Box / the Ownerless screen. Farewell tour.
Box / the Ownerless screen. Farewell tour.
The Moscow international festival which has opened on Saturday, as well as many
Previous, it is doomed to failure. Its carrying out in every respect
It is inappropriate. Organizers MMFK assert what to stop festival
It is impossible, at least not to lose the category fixed to it "And",
Which equates it to the largest film festivals - Cannes,
Venetian and Berlin. But obvious incomparability of levels only
Underlines, that the category "And" for MMKF is saved only formally.
However, this time the Moscow festival can lose it on
To the formal bases.
Preparation HH MMKF has been saddened appeared so-called "by the letter
60 "in which various figures on a rank of domestic cinema have expressed
Doubts in moral correctness of carrying out of festival. Authors consider,
That at present poverty of the Russian cinema which has made for these
Year of only 12 pictures, expenditure 30 mlrd roubles on festival is
The blasphemous. Organizers of festival and, in particular, its president Sergey
Nightingales have tried to calm the public. They have specified, that money was
"The governmental actions" state budget and in any are listed from article
Case did not intend for payment of manufacture of films.
But the answer of organizers of the cinema public was that. It
Still it was necessary to prove somehow to the government, that MMKF - it is valid it
Action. And Nightingales has found such reasons: MMKF - category festival
"And", i.e. The higher, Russia should not lose it, it is a question of prestige
The countries. Objects of national pride, such as the Bolshoi theatre or the Moscow State University,
It is necessary to contain, refusing to itself in the last.
Judging by that money is allocated, this argument has seemed to the government
The convincing. And in vain. To strike on prestige of the country loss Moscow
Festival cannot in any way, because at the festival for a long time already any
The prestige is not present.
The in itself category "And" does not bring any honour. It means all
Only two restrictions at selection of competitive pictures. The first: not to have
Genre orientation that is to work with pictures, irrespective of,
In what genre they are made. It allows to expand a festival palette and
Gives the big possibilities for a choice of pictures. In competition side by side can
To pass insurgents and melodramas, films of horrors and a comedy, and so on.
The second: in the competitive program it is necessary to show only those films,
Which have not been shown yet at other festivals.
This category does not give anything else. All the rest depends already on that,
What place was occupied with this or that festival in universal festival
Hierarchies. There are many festivals which absolutely not are not possessing any
The category, which prestige, nevertheless, much above, than at Moscow,
For example, festivals in Tokyo or in San Sebastian. Professional
Organizers of festivals allocate some indicators, on which
Prestigiousness of festival is defined. It: quality of films, quality of jury,
Quantity of a foreign press and conditions of life for visitors of festival. All
The rest - a nonprofessional estimation, an outer side calculated on
Spectators. But also on professional, and by external criteria Moscow
The film festival already from the end of the sixtieth has lost the importance. After
The reorganisation beginnings, in 1987 when all Russian was very popular,
There was, appear, an interest splash to MMKF, but to develop or at least
Save this situation in Moscow could not. Foreign film manufacturers
Almost never prepared the films "under Moscow", as "under Cannes"or"under
Venice ", and they especially do not do it now.
By the way, for this reason the present festival has all bases to lose
That category "And", which preservation as organizers speak,
Is business of the state importance. HH MMKF has broken the second condition
Categories "And": among present konkursantov it is a lot of films, already
Shown at national festivals. The commission has chosen them
Because new more or less worthy products new more to it nobody
Offered.
Certainly, nobody begins to take away now from the Moscow film festival
Category - the international association of producers FIAFP which knows
Distribution of categories, will close on an eye event, understanding, that
The Russian cinema has heavy times and to offend him now
Badly. But it will change nothing. That new films on MMKF to give not
Want, as they say, the diagnosis definitive.
Organizers explain such state of affairs a lack of means, at all
Not being confused, that the budget of the Cannes festival is twice less. Cannes
The festival is prestigious, not because spends many money, on the contrary: it
It is prestigious and consequently malozatraten, it can not only spend money, but also
To earn - basically at the expense of TV and press accreditations.
One more reason which organizers name, speaking about unwillingness
Foreign film manufacturers to send films on MMKF, - absence
The high-grade film market. It is the serious reason. In it specify not only
The persons interested in carrying out of festival, but also independent experts.
While in Russia there is no market, they speak, any festival passing here,
How much money for it do not spend, be they state or private,
It is doomed. Sounds convincingly, guards here only that on
Absence of this or that segment of the art market invariably refer, when
Speech comes about unsuccessful projects. The market, like, is not present equally for all,
And nevertheless one projects appear are well-founded, and others are not present.
HH the International Moscow film festival, of course, will be extremely
The unsuccessful. And in all complex of the reasons solving one is represented: people,
Which are engaged in it, do not own art of the organisation of the successful
Film festivals. Not casually solving component of success of the Cannes festival
Name not a carrying out place, not a commercial component, and
Organising talent of its permanent chairman Zhilja Zhakoba. Organising committee
MMKF it is anxious not by prestige of the state and not prestige of festival, and only
Preservation of own status - the status of organising committee of a film festival
Categories "And". Loss of this status will return its participants to level, on
Which they, probably, also should be - simply directors and is simple
The actors who do not have access to items in the budget. While it will not occur,
The Moscow festival is doomed to remain deafly and hopelessly provincial.
VICTOR MANIN.
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17 pictures are selected for the competitive program:
"Mother and the son" (Russia, the director - Alexander Sokurov), "State
The minister "(Finland)," Boys Vitman "(Hungary)," Blue mountain "
(Switzerland), "Sardari Begam" (India, the director - SHuam Benegal), "Hotel
' Shanghai ' "(Germany, the director - Peter Pattsak)," the First choice "(Hong Kong,
The director - Gordon the Tub), "the Dangerous trade" (France, the director - a Gerard
Loze), "to Live, as kings" (France, the director - Francois Vell), "Bring
To me head Mejvis Devis "(the Great Britain, the director - John Handerson),
"To reach heavens" (Germany, the director - Thomas Jan), "Gipsy intrigues"
(Macedonia, the director - the Table of Priests), "Trap" (Poland, the director - Adek
Drabinski), "Room Marvina" (the USA, the director - Dzherri Sachs), "Maryanna
Ukrija "(Italy, the director - Roberto Fentsa),"SHevrole"(Spain, the director -
Haver the Poppy), "the Butterfly ' the Peacock eye '" (Japan, the director - SHunzhi Ivai).
Structure of international jury HH MMKF:
Actor Oleg Menshikov (the chairman, Russia), the director and a script writer
Irakly Kvirikadze (Georgia), actor Daniel Olbryhsky (Poland), the film critic
And director Fernando Mendes-pour (Spain), director Martha Kulidzh (USA),
Director George Djulgerov (Bulgaria), director Mrinal Sen (India),
Producers Michel Sejdu (France) and Lino Michike (Italy).
Jury FIPRESSI:
Marseilles the Open-hearth furnace (the chairman, France), Angela Baldasar (Canada), Anhel
Komas (Spain), George Perr (Great Britain), Laslo Bernat (Hungary),
Boris Tuh (Estonia), Jury Bogomolov (Russia).
Jury Russian film critics:
neja Sharp-sighted, Sergey Dobrotvorsky, Sergey Lavrentev, Natalia Sirivlja,
Andrey Shemjakin, Irina Shilova, Elena Plahova. The international jury will award
Figurines of "Sacred George" to winners on following nominations: the main
Prize - to the director and the producer for the best film; a special prize of jury; a prize
For the best director's job; a prize for the best execution of a man's role; a prize
For the best execution of a female role; a special prize for the contribution to the world
Cinema.
Special jury of Fund of Andrey Tarkovsky for delivery of the award of a name
Tarkovsky:
Leonid Kozlov (the chairman, the president of Fund of Andrey Tarkovsky), Paola
Volkova (the director of fund), Sergey Zatsepilov (representative Inkombanka),
Alexander Misharin (playwright), Tamara Ogorodnikova (the director
Film production), Irma Raush-Tarkovsky (actress), George Rerberg
(Cameraman), Svetlana Sorokin (the TV reporter of RTR).
Within the limits of information display the following will be shown
Films: "Children of revolution" (Australia, the director - Peter Dunkan), "the Song
Karly "(the Great Britain, the director - Ken Loach)," On a needle (Trejnspotting) "
(The Great Britain, the director - Denni Boyle), "the Life is everything, that at you
Is "(Germany, the director - Wolfgang Beker)," In the house "(India, the director -
Mrinal Sen), "the Love can be injurious to health" (Spain, the director -
Manuel Pereira), "Celluloid" (Italy, the director - Karlo Lizzani), "Pianeze
Nuntsio, 14 years in May "(Italy, the director - Antonio Kapuano)," Pazolini:
Crime in Italian "(Italy, the director - Marko Tullio Dzhiordana),
"Mendel" (Norway, the director - Alexander Rosler), "Telepathy" (the USA,
The director - Rodion Nahapetov), "Balalaika-show" (Finland, the director - Aki
Kaurismjaki), "Fury" (Yugoslavia, the director - Boban Skerlik), "Blood and
Wine "(the USA, the director - Bean Rafelson)," Romeo and Juliette "(the USA, the director
-- Bez Lurmann), "the Batman and Robin" (the USA, the director - Dzhoel Schumacher),
"transportirovshchik" (the USA, the director - Sajmon West), "п п п?п п -2" (Japan,
The director - Joi JAmada) and others (for today in total - 38
Pictures).
Within the limits of MMKF there will pass following actions: the program "Last films
The CIS and Baltics ", a retrospective show of tapes of Andrey Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, the program
gosfilmofonda "400 years to an opera", Week of the Japanese pictures (the best tapes for
Last 15 years), Week of films of Iran, a retrospective show of the short
Orsona Wells's films, the Forum of young cinematographers "Young cinema HHI
Centuries "(" Sacred Anna ") in which representatives of a cinema will take part
Italy, Spain, the USA etc.
Days of memory of Andrey Tarkovsky, Damask steel Okudzhavy will take place also,
Vladimir Vysotsky. Also it is planned to spend the big international
The symposium devoted to the beginning of the world celebrating of the 100 anniversary from the date of
Sergey Eisenstein's births.
//* an information Source: the Businessman (weekly journal), 24.07.97
//* Reg. Nom. - 6070700126.26-------------------------------------------
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