The international stage of the VGIK Student Festival has started

The jury was headed by director, screenwriter and actor Emir Kusturica.

On November 10, the international stage of the 45th anniversary VGIK Student Festival started in Moscow. Global values.

The jury was headed by director, screenwriter and actor Emir Kusturica. Directors Gao Xiongjie (China), Melik Saracoglu (Turkey), Shahrukhan Sherkhan Chavada (India), producer and distributor of Gemini Sky Film Xuan Guo (China), actress Daria Ekamasova, producer and journalist Ivan Kudryavtsev, as well as TV presenter and film reviewer Maria Lemesheva will help him determine the winners.

The international stage of the screening received 516 applications from 50 countries and 110 film schools.

"The most important thing is that he keeps up with the times and his future is next to the future of the society, the country in which we live. And since this is an international festival, it probably has to do with the future of the whole world. Because cinema always reflects time," said Fyodor Popov, General Director of the VGIK International Student Festival.

In addition, the 21st International Theater Competition will be held in parallel with the international film stage.

The documentary film VADIM ABDRASHITOV is also scheduled to be shown in the program of the festival from November 10 to 14. A CONVERSATION WITH TIME, a creative meeting with Emir Kusturica and a master class by Evgeny Knyazev, Rector of the Shchukin Theatre Institute.