Kiev 2006

The festival "Molodist — Youth" has always been dedicated to the work of young filmmakers around the world. It organizes a competition for student films, one for first short films of all genres, while the main competition focuses on first feature-length fiction. It's a place for discoveries, and indeed our jury discovered a surprising Russian film: Euphoria by Ivan Vyrypaev. Also interesting for foreign visitors was the non-competition Panorama of Ukrainian Films, made in 2005 and 2006.

Details of the FIPRESCI Prize
Kiev, Molodist: October 21-29, 2006
The festival's website

Reports

Always Young Orange Molodist and Russian Euphoria. The spirit of the Molodist is fittingly celebrated by Sasa Jankovic who also explains why Euphoria (Eyforiya) became the FIPRESCI winner in such a strong competition. More
A Requiem for the Heroes of the Old East. The most commercially entertaining entry of the competition program was Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen). Steven Yates applauds an accomplished debut that interprets East Germany's recent past. More
A Week in the Wild East. Joan Dupont reports on the highs, and certain low points, of the experience that was the 36th festival this year. She also manages to get a few words with some of the people involved. More

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