22nd Moscow International Film Festival

The 22nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 29 July 2000. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Polish-French film Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease directed by Krzysztof Zanussi.

Jury

• Theodoros Angelopoulos (Greece – President of the Jury)
• Caroline Ducey (France)
• Irvin Kershner (United States)
• Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran)
• Jiro Shindo (Japan)
• Sergei Solovyov (Russia)
• Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov (Tajikistan)
• Zhang Yuan (China)

Films in competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

Awards

• Golden St. George: Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease by Krzysztof Zanussi
• Special Silver St. George: The Garden Was Full of Moon by Vitali Melnikov
• Silver St. George:
• Best Director: Steve Suissa for Taking Wing
• Best Actor: Clément Sibony for Taking Wing
• Best Actress: Maria Simon for Angry Kisses
• Prix FIPRESCI: Lunar Eclipse by Wang Quan'an
• Special Mention: Taking Wing by Steve Suissa
• Honorable Prize: For the contribution to cinema: Gleb Panfilov

References

External links

• Moscow International Film Festival: 2000 at Internet Movie Database