, Tskhinval. Afterword. By the graphic series Beslan. Frames memory. "Writer and director of the Moscow film studio" M "-Film"

Since 2011, the director has been working on the Franco-Belgian cycle dedicated to the fate of emigrants of different generations: (“Oflonsky novel”, “And the lifetime is worth ...”, “Belgian Muscovites”)

In December 2014, the film “Beslan. Memory” by Vadim Tsalikov entered the top three candidates for the Golden Eagle Academy Award, in the nomination “The best non-fiction film” of the year.

• Member of the Board of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia / 2013-2018 /
• Board Member of the Association of Documentary Films of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia.
• Member of the Guild of Directors of Russia.
• As a member of the jury, he was invited to the Russian-British International Film Festival, the International Film Festival "Crystal Dzherela" (Ukraine), the International Film Festival of Military Cinema. Yu. N. Ozerov, Cheboksary International Film Festival, International Film Festival. S. Bondarchuk Volokolamsky Frontier, VGIK International Student Film Festival, Dirigible International Short Film Film Festival, Russia Documentary Film Festival in Yekaterinburg, Samara International Film Festival for Children and Youth.
• Member of the Admissions Committee of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia.
• Member of the Expert Council on Documentary Films from the UK IC.
• Since 2019, head of the workshop directing non-fiction film and television film at VGIK / Rostov-on-Don branch /.

• Honored Artist of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
• Winner and participant of more than 40 domestic and international film festivals.
• Diploma and thanks from the Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation for the documentary film “Forces born to the twentieth century”, Moscow, 1999
• Prize from the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation "For outstanding contribution to the development of Slavic cinema", Moscow, Kremlin, 2010
• Special diploma of the III International Documentary Film Festival “Man and War” for the exhibition of graphic works “Beslan. Memory Frames ”, Ekaterinburg, 2009
• The prize “Honor and Dignity” for the films of the Beslan trilogy from the President of the film festival “Russian abroad”, Moscow, 2010
• Medal "For Combat Commonwealth" from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, 2015
• Gratitude from the Chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, 2016
• Diploma of the X International Film Festival "Russian abroad" for his contribution to the development of documentary cinema, Moscow, 2016

Irbek and Aswan

• Special mention of the jury of the festival "Saint Anna" 1997
• Professional Jury Prize at the VGIK International Film Festival 1998.
• Nomination "Seven best films" ICF "Days of Cinema" Augsburg. Germany

Goodbye aswan

• Jury Diploma at the XIII Film Festival of the Documentary Film "Russia", Ekaterinburg, 2002
• Prize them. A.Zguridi of the Tsentrnauchfilm film studio at the 13th Russia Documentary Film Festival, 2002
• "Ten Best Documentary Films of the Festival" IFF in Gyor, Hungary, 2003

India - yesterday, today, tomorrow

• Honorary Diploma of the Embassy of the Republic of India in Russia, Moscow

Farewell beauty

• Guild of filmmakers organizing, film distribution and film screening "Bronze Medal of the Lumiere brothers" prize at the 9th film festival "Cinema, o, Cinema!", Moscow, 2004

Citizens of Beslan

• According to critics, the film entered the top ten documentaries in 2006.
• Prize "Silver Boat" XIII Film Festival "Window to Europe", Vyborg, 2005
• The prize of the TV channels "Odyssey" and "Istoire" at the XIII Film Festival of Russian Cinema in Honfleur, France, 2005
• Special prize of the jury of the Volokolamsk Frontier International Film Festival. Volokolamsk, 2005
• The jury prize teachers XXII IFF films for children and youth them. R. Bykova, Moscow, 2005
• The prize of the newspaper of the Union of Cinematographers "SK-NEWS" - "Crystal Globe" at the ICF "Stalker", 2005
• Prize "Silver Centaur" of the national competition of the IFF "Message to Man", St. Petersburg, 2006
• Prize "Silver Knight" of the International Film Festival "Golden Knight", Serpukhov, 2006
• Special diploma of the cinema center "Russian Way", Moscow, 2007

Retired teacher

• The main prize of the program “Cinematographers of the World Against Terror” from the National Anti-Terrorism Committee of Russia at the Golden Knight ICF, Moscow, 2008
• Prize of the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Ural Federal District at the XVIIIth film festival documentary film "Russia", Yekaterinburg.
• Prize-medal "Peter the Great", Diploma of the jury of the Moscow Film Military Film Festival Yu. N. Ozerov, St. Petersburg.
• Roman Karmen Prize at the Third International Festival of the Military-Patriotic Film "Volokolamsky Frontier", 2006
• Special Prize of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia “For loyalty to moral ideals in cinema” at the 16th Golden Knight FF (Kislovodsk, 2007)
• Diploma of the jury XVI IFF "Golden Knight" - "For showing the greatness of the human soul" (Kislovodsk, 2007)
• Special prize of the jury of the Second All-Russian Film Festival "Man and War" (Ekaterinburg, 2008)

Tskhinvali parable

• Special Jury Prize "For Director's Excellence" at the Second All-Russian Film Festival "Man and War" (Ekaterinburg, 2008)
• Diploma of the XIY International Festival “Cinema for Children”, program “To the Glory of the Motherland” (Samara, 2009)
• Jury Diploma XYIII IFF “Golden Knight” - “For the heartfelt story about Tskhinval residents who survived the tragedy of the war” (Lipetsk, 2009)
• Medal "Faith. Fatherland. Honor ”and Diploma of the Laureate of the“ Heavenly City and Earthly Fatherland ”competition at the Borodino Autumn All-Russian Film Festival. (2009)

Beslan. Hope

• Participant of the 32nd Moscow International Film Festival Special Program, 2010.
• The main prize of the jury at the third International Film Festival "Man and War" (Ekaterinburg, 2009)
• The main prize of the documentary competition of the 15th Stalker International Film Festival (Moscow, 2009)
• Special press prize at the 6th International Film Festival “Volokolamsky Frontier” by S. F. Bondarchuk (Volokolamsk, 2009)
• Special prize of the jury in the nomination "Terrorism-a threat to the world" at the International Film Festival "DetectiveFEST" (Moscow, 2010)
• Prize "Silver Knight" at the XIX International Film Festival "Golden Knight" (Moscow, 2010)
• Special prize at the International Film Festival "Russian Way" (New York, 2010)
• Medal "GREAT VICTORY" from the American Association of World War II veterans (Washington, 2010)
• Special diploma from the cinema center “Russian Way” at the ICF “Russian way” (New York, 2010)
• Prize "Radiant Angel" and the Diploma of the jury of the winner in the nomination "For the deep disclosure of the theme of faith, hope, love" at the Radiant Angel IFF (Moscow, 2010)

Tskhinval Afterword

• Diploma and Prize of the cinema center "Russian Way", Moscow, 2010
• Diploma of the jury of the International Film Festival "Man and War", Ekaterinburg, 2010

Oflonsky romance

• The main prize in the nomination "The Best Short Documentary Film" at the International Film Festival "Earth and People", (Ufa, 2011)
• Medal "Faith. Fatherland. Honor ”and Diploma of the Laureate of the competitive show“ Heavenly City and Earthly Fatherland ”at the All-Russian Film Festival“ Borodino Autumn ”, (2011)

And a lifetime is worth ...

• Special Diploma of the jury of the film festival “Russian abroad” (Moscow, 2012)
• Belgian Muscovites
• Prize and Diploma of the Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russian Diaspora (Moscow, 2013)
• Beslan. Memory
• Prize and Diploma "For a worthy disclosure of the topic of memory of victims of terrorism" at the XIX International Film Festival "Cinema for Children" (Samara, 2014)
• Special prize of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Sverdlovsk region "For civil valor". Film Festival "Russia" (Ekaterinburg, 2014)
• II place and Diploma in the nomination "Past and Future" at the Open Film Festival of Documentary Films and Television Author's Programs "Kunaki" (Sukhumi, 2014)
• Diploma for the best cinematography at the Open Film Festival of Documentary Films and Television Author's Programs "Kunaki" (Sukhumi, 2014)
• Diploma of the International Film Festival "Nevsky Blagovest" (St. Petersburg, 2014)
• The main prize "Bronze Candle" from the cinema center "Russian abroad" (Moscow, 2014)
• Nomination "Best non-fiction film" of the National Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences "Golden Eagle" (Moscow, 2014)
• The main prize in the nomination "Professional Documentary Film. Historical Research" at the XI Open Documentary Film Festival "Man and War" (Ekaterinburg, 2018)
• Alibek
• "The Best Television Film" at the XI Kunaki International Film Festival (Sukhum, Abkhazia, 2017)
• Diploma and prize from the Administration of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia "For loyalty to the traditions of the priesthood" at the XI Kunaki International Film Festival (Sukhum, Abkhazia, 2017)
• Special jury diploma "To remember ...!" I Open Crimean Film Festival of the Documentary Film "CrimeaDoc" (Simferopol, Republic of Crimea, 2018)
• Long list of the nomination "The best non-fiction film" of the National Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences "Golden Eagle" (Moscow, 2018)

• 1994 "Tibula's Palette"
• 1995 "Black Nut Day" (with the United States)
• 1996 "Irbek and Aswan"
• 1999 "Troops born by the 20th century"
• 2000 ““ A Smart Rocket Above the Mad World ”(TV series“ MIC Without “Secret” Neck ”)
• 2001 "Farewell, Aswan"
• 2002 "President Hafez Asad" (together with Syrian television)
• 2002 Start
• 2003 “Spheres of Victor Mitroshin”
• 2003 “Stopped at Tula”
• 2004 “Farewell Beauty”
• 2004 “One Right”
• 2004 “India: yesterday, today, tomorrow”
• 2005 "Citizens of Beslan"
• 2006 “Retired Teacher”
• 2008 “Tskhinvali parable”
• 2009 “Beslan. Hope"
• 2010 “Tskhinval. Epilogue "
• 2011 "Oflonsky novel"
• 2011 “First Embassy”
• 2012 "Great time in Oflans"
• 2012 "And a lifetime is worth ..."
• 2012 "Gladiators of our time"
• 2013 "Belgian Muscovites"
• 2014 “Beslan. Memory"
• 2015 "Dmitry Medoev. From the life of the first ambassador"
• 2016 "Kermen"
• 2017 "Alibek"

• Vadim Tsalikov on the site of the film studio "M" -Film "
• Vadim Tsalikov on the site of the Russian Film Directors Guild