Kiev 2004

Aksel Hennie has won reputation as an actor in a dozen Norwegian films released in the last six years. He was named by the European Film Promotion one of the "Shooting Stars" of European cinema in 2004. Now he made his debut as writer and director: Uno is the title of his first film which was premiered at the Norwegian festival of Haugesund, in August. Our jury saw it in Kiev, at the "Molodist Film Festival" dedicated to young cinema, and awarded it the Prize of the Critics. A short film from Iceland, The Last Farm by Runar Runarsson, received our prize as well. Details

Reports:

The Rules of the Game. Barbara Schweizerhof is moved by two films about the discovery of tenderness and love in a cruel world, the Norwegian feature Uno and the Icelandic short The Last Farm. Both won the FIPRESCI prize in Kiev.

Molodist = Youth ? Sergey Anashkin wonders if the festival programme is consistent with its name ("Molodist" means "Youth" in Ukranian).

And God Created Woman… and the dog. "There are dogs everywhere", notes Jean-Max Méjean about the films he saw in Kiev. But is dog really man's best friend ?