“The Sky is my Monastery” gains top prize at Kinoshock Russian film fest September 24, 2012 - 16:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Uzbek movie Nebesa Moya Obitel (The Sky is my Monastery), directed by Ayub Shakhobiddinov, collected the Golden Vine, the main prize of the film festival Kinoshock, which drew to close in the Russian Black Sea resort of Anapa late on Sept. 23, The Hollywood Reporter said. Georgia’s Zaza Urushadze collected the best director’s award for Bolo Gaseirneba (The Guardian). The best screenplay award of the fest, which is devoted to fare from the former Soviet republics, went to Estonia’s Peeter Simm and Mihkel Ulman, the writers of Üksik saar (Lonely Island), directed by Simm and co-produced by Estonia, Latvia and Belarus. Alexei Simonov picked up the best photography award for his work on Alexei Balabanov’s Ya Tozhe Khochu (I Also Want It). The movie also collected the international film critics’ prize. Belarusian actor Vladimir Svirsky was awarded as the best actor for his role in Sergei Loznitsa’s V Tumane (In the Fog), a German/Dutch/Belarusian/Russian/Latvian co-production. The best actress award went to Lithuania’s Janina Lapinskaite for her role in Mieganciu drugeliu tvirtove (The Fortress of Sleeping Butterflies). The jury’s special diplomas were awarded to the Ukrainian film Tot Kto Proshel Skvoz Ogon (Firecrosser), directed by Mykhailo Illienko, and Kyrgyzstan’s Printsessa Nazik (Princess Nazik) by Erkin Saliyev. Timur Bekmambetov was awarded the international festival council’s special prize as the former Soviet Union’s best producer.   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. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west  Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said.Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |
