Moscow Film Fest: China's “Crested Ibis” wins top prize June 30, 2017 - 15:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yuan shang (Crested Ibis) by Chinese director Qiao Liang was awarded the top prize, the Golden St George, at the Moscow International Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The movie is centered on a Beijing reporter who goes back to his hometown to report a crested ibis, an endangered species and discovers wider environmental issues. The awards ceremony took place in the Russian capital on June 29, and the other big winners were Turkey’s Fikret Reyhan who collected the best director’s Silver St George for Sari Sicak (Yellow Heat), a drama focused on an immigrant family trying survive by traditional farming. The Special Jury Prize to Meshok bez dna (The Bottomless Bag) by Russian director Rustam Khamdamov. Elsewhere, Verena Altenbergerlead won best actress for her turn in Die Beste Aller Welter (The Best of All Worlds) and Son Hyun-Ju was awarded as the best actor for his role in Botongsarsam by Korean director Kim Bong-han. The Stanislavsky Special Prize for lifetime achievement went to Italian actor Michele Placido.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border  The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |
