28th Moscow Film Festival Awards – 2006 Golden St. George
The 28th Moscow Film Festival Award was held between June 23-July 2, 2006.
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.
Grand Prix, Golden St. George – OM SARA / ABOUT SARA, Director: Othman Karim, Sweden, 2005
Grand Jury Prize, Golden St. George – DRIVING LESSONS, Director: Jeremy Brock, UK, 2006
Best Director Silver St. George – Bertrand Blier, COMBIEN TU M'AIMES? / HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE ME?, Italy / France, 2005
Best Actor Silver St. George – Jens Harzer, DER LEBENSVERSICHERER / RUNNING ON EMPTY, Director: Bulent Akinci, Germany, 2005
Best Actress Silver St. George – Julie Walters, DRIVING LESSONS, UK, 2006
Special Prize for Achieving Perfection in Acting and for Loyalty to the Principles of the Stanislavsky Method 'I believe it. Konstantin Stanislavsky': Gerard Depardieu, actor, France
The Perspectives Competition Prize: SPRING / CHASHMA, directed by Yolkin Tuychiev, Uzbekistan, 2006
The prize of The Russian Federation of Film Clubs for the Best Film of the 28th MIFF Russian Films program: NANKIN LANDSCAPE, Russia, 2005, directed by Valery Rubinchik
The prize of The Russian Federation of Film Clubs for the best film in Competition: KLIMT, Austria / France / Germany / UK, 2005, directed by Raul Ruiz
Special mention and a diploma of The 28th MIFF Jury of the Russian Guild of Film Critics: DER LEBENSVERSICHERER / RUNNING ON EMPTY, directed by Bulent Akinci, Germany, 2005
FIPRESCI (International Film Critics) Prize: KUBRADOR, directed by Jeffrey Jeturian
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