The 31st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 28 June 2009.[1] The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film Pete on the Way to Heaven directed by Nikolai Dostal.
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1959 |
| Awards | Grand Prix |
| Festival date | 19–28 June 2009 |
| Website | Website |
Jury
edit- Pavel Lungin (Russia – President of the Jury)
- Shyam Benegal (India)
- Nick Powell (United Kingdom)
- Sergey Trimbach (Ukraine)
- Gulnara Dusmatova (Kazakhastan)
Films in competition
editThe following films were selected for the main competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bibi | Bibi | Hassan Yektapanah | Iran |
| Beauty | Beauty utusukushiimono | Toshio Gotō | Japan |
| The Miracle | Chudo | Aleksandr Proshkin | Russia |
| Five Days Without Nora | Cinco días sin Nora | Mariana Chenillo | Mexico |
| As God Commands | Come Dio сomanda | Gabriele Salvatores | Italy |
| Happy New Year | Happy New Year | Christoph Schaub | Switzerland |
| Today and the Other Days | Jeo nuk ui game | Wee An Choi | South Korea |
| Little Moscow | Mała Moskwa | Waldemar Krzystek | Poland |
| Mediator | Mediatori | Dito Tsintsadze | Georgia, Germany |
| Melody for a Barrel Organ | Melodiya dlya sharmanki | Kira Muratova | Ukraine |
| Burning Mooki | Mooki bo'era | Lina Chaplin, Slava Chaplin | Israel |
| Ward No. 6 | Palata No. 6 | Karen Shakhnazarov | Russia |
| Pete on the Way to Heaven | Petia po doroge v tsarstvie nebesnoye | Nikolai Dostal | Russia |
| Crayfish | Raci | Ivan Tscherkelov | Bulgaria |
| The Missing Person | The Missing Person | Noah Buschel | United States |
| Prank | Tréfa | Péter Gárdos | Hungary |
References
edit- ^ "31st Moscow International Film Festival (2009)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.