The 41st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 18 April to 25 April 2019.
Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov was the president of the festival. South Korean film director Kim Ki-Duk was head of the main jury. The Emperor of Paris was the opening film and Meeting Gorbachev was the closing film. The opening ceremony took place at the Rossiya theatre, hosted by actress Elizaveta Boyarskaya. The closing ceremony took place at the Rossiya cinema, hosted by actress Marina Alexandrova. The Golden Saint George for best picture was awarded to the Kazakh film The Secret of a Leader directed by Farkhat Sharipov.
Jury
Main Competition
Documentary Competition
Short film competition
Films in competition
Main Competition
Documentary Competition
Awards
- Golden Saint George for Best Film: The Secret of a Leader by Farkhat Sharipov, Kazakhstan
- Silver Saint George Special Jury Prize: In Search of Echo (Háiyáng dòngwù) by Zhang Chi, China
- Silver Saint George for Best Director: Valerio Mastandrea, Laughing, Italy
- Silver Saint George for Best Actor: Tommi Korpela, Void, Finland
- Silver Saint George for Best Actress: Soha Niasti, My Second Year in College, Iran
- Silver Saint George for Best Documentary: Men's Room (For Vi Er Gutta) by Petter Sommer & Jo Vemund Svendsen, Norway
- Silver Saint George for Best Short Film: Tiger (Tigre) by Delphine Deloget, France
- FIPRESCI jury prize: Lune de Miel (My Polish Honeymoon) by Elise Otsenberger, France
- NETPAC jury prize: Min Urduber Kyun Khahan Da Kiirbet (The Sun Above Me Never Sets) by Lybov Borisova, Russia
- The Russian film critics' awards
- Jam, by SABU, Japan
- Tyhjiö (Void), by Aleksi Salmenperä, Finland,
- Shonibar Bikel (Saturday Afternoon), by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Bangladesh
- To Plant a Flag, by Bobbie Peers, Norway (short film)
- Russian Cinema Club club federation awards
- TÃÂvs Nakts (The Mover), by DÃÂvis Sëmanis, Latvia, Germany
- Core of the World, by Natalya Mechshaninova, (Russian program)
- Voskreseniye (Sunday), by Svetlana Proskurina, Russia (diploma)
- Audience Award: Min Urduber Kyun Khahan Da Kiirbet (The Sun Above Me Never Sets) by Lybov Borisova, Russia
- 'Kommersant Weekend' weekly's prize: Shonibar Bikel (Saturday Afternoon), by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Bangladesh
- Audience Award from the festival's official online cinema, OKKO: In Search of Greatness, by Gabe Polsky, U.S.
- Honorary prize for outstanding contribution in the world cinema: Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)
- Special Prize for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting and devotion to the principles of K. Stanislavsky's school: Ralph Fiennes
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