[2][3][4] It was founded by Evgeny Zharikov in 1988, president of the Guild of Actors of Soviet Cinema, with the first edition of the festival being held in 1989.
[16] At the 19th edition in 2011, Vladimir Korenev, a People's Artist of the Russian Federation and an actor of the Moscow Drama Theatre K. S. Stanislavsky, was chair of the festival.
[13] As of August 2022[update], the categories listed by IMDb are:[7] In 1989, Elena Mayorova won the Prize for Best Actress, for her performance in Fast Train (1988).
[21] In 1994, the 1993 Turkmenistan/Russian social drama directed by Uzmaan Saparov, Little Angel, Make Me Happy (Ангелочек, сделай радость, Angelochek sdelay radost), won the Grand Prix at Sozvezdie.
[11] The Degraded Officer, aka The Demoted (Russian Razzhalovannyi) (2009), directed by Vladimir Tumaev, won prizes for acting at the festival[24] in 2010.