47th Moscow International Film Festival

47th Moscow International Film Festival
LocationMoscow
Founded1959
AwardsGolden Saint George
Festival date17–24 April 2025
Websitehttp://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru

The 47th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 24 April 2025.[1]

Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov was the president of the festival. Spanish film director Lluís Miñarro was head of the main jury. His Name Was Not Listed was the opening film and What We Wanted to Be was the closing film.[2][3] On April 17, 2025, the opening ceremony took place at the Rossiya Theatre, hosted by actor Aleksei Guskov.[4][5] On April 24, the closing ceremony also took place at the Rossiya Theatre. The Golden Saint George for Best Film was awarded to the Indian film The Elysian Field directed by Pradip Kurbah.[6][7]

Jury

Main Competition[8][9]
Documentary Competition[10]
  • Peter Kuznick, professor, writer and public activist (USA) – President of the Jury
  • Bruno Jorge, film director, cinematographer and editor (Brazil)
  • Irina Uralskaya, film cinematographer and director (Russia)
Short film competition [11]
Russian Premiere competition [12]
NETPAC Jury [13]
  • Premendra Mazumder, film critic, author and festival organizer (India) - President of the Jury
  • Andronika Martonova, film scholar, critic and professor (Bulgaria)
  • Sardana Savvina, film producer, researcher, Master of Arts (Russia)
Russian Film Critics Jury [14]
  • Maria Bezenkova
  • Veronika Sarkisova
  • Temina Tuaeva
  • Yulia Ustyugova
  • Alexander Khort

Films in competition

Main Competition[15][16]
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Negotiator Il Nibbio Alessandro Tonda Italy, Belgium
The Bread Season Demsala Nan Anvar Hassanpour, Emeer Hassanpour USA, Turkey
Two People in One Life and a Dog Двое в одной жизни, не считая собаки Andrey Zaytsev Russia
When We Bloom Again 목화솜 피는 날 Shin Kyung-soo South Korea
For Your Sake Por tu bien Axel Monsú Argentina
A House on Fire Casa en flames Dani de la Orden Spain
Evacuation Эвакуация Farkhat Sharipov Kazakhstan
Wisdom of the Whale Balinanin Bilgisi Önder Şengül Turkey
Lateral Thinking Pensamiento Lateral Mariano Hueter Argentina
The Planet Планета Mikhail Arkhipov Russia
Family Happiness Семейное счастье Stacy Tolstoy Russia
Beyond the Mast মাস্তুল Mohammad Nuruzzaman Bangladesh, Netherlands, Germany
The Elysian Field Ha Lyngkha Bneng Pradip Kurbah India
Documentary Competition [17]
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Marino and the Authentics Marino y los auténticos Cristóbal Jasso Mexico
I Don't Wanna Sit in My Cemetery Baghjan Jaicheng Jai Dohutia India, Germany
The Winter Road Зимник Yuri Dorokhin Russia
Ms. Hu's Garden 胡阿姨的花园 Pan Zhiqi China
Trick شگرد Jafar Sadeghi Iran
Sinara Синара Natalia Lobko Russia
Reverse Реверс Ivan Tverdovskiy Russia
The Days with Her Los días con ella Matías Scarvaci Argentina
Short Film Competition[18][16]
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Uncle Дяденька Ivan Vetoshkin Russia
LIME Cal Santiago Dulce Argentina
Who Let the Wild Donkey Go Free? Кто пустил дикого осла на свободу? Nikita Lokhmatov Russia
Minor Chronicle Crónica menor Francisco Usiel Mexico
Incompatible Judit Vilarrasa Spain
New Address Noya Thikana Sumsuddin Ahmed Shiblu Bangladesh
Widmung 献呈 Kei Miyaji Japan
After Father پس از پدر Noushin Meraji Iran
About the Cow Про корову Anton Simukhin, Nikolay Alekseev Russia
Bumblebee Abellón Fon Cortizo Spain
Tango Танго Fedor Malyshev Russia
Born to Fly 우화하길 Lee Byoung-don South Korea
Coming Out of Age 年少年 Li Shida China
Russian Premiere Competition[19]
  • Endless April (Бесконечный апрель), directed by Anton Butakov (Russia)
  • Wolves (Волки), directed by Mikhail Kulunakov (Russia)
  • Legends from the Past (Легенды наших предков), directed by Ivan Sosnin (Russia)
  • License to Love (Мужу привет), directed by Anton Maslov (Russia)
  • The Postman (Почтарь), directed by Andrey Razenkov (Russia)
  • Impostors (Самозванцы), directed by Maria Reizen (Russia)
  • There (Туда), directed by Ivan Petukhov (Russia)

Awards

  • Golden Saint George for Best Film: The Elysian Field by Pradip Kurbah, India
  • Silver Saint George Special Jury Prize: Evacuation by Farkhat Sharipov, Kazakhstan
  • Silver Saint George for Best Director: Pradip Kurbah, The Elysian Field, India
  • Silver Saint George for Best Actor: Yevgeny Tsyganov, Family Happiness, Russia
  • Silver Saint George for Best Actress: Maria Rodríguez Soto, A House on Fire, Spain
  • Silver Saint George for Best Documentary: Ms. Hu's Garden by Pan Zhiqi, China
    • Special Mention for Documentary: The Winter Road by Yuri Dorokhin, Russia
  • Silver Saint George for Best Short Film: Bumblebee by Fon Cortizo, Spain
  • Special Jury Prize for Short Film: Tango by Fedor Malyshev, Russia
  • Silver Saint George for Best Film in the Russian Premiere Competition: License to Love, by Anton Maslov, Russia
  • NETPAC for Best Asian Film: The Elysian Field by Pradip Kurbah, India
  • Audience Award: Two People in One Life and a Dog by Andrey Zaytsev, Russia
  • Honorary Golden Saint George Prize for an outstanding contribution to the world cinema: Vladimir Ilyin (Russia)

Sources:[6][7][20][21]

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