The military drama "Father" won the Audience Award at the 48th MIFF

The winners of the 48th Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) were announced at the closing ceremony on April 23. The action drama "Father" won the audience award, according to the Telegram channel of the event.

The film directed by Pavel Ivanov tells about the events of 1942. The main character is a Siberian hunter named Gavriil Sobinov, who finds out that his son Semyon has gone missing at the front. After that, the man decides to volunteer to find him alive.

The film "Father" was created by the Kinomir film production company and the KION online cinema with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The distributor is NMG Film Distribution. The film will be released in Russia on May 7.

The main award for the best film went to the Indian film "Passion" directed by Fazil Razak and produced by Razak Ahamed. In addition, the lead actress in the film, Amrutha Krishnakumar, was awarded the prize for best actress.

The Russian drama Vygotsky was awarded in two nominations: Anton Bilzho won the prize for best director, and Sergey Gilev was recognized as the best actor of the festival. A special jury prize was awarded to the film "Retribution" (co-produced by Spain and Romania) directed by Daniel Guzman. Victor Shamirov's painting "The Temperature of the Universe" won the Russian Premieres competition.

The work of Chinese director Xuxong Zheng "The Long Way Home" was named the best documentary. In the same category, the jury made a special mention of the film "Masha" by Valeria Guy-Germanica. In the short film competition, the main award was given to the film "Nowhere — and yet somewhere" directed by An Huilin from the Republic of Korea.

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