The short list of the national film Nika Award will be announced in the Moscow film club Eldar tonight.

      The long list in the main nomination The Best Film includes 46 works.

      The Russian Film Academy Nika carries out voting in two stages. The long list vote took place till February 23. Afterwards the so-called short lists are generated.

      The Nika Award was established by the secretariat of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR in 1987. Its founder and art director is the film director Yuli Gusman.