Location | Moscow, Russia |
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Founded | 1959 |
Awards | Grand Prix |
Festival date | 20–29 June 2003 |
Website | www |
The 25th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 20 to 29 June 2003. [1] The Golden St. George was awarded to the Italian-Spanish film The End of a Mystery directed by Miguel Hermoso.
The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Malamor | Malamor | Jorge Echeverry | Columbia |
Petersburg | Petersburg | Irina Yevteyeva | Russia |
The Stroll | Progulka | Alexei Uchitel | Russia |
Warming Up Yesterday's Lunch | Podgryavane na vcherashniya obed | Kostadin Bonev | Bulgaria, Macedonia |
Skagerrak | Skagerrak | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark |
Owl | Fukurō | Kaneto Shindo | Japan |
Save the Green Planet! | Jigureul jikyeora! | Jang Joon-hwan | South Korea |
Dancing in the Dust | Raghs dar chobar | Asghar Farhadi | Iran |
To Kill a King | To Kill a King | Mike Barker | United Kingdom, United States, Germany |
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | Mike Hodges | United Kingdom, United States |
Eila | Eila | Jarmo Lampela | Finland |
Yu | Yu | Franz Novotny | Austria |
The End of a Mystery | La luz prodigiosa | Miguel Hermoso | Italy, Spain |
Past Perfect | Passato prossimo | Maria Sole Tognazzi | Italy |
Que sera, sera | Seja o Que Deus Quiser | Murilo Salles | Brazil |
Roads to Koktebel | Koktebel | Alexey Popogrebsky, Boris Khlebnikov | Russia |
It's Easier for a Camel... | Il est plus facile pour un chameau... | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | France |
The Afghan | The Afghan | Paula van der Oest | Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands |
A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda | Egy hét Pesten és Budán | Károly Makk | Hungary |
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