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Moscow International Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...
was held from 8 to 19 July 1991. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Soviet-German film ''
Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea ''Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea'' (russian: Пегий пёс, бегущий краем моря, Transliteration, translit. Pegiy pyos, Begushchiy kraem morya) is a 1991 Soviet Union, Soviet drama film directed by Karen Gevo ...
'' directed by
Karen Gevorkian Karen Gevorkian (born 7 May 1941) is an Armenian Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter. He directed the film '' Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea'', which won the Golden St. George at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival. ...
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Jury

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Oleg Yankovsky Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Янко́вский; 23 February 1944 – 20 May 2009) was a Soviet and Russian actor who excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he beca ...
(Soviet Union – President of the Jury) *
Márta Mészáros Márta Mészáros (born 19 September 1931) is a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. The daughter of László Mészáros, a sculptor, Mészáros began her career working in documentary film, having made 25 documentary shorts over the spa ...
(Hungary) * Gabriele Rohrer-Kumlin (Germany) *
Kang Soo-yeon Kang Soo-yeon (; August 18, 1966 – May 7, 2022) was a South Korean actress. An internationally acclaimed star from the mid-1980s to the end of the 1990s, she is often honorifically nicknamed as Korea's "first world star". Kang began her ac ...
(South Korea) *
Michèle Mercier Michèle Mercier (born 1 January 1939 as Jocelyne Yvonne Renée Mercier) is a French actress. In the course of her career she has worked with leading directors like François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jacques Deray, Dino Risi, Mario Monic ...
(France) *
Dušan Makavejev Dušan Makavejev ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Макавејев, ; 13 October 1932 – 25 January 2019) was a Serbian film director and screenwriter, famous for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s—many of wh ...
(Yugoslavia) *
Luigi Magni Luigi Magni (21 March 1928 – 27 October 2013) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Life and career Born in Rome, Magni started his career as a screenwriter, in 1956, with '' Tempo di villeggiatura''. In 1968 he collaborated w ...
(Italy) *
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (Torrelavega, Cantabria 2 January 1940) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. His 1973 film ''Habla, mudita'' was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1977, he won the Silver Bear for B ...
(Spain)


Films in competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:


Awards

* Golden St. George: ''
Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea ''Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea'' (russian: Пегий пёс, бегущий краем моря, Transliteration, translit. Pegiy pyos, Begushchiy kraem morya) is a 1991 Soviet Union, Soviet drama film directed by Karen Gevo ...
'' by
Karen Gevorkian Karen Gevorkian (born 7 May 1941) is an Armenian Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter. He directed the film '' Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea'', which won the Golden St. George at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival. ...
* Special Silver St. George: ** ''
The Adjuster ''The Adjuster'' is a 1991 Canadian drama film directed by Atom Egoyan. It premiered at the New York Film Festival, and was invited to the Director's Fortnight program at the Cannes Film Festival. It is Egoyan's fourth feature film, and the firs ...
'' by
Atom Egoyan Atom Egoyan (; hy, Աթոմ Եղոյեան, translit=Atom Yeghoyan; born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Egoyan ...
** ''
The Wedding Maidens ''The Wedding Maidens'' () is a 1990 Chinese drama film directed by Wang Jin. It was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival The 17th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 July 1991. The Golden St. George w ...
'' by Jin Wang * Silver St. George: ** Actor:
Mustafa Nadarević Mustafa Nadarević (2 May 1943 – 22 November 2020) was a Bosnian and Croatian actor. Widely considered one of the greatest actors from the former Yugoslavia, he starred in over 70 films, including '' The Smell of Quinces'' (1982), ''When Father ...
,
Branislav Lečić Branislav Lečić ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Лечић; born 25 August 1955) is a Serbian actor, director, academic, writer, politician. Known for his versatile portrayals of emotionally vulnerable characters with strong senses of moral justic ...
for ''
Silent Gunpowder ''Silent Gunpowder'' ( sh, Gluvi barut) is a 1990 Yugoslav war film directed by Bato Čengić, starring Mustafa Nadarević, Branislav Lečić, Fabijan Šovagović, Mira Furlan, Boro Stjepanović and Josip Pejaković. Plot Based on a novel by ...
'' ** Actress:
Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Described as "one of the best actresses in the world", she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. She is the recipient of sev ...
for ''
Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary'' (; ), originally published as ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' ( ), is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The eponymous character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emp ...
'' * Special Mention: ''
Homework Homework is a set of tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside the classroom. Common homework assignments may include required reading, a writing or typing project, mathematical exercises to be completed, informatio ...
'' by
Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Delgado (22 January 1942 – 13 January 2020) was a Mexican film director, often compared to Spain's Pedro Almodóvar. Born in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, in central Mexico, Hermosillo's films often explore the hypoc ...
* Prix FIPRESCI: ''
Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea ''Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea'' (russian: Пегий пёс, бегущий краем моря, Transliteration, translit. Pegiy pyos, Begushchiy kraem morya) is a 1991 Soviet Union, Soviet drama film directed by Karen Gevo ...
'' by
Karen Gevorkian Karen Gevorkian (born 7 May 1941) is an Armenian Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter. He directed the film '' Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea'', which won the Golden St. George at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival. ...
* Special Diplomas: '' Matti Manushulu'' by B. Narsing Rao * Special Mention: '' A Woman Between Two Brothers'' by Amir Karakulov (non-competition film) * Prix of Ecumenical Jury: ''
Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea ''Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea'' (russian: Пегий пёс, бегущий краем моря, Transliteration, translit. Pegiy pyos, Begushchiy kraem morya) is a 1991 Soviet Union, Soviet drama film directed by Karen Gevo ...
'' by
Karen Gevorkian Karen Gevorkian (born 7 May 1941) is an Armenian Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter. He directed the film '' Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea'', which won the Golden St. George at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival. ...
* Special Mention: '' Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness'' by Rolf Schübel


References


External links


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