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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 7 to 18 July 1989. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Italian film ''
The Icicle Thief ''The Icicle Thief'' ( it, Ladri di saponette) is a 1989 Italian comedy film directed by Maurizio Nichetti, titled in imitation of Vittorio De Sica's 1948 classic Italian neorealist film '' The Bicycle Thief'' (Italian: ''Ladri di biciclette''). S ...
'' directed by Maurizio Nichetti.


Jury

*
Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the ...
(Poland – President of the Jury) * George Gund (United States) *
Emir Kusturica Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musician. He also has French citizenship.http://www.serbia.com/emir-kusturica-artist-builder-and-anti-glo ...
(Yugoslavia) * Jiří Menzel (Czechoslovakia) * Ibrahim Moussa (Italy) *
Aparna Sen Aparna Sen (, ''Ôporna Shen'') is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has received several accolades as an actress and filmmaker, including nine National Film Awards, five F ...
(India) *
Jos Stelling Jos Stelling (born 16 July 1945) is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Career He made his debut as a film director in 1974 with ''Mariken van Nieumegen'', which was selected for the official Cannes competition in 1975. In 1981 he founded ...
(Netherlands) * Kora Tsereteli (USSR) *
Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou (; born 2 April 1950) is a Chinese film director, producer, writer, actor and former cinematographer.Tasker, Yvonne (2002). "Zhang Yimou" i''Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers'' Routledge Publishing, p. 412. . Google Book Search. Retriev ...
(China)


Films in competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:


Awards

* Golden St. George: ''
The Icicle Thief ''The Icicle Thief'' ( it, Ladri di saponette) is a 1989 Italian comedy film directed by Maurizio Nichetti, titled in imitation of Vittorio De Sica's 1948 classic Italian neorealist film '' The Bicycle Thief'' (Italian: ''Ladri di biciclette''). S ...
'' by Maurizio Nichetti * Silver St. George: '' A Visitor to a Museum'' by
Konstantin Lopushansky Konstantin Sergeyevich Lopushansky (russian: Константин Сергеевич Лопушанский; born June 12, 1947) is a Soviet and Russian film director, film theorist and author. He is best known for directing the apocalyptic and p ...
* Bronze St. George: ** Actor:
Turo Pajala Turo Pajala (16 November 1955 − 28 February 2007) was a Finnish actor. Pajala played the leading role as an unemployed coal miner Taisto Kasurinen in an Aki Kaurismäki film '' Ariel'', and won the Bronze St. George award for Best Actor at the 1 ...
for ''
Ariel Ariel may refer to: Film and television *Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award * ''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki * ''ARIEL Visual'' and ''ARIEL Deluxe'', 1989 and 1991 anime video series based on the novel series ...
'' ** Actress:
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 ...
for '' Come Come Come Upward'' * Prix FIPRESCI: ''
Ariel Ariel may refer to: Film and television *Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award * ''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki * ''ARIEL Visual'' and ''ARIEL Deluxe'', 1989 and 1991 anime video series based on the novel series ...
'' by Aki Kaurismäki * Prix of Ecumenical Jury: '' A Visitor to a Museum'' by
Konstantin Lopushansky Konstantin Sergeyevich Lopushansky (russian: Константин Сергеевич Лопушанский; born June 12, 1947) is a Soviet and Russian film director, film theorist and author. He is best known for directing the apocalyptic and p ...
* Special Diploma: ''Bonded Woman'' by B. Narsing Rao (non-competition film)


References


External links


Moscow International Film Festival: 1989
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