23rd Moscow International Film Festival

The 23rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2001. The Golden St. George was awarded to the American film The Believer directed by Henry Bean.

Jury

 * Margarethe von Trotta (Germany – President of the Jury)
 * Jiang Wen (China)
 * Bohdan Stupka (Ukraine)
 * Moritz de Hadeln (Germany)
 * Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (Lithuania)
 * Igor Maslennikov (France)
 * Geoffrey Gilmore (United States)

Films in competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:

Awards

 * Golden St. George: The Believer by Henry Bean
 * Special Golden St.George: Under the Skin of the City by Rakhshan Bani-E'temad
 * Silver St. George:
 * Best Director: Ettore Scola for Unfair Competition
 * Best Actor: Vladimir Mashkov for The Quickie
 * Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa for Peony Pavilion
 * Special Silver St. George: Eduard Artemyev, composer
 * Stanislavsky Award: Jack Nicholson
 * Prix FIPRESCI: Blind Guys by Péter Tímár