The 15th Media Forum of Young Journalists “Dialogue of Cultures” will take place in St. Petersburg (Russian Federation) from April 14-16.

For the first time, the event will be held in a hybrid format — both offline and online. On April 14-15, on Forum’s website (mediacongress.ru) and in its pages on Facebook and Vkontakte, one can virtually visit the Hermitage and become a guest of the largest international Media-Forum for young content creators.

Participants will present cross-border multimedia projects crated in the process of cooperation between Russian and foreign journalists and aimed at promoting further development of the cultural dialogue.

Among them is Tajik young documentary filmmaker Tahmina Hakimova.  She will present her photo / video project GRAIN. 

The Forum’s program includes a festival of short documentaries, a photo exhibition entitled “I Live Here”, practical conference at the Hermitage with participation of leading media experts of Russia and Europe, as well as trips to Pskov, Veliky Novgorod and Vyborg to do reports about the life of the North-West region of Russia.