Moscow 2007

"Nothing personal"

Once, the festival of Moscow has been (together with Karlovy Vary) an attractive and important showcase of Eastern European films and Third World cinemas. In the last years, however, the event faced a lot of financial, organizational and conceptual problems. This year, a new beginning has been tried, with a new management. Filmmaker Nikita Mikhalkov is still the event's president. The general director is Natalya Syomina and the programming director became Kirsi Tykkylainen, head of the Finnish Film Foundation's international department. Andrei Plakhov, the current president of FIPRESCI, heads the selection committee. — The festival has always shown an interest in programming the best of Russian cinema. And it is a Russian film that our jury prized this year, Nothing Personal (Nichego Lichnogo) by Larisa Sadilova.

Moscow International Film Festival (June 22 — July 1, 2007): www.miff.ru
Details of the prize

Reports:

A Woman's Moscow, Namrata Joshi takes a look at the international competition at the 2007 Moscow International Film Festival.
European Stories. Olga Surkova surveys Moscow's international buffet of feature films.
The (Cinematic) State of the (Former Soviet) Union. Anita Uzulniece considers Russian film in the context of the Moscow International Film Festival.
Sitting Audience's Film History Lesson. Sergey Lavrentiev applauds Moscow's decision to put classic American movies on the big screen.
The Life of Others. Mihai Chirilov reviews Larisa Sadilova's prize-winning Nothing Personal.

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