Andrei Konchalovsky's Rai (Paradise) won best film at the Russian film awards, the Nikas, held at Moscow's Mossovet theater on Tuesday.
The Holocaust-themed drama also won Konchalovsky the best director award, while the film's star, Yulia Vysotskaya, was awarded best actress.
Last year, the film collected the best director Silver Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and was later Russia's entry for the Academy Awards' best foreign-language film long list, but failed to make the final nominations.
The best actor award went to Timofey Tribuntsev for his role in Nikolai Dostal's Monakh i bes (Monk and Devil). The film's...
The Holocaust-themed drama also won Konchalovsky the best director award, while the film's star, Yulia Vysotskaya, was awarded best actress.
Last year, the film collected the best director Silver Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and was later Russia's entry for the Academy Awards' best foreign-language film long list, but failed to make the final nominations.
The best actor award went to Timofey Tribuntsev for his role in Nikolai Dostal's Monakh i bes (Monk and Devil). The film's...
- 3/29/2017
- by Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Wednesday, Russia's Nika film awards, the local equivalent of the Oscars, announced its nominations. Kirill Serebrennikov's Cannes film Uchenik (The Student) earned the highest number of nominations with seven.
The Student, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes last year and won the François Chalais Award, is to compete in the best film, best director, best cinematography, best music, best supporting actor and best supporting actress categories.
The film's lead actor, Pyotr Skvortsov, was also nominated in the discovery of the year category.
Alexei Mizgirev's Duelyant (The Duelist) and Nikolai Dostal's Monakh i bes...
The Student, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes last year and won the François Chalais Award, is to compete in the best film, best director, best cinematography, best music, best supporting actor and best supporting actress categories.
The film's lead actor, Pyotr Skvortsov, was also nominated in the discovery of the year category.
Alexei Mizgirev's Duelyant (The Duelist) and Nikolai Dostal's Monakh i bes...
- 3/2/2017
- by Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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