Location | Moscow, Russia |
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Founded | 1959 |
Awards | Grand Prix |
Festival date | 23 June – 2 July 2006 |
Website | www |
The 28th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 2 July 2006. [1] The Golden George was awarded to the Swedish film About Sara directed by Othman Karim.
The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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More Than Anything in the World | Más que a nada en el mundo | Andrés León Becker, Javier Solar | Mexico |
The Bet Collector | Kubrador | Jeffrey Jeturian | Philippines |
Mr. Average | Comme tout le monde | Pierre-Paul Renders | Belgium |
Klimt | Klimt | Raúl Ruiz | Austria, Germany, France, Great Britain |
Who Never Lived | Kto nigdy nie żył... | Andrzej Seweryn | Poland |
Ice on Fire | La fiamma sul ghiaccio | Umberto Marino | Italy |
About Sara | Om Sara | Othman Karim | Sweden |
Love & Dance | Sipur Hatzi-Russi | Eitan Anner | Israel |
The Wake | Agrypnia | Nikos Grammatikos | Greece |
Relatives | Rokonok | István Szabó | Hungary |
The Samurai I Loved | Semishigure | Mitsuo Kurotsuchi | Japan |
How Much Do You Love Me? | Combien tu m’aimes? | Bertrand Blier | France |
Sleep Sweet, My Darling | Snivaj, Zlato Moje | Neven Hitrec | Croatia |
Ask the Dust | Ask the Dust | Robert Towne | United States |
Running on Empty | Der Lebensversicherer | Bülent Akinci | Germany |
Driving Lessons | Driving Lessons | Jeremy Brock | United Kingdom |
Worm | Cherv | Aleksei Muradov | Russia |
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