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Archive MIFF Listapad XXVII

Cinema is a symphony of unity

2021
November, 20–26
Catalog XXVII MIFF «LISTAPAD»
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Winners of the festival



The special Prize  of the President of the Republic of Belarus "For Humanism and spirituality in cinema" is awarded to the director of the film "Ilhak" – Jahongir Akhmedov (Republic of Uzbekistan)

Special prize of the Minsk City Executive Committee for the embodiment of spirituality in art - the film "Pilot" (Russia)

The special prize of the Commonwealth of Independent States "Cinema without Borders" for the development of cultural cooperation and strengthening friendship between peoples was awarded to the film "Qazaq. History of the Golden Man" (Kazakhstan)

The special award "The Language of cinema - the language of Friendship" goes to the film "To the Moon by bicycle" (Georgia)

Cinema of the young. Best Animated Film - "Painting by Numbers" (Australia)

Cinema of the young. Diploma for sincerity in highlighting the problems of human dignity - "Honey cigar" (France)

Cinema of the young. Diploma for Best Director - Manzarali Sherali, "Burden" (Tajikistan)

Cinema of the young. Special Jury Prize - "Louloute" (France)

Cinema of the young. For the best embodiment of the theme of the festival "Cinema - Symphony of Unity" - "Door to door" (India, Afghanistan)

Cinema of the young. Diploma for accurate film irony - "White hetersexual male" (Russia)

Cinema of the young. Diploma for the audacity of the idea - "Blue Heart" (Cuba)

Cinema of the young. Diploma for a successful debut - "Mayakovsky" (Russia)

Cinema of the young. Prize for the best film of the competition named after director V. T. Turov - "Son" (Iran)

Documentary films. Audience Award for the best documentary - "Arrow" (Belarus)

Documentary films. Prize to the director for the best embodiment of the image of an outstanding figure of culture and art who devoted himself to serving the Fatherland - Anton Nikolaev, "I will never be another person" (Russia)

Documentary films. For creative search and innovation - "Kodokushi" (Turkey)

Documentary films. Diploma for the implementation of the original artistic solution of the film - "Free Flying" (Spain, Russia)

Documentary films. The prize for loyalty to the genre is "Sonunku/The last One" (Azerbaijan)

Documentary films. Prize for displaying historical, cultural and civilizational codes of national identity - "Arrow" (Belarus)

Documentary films. Prize for the embodiment of the image of a contemporary hero and the theme of preserving historical memory - "Born on Nevsky Pyatachok" (Russia)

Documentary films. The prize for preserving the traditions of Georgian cinema is "MSHT-15. Angel of Happiness" (Georgia)

Documentary films. Prize for revealing the inner world of the artist in modern reality - "Ballade for Galilei" (Bulgaria)

Documentary films. Special Jury Prize - "Silent Legacy" (Bulgaria)

Documentary films. Grand Prix for the best documentary film - "Long Shot" (Russia)

Prize for the best cinematography named after Yu. A. Marukhin - Thomas V. Kinnast, "The Royal Game" (Germany, Austria)

Audience Award for the best feature film - "The Royal Game" (Germany, Austria)

Special Jury Prize for the female role - Lou Lampros, "My Night" (France)

Special mention of the jury - "The Inner Glow" (Venezuela)

Prize for the best sound (musical) solution - "Fire" (Kazakhstan)

Prize for Best Actor - Oliver Masucci, "The Royal Game" (Germany, Austria)

Best Actress Award - Yangshu Wu, "Tracing Her Shadow", (China)

Prize for best Director - Aizhan Kasymbek, "Fire" (Kazakhstan)

Best Screenplay Award - Asghar Farhadi, "Ghahreman" (Iran)

Jury prize of the film press - "Ghahreman" (Iran)

Grand Prix "Listapad's Gold" for the best film - "Ilkhak" (Uzbekistan)



Films participating in the festival

THE MAIN COMPETITION OF FEATURE FILMS

 The opening film of the festival
THE ROYAL GAME
Germany, Austria
Dir. Philip Stölzl

ILKHAK
Uzbekistan
Dir. Jahongir Akhmedov

STREETWISE
China
Dir. Nа Jiazuo

PARENTS DAY
Russia
Dir. Victor Ryzhakov

YUNI
Indonesia, France, Singapore, Australia
Dir. Kamila Andini

THE INNER GLOW
Venezuela
Dir. Luis Alejandro & Andrés Eduardo Rodriguez Ruiz

FIRE
Kazakhstan
Dir. Aizhan Kasymbek

THE RIVER
Lebanon, France, Qatar, Germany
Dir. Ghassan Salhab

SEVEN SMALL COINCIDENCES
Hungary, Romania
Dir. Péter Gothár

TRACING HER SHADOW
China
Dir. Peng Fei

SISTERHOOD
Macedonia, Kosovo
Dir. Dina Duma

GHAHREMAN
Iran, France
Dir. Asghar Farhadi

MY NIGHT
France, Belgium
Dir. Antoinette Boulat


THE MAIN DOCUMENTARY FILM COMPETITION

I WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER PERSON
Russia
Dir. Anton Nikolaev

LONG SHOT
Russia
Dir. Vladimir Golovnev

BALLADE FOR GALILEI
Bulgaria
Dir. Ralitza Dimitrova

KODOKUSHI
Turkey
Dir. Ensar Altay

MSHT-15. ANGEL OF HAPPINESS
Georgia
Dir. Vakhtang Kuntsev-Gabashvili

TELL ME WITH A SMILE
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
Dir. Milana Majar

ARROW
Belarus
Dir. Galina Adamovich

BORN ON THE NEVSKY PYATACHOK
Russia
Dir. Evgeniy Popov

SILENT LEGACY
Bulgaria
Dir. Petya Nakova

THE FIRST WORD
Armenia, Russia
Dir. Artak Serovani-Oganian

SILENS – VOICES OF LISBON
Portugal
Dir. Judith Kalmar, Celine Coast Carlisle

SONUNCU/THE LAST ONE
Azerbaijan
Dir. Fariz Ahmedov

FREE FLYING
Spain, Russia
Dir. Algis Arlauskas

THE SPECIALS
Russia
Dir. Anna Dranitsyna

TO THE MOON BY BICYCLE
Georgia
Dir. Georgy Kharebava

BOSKO
Uruguay, Italy
Dir. Alicia Cano Menoni

I AM FREE
France, Belgium
Dir. Laure Portier


YOUTH CINEMA COMPETITION “CINEMA OF THE YOUNG”


DOOR TO DOOR
India
Dir. Rohit Khaitan

THE ROAD
Belarus
Dir. Kirill Khaletsky

PKHENTS
Russia
Dir. Pavel Palshyn

PAINTING BY NUMBERS
Australia
Dir. Radheya Jegatheva

#SHOOTMASHA
Russia
Dir. Christina Boreiko

THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER
Switzerland
Dir. Ramon & Silvan Zürcher

JUJU STORIES
Nigeria
C.J. «Fiery» Obasi, Abba T. Makama, Michael Omonua

WHITE BUILDING
Cambodia, France, China, Qatar
Dir. Kavich Neang

HONEY CIGAR
France
Dir. Kamir Aïnouz

IYA
Russia
Dir. Ilya Mikheev

HIDDEN SPACE
Russia
Dir. Denis Vilenkin, Anton Fomochkin

BURDEN
Tadjikistan
Dir. Manzarali Sherali

MAYAKOVSKI
Russia
Dir. Vika Lirika

WHITE HETERSEXUAL MALE
Russia
Dir. Gleb Ross

HEARTBREATH
Azerbaijan
Dir. Azer Guliev

BLUE HEART
Cuba
Dir. Miguel Coyula Nino

SON
Iran
Dir. Noushin Meraji

LOULOUTE
France
Dir. Hubert Viel

BIRD ATLAS
Czech
Dir. Olmo Omerzu

DAD, I'M SORRY
Vietnam
Dir. Tran Thanh, Vu Ngoc Dang

WHAT DO WE SEE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY?
Germany
Dir. Alexandre Koberidze

VIRGIN BLUE
China
Dir. Niu Xiaoyu


FILM COMPETITION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH AUDIENCE “LISTAPADZIK”

 The opening film "LISTAPADZIK"
STARS OF THE SEVENTH SKY
Belarus
Dir. Elena Turova

BOO!
Russia
Dir. Regina Sabrekova

I HIDE A SECRET DEEP INSIDE MY SOUL
Belarus
Dir. Alena Petkevich

PRELUDE AND FUGUE
Belarus
Dir. Igor Volchek

TOMMY AND THE LION
Hungary
Dir. Zsolt Pálfi

MOUTHFUL A WATER
Estonia
Dir. Siim Raud

PAPA IS BIG, I AM SMALL
Italy, Russia
Dir. Anya Ru

ETERNAL FLAME
Vietnam
Dir. Vu Duy Khanh

EVEN MICE BELONG IN HEAVEN
Czech, France, Slovakia, Poland
Dir. Jan Bubenicek, Denisa Grimmova

FOUR ENCHANTED SISTERS
Germany
Dir. Sven Unterwaldt Jr.

SIPSIK
Estonia, Denmark
Dir. Melis Arulepp, Karsten Kilerich

WHITE SNAKE 2: GREEN SNAKE
China
Dir. Amp Wong

FISH AND PUDDLE
Iran
Dir. Ali Barati

NEWCOMER
Russia
Dir. Alexander Kuliamin

THE LEGEND OF LADY GODIVA
Belarus
Dir. Irina Kodyukova

BELARUSIAN SAYINGS
Belarus
Dir. Mikhail Tumelya

GRANDFATHER
Belarus
Dir. Alexander Lenkin

A SPOON FOR A SOLDIER
Belarus
Dir. Irina Tarasova

THE LEGEND OF THE GUSLI
Belarus
Dir. Tatiana Kublitskaya

TOY
Belarus
Dir. Rita Shagrai

THE GENIAL WOLF
Belarus
Dir. Natalia Darwinа


NON-COMPETITIVE FILMS

GOLDEN NEIGHBOURS
Russia
Dir. Stanislav Mareev

THE CONSCIENCE
Russia
Dir. Alexey Kozlov

TOMIRIS
Kazakhstan
Dir. Akan Sataev

LAST «DEAR BULGARIA»
Russia
Dir. Alexey Fedorchenko

DOCTOR LIZA
Russia
Dir. Oksana Karas

WHITE SNAKE
China
Dir. Amp Wong, Zhao Ji

BETTER DAYS
China
Dir. Derek Tsang

LIMA
Indonesia
Dir. Shalahuddin Siregar, Tika Pramesti, Lola Amaria, Harvan Agustriansyah, Adriyanto Dewo

A SONG ABOUT FRIENDSHIP
USSR
Dir. Sergey Sploshnov, Joseph Shapiro

CHINESE DOCTORS
China
Dir. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung

AMRE
Kazakhstan
Dir. Jeff Vespa

ARCHIPELAGO
Russia
Dir. Alexey Telnov, Mikhail Malakhov (Jr.)

BLACK CASE
France, Belgium
Dir. Jan Gozlan

THROUGH THE CEMETERY
USSR
Dir. Victor Turov

I WANT TO GO HOME
Russia
Dir. Tatiana Lyalina

THROUGH THE FIELD
Russia
Dir. Kristina Sidorova

ESCAPE
Russia
Dir. Alexander Gavrilov

RECERTIFICATION
Russia
Dir. Anna Kuzminykh

LAST ILLUSION
Russia
Dir. Vladimir Feklenko

MEAT JELLY
Russia
Dir. Alexey Marusov

SONIA LOVES, SONIA DOESN'T
Russia, Slovakia
Dir. Natalia Belyaeva

LUCKY GUY
Russia
Dir. Lika Krylaeva

WAITING FOR YOU
Spain
Dir. Eugenia Justus

ON THE INSIDE
Russia
Dir. Julia Kudoyar

MUSHROOMING
Russia
Dir. Roman Artemyev

I'M NOT TERRORIST
Uzbekistan
Dir. Muhammad Ali Iskandari

QAZAQ. HISTORY OF THE GOLDEN MAN
Kazakhstan, USA
Dir. Igor Lopatonok

KAKHETIAN TRAIN
Georgia
Dir. Lali Kiknavelidze

LEAVE COMMUNITY
Russia
Dir. Mariia Tumova

PORT OF HEARTS
Indonesia, France, Singapore, Australia
Dir. Lola Amaria

BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN
Romania, Luxembourg, Czech, Croatia, Switzerland, Great Britain
Dir. Radu Jude

STORM DRIVEN
Russia
Dir. Ainur Askarov

PILOT
Russia
Dir. Renat Davletyarov

HI, SANTA!
Russia
Dir. Natasha Kalenova-Akhmetova

RETROSPECTIVE OF GEORGIAN CINEMA


Jury members of the competition programs

The main competition of feature films
Renat Davletyarov (Russia)

Film director, producer and screenwriter. President of the Producers Guild of Russia. Chairman of the jury of the main feature film competition of the XXVII Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad".

Liu Zhongzhe (China)

Actor, director and TV presenter. Associate Professor, Doctor of Sciences of the Acting School of the Beijing Academy of Motion Picture Arts. Member of the Chinese Academy of Motion Picture Arts (Chinese Film Performance Art Academy).

Alexey Petrukhin (Russia)

Film director, screenwriter, producer, founder of the company "ROSPO-film" (today - "Russian Film Group").

Vladimir Mishchanchuk (Belarus)

Honored Artist of Belarus, Professor, laureate of the special prize of the President of the Republic of Belarus. Dean of the Acting Faculty of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts.

Ivana Zhigon (Serbia)

Popular Serbian actress and director.

The Main Documentary Film Competition
Natalia Marinova (Belarus)

Chief Director of the Directorate of “the Belarus 3” TV channel, producer. Chairman of the jury of the main documentary film competition of the XXVII Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad".

Sveta Strahinic (Serbia)

Producer, director. As an author he made 15 documentaries, as a producer he worked on 50 documentaries.

Alexander Semenyuk (Russia)

Film critic, film expert. The selector of paintings for the competition programs of the International Film Festival "Golden Knight".

Shukhrat Makhmudov (Uzbekistan)

Renowned documentary filmmaker, has shot over 80 documentaries. Participant, prize-winner and jury member of international film festivals.

Vladimir Yastreba (Bulgaria)

Head of the cinema club at the Russian Cultural and Information Center in Sofia. Member of the jury of numerous Russian film festivals.

Youth Cinema competition "Cinema of the Young”
Alexey Telnov (Russia)

Director, producer, screenwriter. General Director of "TPO "St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio" (Lendok)”. Chairman of the jury of the youth cinema competition "Cinema of the Young" of the XXVII Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad".

Elena Turova (Belarus)

Director, screenwriter, actress.

Safar Khakdodov (Tajikistan)

Screenwriter, actor, editor, organizer of film production. Chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of the Republic of Tajikistan. Founder and director of the “Didor” International Film Festival, which is held in Tajikistan every two years.

Competition of films for children and youth audience "Listapadzik"
Irina Shevchuk (Russia)

Theater and film actress. Honored Artist of Ukraine. Honored Artist of Russia. Vice President and General Director of the open film festival of the CIS and Baltic countries "Kinoshock". Chairman of the jury of the “Listapadzik” film competition for children and youth audience of the XXVII Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”.

Alexander Lenkin (Belarus)

Film director, screenwriter, actor. Since 1988 - director of animated films of the National Film Studio “Belarusfilm".

Khatuna Khundadze (Georgia)

Film director and Producer. In 2012, she held the post of Deputy Minister of Culture of Georgia, since 2013 - headed the Department of Popularization of Georgian Culture. Today Khatuna Khundadze is the first female Director of film studio"Georgian FIlm" (Chairman of the Board of Directors) and Founder and Director of MESTIA INTERNATIONAL SHORT AND MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL.

Partners And Sponsors Of The Festival