pastoral has always been a place to show the best russian and almost fifty years ago the legendary battery completely brought heat and i have here received a grand prix prize this year the event opens with the premiere of a hollywood blockbuster first time but critics say commercial beyond's 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 where the transformer is everybody's talking about it today well it's the first thing that they're that at it's lowest grade yeah yeah yeah there's a block for it buster of this scale is premiering in moscow and it's premiering at the opening at the opening day of the festival the world wait for me it's a well it's a world premiere yeah well first of all why did they choose moscow i mean i mean the promoters and the the right holders of the film and. why did you choose to

to agree or it's like a marriage demands that both sides agree on it. this is the who's the bride. i think about the first of the rule and 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 one of 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 genre movies and the first the rules or one of the things that happened the last. cannes

festival is that yearly from all said the programming director my kind of person. said in the beginning that what changed is the relationship between the festival and desirable viewers because ten years ago it was something slightly and decent to present a successful tsar 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 two to make it a tradition to open the moscow film festival with their world premiere. i think that it's 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 god the movies

have specific static while it is and well one of the what it is a paradox because for example the beginning of the twentieth century the great artist said all we are hoping that it will be art for the arts 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 suit of this special effects of this project is seeing what matters here is most of the russian filmmakers and for critics are generally anti home with me too you are no exception to no i'm not entirely holywood because hollywood is important hollywood is a transnational not american cinema and there is a thing that is called mass culture of global culture or which in film passes through hollywood and bollywood in the evening. 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 in the exhibit sense and on 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 vulgar fourteen fourteen for 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 suspicion and there is only one of festivals this guy per country and small countries don't have the possibility to when it's such a versatile of we the greatest festival of the client the venice and berlin film festivals and moscow is part of the second group which includes most montreal in 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 fortunately we can't compete with the big three there is an. downside for the berlin film festival and the moment upside for the moscow

show my hope is that if i leave low enough that moscow will become the third first . or 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 that. 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 album moscow international film festival had two legendary surrogate eisenstein on the jury 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 air from the west and see for in stars arrive in moscow for the record fellini's masterpiece eight and a half and won the festival's grand prize in nineteen sixty three despite legend having it that nikita khrushchev fell asleep while watching the soviet festival was not devoid of its scandals like the famous at the sword when juno labradoodle and elizabeth taylor appeared at a party wearing the same dresses post soviet russia so the festival rebranded the first prize changed to the golden soon george and the price for acting achievements called i believe constantin stanislavski 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 to the festival then use the last moscow international film festival was attended by do you hundred thousand people. you will what are the principal of the selection of the friends for the festival today in the modern days where they were aged 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 in here though there were a lot shown in cinema the other fifty weeks or so here at festival is something organized to see films that you can syria that are only now the hollywood blockbusters are all over the place so and we are showing films that you can see anywhere that means art house 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 large of dollars instead wants to see underneath once again so does the basic difference of the names 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 old school 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 film spot of it the scene if i don't bart of it is important and this this year festival especially build the bold contradictions the opposites joining sometimes in the same day with the sets we all have out there so for. sample on the first day the competition after the opening

the next day where showing a film made by former czech president vaclav havel just called leaving it's about himself here was mostly and so it's a classical drum beats. remain reminding some classical. things that have been the influence of us love havel as a playwright and on the other hand the same day we have a film by john mahler barring no knock. of lots from tree to films who likes to show his audiences so it's a story of a life story and on the should go killer was let sex scenes and lots of blood says kill and i was a lot 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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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 and really if i have favorites inside the competition i'm not but needed to say it's only because of who could see that as strange to influence the jury that there must be your favorite outside the competition the competition what lots of films that they find very interesting. from different points of view let's say from an artistic point of point of view i like film the film the artist which was shown in. black and white film about the passage from the. silent film to the talk is very funny very well done with a very good that 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 those four words but do the opposite and especially the film about the so-called new ball it's going to satirical comedy one time. from can also and there is also a film sex and zed which is considered the first erotic film 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 major. film festivals you do really mean children are cold they're going to want to watch films that must come from fertile we have a special something that we have a special screening not all of them are often 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 for teenagers has three separate it's part of the balloon but is a separate part of the berlin island away not and we have a film made by a forty year old boy in the problem of short films and we have a film by ninety nine year old companies film director going to see dogs in the in the competition you mentioned a lot of films but you didn't say in anything special about russian for makers what is your opinion our russian films russian filmmakers still relevant on the international market some are some are not. the general trend but the general trend in the film market is a such or we have i think one commercial director. robert of

who even made hollywood movies. as far as the first of all circuit disconcert do have at least ten directors that are evident for the circuit and we are trying to find new names and also new for. that will go into the so good for example we have a film by selling a lot money he's young director the film is called chubby to show it's a large big film for three dollars forty minutes a fairly ness can we when able to go to the director to make it shorter but it will be a sensation on the other hand whichever the last film by a nickel i have every kid 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 entirely different type in the section the go or premiers we're showing you the target the film of each of which was shown in berlin so there are many direct and we have

a large puddle rommel freshened from said the donkey nor howls of filmmakers where we show all the interesting films made last night 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 course traditions something i'm very very very little 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 out in the quarters well let's remember can add that can give us give us a hint about the main trend in modern filmmaking what's going to and today. there is no main trend in art holds more reason festool 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 do this part of the production and as far as the festival landscape is considered a we see many exotic schools different types of field 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 and sixty one between fifty years ago exactly. are the director 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 the 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 a full with

a short story really becomes very long. for commercial the commercial part of the business needs good storytelling. as far as there to stick by out of it sometimes goals without it. or against the media forum for example it's all films with no story in principle avatar. no no story around that that the good guys and the bad guys want that said. oh well you know how he would they call it a story this is the main difference because this is what they call it that it's not i mean it's an air france movie called as clyde has played by sure lots of error in the program of the two eleven moscow fall festival is a remake of the no old russian movie nine hundred eighty eight who called dear you know in the silly game the others which shows that the russian school of off screen writing this song is called screenwriting was was very very. strong so who would

you single out among contemporary russian russian writers who write for cinema although many new names for example you're good at throw ski school of and also. the guy who made all of the screen play. for let's say the island the really just really just story who made several interesting screenplays but i'm becoming old saw i don't remember them but they hope to give us a little. today here. they're all saw all the people who are writing stories on. for example stories made the specially for the director seven hours out of the works was but i gather all the time and then examine dives who was one of the best storyteller worked with. vadim and brush it off now because it has become

a film director on his own to his last film was shown in berlin and petition so some script writers become directors some script writers move elsewhere. for example vadim of several who is in on right works resilin don't reach on second film or radio world argot of the writing of victor believe in who is a very good writer is very difficult to put on screen look at 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 theater and then move to cinema and also there is this school of new drama which tries to change the rules not to fold the chekov type of writing and to move elsewhere sometimes is chucking something they don't like is something they use the two words in the. screenplays and. plays

a role but it works and the younger audience is full well. i also wanted to ask you about the budget there you say that the mosque or film 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 there with con when nobody has enough money you know we're 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 their own c million dollars the equivalent 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 the sun. it's much less than the can has a budget in 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. first of all not a day festival but that's just the towels a little. so will never be enough money but we should think about giving the. product for the money and even better the money 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 who will do the festival and this is. 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 not official representatives anything to get the right to do. this is right this is bureaucracy and. thank you thank you carol and

congratulations that that 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 moscow international film festival that's open now from all of you will be back with more common kind of what's going on outside russia until then stay on party and take care of those present. wealthy british style. markets weiner scandal. find out what's really happening to the global

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