31st Moscow International Film Festival

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31st Moscow International Film Festival
Location Moscow, Russia
Founded1959
AwardsGrand Prix
Festival date19–28 June 2009
Website Website

The 31st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 28 June 2009. [1] The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film Pete on the Way to Heaven directed by Nikolai Dostal.

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Jury

Films in competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Bibi Bibi Hassan Yektapanah Iran
Beauty Beauty utusukushiimono Toshio Gotō Japan
The Miracle Chudo Aleksandr Proshkin Russia
Five Days Without Nora Cinco días sin Nora Mariana Chenillo Mexico
As God Commands Come Dio сomanda Gabriele Salvatores Italy
Happy New Year Happy New Year Christoph Schaub Switzerland
Today and the Other Days Jeo nuk ui game Wee An Choi South Korea
Little Moscow Mała Moskwa Waldemar Krzystek Poland
Mediator Mediatori Dito Tsintsadze Georgia, Germany
Melody for a Barrel Organ Melodiya dlya sharmanki Kira Muratova Ukraine
Burning Mooki Mooki bo'era Lina Chaplin, Slava Chaplin Israel
Ward No. 6 Palata No. 6 Karen Shakhnazarov Russia
Pete on the Way to Heaven Petia po doroge v tsarstvie nebesnoye Nikolai Dostal Russia
Crayfish Raci Ivan Tscherkelov Bulgaria
The Missing Person The Missing Person Noah Buschel United States
Prank Tréfa Péter Gárdos Hungary

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References

  1. "31st Moscow International Film Festival (2009)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.