Moscow Film Festival Awards 2006 Winners
by Andre Soares
Winners at the 28th edition of the Moscow Film Festival were announced yesterday.
The Best Film Golden St. George was given to Othman Karim’s Swedish drama Om Sara / About Sara, the ten-year saga of a young woman (Linda Zilliacus) and her lovers. The Grand Jury Prize went to Jeremy Brock’s British dramatic comedy Driving Lessons, starring Silver St. George Best Actress winner Julie Walters as a retired actress who befriends a shy teenage Christian boy played by Rupert Grint.
The Best Director was Bertrand Blier for the French comedy Combien tu m’aimes? / How Much Do You Love Me?, starring Monica Bellucci and Gérard Depardieu. (Depardieu was given a special prize "for Achieving Perfection in Acting and for Loyalty to the Principles of the Stanislavsky Method.")
Best Actor honors went to Jens Harzer for his role as an insurance salesman in Bulent Akinci’s atmospheric German drama Der Lebensversicherer / Running On Empty.
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