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Aleksey Fedorchenko
Aleksey Fedorchenko (russian: Алексе́й Станисла́вович Федо́рченко; born 1966) is a film director from Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ..., Russia who won accolades at the Venice Film Festival with the mockumentary ''First on the Moon'' (2005) and later with ''Silent Souls'' (2010), a magical realist tale about the long-extinct Finnic tribe of Merya people, Merya. His 2012 film ''Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari'' has been selected to be screened in the Vanguard section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. As of 2013, Fedorchenko was involved in producing ''Space Mowgli'', an adaptation of a science fiction novella by the Strugatsky brothers. Fedorchenko's film ''Anna's War'' won the Golden Eagle Award (Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Film Festival Rotterdam
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental filmmaking by showcasing emerging talents and established auteurs. The festival also places a focus on presenting cutting edge media art and arthouse film, with most of the participants in the short film program identified as artists or experimental filmmakers. IFFR also hosts CineMart and BoostNL, for film producers to seek funding. The IFFR logo is a stylized image of a tiger that is loosely based on Leo the Lion (MGM), Leo, the lion in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM logo. History The first festival — then called ''Film International'' — was organized in June 1972 under the leadership of Huub Bals. The festival profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celestial Wives Of The Meadow Mari
''Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari'' ( mhr, Олык марий пылвомыш вате-влак, russian: Небесные жёны луговых мари, translit. Nebesnye zheny lugovykh mari) is a 2012 Russian erotic drama film directed by Aleksei Fedorchenko. The film was shot in Mari language and tells 23 different tales influenced by the Mari folklore. Each of these stories represents the specific approach to sexuality of "the last authentic pagans in Europe". In view of this, the film could be considered a Mari "Decameron". The film won the main prize at the 12th New Horizons Film Festival, Wrocław, and was screened in the Vanguard section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Cast * Yuliya Aug * Yana Esipovich * Vasiliy Domrachyov * Darya Ekamasova * Olga Dobrina * Yana Troyanova * Olga Degtyaryova * Aleksandr Ivashkevich * Yana Sekste Reception The film was awarded Grand Prix and 20.000 EUR at the New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocła ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Film Directors
The following is the list of Russian film directors. A *Vadim Abdrashitov *Sarik Andreasyan *André Andrejew *Oleg Anofriyev *Semyon Aranovich * Artur Aristakisyan B *Aleksei Balabanov *Kantemir Balagov *Boris Barnet *Yevgeni Bauer *Timur Bekmambetov *Lidia Bobrova *Sergei Bodrov * Sergei Bodrov, Jr. * Fedor Bondarchuk * Alexander Borodyansky *Vladimir Bortko *Arcady Boytler *Konstantin Bronzit *Dimitri Buchowetzki *Yuri Bykov C *Pyotr Chardynin *Pavel Chukhray D *Grigoriy Dobrygin *Ivan Dykhovichny E *Sergei Eisenstein *Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai *Nurbek Egen F * Costa Fam * Aleksey Fedorchenko * Prince Michael Feodorovich of Russia * Dmitri Alexeyevich Frolov G *Levan Gabriadze *Vladimir Gardin * Sergei Gerasimov *Marion Gering *Aleksei Alekseivich German *Aleksei Yuryevich German *Valeriya Gai Germanika *Victor Ginzburg * Georgi Gitis *Alexander Goldstein *Vasily Goncharov *Stanislav Govorukhin *Alexis Granowsky *Yuli Gusman *Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez *Alexander Gutman I *Ikiru *V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Eagle Award For Best Motion Picture
The Golden Eagle Award for Best Motion Picture (russian: Золотой Орёл за лучший игровой фильм) is one of twenty award categories presented annually by the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia. It is one of the Golden Eagle Awards, which were conceived by Nikita Mikhalkov as a counterweight to the Nika Award established in 1987 by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences. Each year the members of the academy choose five nominees. The first film to be awarded was '' The Cuckoo'', a comedy film about the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War II. The most recent award was given to ''A Siege Diary'', in 2020. Nominees and winners ;Key References External links * {{Golden Eagle Awards (Russia) Picture An image is a visual representation of something. It can be two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or somehow otherwise feed into the visual system to convey information. An image ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Eagle Award (Russia)
The Golden Eagle Award (russian: link=no, премия Золотой Орёл) is an award given by the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, directors, actors, and writers. Modelled after the American Golden Globe Awards, the formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in Russia, alongside the Nika Award. The national Russian award is given out in 20 categories each January for motion pictures and TV series produced in Russia during the previous year. The awarding statuette is a silver eagle, originally made from copper with a jade pedestal, and was designed by sculptor Viktor Mitroshin. The design was later altered by the Spanish company Carrera y Carrera. The award was conceived by Nikita Mikhalkov as a counterweight to the Nika Award established in 1987 and run by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences in Moscow. History Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna's War
Anna's War (russian: Война Анны, Voyna Anny) is a 2018 Russian drama film directed by Aleksey Fedorchenko. It premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2018. On 25 January 2019 the film won the Russian Golden Eagle Award in the Best Film category. Fedorchenko won the award for . The plot was based on the short story ''Ghost'' by Dmitri Khotckevich, a true story of his neighbor pani Ada (missis Ada), which he published earlier at livejournal under the nick storyofgrubas. by storyofgrubas, November 1, 2010 Plot A little girl, Anna (Marta Kozlova), miraculously survived the execution of local , after her mother covered her with her body. She hides in th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strugatsky Brothers
The brothers Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky (russian: Аркадий Натанович Стругацкий; 28 August 1925 – 12 October 1991) and Boris Natanovich Strugatsky ( ru , Борис Натанович Стругацкий; 14 April 1933 – 19 November 2012) were Soviet-Russian science-fiction authors who collaborated through most of their careers. Life and work The Strugatsky brothers ( or simply ) were born to Natan Strugatsky, an art critic, and his wife, a teacher. Their father was Jewish and their mother was Russian Orthodox. Their early work was influenced by Ivan Yefremov and Stanisław Lem. Later they went on to develop their own, unique style of science fiction writing that emerged from the period of Soviet rationalism in Soviet literature and evolved into novels interpreted as works of social criticism. Their best-known novel, ''Piknik na obochine'', has been translated into English as ''Roadside Picnic''. Andrei Tarkovsky adapted the novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Toronto International Film Festival
The 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and 15, 2013. '' The Fifth Estate'' was selected as the opening film and '' Life of Crime'' was the closing film. 75 films were added to the festival line-up in August. A total of 366 films from 70 countries were screened, including 146 world premieres. Awards Programmes Gala Presentations *''American Dreams in China'' by Peter Chan *'' The Art of the Steal'' by Jonathan Sobol *'' August: Osage County'' by John Wells *'' Blood Ties'' by Guillaume Canet *'' Bright Days Ahead'' by Marion Vernoux *''Cold Eyes'' by Cho Ui-seok and Kim Byeong-seo *'' The Fifth Estate'' by Bill Condon *''The Grand Seduction'' by Don McKellar *'' Kill Your Darlings'' by John Krokidas *'' Life of Crime'' by Daniel Schechter *''The Love Punch'' by Joel Hopkins *''The Lunchbox'' by Ritesh Batra *'' Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom'' by Justin Chadwick *'' Parkland'' by Peter Landesman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merya People
The Meryans, also ''Merya'' (Russian: меря) were an ancient Finnic people that lived in the Upper Volga region. The Primary Chronicle places them around the Nero and Pleshcheyevo lakes. They were assimilated to Russians around the 13th century. History Jordanes mentioned "Merens" as a nation paying tribute to the Gothic ruler Ermanarich. According to the Primary Chronicle, the Varangians also forced the Meryans to pay tribute. This event is dated to 859, although the chronology is not reliable. Oleg of Novgorod forced the Meryans to take part in his 882 campaigns against Smolensk and Kiev. They are also mentioned as the participants of Oleg's campaign against Constantinople in 907. Merya began to be assimilated by East Slavs when their territory became incorporated into Kievan Rus' in the 10th century. Their assimilation in the Upper Volga region seems to have been complete by the 13th century. The ''Life of Abraham of Galich'' claims that, when arriving to the Lake Gali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The city is located on the Iset River between the Volga-Ural region and Siberia, with a population of roughly 1.5 million residents, up to 2.2 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Yekaterinburg is the fourth-largest city in Russia, the largest city in the Ural Federal District, and one of Russia's main cultural and industrial centres. Yekaterinburg has been dubbed the "Third capital of Russia", as it is ranked third by the size of its economy, culture, transportation and tourism. Yekaterinburg was founded on 18 November 1723 and named after the Russian emperor Peter the Great's wife, who after his death became Catherine I, Yekaterina being the Russian form o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
