41st Moscow International Film Festival

Last updated

41st Moscow International Film Festival
LocationMoscow
Founded1959
AwardsGolden George
Festival date18–25 April 2019
Website http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru

The 41st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 18 April to 25 April 2019. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov was the president of the festival. South Korean film director Kim Ki-Duk was head of the main jury. The Emperor of Paris was the opening film and Meeting Gorbachev was the closing film. The opening ceremony took place at the Rossiya theatre, hosted by actress Elizaveta Boyarskaya. The closing ceremony took place at the Rossiya cinema, hosted by actress Marina Alexandrova. The Golden Saint George for best picture was awarded to the Kazakh film The Secret of a Leader directed by Farkhat Sharipov.

Jury

Main Competition [6]
Documentary Competition [7]
Short film competition [8]

Films in competition

Main Competition [9]
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
In Search of Echo Háiyáng dòngwù Zhang Chi China
Jam Jam SABU Japan
Laughing Ride Valerio Mastandrea Italy
My Polish Honeymoon Lune de Miel Elize Otzenberger France
My Second Year in College Sal-e Dovvom-e Danehkadeh Man Rasoul Sadrameli Iran
Saturday Afternoon Shonibar Bikel Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Bangladesh, Germany
Sunday Voskreseniye Svetlana Proskurina Russia
The Mover Tēvs Nakts Dāvis Sīmanis Latvia, Germany
The Secret of a Leader The Secret of a Leader Farkhat Sharipov Kazakhstan
The Sun Above Me Never Sets Min Urduber Kyun Khahan Da Kiirbet Lybov Borisova Russia
Trap Kapan Seyid Çolak Turkey
Void Tyhjiö Aleksi Salmenperä Finland
Vongozero: The Outbreak Epidemiya. Vongozero Pavel Kostomarov Russia
Documentary Competition [10]
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Anatoly Krupnov. He Was Anatoly Krupnov. He Was Datrya Ivankova Russia
Busy Inside Busy Inside Olga Lvoff U.S.
Earth Erde Nikolaus Geyrhalter Austria
In Search of Greatness In Search of Greatness Gabe Polsky U.S.
Men's Room For Vi Er Gutta Petter Sommer, Jo Vemund Svendsen Norway
Patrimonium Patrimonium Carl Olsson Denmark
Winter's Yearning Håbets Ø Sidse Torstholm Larsen, Sturla Pilskog Norway, Greenland, Denmark

Awards

Sources: [3] [4] [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moscow International Film Festival</span> Annual film festival

The Moscow International Film Festival is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1935 and became regular since 1959. From its inception to 1959, it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary festival. The festival has been held annually since 1999. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIAPF paused the accreditation of the festival until further notice.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mostofa Sarwar Farooki</span> Bangladeshi film director, screenwriter and film producer

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki is a Bangladeshi film director, producer and screenwriter. His films Third Person Singular Number, Television, No Bed Of Roses were critically acclaimed across the world and received numerous international and national awards. He founded filmmakers' movement called "Chabial".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">69th Venice International Film Festival</span> Film festival

The 69th annual Venice International Film Festival, organized by Venice Biennale, took place at Venice Lido from 29 August to 8 September 2012. The festival opened with the Indian director Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and closed with the Out of Competition film The Man Who Laughs, directed by Jean-Pierre Ameris. Terrence Malick's film To the Wonder was met with both boos and cheers from critics at its premiere.

The 20th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 29 July 1997. The Golden St. George was awarded to the American film Marvin's Room directed by Jerry Zaks.

The 21st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 29 July 1999. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Japanese film Will to Live directed by Kaneto Shindo.

The 22nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 29 July 2000. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Polish-French film Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease directed by Krzysztof Zanussi.

The 24th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2002. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Italian-French film Resurrection directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.

The 25th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 20 to 29 June 2003. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Italian-Spanish film The End of a Mystery directed by Miguel Hermoso.

The 26th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 18 to 27 July 2004. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film Our Own directed by Dmitriy Meshiev.

The 27th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 26 July 2005. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film Dreaming of Space directed by Alexei Uchitel.

The 28th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 2 July 2006. The Golden George was awarded to the Swedish film About Sara directed by Othman Karim.

The 29th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2007. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film Travelling with Pets directed by Vera Storozheva.

The 35th Moscow International Film Festival took place between 20 and 29 June 2013. World War Z was selected as the opening film. The Golden George was awarded to the Turkish film Particle.

The 30th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 28 June 2008. The Golden George was awarded to the Iranian film As Simple as That directed by Reza Mirkarimi.

The 34th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2012. Dukhless was selected as the opening gala film and closed with Beloved by Christophe Honoré. The Golden George was awarded to Junkhearts (2011) directed by Tinge Krishnan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">32nd Moscow International Film Festival</span>

The 32nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 26 June 2010. The Golden George was awarded to the Venezuelan drama film Hermano directed by Marcel Rasquin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">33rd Moscow International Film Festival</span> Russian film festival

The 33rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 2 July 2011. The Golden George was awarded to the Venezuelan drama film The Waves directed by Alberto Morais.

The 36th Moscow International Film Festival took place from 19 to 28 June 2014. Russian film director Gleb Panfilov was the head of the main jury. Gabe Polsky's Red Army was selected to open the festival with Matt Reeves' Dawn of the Planet of the Apes closing it. The Japanese film My Man won the Golden George.

<i>No Bed of Roses</i> 2017 Bangladeshi drama film

No Bed of Roses is a 2017 Bangladeshi-Indian drama film written and directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. It was produced by Abdul Aziz, Himanshu Dhanuka and Irrfan Khan under the banner of Jaaz Multimedia and Eskay Movies along with Irrfan Khan Films. It stars Irrfan Khan, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Rokeya Prachy and Parno Mittra. The story builds up around the members of two families discovering the finer fabric of love when the headman of a family dies. The theme is that death doesn't always take things away: Sometimes it gives back. It was selected as the Bangladeshi entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

<i>Shonibar Bikel</i> 2019 drama film

Shonibar Bikel is a 2019 Bangladeshi-German-Russian co-production film directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, a one shot political thriller, inspired from the July 2016 Dhaka attack. The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Moscow International Film Festival. The film has been cleared for release in Bangladesh by Bangladesh Film Censor Board after 4 years.

References

  1. ↑ "41st Moscow International Film Festival (2019)". MIFF. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Opening Ceremony of the 41st MIFF (2019)". MIFF. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Main Prizes of the 41st MIFF (2019)". MIFF. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Closing Ceremony of the 41st MIFF (2019)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 20 November 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  5. 1 2 "First Awards of the 41st MIFF (2019)". MIFF. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Main Competition jury press conference report (2019)". MIFF. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Documentary Competition jury press conference report (2019)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "Short film Competition jury press conference report (2019)". MIFF. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "Main Competition films (2019)". MIFF. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Documentary Competition films (2019)". MIFF. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.