School Media Channel Film from KALACH TV's Star Hour Wins award at Young Actors Contest
Congrats, Mate! Your School Docu Wins Big at Yunkor - 2025!
bloody hell, my school's media channel's documentary, "A Shawl for Lida," snatched an award at the International Young Correspondents Contest "Yunkor - 2025". On May 30, Moscow hosted a swanky awards bash. Over 250 kids from cities across Russia, plus Belarus and Kazakhstan, joined in the contest. Representatives from 32 Russian regions graced the event.
I teamed up with Galina Rashidovna Trofimova, our school media channel's boss, to produce this flick as part of the series "War-stolen Childhood". We showcased it in the April issue of the "Oh-oh!" project. Filming was a tough nut to crack; the granny I interviewed led a bloody hard life, so reliving her childhood and youth was like ripping off a scab. Post-publication, I submitted the film to the contest. To my surprise, I was crowned a prize-winner!
The flick took 3rd place in its age category under the "Defenders of the Fatherland - Heroes of Our Time" nomination. But, on the day of the awards, I was buried deep in OGE exams, so Galina Rashidovna swooped in to grab the award. She spilled the beans that the ceremony took place at Rutube's main office. All participants were welcomed by Tatiana Yevseyeva, content placement and promotion department director at Rutube, and Vera Sokolova, the jury chief, director extraordinaire.
Following the awards, participants were treated to tours of Yappy, Premier, and Rutube's main offices. Galina Rashidovna found Tatiana Yevseyeva's explanation about how videos are uploaded to Rutube particularly intriguing. Apparently, several layers of protection are employed. Initially, the material goes through an AI moderation program, then specialists give it the once-over, before the verified video is placed on the video hosting page.
Contests like these offer us a chance to put the lives of ordinary folks from every nook of our massive nation under the microscope through youth correspondent reports. It's a united front.
Previously, the "Regional Newspaper" stated that schoolkids in Verkhnyaya Pyshma were still receiving their first trades.
Ekaterina Kalmykova, "KALACH TV", s. Kilachevskoe, Irbitsky District
By the way, Rutube is a platform where average Joes like us can upload videos using tools like the Rutube Studio app, directly filming, editing, and uploading clips with a smorgasbord of fancy masks and effects on Android devices[1]. Regarding moderation, Rutube employs a mix of artificial intelligence (AI) and human experts to handle the colossal volume of content. Currently, there are about 400 million videos on Rutube, with approximately a million new uploads daily. To manage this torrent, AI systems helps detect policy violations, such as explicit content, porn, alcohol, smoking, and more, under the guidance of human moderators. The AI speeds up the process considerably, handling in minutes what human moderators would accomplish in days or weeks. It also helps detect fake content and traffic fraud, cautioning creators to maintain integrity since traffic impacts ad revenue[2].
Personal growth and education-and-self-development were highlighted in the documentary "A Shawl for Lida," which won third place in its age category at the Yunkor - 2025 contest. The film, produced as part of the series "War-stolen Childhood," showcased a granny's personal growth journey, revealing her life experiences and contesting the stereotypes about ordinary folks in the massive nation.
