High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Russian Guild of Film Critics is a Russian organization of professional film critics. A member of FIPRESCI since 1999, the guild critiques Russian and Foreign films. Beginning in 1998, the guild began conferring annual awards in several categories. The awards were called "The Golden Ram" from 1998 to 2004, then, beginning in 2005, the name was changed to "The White Elephant".