Moscow International Film Festival

The Rossiya Cinema Theatre has always hosted the Moscow International Film Festival.

Pushkinskaya Square, famous Pushkin Monument and Rossiya Cinema Theatre in 1984.

Moscow International Film Festival (Russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. Moskóvskiy myezhdoonaródniy kinofyestivál; abbreviated as MIFF), is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1935 and became regular since 1959.^[1] From its inception to 1959 it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary festival. The festival has been held annually since 1995.

The festival's top prize is the statue of Saint George slaying the dragon, as represented on the Coat of Arms of Moscow. Nikita Mikhalkov has been the festival's president since 2000. Over the years the Stanislavsky Award—"I Believe. Konstantin Stanislavsky" for acting achievements was awarded to Jack Nicholson, Jeanne Moreau, Meryl Streep, Harvey Keitel, Fanny Ardant, Daniel Olbrychski, Gérard Depardieu, Oleg Yankovsky, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Beart, Helen Mirren. In 2012 this prize was awarded to French actress Catherine Deneuve.^[2]^[3]^[4] In 2012 the jury was headed by the Brazilian director Hector Babenco. Among the members of the Jury were prominent filmmakers from different countries: the famous French director and actor Jean-Marc Barr; the Bulgarian director Javor Gardev; Adriana Chiesa di Palma, a producer from Italy; Sergei Loban from Russia. The "Perspectives" Jury was chaired by the filmmaker Marina Razbezhkina (Russia). The program director of the Festival is Kirill Razlogov.^[5]^[6]

Winners

Grand Prix (1959–1967)

1959 – Destiny of a Man (USSR, dir. Sergei Bondarchuk)
1961 – The Naked Island (Japan, dir. Kaneto Shindō) and Clear Skies (USSR, dir. Grigori Chukhrai)
1963 – 8½ (Italy-France, dir. Federico Fellini)
1965 – War and Peace (USSR, dir. Sergei Bondarchuk) and Twenty Hours (Hungary, dir. Zoltán Fábri)
1967 – The Journalist (USSR, dir. Sergei Gerasimov) and Father (Hungary, dir. István Szabó)

Golden Prize (1969–1987)

1969 – Lucía (Cuba, dir. Humberto Solás)

Serafino (Italy-France, dir. Pietro Germi)

We'll Live Till Monday (USSR, dir. Stanislav Rostotsky)

1971 – Confessions of a Police Captain (Italy, dir. Damiano Damiani)

Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (Japan, dir. Kaneto Shindō)

The White Bird Marked with Black (USSR, dir. Yuri Ilyenko)

1973 – That Sweet Word: Liberty! (USSR, dir. Vytautas Žalakevičius)

Affection (Bulgaria, dir. Ludmil Staikov)

1975 – The Promised Land (Poland, dir. Andrzej Wajda)

Dersu Uzala (USSR-Japan, dir. Akira Kurosawa)

We All Loved Each Other So Much (Italy, dir. Ettore Scola)

1977 – The Fifth Seal (Hungary, dir. Zoltán Fábri)

El puente (Spain, dir. Juan Antonio Bardem)

Mimino (USSR, dir. Georgi Daneliya)

1979 – Christ Stopped at Eboli (Italy-France, dir. Francesco Rosi)

Siete días de enero (Spain-France, dir. Juan Antonio Bardem)

Camera Buff (Poland, dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski)

1981 – O Homem que Virou Suco (Brazil, dir. João Batista de Andrade)

The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone (Vietnam, dir. Nguyen Hong Shen)

Teheran 43 (USSR-France-Switzerland, dir. Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov)

1983 – Amok (Morocco-Guinea-Senegal, dir. Souheil Ben-Barka)

Alsino and the Condor (Nicaragua-Cuba-Mexico-Costa Rica, dir. Miguel Littín)

Vassa (USSR, dir. Gleb Panfilov)

1985 – Come and See (USSR, dir. Elem Klimov)

A Soldier's Story (USA, dir. Norman Jewison)

The Descent of the Nine (Greece, dir. Christos Shopakhas)

1987 – Intervista (Italy, dir. Federico Fellini)

Golden St. George (1989–2003)

1989 – The Icicle Thief (Italy, dir. Maurizio Nichetti)
1991 – Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea (USSR-Germany, dir. Karen Gevorkian)
1993 – Me Ivan, You Abraham (France-Belarus, dir. Yolande Zauberman)
1995 – not awarded
1997 – Marvin's Room (USA, dir. Jerry Zaks)
1999 – Will to Live (Japan, dir. Kaneto Shindō)
2000 – Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (Poland-France, dir. Krzysztof Zanussi)
2001 – The Believer (USA, dir. Henry Bean)
2002 – Resurrection (Italy-France, dir. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani)
2003 – The End of a Mystery (Italy / Spain, dir. Miguel Hermoso)

Golden George (2004–)

2004 – Our Own (dir. Dmitry Meskhiev, Russia)
2005 – Dreaming of Space (dir. Alexei Uchitel, Russia)
2006 – About Sara (dir. Othman Karim, Sweden)
2007 – Travelling with Pets (dir. Vera Storozheva, Russia)
2008 – As Simple as That (dir. Reza Mirkarimi, Iran)
2009 – Pete on the Way to Heaven (dir. Nikolay Dostal, Russia)
2010 – Hermano (dir. Marcel Rasquin, Venezuela)
2011 – Las olas (dir. Alberto Morais, Spain)
2012 – Junkhearts (dir. Tinge Krishnan, UK)
2013 – Particle (dir. Erdem Tepegöz, Turkey)
2014 – My Man (dir. Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, Japan)
2015 - Losers (dir. Ivaylo Hristov, Bulgaria)

References

↑ , News
↑ The Moscow News (19/06/2008) Cinema - Prizes and Praises
↑ Russkiy Mir Foundation (JUL 4, 2011) HELEN MIRREN RECEIVES STANISLAVSKY PRIZE AT MOSCOW FILM FESTIVAL
↑ The Voice of Russia (31 May 2013) Moscow International Film Festival announces line-up
↑ Moscow International Film Festival (undated) History
↑ Moscow International Film Festival (31 May 2012) NAMES OF 34th MIFF JURY MEMBERS ARE REVEALED

External links

Moscow International Film Festival

By year	1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Awards	Stanislavsky Award

Moscow International Film Festival Main Award

1959-1967 Grand Prix	Destiny of a Man (1959) The Naked Island – Clear Skies (1961) 8½ (1963) War and Peace – Twenty Hours (1965) The Journalist – Father (1967)

1969-1987 Golden Prize	Lucía – Serafino – We'll Live Till Monday (1969) Confessions of a Police Captain – Live Today, Die Tomorrow! – The White Bird Marked with Black (1971) That Sweet Word: Liberty! – Affection (1973) The Promised Land – Dersu Uzala – We All Loved Each Other So Much (1975) The Fifth Seal – El puente – Mimino (1977) Christ Stopped at Eboli – Siete días de enero – Camera Buff (1979) O Homem que Virou Suco – The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone – Teheran 43 (1981) Amok – Alsino and the Condor – Vassa (1983) Come and See – A Soldier's Story – The Descent of the Nine (1985) Intervista (1987)

1989 - Golden St. George	The Icicle Thief (1989) Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea (1991) Me Ivan, You Abraham (1993) (No award in 1995) Marvin's Room (1997) Will to Live (1999) Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000) The Believer (2001) Resurrection (2002) The End of a Mystery (2003) Our Own (2004) Dreaming of Space (2005) About Sara (2006) Travelling with Pets (2007) As Simple as That (2008) Pete on the Way to Heaven (2009) Hermano (2010) Las olas (2011) Junkhearts (2012) Particle (2013) My Man (2014) Losers (2015)

FIAPF-accredited film festivals

Feature (Competitive)	Berlin Cannes Cairo Goa Karlovy Vary Locarno Mar del Plata Moscow Montreal San Sebastián Shanghai Tallinn (PÖFF) Tokyo Venice Warsaw

Feature (Competitive Specialised)	Antalya Brussels Busan Cartagena Cluj Napoca (TIFF) Courmayeur Gijón Istanbul Jeonju Kerala (Trivandrum) Kyiv Namur Sarajevo Sitges Stockholm Sydney Turin Valencia (Jove) Kolkata

Feature (Non-competitive)	Toronto Vienna

Documentary and Short	Bilbao Krakow Oberhausen St. Petersburg Tampere

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