7th Moscow International Film Festival

The 7th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 20 July to 3 August 1971. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian film Confessions of a Police Captain directed by Damiano Damiani, the Japanese film Live Today, Die Tomorrow! directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film The White Bird Marked with Black directed by Yuri Ilyenko.

Jury

 * Grigori Kozintsev (USSR - President of the Jury)
 * Chinghiz Aitmatov (USSR)
 * Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (Senegal)
 * Sergei Gerasimov (USSR)
 * Erwin Geschonneck (East Germany)
 * Karel Zeman (Czechoslovakia)
 * Giuliano Montaldo (Italy)
 * James Aldridge (Great Britain)
 * Galsaniin Rinchensambu (Mongolia)
 * Armando Robles Godoy (Peru)
 * Beata Tyszkiewicz (Poland)
 * Youssef Chahine (Egypt)

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

Awards

 * Golden Prize:
 * Confessions of a Police Captain by Damiano Damiani
 * Live Today, Die Tomorrow! by Kaneto Shindo
 * The White Bird Marked with Black by Yuri Ilyenko
 * Golden Prize for Direction: Andrzej Wajda for The Birch Wood
 * Silver Prizes:
 * Emitaï by Ousmane Sembène
 * The Key by Vladimír Čech
 * In the Family by Paulo Porto
 * Special Prizes:
 * Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment by Konrad Wolf
 * The Days of Water by Manuel Octavio Gómez
 * Prizes:
 * Best Actor: Daniel Olbrychski for The Birch Wood
 * Best Actor: Richard Harris for Cromwell
 * Best Actress: Ada Rogovtseva for Hail, Mary!
 * Best Actress: Idalia Anreus for The Days of Water
 * Diplomas:
 * Ensemble of actors for Son-in-Law
 * Young actress: Kin Zung for Girl Nyun
 * Prix FIPRESCI: The Days of Water by Manuel Octavio Gómez
 * Special Mention: Little Big Man by Arthur Penn (non-competition film)