47th Moscow International Film Festival
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LocationMoscow
Founded1959
AwardsGolden Saint George
Festival date17–24 April 2025
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| Location | Moscow |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1959 |
| Awards | Golden Saint George |
| Festival date | 17–24 April 2025 |
| Website | http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru |
The 47th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 24 April 2025.[1]
Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov was the president of the festival. Spanish film director Lluís Miñarro was head of the main jury. His Name Was Not Listed was the opening film and What We Wanted to Be was the closing film.[2][3] On April 17, 2025, the opening ceremony took place at the Rossiya Theatre, hosted by actor Aleksei Guskov.[4][5] On April 24, the closing ceremony also took place at the Rossiya Theatre. The Golden Saint George for Best Film was awarded to the Indian film The Elysian Field directed by Pradip Kurbah.[6][7]
- Lluís Miñarro, film producer & writer (Spain) – President of the Jury
- Bushra, film actress (Egypt & UK)
- Cornel Gheorghiță, film director & screenwriter (Romania)
- Aleksey German Jr., film director & screenwriter (Russia)
- John Robinson, film actor (USA)
- Maryana Spivak, film actress (Russia)
- Documentary Competition[10]
- Peter Kuznick, professor, writer and public activist (USA) – President of the Jury
- Bruno Jorge, film director, cinematographer and editor (Brazil)
- Irina Uralskaya, film cinematographer and director (Russia)
- Short film competition [11]
- Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, film actor, director and writer (Turkey) - President of the Jury
- Fabio Massa, film actor (Italy)
- Yulia Khlynina, film actress (Russia)
- Russian Premiere competition [12]
- Vladimir Grammatikov, film actor, director and writer (Russia) - President of the Jury
- Anna Matison, film director, writer and playwright (Russia)
- Sergey Titinkov, film producer, media manager, chief film producer of Channel One (Russia)
- Premendra Mazumder, film critic, author and festival organizer (India) - President of the Jury
- Andronika Martonova, film scholar, critic and professor (Bulgaria)
- Sardana Savvina, film producer, researcher, Master of Arts (Russia)
- Russian Film Critics Jury [14]
- Maria Bezenkova
- Veronika Sarkisova
- Temina Tuaeva
- Yulia Ustyugova
- Alexander Khort
Films in competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Negotiator | Il Nibbio | Alessandro Tonda | Italy, Belgium |
| The Bread Season | Demsala Nan | Anvar Hassanpour, Emeer Hassanpour | USA, Turkey |
| Two People in One Life and a Dog | Двое в одной жизни, не считая собаки | Andrey Zaytsev | Russia |
| When We Bloom Again | 목화솜 피는 날 | Shin Kyung-soo | South Korea |
| For Your Sake | Por tu bien | Axel Monsú | Argentina |
| A House on Fire | Casa en flames | Dani de la Orden | Spain |
| Evacuation | Эвакуация | Farkhat Sharipov | Kazakhstan |
| Wisdom of the Whale | Balinanin Bilgisi | Önder Şengül | Turkey |
| Lateral Thinking | Pensamiento Lateral | Mariano Hueter | Argentina |
| The Planet | Планета | Mikhail Arkhipov | Russia |
| Family Happiness | Семейное счастье | Stacy Tolstoy | Russia |
| Beyond the Mast | মাস্তুল | Mohammad Nuruzzaman | Bangladesh, Netherlands, Germany |
| The Elysian Field | Ha Lyngkha Bneng | Pradip Kurbah | India |
- Documentary Competition [17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marino and the Authentics | Marino y los auténticos | Cristóbal Jasso | Mexico |
| I Don't Wanna Sit in My Cemetery | Baghjan | Jaicheng Jai Dohutia | India, Germany |
| The Winter Road | Зимник | Yuri Dorokhin | Russia |
| Ms. Hu's Garden | 胡阿姨的花园 | Pan Zhiqi | China |
| Trick | شگرد | Jafar Sadeghi | Iran |
| Sinara | Синара | Natalia Lobko | Russia |
| Reverse | Реверс | Ivan Tverdovskiy | Russia |
| The Days with Her | Los días con ella | Matías Scarvaci | Argentina |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uncle | Дяденька | Ivan Vetoshkin | Russia |
| LIME | Cal | Santiago Dulce | Argentina |
| Who Let the Wild Donkey Go Free? | Кто пустил дикого осла на свободу? | Nikita Lokhmatov | Russia |
| Minor Chronicle | Crónica menor | Francisco Usiel | Mexico |
| Incompatible | Judit Vilarrasa | Spain | |
| New Address | Noya Thikana | Sumsuddin Ahmed Shiblu | Bangladesh |
| Widmung | 献呈 | Kei Miyaji | Japan |
| After Father | پس از پدر | Noushin Meraji | Iran |
| About the Cow | Про корову | Anton Simukhin, Nikolay Alekseev | Russia |
| Bumblebee | Abellón | Fon Cortizo | Spain |
| Tango | Танго | Fedor Malyshev | Russia |
| Born to Fly | 우화하길 | Lee Byoung-don | South Korea |
| Coming Out of Age | 年少年 | Li Shida | China |
- Russian Premiere Competition[19]
- Endless April (Бесконечный апрель), directed by Anton Butakov (Russia)
- Wolves (Волки), directed by Mikhail Kulunakov (Russia)
- Legends from the Past (Легенды наших предков), directed by Ivan Sosnin (Russia)
- License to Love (Мужу привет), directed by Anton Maslov (Russia)
- The Postman (Почтарь), directed by Andrey Razenkov (Russia)
- Impostors (Самозванцы), directed by Maria Reizen (Russia)
- There (Туда), directed by Ivan Petukhov (Russia)