jerry penacoli brought his eight and a half year received a grand prix prize this year the event opens with a premie over hollywood blockbuster first time but critics say commercial yawns are not worthy of the mosque. hello carol welcome to the show thank you thank you thank you very much for being with us well i would like to to start with the transformers everybody's talking about it today well it's the first time that they're there that it was preview here yet they're blocked for at best or of this scale is premiering in moscow and it's premiering at the opening at the opening day of the festival is the worldwide premier so well it's a world premiere yeah well first of all why did they choose moscow i mean i mean i mean the promoters and the right holders of the film and and why did you choose to to agree or it's like a marriage demands that both sides agree on it. this is the bride.

i think about the first of the root of the premier is the bride. of first of all the market the russian market becomes very important especially for this kind of movies which are mostly to children and teenagers this films have a huge success here sometimes a larger succès than elsewhere in the world. secondly the time has come because i think six or seven years ago i spoke to people at warner brothers and we discussed the possibility of a world premiere in moscow they said in principle yes but the time hasn't come yet and sold now the time has come as far as commercial or as we critics say joram always and the first the world's or one of the things that happened the last cannes festival is that yearly from all said the programming director of my kind of person . said in the beginning that what changed is the relationship between the

festival and desirable viz because ten years ago it was something slightly and decent to present a successful zahar movie in the big festivals now it's a rule for the biggest festivals who pay attention to this kind of product will you will you try to to to make it a tradition to open the must film festival with their world premiere. i think that it should be a world premiere but it might be a russian film world one year or a baby european film what i am against a general rule just say i think it is the only hollywood not. so the cio perhaps the chaney's film world. and what's important to say is that this guy and the warriors have specific that equality is and well one of the what it is a paradox because for example in the beginning of the twentieth century the great

artist said well we are hoping that it will be art for the art sake that only the formal quality will be taken into consideration and in fact that's what happens in the hollywood movies now because they repeat the same thing over and over again but only the quality of this scene of this will soon of this special effect all of this erotic to see what matters. most of the russian filmmakers and for critics are generally anti home with me to you are no exception to no i'm not entirely hollywood because hollywood is important hollywood is a transnational not american cinema and there is a thing that is called mass culture of global culture which in film passes through hollywood and bollywood in my opinion and there are lots of other types of cultures that are represented in our polls movies low budget movies experimental movies. or

even video art which is shown an exhibit and then the whole school film festival in the. medicare program so i think that the diversity of the film is what's important moscow film festival it's different it is one of the greatest events in the industry but it's different from the emmys what's its place what's a particular feature on in first moscow film first there was one of the valves fourteen a forty four fourteen they're called a festival say it's not known they're not not officially down but still they reach means that they have a general competition of. feature length films from all over the world they happen in a big film producing country they have the support of the local producers association and the support of the international federation of producers of suspicions and there is only one thing of festivals the sky country and small countries don't have

the possibility to. such a versatile or we the greatest festival of the kind can the venice and berlin film festivals and moscow as part of the second group which includes moscow montreal and canada. no london is not part of the group not the. there and noncompetitive along of festival twenty five days so then look ardor in switzerland sunset in spain and karlovy vary in the czech republic and moscow competes with these festivals for world premieres of interesting films and that fortunately we can't compete with the big three there is a movement downside for the berlin film festival and the moment upside for the moscow so my hope is that if i live long enough. the last go will become the third first.

you know the second group. ok well let's hear more about one of the oldest fell first i was in the world in a report by spotlight and they did me they were. it might have all started with writing marilyn and proclaim in cinema the most important of the arts anyway judging by this monument to what camera in moscow that of filmmaking is clearly worshiped in russia and that is celebrated here every doing when dozens of movies from around the world arrive in moscow for the international film festival it was the soviet action film which first got it go when in one thousand thirty five the first of a moscow international film festival had to legend there is sergei eisenstein on the jury the prizes then went to the soviet civil war epic but also to a fringe rene clair comedy and the disney cartoon three little pigs it was not

until the one nine hundred sixty s. that the festival became a regulator vent every of the year the soviets could enjoy a breath of fresh cinema to graphic and from the west and see four in stars arrive in moscow for the recall fellini's masterpiece eight and a half and won the festival's grand prize in one thousand sixty three despite legend having it that nikita crew sure fell asleep while watching the soviet festival was not give order with scandals like the famous episode when juno or brigida and elizabeth taylor appeared at a party wearing the same dresses for soviet russia so the festival rebranded the first prize changed to the golden soon george and the price for acting achievements called i believe comes thousand nine hundred seventy slough ski been awarded to would see the most stars like meryl streep and jack nicholson the opportunity to see the latest films from around the world draws crowds. festival thing is the last

moscow international film festival was attended by do hundred thousand people. here well what are the principal of the selection of the friends for the festival today in a modern days are they ok yes of course because in the soviet times. of the most important part of the first there was to see the commercial broadcasters from the united states europe and india which people didn't see here though there were a lot shown in cinema the other fifty weeks so here at festival is something organized to see films that you can syria that really now the hollywood blockbusters are all over the place so and we are showing films that you can see anywhere that means our towels experimental artistically interesting movies which means that the audience is smaller than during soviet times are because the audience of film buffs is not as larger dogs instead large ones to see underneath once again so does the basic

difference the natives difference is that the festival has become more specialized the more professional there is a business school business where the festival there are several meetings about film productions people are coming not only to watch movies but also to do business and it's a sign of the times of then the festival has become more diversified it as a. media part of the experimental films part of it the scene if a dumb part of it is important and this this year festival especially build the ball around contradictions the opposites joining sometimes in the same name is the sex we all have out there so for example in the first they had competition after the opening of the knaves they were showing a film made by a former czech press. hubbell just called leaving it's about himself here mostly

and so it's a classical. their main reminding some classical. things that have been influenced by slough havel is a playwright on the other hand the same day we have a film by john mahler bar on it no knock. outs from theatre films who likes to show his audiences so it's a story of a life story and all the should go kill was let sex scenes and lots of love so the log of the program director of the moscow international film festival spotlight will be back shortly after the break so stay with us we'll be back in no time.

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welcome back to the spotlight i'm alvin arbonne just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is kiddieland as the log of the program director of the moscow international film festival he'll you have mentioned a number of movies that we'll see during the festival this year but what's your personal favorite and does it have a chance to win. my personal favorites are outside of competition if i have thought of reds inside the competition i'm not permitted to say sterilise because it's a good suit that is trying to influence the jury but can you can email us that your favorites outside the competition that you felt side the competition and what lots of firms that they find very interesting. from different points of view let's say from an artistic point you're going to view i like film the film the artist which was shown in. it's

a black and white film about the passage from the. silent film to the talk is very funny very well done with a very good actor on the other hand i find that. the film will do a program called the third age both elderly people will be interesting for some audiences not for the teenagers of slow dance for once but do the opposite and especially the film about the so-called new ball it's kind of satirical comedy by a tiny minority from can also and. there is also a film sex and sad which is considered the first erotic firm in three d. never made. it so it will be a night screening of children but it will be one of the sensations of the festival so he you mentioned children couple of times i have never seen a lot of children on a. film festivals you do you really mean children are going to want to watch films

of moscow for we have a special something that we have a special screening. of and any mated film we want to show it twice once with subtitles for older audiences and one dubbed in russian for full children because children certain age countries subtitles i would like to see more children in the festival but in berlin for example they have a special festival for children a special festival thirteen it is absolutely separate it's part of the bill in the island but it's a separate part of the berlin island away not and we have a film made by a fourteen year old boy in the program of short films and we have a film by ninety nine year old company's film director going to see dog in the in the competition you mentioned a lot of films but you didn't say anything special about russian from makers what is your opinion are russian films russian filmmakers still relevant on the

international market some are some are not and. the general trend the general trend in the film market is a search or we have i think one commercial director. robert of who even made a hollywood movie. as far as the first of all circuitry schools served to have at least ten directors that are evidence for the circuit and we are trying to find new names and also new films that will go into the circuit for example have a fit. by selling a lot on this he's a young director from a school chubby to show it's a large big film for three dollars forty minutes a fairly ness can we when able to go to visit the rector to make it shorter but it will be a sensation on the other hand whichever the last film by nikolai her memory kit whose films before that went to the cannes film festival usually now we convince

him to give his new film involves the moscow oh often daily different type in the section to go a premieres we're showing the target the film of each of which was shown in berlin so there are many direct and we have a large puddle romal freshened from said the donkey nor how the filmmakers where we show all the interesting film made last minute international audiences when they go to watch a russian movie they don't expect a hollywood like blockbuster then they they they they would rather expect something something closer to our house is that true oh yes of course there's the they're looking for something exotic they're looking for something spiritual they are looking for through a list of koskie traditions something are very very very indicative please what are the best countries to sell russian films to europe asia america was some asian countries india and china. is some special audiences

in the in america but mostly festival audiences even if some films are sold. and the big cities like paris and london where they have place in the cinemas for films like that because the part of non european films and russia is considered the european on the european country not bad of the. european union so we don't have their advantages that give the european union for distributing films not in the quarters i will air. let's remember can add did can give us give us a hint about the main trend in modern filmmaking what's going to end today. there is no main trend in art holds more reason first of all movies there is a main trend in commercial type of products all of the main trend is the french are seeing the things that have been successful waiting for someone to

invent something you sort of atari's the main trend that is part of the production as far as the festival landscape is considered a we see many exotic schools different types of film directing new names and old names that make new films because cannes is very truthful to the directors they discovered and we are trying to do the same in moscow so that's why we are showing a fourth film of connectivity and doing the competition because he is naked island won an award in moscow in sixty one which means fifty years ago exactly. v.v. direction a famous russian director alex who cheated it was here in this studio a while ago he told spotlight i quote the main trouble for most russian films is that they lack a good story and quote do you agree with this assessment on no because of course

they lack a good story it's a problem for local audiences but as far as festivals are concerned they're looking for something different they're looking for something exceptional perhaps a film without a story at all or if with a short story really becomes very long. for commercial the commercial part of the business needs good storytelling. as far as they're distinct bart of it sometimes goes without it or against the media forum for example it's all. films with those story in principle avatar to reflect the no story around. the good guys and the bad as well that said this is your story. but only would they call it a story this is the main difference because this is what they call it not i mean that's an. affront movie called as clyde has played by sure lots of area in the program of the two eleven moscow fall festival is

a remake of an old russian movie nine hundred eighty eight who called dear union the silly game yes which shows that the russian school of of our off screen writing the sunday school history really was was very very. strong so who would you single out among contemporary russian russian writers who write for cinema all the many new names for example you could have strobes. of and also. the guy who made. of the screen play. for let's say that i had in the religious really just story home and several interesting screenplays but i'm becoming old saw don't remember them but they helped to give us a. good base here they're all saw all the people who are

writing stories on. for example stories made the specially for the director such as out of the works but i gather all the time and the examine dads who was one of the best storyteller worked with. the shit of now because it has become a film director on his own to his last film was shown in berlin and the decision so some script writers become directors some script writers move elsewhere for example of a team of several who is a known writer works resilin don't reach on second film or radio world our get of the writing of victor believe in who is a very good writer is very difficult to put on screen but some people tried ginsburg tried to pull generation beyond screen so there are good writers there was south korean writers there would be people who ride for theatre and then move to cinema. and also there is this school of new drama

which tries to change the rules not to fold a check of type of writing and to move elsewhere sometimes it's chucking sometimes they don't like it sometimes they use the words of the. screenplays and. places but it works and the younger audience is full well. i also wanted to ask you about the budget there you say that the mascot for the festival is trying to become one of the three main events of the year of this kind. do you have enough. money i mean what's the budget of the festival kind of going to be compared with where with con when nobody has enough money we can have twice as much money is still won't be enough the budget the official budget of the festival is known the state is given the round trip to see million dollars violent of three million dollars in dribbles

for the festival each year as far as the sponsors are concerned it depends of the years but in fact it's never more than the half of this. it's much less than the budget for the official budget of both twenty million euros and if we count every think it's forty million people. for example is a festival in korea and johndroe has a budget of one million dollars. which is considered not a big festival not a day festival but that's just the art house local festival so there will never be enough money but we should think about giving the. product for the money in different better the bunny gives up the possibility but the main problem is not that the main problem is this. state's rules in russia that each year we have to pass a separate and who will do the festival and this is this is that this is the

problem because it doesn't exist and you wear that for how for a year more than half a year the festival disappears the people who do it don't do anything are not permitted to do anything or not official representatives anything to get the right to do the next. well there's no this is right this is bureaucracy lots of thank you thank you could all end their congratulations there but you still made it happen this year thank you and just a reminder that my guest on the show today was killed off the longer the program director of the mosque international film festival that's open now from politics we'll be back with more time come. inside what's going on in and outside russia so let's stay on party and take care as it. moves.

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