Awards of the VI International Festival of Proper Cinema were presented at the Victory Museum

The Victory Museum summed up the results of the VI International Festival of Proper Cinema. The closing ceremony was held at the Poklonka cinema on April 28. At the final event at the museum on Poklonnaya Gora, the authors of the best works were awarded. The winners were paintings from Russia, China, Italy and the Republic of Belarus.

The winner of the Grand Prix of the festival is the film "Two in one life, not counting the dog" directed by Andrey Zaitsev. "This is a picture about the life of St. Petersburg old intellectuals who, as children, survived the Great Patriotic War. Now they live alone, their children have left. They possess wisdom, calmness, optimism, patience, and forgiveness — all of which are so lacking in modern people today. Therefore, those who are cold and who need help and support are drawn to them, to their warmth and home, like to a fire," the Victory Museum noted.

The Italian drama "Naples-New York" became the winner in the nomination "Best Feature Film", the Russian film "The Path" by Svetlana Muzychenko was named "Best Documentary", and the Chinese cartoon "Kung Fu Cat" became "Best Animated film". The winners of the festival were also the films "Ivanovo Case" ("Best Director"), "Crosses" ("Best feature short film"), "Vaska the Cat. About life in besieged Leningrad" ("Best Animated Short film"), "Nadia, let's Go!" ("Best Documentary Short Film"), "Victoria" ("Heroes of Our Time"). The documentary film "Sudoplatov. Chronicles of the secret War through the eyes of an eyewitness", and the special prize of the expert jury is the film "The Salvation of Archangel Michael".

"The Film Forum has collected paintings based on traditional values, ideas of humanism and charity. The guests of the festival not only saw bright, kind, wise cinematographic works, but also had the opportunity to meet with directors, actors and film producers. Simultaneously with the Victory Museum, the right cinema was shown at almost a thousand venues in more than 70 regions of Russia and 20 foreign countries. Over 1,300 screenings took place during the 8 days of the film festival, which were watched by more than 50,000 viewers," said Lara Pomykanova, head of the film festival.

In addition to the museum on Poklonnaya Gora, competitive screenings were also held in Krasnogorsk, Zhukov, Donetsk, Perm, Kaliningrad and Yakutsk. A total of 67 paintings were selected for the competition program (out of almost 500 applications). At the sites of cultural and educational institutions, including participants in the projects "Victory Territory" and "Victory School Museum", the Association of Historical and Military Historical Museums, film works were shown as part of an out-of-competition program - 55 films from Russia, CIS and far abroad of various genres and themes. They were also seen by guests of Russian homes and educational organizations in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Canada, Belgium and many other countries.

The festival was held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and was timed to coincide with the 81st anniversary of the Victory. The organizers of the festival are the Victory Museum, TM-Film LLC. The general information partners of the festival are the Russian news agency TASS and the REN TV channel. Information partners of the festival: Zvezda TV and radio Company, Kinobusiness Segodnya magazine, Rossiya - Kultura TV channel, Gazeta online media.Ru", "Afisha KP", FederalPress media holding. The Festival's partners are the Federal Agency Rossotrudnichestvo, the Marfo-Mariinsky Monastery of Mercy, and the Imperial Porcelain Factory.