In Vyborg in a big way was 24-th Russian film festival “Window to Europe”. For the week, the public showed 100 films in four competition and five non-competitive programs. The jury determined the winners in fiction, documentary and animation sections. Her favorite and she chose the festival audience: industry professionals and ordinary viewers. On the results show — Victoria Samoylova.
“The film industry” sums up the XXIV festival “Window to Europe”
A hundred films in seven days. Four competition programs and five non-competitive sections. A real movie marathon lasted in Vyborg all week. The climax – the winners in a medieval castle, who himself had served as a backdrop for the cult films. Over the years there were made films, “Brother”, “the Three Musketeers: Twenty years later”, “Hard to be God”. And now, almost a quarter of a century here is the main ceremony of the festival “Window to Europe”. This show is one of the richest in the number of domestic films. Grand Prix received the Yakut drama “His daughter.” The picture was marked and the Guild of film critics, awarded a special prize with the wording “For the clarity and depth of the author’s statements. For the film Director Tatiana Verestovo this film was the debut.
Tatiana Evarestov, which received the Grand Prix XXIV festival of Russian cinema “Window to Europe” to win was completely unprepared:Very unexpected, I’m glad emotions erupted!”
A scene from the movie “His daughter”
In the center of the story – the story of the first grader Thani, serene living in a remote village with his grandmother and grandfather. The girl thinks all life is as beautiful as her childhood until the events begin to happen that she can’t handle. Shooting lasted two months. Starring non-professional actors. Best documentary film recognized as “the Heart. 40 years later”, telling about the everyday heroism of doctors-cardiologists. The leitmotif of the paintings of Eugene Gulinkina – “get used to death is not.” And the cartoon “Listening to Beethoven” by Garry Bardin, previously shown at Cannes, award of the President of the festival.
Harry Bardin says about the cartoon “Listening to Beethoven”
Armen Medvedev, the President of XXIV Russian cinema “Window to Europe”, admits that this year I was pleasantly surprised almost homely atmosphere at the film festival:the festival, and most importantly, wonderful, business-like and friendly atmosphere, so all the premiere movies and the shows were very sincere and informal.”
Trailer for “Indemnity”
Vyborg show is special because of its winners and the audience, via a secret ballot. “The Vyborg account” recognized as the best historical-adventure film “Indemnity” Sergey Snezhkina.
