Opening film | Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
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Closing film | The Debt |
Location | Moscow, Russia |
Founded | 1959 |
Awards | Golden George ( The Waves ) |
No. of films | 37 Films (In Competition) 151 Films (Out of Competition) 38 (Short Films) 18 Films (In Tributes and Honors) [1] |
Festival date | 23 June – 2 July 2011 |
Website | Website |
The 33rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 2 July 2011. The Golden George was awarded to the Spanish drama film The Waves directed by Alberto Morais. [1]
The festival opened with Transformers: Dark of the Moon directed by Michael Bay. [2] [3] The festival honoured Helen Mirren with Stanislavsky Award and closed with her film The Debt directed by John Madden. [4]
The members of main competition jury: [1]
The members of "Perspectives" Competition Jury: [1]
The members of Documentary competition Jury: [1]
The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Return | Visszatérés | Judit Elek | Hungary, Romania, Sweden |
Waves | Las Olas | Alberto Morais | Spain |
The Other Family | La Otra familia | Gustavo Loza | Mexico |
Name of the devil | W imieniu diabła | Barbara Sass | Poland |
Joanna | Joanna | Feliks Falk | Poland |
Sneakers | Ketsove | Ivan Vladimirov and Valeri Yordanov | Bulgaria |
The Perfect Life | La Vita Facile | Lucio Pellegrini | Italy |
Revenge: A Love Story | Fùchóu zhě zhī sǐ | Wong Ching-po | Hong Kong |
I Can Not Live Without You | Ushenod mgoni movkvdebi | Levan Tutberidze | Georgia |
Montevideo, God Bless You! | Montevideo, Bog te video | Dragan Bjelogrlić | Serbia |
Postcard | Ichimai no hagaki | Kaneto Shindo | Japan |
American Translation | American Translation | Pascal Arnold and Jean-Marc Barr | France |
Heart's Boomerang | Serdtsa bumerang | Nicholas Khomeriki | Russia |
Tabu: The Soul Is a Stranger on Earth | Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden | Christoph Stark | Austria, Germany, Luxembourg |
Leaving | Odcházení | Václav Havel | Czech Republic |
Chapiteau Show | Chapiteau-show | Sergei Loban | Russia |
The escalation | Escalade | Charlotte Silvera | France, Spain |
The following films were selected for the Perspectives competition:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Tape End | Tape End | Ludwig Wüst | Austria |
Anarchy in Zhirmunai | Anarchija Žirmūnuose | Saulius Drunga | Lithuania, Hungary |
Bugs | BUGgY | Andrew Bogatirev | Russia |
Gakku | Gakku | Gaziz Nasyrov | Kazakhstan |
The House under the Water | Khaneye zire âb | Sepideh Farsi | Morocco, Germany, the Netherlands, Iran, France |
Liao Wai | Lao Wai | Fabienne Gaillard | China |
My Sex Life | Viaţa mea sexuală | Cornel Popa Jorge | Romania |
Undercurrent | Brim | Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson | Iceland |
Secret Objects | Samoolui bimil | Lee Young Mi | South Korea |
Snowy child | Snowchild | Uta Arning | Germany, Japan, Singapore |
The Barrens | The Steppes | Rob Nilsson | USA |
Street jew | Rue Huvelin | Munir Maasri | Lebanon |
Hour ago | Hora menos | Frank Spano | Venezuela, Spain, Brazil |
The following films were selected for the Documentary competition:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Hell and Back Again | Hell and Back Again | Danfung Dennis | USA |
Evening country | Abendland | Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Austria |
Marathon Boy | Marathon Boy | Gemma Atwal | Britain, India, United States |
Ramin | Ramin | Audrius Stonys | Latvia, Georgia, Lithuania |
Senna | Senna | Asif Kapadia | Britain, France |
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga | Happy People: A Year in the Taiga | Werner Herzog and Dmitry Vasiukov | Germany |
Czech Dream | Český sen | Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda | Czech Republic, United Kingdom |
The festival also included Italian cinema today, Media Forum, New wave, Russian Film Program, Films of world cinema (showcasing films which contains elements of Russian culture), Free Thought, Made in Spain and Short Films Corner. [5]
Helen Mirren was honored at the festival and four of her films were screened at the festival, including the festival's closing night film The Debt.
The festival paid Tribute to American film director Rob Nilsson and screened four of his films at the festival.
The festival paid Tribute to Hungarian film director Béla Tarr.
The winners at the festival: [6]
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