Moscow International Film Festival

Moscow International Film Festival (Russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. Moskóvskiy myezhdoonaródniy kinofyestivál; abbreviated as MIFF), is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1959.^[1] From its inception to 1995 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. The Stanislavsky Award has been introduced recently to be presented to outstanding actors visiting the festival, such as Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.

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)

White Bird with Black Mark (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)

Desert field (Vietnam, dir. Nguyen Hong Shen)

Tegeran 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 - End of Mystery (Italy / Spain, dir. Miguel Hermoso)

Golden George (2004 -)

• 2004 - Svoi / Us (dir. Dmitry Meskhiev, Russia)
• 2005 - Kosmos kak predchuvstvie / Dreaming of Space (dir. Alexei Uchitel, Russia)
• 2006 - Om Sara / About Sara (dir. Othman Karim, Sweden)
• 2007 - Travelling with Pets (dir. Vera Storozheva, Russia)
• 2008 - Be hamin sadegi / As simple as that (dir. Reza Mir Karimi, Iran)
• 2009 - Petya po doroge v tsarstvie nebesnoe / Pete on the Way to Heaven (dir. Nikolay Dostal, Russia)
• 2010 - Hermano (dir. Marcel Rasquin, Venezuela)
• 2011 - Las olas (dir. Alberto Morais, Spain)

Western celebrities who visited the festival

• Federico Fellini | Giulietta Masina | Michelangelo Antonioni | Sophia Loren | Marcello Mastroianni | Elizabeth Taylor | Sean Connery | Gina Lollobrigida | Yves Montand | Francis Ford Coppola | Andrzej Wajda | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Robert de Niro | Sean Penn | Jack Nicholson | Peta Wilson | Meryl Streep | Richard Gere | Annie Girardot | Gérard Depardieu | Catherine Deneuve | Luchino Visconti | Peter Greenaway | Quentin Tarantino | Mariah Carey | Will Smith | Charlize Theron

References

1. ^ MIFF 31, 19-28-6-2009, News

External links

• Official site of the MIFF
• Moscow International Film Festival at the Internet Movie Database