“Geographer Has Drunk Away The Globe” wins Russia’s Kinotavr FestJune 10, 2013 - 16:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Geographer Has Drunk Away The Globe, Alexander Vedinsky’s lyrical comedy of the adventures of a provincial misfit teacher with a drinking problem, won the main prize of the 24th edition of Russia’s national film festival Kinotavr in Sochi Sunday, June 9 night, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Loosely based on a bestselling semi-autobiographical 2003 novel by Alexyi Ivanov, the teacher is played by Russia’s biggest star - Konstantin Khabensky, giving the film strong local box office prospects. Khabensky also picked up the best actor award at the festival. The best director honor went to Vitaly Mansky for Pipeline, a documentary about the people who live along the route of the natural gas pipeline that starts in the permafrost of Siberia and ends on the warm beaches of the Bay of Biscay. Best screenplay went to Alexey Fedorchenko’s assemblage of 22 shorts stories about women from the Volga Finno-Ugric ethnic group, the Mari, Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari. The traditional white elephant Russian critics’ guild prize went to Intimate Parts a tale of modern day Moscow middle class manners by Natasha Merkulova and Alexei Chupov. The film’s Yulia Aug picked up best actress. This weekend also saw the closing of the 12th Transylvania international film festival in Cluj, Romania, where the $18,000 main prize went to Indian director Anand Ghandi for Ship of Theseus. The film also picked up the best cinematography honor. The best director award went to Japan’s Rikya Imaizumi for romantic comedy I Catch a Terrible Cat. Best actor/actress award went to Denmark’s Gustav Dyekjaer Giese, for his role in Nordvest directed by Michael Noer. Veteran Czech New Wave director Jiri Menzel was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the festival, along with composer Adrian Enescu. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”. Partner news | Exclusive access to all EURO 2024 games for Ucom subscribers This year once again Ucom stands as the primary partner of UEFA EURO 2024 in Armenia. Armenia, U.S. to upgrade Strategic Dialogue meeting to Strategic Partnership Commission The two governments have release a statement on the occasion of the U.S.-Armenia Strategic Dialogue Capstone meeting. Azerbaijan complains to Germany about Armenia's constitution Bayramov has complained about the Armenian constitution to his German counterpart Annalena Berbock. idcoin: New tool in IDBank’s loyalty system IDBank has announced the launch of idcoin, a new tool in the customer loyalty system. |