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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 18 April to 25 April 2019. Russian film director

Nikita Mikhalkov Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (russian: Никита Сергеевич Михалков; born 21 October 1945) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the ...

was the president of the festival. South Korean film director

Kim Ki-Duk Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of ...

was head of the main jury.

The Emperor of Paris ''The Emperor of Paris'' is a 2018 French historical drama film directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Éric Besnard and Richet. Plot The film is about an ex-con turned police officer. Under the reign of Napoleon, Francois Vidocq cut ...

was the opening film and

Meeting Gorbachev ''Meeting Gorbachev'' is a 2018 biographical documentary film directed by Werner Herzog and André Singer about the life of Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who se ...

was the closing film. The opening ceremony took place at the Rossiya theatre, hosted by actress

Elizaveta Boyarskaya Elizaveta Mikhailovna Boyarskaya (russian: Елизаве́та Миха́йловна Боя́рская, born 20 December 1985) is a Russian theater and film actress. Biography Early life and education Elizaveta was born on 20 December 1985 ...

. The closing ceremony took place at the Rossiya cinema, hosted by actress Marina Alexandrova. The Golden Saint George for best picture was awarded to the Kazakh film '' The Secret of a Leader'' directed by Farkhat Sharipov.

Jury

;Main Competition *

, film director (South Korea) – President of the Jury *

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, film director & producer (Turkey) *

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, film director & screenwriter (Italy) * Maria Jävenhelmi, film actress (Finland) *

Irina Apeksimova Irina Victorovna Apeksimova (russian: Ири́на Ви́кторовна Апекси́мова, born January 13, 1966, Volgograd, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian stage and screen actress. She became dire ...

, film actress (Russia) ;Documentary Competition *

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, film director (UK) – President of the Jury * Boris Karadzhev, film director (Russia) * Gulbara Tolomushova, film historian (Kyrgyzstan) ;Short film competition * Alisa Khazanova, film actress and director (Russia) - Chairman of the Jury *

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Sundance festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

programmer (U.S.) * Ognjen Glavonic, film director (Serbia)

Films in competition

;Main Competition ;Documentary Competition

Awards

* Golden Saint George for Best Film: '' The Secret of a Leader'' by Farkhat Sharipov, Kazakhstan * Silver Saint George Special Jury Prize: '' In Search of Echo (Háiyáng dòngwù)'' by Zhang Chi, China * Silver Saint George for Best Director:

Valerio Mastandrea Valerio Mastandrea (born 14 February 1972) is an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career He was born in Rome. While being a student of philosophy, in the early 1990s Mastandrea enjoyed some success thanks to the semi-regular pa ...

, ''

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'', Italy * Silver Saint George for Best Actor:

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, ''

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'', Finland * Silver Saint George for Best Actress: Soha Niasti, ''

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'', Iran * Silver Saint George for Best Documentary: '' Men's Room (For Vi Er Gutta)'' by Petter Sommer & Jo Vemund Svendsen, Norway * Silver Saint George for Best Short Film: ''

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(Tigre)'' by Delphine Deloget, France *

FIPRESCI The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

jury prize: '' Lune de Miel (My Polish Honeymoon)'' by Elise Otsenberger, France *

NETPAC The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) is a worldwide organization of 29 member countries. It was created as the result of a conference on Asian cinema organized by Cinemaya, the Asian Film Quarterly, in New Delhi in 1990 at the inst ...

jury prize: ''

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(The Sun Above Me Never Sets)'' by Lybov Borisova, Russia * The Russian film critics' awards **

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, by SABU, Japan ** Tyhjiö (Void), by

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, Finland, **

Shonibar Bikel ''Shonibar Bikel'' () is a 2019 Bangladeshi-German-Russian co-production film directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, a one shot political thriller, inspired from the July 2016 Dhaka attack. The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Moscow Internat ...

(Saturday Afternoon), by

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (born 2 May 1973) is a Bangladeshi film director, producer and screenwriter. His films ''Third Person Singular Number'', ''Television'', ''No Bed Of Roses'' were critically acclaimed across the world and received numero ...

, Bangladesh ** To Plant a Flag, by Bobbie Peers, Norway (short film) * Russian Cinema Club club federation awards ** Tēvs Nakts (The Mover), by Dāvis Sīmanis, Latvia, Germany ** Core of the World, by Natalya Mechshaninova, (Russian program) **

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(Sunday), by Svetlana Proskurina, Russia (diploma) * Audience Award: ''

(The Sun Above Me Never Sets)'' by Lybov Borisova, Russia * 'Kommersant Weekend' weekly's prize:

(Saturday Afternoon), by

, Bangladesh * Audience Award from the festival's official online cinema, OKKO: In Search of Greatness, by

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, U.S. * Honorary prize for outstanding contribution in the world cinema:

Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of ...

(South Korea) * Special Prize for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting and devotion to the principles of K. Stanislavsky's school:

Ralph Fiennes Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( ; born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. A Shakespeare interpreter, he excelled onstage at the Royal National Theatre before having further success at the Royal Shak ...

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