Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) Winners

Iranian family drama film “So Simple” won the Best Film Golden George at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF). The film, which was screened in MIFF under the title of “As Simple as That”, was also awarded the Prize of Russian Film Critics Jury. “So Simple” depicts a day in the life of Tahereh (Hengameh Qaziani), a woman from a middle class family in Iran.
MIFF special jury prize, a Silver George, was awarded to French filmmaker Marion Laine for his “The Simple Heart” and Bulgarian helmer Javor Gardev received the Best Director Silver George for “Zift”.
Richard Jenkins won the Best Actor Silver George for his role in “The Visitor”, a film by the U.S. director Tom McCarthy and the Best Actress Silver George went to Margherita Buy for her role in “Days and Clouds”, joint production of Italy and Switzerland.
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Saturday at the Moscow International Film Festival was marked by the beginning of non-competitive demonstration of Russian movie program, which will take place in large scale in honor of the 30th jubilee. The viewers will see more that 120 new and old films of native origin. “ it’s vitally important, so that the viewer doesn`t loose interest concerning his native cinematography and therefore as a result became the motor of cinematographic process”,- said the MIFF president Nikita Mikhalkov. Read more of this article »

