33rd Moscow International Film Festival

The 33rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 2 July 2011. The Golden George was awarded to the Spanish drama film The Waves directed by Alberto Morais.

The festival opened with Transformers: Dark of the Moon directed by Michael Bay. The festival honoured Helen Mirren with Stanislavsky Award and closed with her film The Debt directed by John Madden.

Main Competition Jury
The members of main competition jury:
 * Geraldine Chaplin (United States, United Kingdom) - Chairman of the Jury
 * Amos Gitai (Israel)
 * Nikolai Dostal (Russian)
 * Károly Makk (Hungary)
 * Javier Martin Dominguez (Spain)

"Perspectives" Competition Jury
The members of "Perspectives" Competition Jury:
 * Miroljub Vuckovic (Serbia) - Chairman of the Jury
 * Alexander Kott (Russian)
 * Ermek Shinarbayev (Kazakhstan)

Documentary competition Jury
The members of Documentary competition Jury:
 * Michael Apted (United Kingdom)
 * Tue Steen Müller (Denmark)
 * Alexander Gutman (Russian)

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

The following films were selected for the Perspectives competition:

The following films were selected for the Documentary competition:

8 ½ Films

 * Carlos directed by Olivier Assayas
 * Lozhkovilka directed by Yasbir Singh Ghuman Jr.
 * Melancholia directed by Lars von Trier
 * The Mill and the Cross directed by Lech Majewski
 * Once Upon a Time in Anatolia directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
 * Neds directed by Peter Mullan
 * Pina directed by Wim Wenders
 * Black Venus directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
 * Walk away Renée directed by Jonathan Caouette

Werner Herzog, The Adventurer

 * Aguirre, the Wrath of God
 * The White Diamond
 * Woyzeck
 * Cobra Verde
 * The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
 * My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?
 * Cave of Forgotten Dreams
 * Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
 * Heart of Glass
 * Stroszek
 * Where the Green Ants Dream
 * Fitzcarraldo

Sam Peckinpah

 * The Ballad of Cable Hogue
 * The Wild Bunch
 * Convoy
 * Major Dundee
 * Junior Bonner
 * The Getaway
 * Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
 * Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
 * Ride the High Country
 * Straw Dogs
 * The Killer Elite

Wild Nights

 * Love.net directed by	Ilian Djevelekov
 * Michael directed by Markus Schleinzer
 * Bedevilled directed by Jang Cheol-soo
 * 6 Days on Earth directed by Varo Venturi
 * I Saw the Devil directed by Kim Jee-woon

Gala

 * Arrietty directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi
 * The Artist directed by Michel Hazanavicius
 * The Beaver directed by Jodie Foster
 * Vallanzasca – Gli angeli del male directed by	Michele Placido
 * Mishen directed by Alexander Zeldovich
 * Five brides directed by Karen Hovhannisyan

The festival also included Italian cinema today, Media Forum, New wave, Russian Film Program, Films of world cinema (showcasing films which contains elements of Russian culture), Free Thought, Made in Spain and Short Films Corner.

Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren was honored at the festival and four of her films were screened at the festival, including the festival's closing night film The Debt.


 * The Tempest directed by Julie Taymor
 * The Queen directed by	Stephen Frears
 * The Last Station directed by Michael Hoffman

Rob Nilsson
The festival paid Tribute to American film director Rob Nilsson and screened four of his films at the festival.


 * Heat and Sunlight
 * Northern Lights
 * Need
 * Imbued

Béla Tarr
The festival paid Tribute to Hungarian film director Béla Tarr.


 * Szabadgyalog / The Outsider
 * Werckmeister harmóniák / Werckmeister Harmonies
 * Panelkapcsolat / The Prefab People
 * Macbeth
 * Őszi almanach / Autumn Almanac
 * Kárhozat / Damnation
 * Sátántangó / Satan's Tango
 * Családi tűzfészek / Family Nest
 * A torinói ló / The Turin Horse
 * A londoni férfi / The Man from London

Awards
The winners at the festival:
 * Golden George: The Waves by Alberto Morais
 * Special Jury Prize: Silver George: Chapiteau Show by Sergei Loban
 * Silver George:
 * Best Director: Wong Ching-po for Revenge: A Love Story
 * Best Actor: Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa for The Waves
 * Best Actress: Urszula Grabowska for Joanna
 * Jury Special Mention: Ivan Vladimirov and Valeri Yordanov for Sneakers
 * Best film of the Perspective competition: Anarchy in Zhirmunai by Saulius Drunga
 * Special mention of the jury: Bugs by Andrew Bogatirev
 * Best film of the documentary competition: Hell and Back Again by Danfung Dennis
 * Lifetime Achievement Award: John Malkovich
 * Stanislavsky Award: Helen Mirren
 * People's Choice Award: Montevideo, God Bless You! by Dragan Bjelogrlić