The official opening of the festival on July 15 at 17:00. Entry according to the lists of the Organizer and invitations.
On July 16, the 10th anniversary Golden Turtle Festival will open in the Central Manege. Photographers, artists, designers and cinematographers from all over the world will present to visitors the beauty and fragility of the world around them, talk about the rarest places on the planet, its inhabitants and once again remind each of us of the responsibility to nature.
The festival is the UN ambassador for biodiversity conservation, over the 10 years of its existence it has received the status of the world's largest in terms of the number of participating countries, the status of the exhibition event of the year in many cities of Russia, and has become one of the most traveled and visited expositions in Russia.
This year, the event will showcase the results of the 10th Anniversary Wildlife Photography Competition, the Wildlife Painting Competition and the Environmental Poster Competition, as well as the concept of a new global competition for youth conservation projects. In addition, visitors will be able to see their favorite works exhibited at the Festival over the past decade.
Within the framework of the Festival, special zones of environmental organizations will operate in the Central Manezh. During the exhibition there will be specialized thematic days dedicated to various projects and reserves. On the opening day of the Festival, the venue will bring together finalists from many countries and continents, as well as authors from all regions of Russia.
Official website of the Festival: www.wnfest.ru
Press contacts:
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The exhibition is open Tue-Sun from 12.00-22.00
Mon-day off
Association "Manege" includes six exhibition spaces in the city of Moscow: the Central Manege, the New Manege, the Worker and Collective Farm Woman exhibition center, the Nalbandian Museum-Workshop, the Vadim Sidur Museum, the Chekhov's House exhibition hall. Official site: site
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I was interested in the exhibition of the winners of the Golden Turtle 2017 photo contest. There are noticeably fewer photographs at the exhibition than, for example, at the Primordial Russia festival, but their level, in my opinion, is much higher, although I visit Primordial Russia with pleasure every year.
Two things can become obstacles on your way to obtaining aesthetic pleasure:
- Lack of clear instructions on how to get to the exhibition both on the official website of the festival and on the website of the Expocentre;
- Lack of private car parking on the territory of the exhibition complex.
I hope the information posted in this article will help you prepare for the hike in advance and you will not encounter these obstacles.
How to get to the exhibition
By car
The nearest city paid parking lots are located on Presnenskaya embankment, 1st Krasnogvardeisky proezd and st. Antonova-Ovseenko. On all these streets, the cost of parking is 200 ₽/hour, on Sundays and holidays it is free.
Parking information for the Afimall City shopping mall.
If you want to take a walk (walk 1 km), you can also use the parking lot of the World Trade Center (Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment, 12). On Sundays and holidays, the cost of parking there is 100 ₽/hour, on other days: the first two hours are 200 ₽, then 100 ₽/hour.
Metro
The nearest metro station is Vystavochnaya Filevskaya line (blue). After exiting the metro, you can enter the territory of the Expocentre from Vystavochny Lane.
If you are walking from the center along Krasnopresnenskaya embankment, you can use the entrances through checkpoint 21 and checkpoint 1A. The location of the checkpoint and buildings on the territory of the complex is also on the map posted on the official website of the Expocentre.
Entering the territory, go around the building of the temple of St. Seraphim of Sarov. Opposite the entrance to the church is the entrance to the 7th pavilion, where the festival takes place. Below on the map I marked where the entrance is and how to get to it; green mark - World Trade Center parking:
To the right of the entrance to the 7th pavilion there is a ticket office where you can buy a ticket if you have not done it in advance via the Internet.
Purchasing tickets online
Tickets can be purchased both from a desktop computer and from a smartphone / tablet, for which the official application of the festival is also available (Golden Turtle Fest in the Appstore and Google Play).
The app is buggy. For example, I could not log in through my VKontakte account and used my Facebook account.
Inside there is basic information about the festival, a program of events, a map of the halls.
By clicking on the "Buy ticket" button in the main menu of the application, you will receive promo code giving a 10% discount. The promotional code can be used when buying tickets both from a smartphone (the link will open in a browser, the program does not have its own functionality for making payments) and from a desktop computer. You must enter it before or after choosing the number of tickets, but before you click the "Next" button (on mobile version) or the green "Buy ticket" button (on a desktop browser).
Choose your ticket carefully, because in some cases you can save money. For example, there are single tickets for a family with children, which will cost less than buying adults and children separately. By specifying the desired ticket, you will find a "surprise" from the organizers in the form of a service fee, albeit slightly, but increasing the cost of tickets. Unpleasant, but true.
Everything else is standard. Click "Next" or "Buy a ticket", specify the bank card details, email address and phone number, again "Next" or "Buy a ticket", and you will receive an email from the Tickets Cloud booking system with an attached pdf-file of the ticket to the specified email . In the letter, you may be confused by the phrase: “In the attached file - an electronic ticket. Print it out and show it at the entrance. But, fortunately, it turned out that you can do without this archaic thing (what kind of electronic ticket is linked to a printer?): the ticket has a QR code that controllers scan from the screen of your smartphone with a special portable terminal. For comparison, in January of this year, in order to get to the Primordial Russia exhibition at the Central House of Artists, I had to print a ticket on the administrator’s work computer, since the turnstiles at the entrance did not scan the code from the smartphone screen.
QR code on e-ticket If you like the photos, before leaving, you can buy an album with them (print quality is excellent), as well as postcards, large framed photos and magnets. An album costs 900 ₽, a magnet 100 ₽, a postcard 15×20 cm 50 ₽, a photo in a frame 600 ₽.
The XI International Wildlife Festival The Golden Turtle, which will be held in Moscow from October 14 to November 5 at the Expocentre on Krasnaya Presnya, will set a record for the number of participating countries. This year, the exposition of the finalists has turned into a large-scale interactive project with a photo quest, vr-film screenings, creative meetings with world photography stars. A special highlight of the Golden Turtle 2017 was the incredible exposition of the legendary photographer Michel Roggo, a world-renowned specialist in photographing fresh water bodies and their inhabitants.
Rogge created his works as part of a large-scale art and environmental action "Freshwater Project" ( The Freshwater Project started in 2001 and continued for more than 7 years. This time the exposure of the photographer is 20 pairs of photos from different regions of the world reflecting the uniqueness of the underwater environment and the features of the terrestrial landscape of Lake Baikal, the national parks of Brazil, the rivers of the province of Quebec, nature reserves in China, the coasts of Australia and the rivers of Botswana.
According to Julia Knoll, curator of creative competitions of the festival, the work of such a photographer as Roggo is often fraught with risk to life, because shooting takes place in ice-covered lakes, seething high-mountain rivers, and wild jungles.
For such work, the photographer uses equipment for snorkeling and diving, all kinds of devices and even radio-controlled equipment.
Well, the central place of the "Golden Turtle" -2017 was occupied by the works of the finalists of the competition - the most amazing wildlife photographs taken this year and selected from almost 10,000 works sent by participants from 92 countries of the world.
According to Andrey Sukhinin, president of the festival, part of the exposition will be an exciting quest, the participants of which will be able to compete for special prizes. Under the terms of the quest, you need to listen to all the audio descriptions of the photos containing clues, complete the necessary tasks and get the "keys" in order to get to the prizes with their help.
It is noted that Tutta Larsen, Maria Sittel and even Mikhail Shirvindt took part in the recording of the audio guide.
An additional interactive festival is provided by a VR cinema with a 360-degree view. This time, he will take everyone to the "Reserved Russia", which will turn from a movie into a real reality for the audience!
In addition to the exposition, interactive zones, and an audio quest, it will be possible to take part in creative meetings with famous photographers: Michel Roggo, Sergey Gorshkov, director of the Moscow House of Photography Olga Sviblova, TV presenter Maria Sittel and author of the blog “Everything is like animals” Evgenia Timonova.
From November 10 to November 19, the Golden Turtle festival will continue its work in the ArtPlay Art Cluster in St. Petersburg.
From October 14 to November 5, the XI International Wildlife Festival "Golden Turtle" will be held at the Expocentre on Krasnaya Presnya. The program of the world's first interactive wildlife festival will include the largest exhibition of nature photography, documentary film screenings, a series of lectures and workshops for children and adults, as well as an interactive audio quest.
The Golden Turtle Festival is the largest international environmental education project, the official event of the Year of Ecology in Russia and the only Russian event held within the framework of the decade of biodiversity conservation declared by the United Nations.
One of the most important components of the Golden Turtle is The Golden Turtle International Competition, one of the world's most prestigious creative competitions that celebrates the beauty of wildlife. Every year, within the framework of the Festival, an exhibition of the winners of the competition is held. In 2017, selected works of the exhibition will come to life and become part of an interactive audio quest #open your eyes - a fascinating journey through the world of wildlife.
All visitors will be able to download the Festival's mobile application for free and listen to a fascinating audio guide - stories about places and animals depicted in the most beautiful wildlife photographs. Mikhail Shirvindt, Tutta Larsen, Maria Sittel and Evgenia Timonova took part in the recording of the audio guide. The audio guide contains clues and hints. After passing all the stations and completing the tasks, participants will have a chance to win a family stay in hotels in Greece - Aldemar Royal Mare and Aldemar Royal Olympian.
Various interactive zones will be located on the Festival site. In the VR-cinema from the general partner of the Volkswagen Caravelle Festival, visitors will be able to see the unique reserved places of Russia in 360-degree format. In the "Games" of the Festival, the educational and entertainment project Virry VR will invite everyone to go on a virtual safari in Kenya with Nikolai Drozdov.
The main festival stage will host a series of documentaries from Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. The headliners of the program will be the host of the Vesti program on the Rossiya TV channel Maria Sittel, naturalist, popularizer of science, author and host of the program “Everything is like animals” Evgenia Timonova, Russian wildlife photographer Sergey Gorshkov and winner of many prestigious photo contests, nature photographer from Switzerland Michel Roggo. Within the framework of the Festival, a series of meetings will be held with participants of unique expeditions - they will tell stories about overcoming and surviving a person in the world of wildlife.
A special block of the program is dedicated to the art of photography, within its framework there will be lectures by Fujifilm ambassadors, the official partner of the Festival: one of the best photography teachers Alexander Medvedev, street photographer Vivian del Rio, travel photographer Alexander Cheban. Author's sessions on the peculiarities of travel photography were prepared by the masters of RUSS PRESS PHOTO, Russian photographer, naturalist and candidate of biological sciences Anton Lange will give an author's lecture.
A special pride of the Festival is the exposition of works by Michel Roggo - a large-scale project The Freshwater Project (“freshwater project”). For more than seven years, the photographer traveled around the world, creating an "underwater map" of the world. Festival visitors will have a unique opportunity to see the result of his work - a series of photographs showing the underwater atmosphere of each place, and images of objects on the surface.
Within the framework of the Golden Turtle Festival, an entertaining and educational program for children will be held. For kids, there will be culinary master classes from the Anderson cafe, board games about science and environmental games. The partner of the Festival this year was the leading Russian animation holding Riki Group, the creator and copyright holder of the brands Smeshariki, Malyshariki, PINKOD. Riki Group of Companies will present photo zones with Smeshariki and Malyshariki to guests of the Festival, where you can take photos as a keepsake. During the whole festival it will be possible to watch the best series of projects "Smeshariki" and "Malyshariki", and on the weekends at the Festival site there will be life-size puppets of the favorite characters of the animated film. For older children, the popular science magazine "Schrödinger's Cat" will present at the Festival "Days of Science" with informative lectures. "Days of Science" are held with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
The program of the XI International Wildlife Festival "Golden Turtle" is aimed at developing interest in the world around the society in general and children in particular, at popularizing the idea of caring for nature through art and education. From November 10 to November 19, the Golden Turtle Festival will be held in St. Petersburg in the ArtPlay space.
Please note that Accreditation for the solemn opening ceremony of the Festival can be obtained until 19:00 on October 12. The ceremony will take place on October 13 at the Expocentre on Krasnaya Presnya (Pavilion 7). Ceremony starts at 19.00, gathering of guests - from 18.00.
Within the framework of the Festival, a creative meeting will be held with the laureate of prestigious international competitions, a member of the International League of Environmental Photographers (iLCP) Michel Roggo. On October 14 from 15.00 to 17.00 Michel Roggo will present an exhibition of his best works made as part of The Freshwater Project (“freshwater project”) - a large-scale artistic and environmental action that began in 2001 and lasted more than 7 years.
Some shots of Michel Roggo:
Reference
Golden Turtle Arts Festival
The festival combines various areas of creative activity dedicated to the protection of the environment and the conservation of rare and endangered species of animals. The Golden Turtle is the only official event in Russia held as part of the decade of biodiversity conservation declared by the United Nations. More than 130 participating countries, more than 10,000 authors, more than 100,000 works and more than 5,000,000 visitors worldwide - such is the scale of the "Golden Turtle". Over the 10 years of its existence, the festival has become the largest in the world in terms of the number of participating countries and one of the most visited expositions in Russia.
The Golden Turtle Festival 2017 is an official event of the Year of Ecology in Russia.
The general information partners of the Golden Turtle Festival in 2017 were Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Geo, Sostav.ru, MIC Izvestia. Informational support for the Festival is also provided by radio station “Moscow speaking”, GEOlyonok, Social Information Agency, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Around the World, Public Television of Russia, Sobesednik, Kudago, RosPhoto, Clubphoto, Photographer.
The official partners of the Golden Turtle Festival are: Volkswagen Caravelle, Detsky Mir chain of stores for children, FujiFilm, Aldemar hotel chain, Greenfield, MTS, ProLab photo lab, Aeroexpress, Anderson family cafe chain, Resource Saving Center, Smeshariki.
Fund "My Equator"
Charitable Foundation for Social Support "My Equator" is the owner of the rights to organize and hold the "Golden Turtle" Festival. Funds collected by the fund are used to perform operations on children from one to 18 years old suffering from serious illnesses, including congenital heart defects of varying degrees of complexity.
The name of the foundation is not accidental: for many children, a life-saving operation is the “equator” between illness and health, between a world of limitations and a full life. The main goal of the Foundation's work is to help its wards safely cross it.
The foundation has several successful charity events aimed not only at raising funds, but also at educating children, popularizing creative activities and disseminating information about wildlife and its inhabitants.
More information can be found on the website of the Golden Turtle Wildlife Festival.
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