Blood for love: films about SVO to be shown at the Moscow Film Festival
About 200 films will take part in the Moscow International Film Festival. 19 world premieres and 96 Russian premieres are planned. The geography of the 48th MIFF covers 43 countries. And the opening film will be "Angels of Ladoga" by Alexander Kott. This was discussed at the press conference of the review. Izvestia learned the details.
The MIFF will be held from April 16 to 23. This year, more than 1,500 applications from dozens of countries have been submitted to the festival. As noted by the program director of the show, Ivan Kudryavtsev, the audience is waiting for, in the words of the organizers, a "tsunami of Russian premieres." 96 new films will be shown in competitive and non-competitive programs. However, the final figures may still change as the program continues to be formed.
The grand opening will take place at the Musical Theater (the former Rossiya Cinema). Immediately after the ceremony, the guests will see the painting "Angels of Ladoga" directed by Alexander Kott, who won the main prize of the Moscow International Film Festival in 2018. The film tells about a little—known page of the siege of Leningrad — the evacuation and supply of the city in the first winter of 1941 with the help of sailing sledge - buoys. Starring Tikhon Zhiznevsky, Roman Evdokimov, Ksenia Treister, Viktor Dobronravov, Polina Agureeva and Evgeny Sidikhin.
The main competition will feature films from 10 countries, including Italy, Spain, South Korea, Argentina, Mexico, Iran, Mongolia, China and India.
— This year we abandoned the principle of "one country, one film", — said the chairman of the selection committee, film critic and film critic Sergey Lavrentyev. — This is our homage to one of the geniuses of world cinema, who would have turned 100 on March 6, director Andrzej Wajda. He once said, "Festivals should not involve countries, but films."
Among the participants of the main competition is the painting "Anna Magnani. The Unknown Story" by Monica Guerritore. Her characters, in addition to the actress herself, are Roberto Rossellini, Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica and Carlo Ponti. Russia is represented by the film "Vygotsky" by Anton Bilzho starring Sergei Gilev and the film "Father" by Pavel Ivanov starring Ilya Shakunov. Iranian director Hamidreza Ghazemi, despite the difficult situation in his homeland, brought his film "The Sky is the same everywhere" to the MIFF.
This year's documentary competition includes eight films, including four Russian films. Among them are two paintings about a special military operation. Valeria-Guy Germanika will present the film "Masha", the story of a fighter who returned from the front line and met love. The curator of the program, Sergey Miroshnichenko, is confident that the painting will decorate the festival program.
Director Vladislav Rytkov in the film "Borderland" will tell about the inhabitants of the Kursk region. This is a harsh picture, selectors warn. Rytkov's previous work, "I'm Going Home," about the capture of Artemovsk, was recognized at festivals.
The jury of the documentary competition will be headed by Italian director Daniele Cini. Together with him, the contestants will be evaluated by Vladimir Golovnev and Pan Zhiqi.
This year's program also includes a film from the USA, Homecoming, directed by Daniel Golding and John Mitchell Johnson. The Indian film is notable for being directed by legendary cinematographer Ben Gelslin, who worked with Brian De Palma, Pink Floyd and Leonard Cohen. This is his 500th film.
The organizers note that the festival remains primarily a spectator event with high public interest. In addition to film screenings, guests will have meetings with the authors, discussions and a business program.
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