31st Moscow International Film Festival
March 28th 2010 00:49
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31st Moscow International Film Festival
31st Moscow International Film Festival
On Sunday, June 29, 2009 the 31st Moscow International Film Festival ended.
The Closing Ceremony as usual was held in Pushkinsky cinema.
40,000 viewers, 500 films including 16 ones in competition. The Moscow film festival celebrating its 50-years jubilee this year has summed up. The Pushkinsky cinema hosted almost the whole cinematographic and high-society beau-monde: Minister of Culture of Russian Federation Alexander Avdeev, Vladimir Naumov, Natalia Belokhvostikova, Renata Litvinova, Egor Konchalovsky, Vladimir Menshov, Vera Alentova, Evgeny Gerasimov, Irina Miroshnichenko, Larissa Udovichenko, Lyudmila Maksakova and many more. On the stairs as usual they were greeted by the MIFF President Nikita Mikhalkov.
The big jury defined the winners of the Saint George statuettes on Sunday. The jury consisted of: Pavel Lungin, film director (Russia) - chairman, Shyam Benegal, film director (India), Nick Powell, producer (UK), Sergey Trimbach, scenarist (Ukranie) and Gulnara Dusmatova, actress (Kazakhstan). The jury choice is as follows:
Main Award - Golden Saint George to the best film - Petya po doroge v tsarstvie nebesnoe directed by N. Dostal (Russia)
Special jury award went to Alexander Proshkin for Chudo film scripted by Yury Arabov.
Award to the best film direction went to Mariana Chenillo (Five Days Without Nora, Mexico)
Award to the best actor - Vladimir Ilyin (Ward # 6, directed by Karen Shakhnazarov, Russia)
Award to the best actress - Elena Kostyuk (Melody for a Barrel Organ directed by Kira Muratova, Ukraine)
After the results were announced the journalists were interested why most of the films-winners are Russian. It is true that Russia represented the best films competition at the festival. Of course the western screenings expressed the global tendencies but obviously not in a very innovative and politically correct way... Meanwhile the Russian movies are very innovative and fresh There is no conspiracy here. There is no other joy for a cinematographer than to see his colleagues not getting awards explained Pavel Lungin, the 31st MIFF jury chairman.
Nikolay Dostal, the film director of Petya po doroge v tsarstvie nebesnoe, the winner of the festival, said: Of course the award is a surprise to me. I thought we could get an award but we could not even think of the Golden George. I believe the award will definitely help the film - it will be distributed in July. And of course the interest towards it will raise thanks to the award - said Nikolay Dostal after the awarding ceremony.
Perspectives competition jury consisted of Robert Dornhelm (Austria) -chairman, awarded their prize for the best experimental young cinema to Michael Caton Jones, film director and producer (UK), Alyona Babenko, actress (Russia). The jury awarded their prize to the Georgian Conflict Zone directed by Vano Burduli.
Perspectives competition award - Conflict Zone by Vano Burduli (Georgia).
At the Closing Ceremony they awarded also 31st MIFF special prizes.
Award for the contribution into the international cinematography - to Rezo Chkheidze (Georgia).
The cloud in the sky between Russia and Georgia will definitely disappear and the clear sky will stay, - said the patriarch of the Georgian cinema after the awarding ceremony.
Some awards were announced before the Closing Ceremony. On June 18 at the 31st MIFF Opening a special I Believe award by Stanislavsky was given to Oleg Yankovsky (posthumously).
A special I Believe award by Stanislavsky for the actor mastery and faith to the school principles (posthumously) - to Oleg Yankovsky (Russia).
Special record by the Russian film critics - The Missing Person - directed by Noah Buschel (USA).
Award by the Russian film critics jury to the best film in Perspectives competition - to Event directed by Andrey Ashpay (Russia).
Award by the Kommersant publishing house - to the First Squad: the Moment of Truth (Faasuto Sukuwaddo) directed by Yoshiharu Ashino (Japan, Russia, Canada).
Japanese film expert Kadzuo Yamada received a diploma For the faithfulness to MIFF during 48 years.
After the official ceremony the guests and participants of the 31st MIFF watched the Closing Film - a new movie by Michael Mann, Jonny D. (Public Enemies). In Pushkinsky cinema the film was personally presented by the film director who came to Moscow especially for the occasion.
On Sunday, June 29, 2009 the 31st Moscow International Film Festival ended.
The Closing Ceremony as usual was held in Pushkinsky cinema.
40,000 viewers, 500 films including 16 ones in competition. The Moscow film festival celebrating its 50-years jubilee this year has summed up. The Pushkinsky cinema hosted almost the whole cinematographic and high-society beau-monde: Minister of Culture of Russian Federation Alexander Avdeev, Vladimir Naumov, Natalia Belokhvostikova, Renata Litvinova, Egor Konchalovsky, Vladimir Menshov, Vera Alentova, Evgeny Gerasimov, Irina Miroshnichenko, Larissa Udovichenko, Lyudmila Maksakova and many more. On the stairs as usual they were greeted by the MIFF President Nikita Mikhalkov.
Main Award - Golden Saint George to the best film - Petya po doroge v tsarstvie nebesnoe directed by N. Dostal (Russia)
Special jury award went to Alexander Proshkin for Chudo film scripted by Yury Arabov.
Award to the best film direction went to Mariana Chenillo (Five Days Without Nora, Mexico)
Award to the best actor - Vladimir Ilyin (Ward # 6, directed by Karen Shakhnazarov, Russia)
Award to the best actress - Elena Kostyuk (Melody for a Barrel Organ directed by Kira Muratova, Ukraine)
After the results were announced the journalists were interested why most of the films-winners are Russian. It is true that Russia represented the best films competition at the festival. Of course the western screenings expressed the global tendencies but obviously not in a very innovative and politically correct way... Meanwhile the Russian movies are very innovative and fresh There is no conspiracy here. There is no other joy for a cinematographer than to see his colleagues not getting awards explained Pavel Lungin, the 31st MIFF jury chairman.
Nikolay Dostal, the film director of Petya po doroge v tsarstvie nebesnoe, the winner of the festival, said: Of course the award is a surprise to me. I thought we could get an award but we could not even think of the Golden George. I believe the award will definitely help the film - it will be distributed in July. And of course the interest towards it will raise thanks to the award - said Nikolay Dostal after the awarding ceremony.
Perspectives competition jury consisted of Robert Dornhelm (Austria) -chairman, awarded their prize for the best experimental young cinema to Michael Caton Jones, film director and producer (UK), Alyona Babenko, actress (Russia). The jury awarded their prize to the Georgian Conflict Zone directed by Vano Burduli.
Perspectives competition award - Conflict Zone by Vano Burduli (Georgia).
At the Closing Ceremony they awarded also 31st MIFF special prizes.
Award for the contribution into the international cinematography - to Rezo Chkheidze (Georgia).
The cloud in the sky between Russia and Georgia will definitely disappear and the clear sky will stay, - said the patriarch of the Georgian cinema after the awarding ceremony.
Some awards were announced before the Closing Ceremony. On June 18 at the 31st MIFF Opening a special I Believe award by Stanislavsky was given to Oleg Yankovsky (posthumously).
A special I Believe award by Stanislavsky for the actor mastery and faith to the school principles (posthumously) - to Oleg Yankovsky (Russia).
Special record by the Russian film critics - The Missing Person - directed by Noah Buschel (USA).
Award by the Russian film critics jury to the best film in Perspectives competition - to Event directed by Andrey Ashpay (Russia).
Award by the Kommersant publishing house - to the First Squad: the Moment of Truth (Faasuto Sukuwaddo) directed by Yoshiharu Ashino (Japan, Russia, Canada).
Japanese film expert Kadzuo Yamada received a diploma For the faithfulness to MIFF during 48 years.
After the official ceremony the guests and participants of the 31st MIFF watched the Closing Film - a new movie by Michael Mann, Jonny D. (Public Enemies). In Pushkinsky cinema the film was personally presented by the film director who came to Moscow especially for the occasion.
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