30th Moscow International Film Festival
Appearance
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Location | Moscow, Russia |
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Founded | 1959 |
Awards | Grand Prix |
Festival date | 19–28 June 2008 |
Website | Website |
The 30th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 28 June 2008.[1] The Golden George was awarded to the Iranian film As Simple as That directed by Reza Mirkarimi.
Jury
[edit]- Liv Ullmann (Norway – Chairman of the Jury)
- Michael Glawogger (Austria)
- Irina Rozanova (Russia)
- Derek Malcolm (Great Britain)
- Sebastián Alarcón (Chile)
Films in competition
[edit]The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Absurdistan | Absurdistan | Veit Helmer | Germany |
The War of the Shore | Duiande zhangzheng | Li Xin | China |
Zift | Zift | Javor Gardev | Bulgaria |
For My Father | Sof Shavua B'Tel Aviv | Dror Zahavi | Israel |
Days and Clouds | Giorni e nuvole | Silvio Soldini | Italy |
The Moon and Other Lovers | Der Mond und andere Liebhaber | Bernd Böhlich | Germany |
Mao Tse Tung | Mao Ce Dun | Besnik Bisha | Albania |
The Quiet Storm | Veðramót | Guðný Halldórsdóttir | Iceland |
Once Upon a Time in the Provinces | Odnazhdy v provintsii | Katya Shagalova | Russia |
The Visitor | The Visitor | Tom McCarthy | United States |
Virtually a Virgin | Majdnem szüz | Péter Bacsó | Hungary |
Awaking from a Dream | Amanecer de un sueño | Freddy Mas Franqueza | Spain |
A Simple Heart | Un cœur simple | Marion Laine | France |
As Simple as That | Be hamin sadegi | Reza Mirkarimi | Iran |
Birds of Paradise | Rayskie ptitsy | Roman Balayan | Ukraine |
The Cherry Orchard | Sad | Sergei Ovcharov | Russia |
Awards
[edit]- Golden George: As Simple as That by Reza Mirkarimi
- Special Jury Prize: Silver George: A Simple Heart by Marion Laine
- Silver George:
- Best Director: Javor Gardev for Zift
- Best Actor : Richard Jenkins for The Visitor
- Best Actress : Margherita Buy for Days and Clouds
- Silver George for the best film of the Perspective competition: Cumbia Connection by Rene U. Villareal
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Takeshi Kitano
- Stanislavsky Award: Isabelle Huppert
- FIPRESCI Prize: Once Upon a Time in the Provinces by Katya Shagalova
- Russian Critics Jury's Prize for Best Film in-competition: As Simple as That by Reza Mirkarimi
References
[edit]- ^ "30th Moscow International Film Festival (2008)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.