Russia noms hit by press, critics
MOSCOW -- Nominations for Russia's top film awards, the Golden Eagles, were announced Thursday amid a torrent of criticism from press and critics who disagreed with the way the films were chosen, voted on and categorized. This is the second Golden Eagles -- the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences launched them last year -- and they are due to be presented Jan. 31 to movies made or funded by Russians from August 2002 to October 2003. Nominations for best film include Russia's pick for Oscar contention, Andrei Zvyagintsev's The Return, which is screening at the Sundance festival this week, and Aleksei Uchitel's video-format feature The Stroll, which opened last year's Moscow International Film Festival.
- 1/16/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Granny' top honoree at Cottbus
COTTBUS, Germany -- Granny (Babusya), Lidia Bobrova's poignant story of painful changes to traditional family structures in Russia, won the 12,000 ($13,797) top international jury prize Saturday at the closing of the 13th edition of the world's only festival devoted exclusively to Eastern European productions. An audience prize for best film added a further 2,000 ($2,300) to the film's prize purse. In a festival that had seen a special focus on Russia, movies from the new wave of Russian productions swept the board in jury awards. Venice Golden Lions award winner The Return (Vosvrashcheniye) picked up a 5,000 ($5,749) special prize for best director for Siberian helmer Andrei Svyaginzev, and Alexei Uchitel took a 4,000 ($4,599) special award for "outstanding artistic contribution" for his The Stroll (Progulka), a boy-meets-girl story shot on video on streets of St. Petersburg, Russia.
- 11/9/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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