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Bruno Chatelin with REZA MIRKARIMI  Jury President (director, producer Iran) Reza photographed in Tehran with his colleague who runs the market Born January 28 1966 in Tehran, it was there that he studied Graphic Arts at the Fine Arts University. His directing debut was in 1987 with a short film called For Him, followed by two TV shows for young adults. His first feature film, The Child and The Soldier (1999), has won several national and international awards. In 2001 his se...

 

NIKITA MIKHALKOV is a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the distinguished, artistic Mikhalkov family. His great grandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl, whose mother was a princess of the House of Golitsyn. Nikita's father, Sergei Mikhalkov, was best known as writer of children's literature, although he also wrote lyrics to his country's national anthem...

 

Closing Award Ceremony of the 39th Moscow International Film Festival has taken place at the Rossiya Theatre, the opening ceremony. Screening of the Beguiled by Sofia Coppola followed the awards ceremony.  ...

 

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent There was a time when Sofia Coppola could be at an awards show and overlooked as a famous daughter; not anymore, not for years now since LOST IN TRANSLATION. But in her new film, THE BEGUILED, which is a retool of a 1971 Clint Eastwood starrer, she really comes of age as a visionary writer/director. Even in what is considered a remake of a movie based on a novel by Thomas Cullinan, it has a distinctive feel that's all hers. The film...

 

MAIN PRIZE “GOLDEN GEORGE” FOR THE BEST FILM CRESTED IBIS/YUAN SHANG, director Liang Qiao, China   SPECIAL JURY PRIZE “SILVER GEORGE” THE BOTTOMLESS BAG/MESHOK BEZ DNA, director Rustam Khamdamov, Russia   “SILVER GEORGE” FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR YELLOW HEAT/SARI SICAK, director Fikret Reyhan, Turkey   “SILVER GEORGE” FOR THE BEST ACTOR SON HYUN-JU ( BOTONGSARAM), Republic of Korea   ...

 

 

10 hours of canandian animation curated by Laurie Gordon for the Moscow Film Festival. CANADIAN ANIMATED SHORTS COMPILATION HEAVY METAL ROCK ’N’ RULE RYAN RYAN’S RENAISSANCE SPARE CHANGE WALKING WAPIKONI NATIVE CANADIAN FILMMAKERS SHORT FILMS COMPILATION   ...

 

Georgy Molodtsov curator of the VR selection at Moscow Fest   More than 40 short VR-films are set to be shown in the framework of the program  Russian VR Seasons, dedicated to the experimental format of spherical film for VR helmets.   In the framework of the festival, a special VR zone will be created on June 23-28 at Karo Oktyabt multiplex cinema. The VR zone will have a capacity of 30 seats, and will be situated opposite the screening hall 6, where ...

 

 

The film, directed by  Clive A. Smith, was part of the Canadian Animation Focus, programmed for the Moscow Festival by Laurie Gordon Animaze Festival Director. The War was over, the only survivors were street animals, dogs, cats, and rats. From them a new race of mutants evolved, that was a long time ago Rock & Rule was Nelvana's first animated feature film, and also the first Canadian animated feature to be produced in English. Clive Smith and Melony Melody atte...

 

 

International premiere took place on the 25th of June in the main competition of the MIFF. Film was presented by Director and Screenwriter: Visa Koiso-Kanttila, Producers: Mika Ritalahti and  Niko Ritalahti and Actors: Antti Luusuaniemi, Pihla Viitala, Malla Malmivaara   STAR BOYS is a powerful story of two families being torn apart by disintegrating moral values when the sexual revolution arrives at a conservative and religious small town in...

 

 

Reza Mirkarimi: «I'm sure that our jury will work in a coordinated and professional way»    On June 23, 2017, the press conference of the main competition jury of the 39th Moscow International Film Festival took place. At the press conference, were Iranian director and producer Reza Mirkarimi, Italian actress Ornella Muti, Finnish director and producer Jorn Johan Donner, Catalonian director and scriptwriter Albert Serra, Russian scriptwriter, director, ...

 

    On June 22, 2017, ahead of the 39th Moscow International Film Festival's opening ceremony, the showcase president, director, the head of Russia's Filmmakers' Union, Nikita Mikhalkov has held his traditional press briefing.    Mikhalkov told journalists that 246 films will be shown at MIFF this year, compared to the last year's 175. The opening film will be the Indian movie 'Bahubali 2: The Conclusion'. The festiv...

 

 

Country USA Closing Film The Beguiled Director: Sofia Coppola Based on Thomas Cullinan novel, the story unfolds during the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school. Its sheltered young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken ...

 

Opening Film Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Director: S.S. Rajamouli The second part of the historical thriller about Prince Shivudu, who was saved and brought up by common people. When he grew up he learnt about his heritage. The only question is why the person, who unveiled the truth to him, had once killed his noble and sage father.         ...