Chairman of Moscow International Film Festival (MMKF) jury board, Polish film director Andrzej Zulawski, right, and film director Karim Othman, centre, attend the closing ceremony of the 28th Moscow International Film Festival held in the Pushkinsky film theatre.
Photo: Ilya Pitalev
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So Be the Swede
Past Sunday was the last day of the 28th Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF). The Grand Prix of the festival, Golden St. George, went to “Om Sara” by Othman Karim, Sweden, 2005. “Driving Lessons” by Jeremy Brock, UK, 2006, got the Special Prize (also Golden St. George), while Julie Walters from it was called the Best Actress and got the Silver St. George.
As to other St. Georges, Jens Harzer from “Der Lebensversicherer” (“Running on Empty”) was acknowledged the Best Actor with the Silver St. George going along with acknowledgment. The Best Director Silver St. George was awarded to Bertrand Blier for “Combien Tu M’Aimes?” (“How Much Do You Love Me?”) Italy, France, 2005. Gerard Depardieu, who performed in it, got the Special Prize for Perfection in Acting and Loyalty to the Principles of the Stanislavsky Method.
Though the final decisions of Grand Jury didn’t match expectations of public at large, the internal logic could be easily spotted. The prizes went to films with stunning plots, spectacular performance of actors and entertainment form revealing the actual clashes of actual life.
“Om Sara” in particular, could be regarded as hammering at Sweden feminism. It is even more interesting, as the attempt was made by Othman Karim, a man and a native of Uganda. Producer of “Four Women,” Karim presents a single woman but a few men in his own picture. Unable to rest on her laurels, this self-made woman is doomed to pass from one man to another. Films by Bergman gave once the all-out analysis of femininity. Well, a lot has changed ever since, but the women have hardly become any happier.
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