Summing them all up, one can only conclude that Russian cinema developed in the right direction, it became interesting to watch its progress, and Kinotavr became the main platform for showing it. For several years, it added the status of a festival of art, a festival of cinema to the status of a secular glamorous event. Unfortunately, in today's situation it becomes obvious why a decision to cancel the festival until better times was made. Not only because it's not the time for celebration, but also because every year Kinotavr has become freer in its subject matter. And in today's Russia, there is no place for freedom.