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47th Moscow International Film Festival

The 47th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 24 April 2025.

Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov was the president of the festival. Spanish film director was head of the main jury. His Name Was Not Listed was the opening film and What We Wanted to Be was the closing film. On April 17, 2025, the opening ceremony took place at the Rossiya Theatre, hosted by actor Aleksei Guskov. On April 24, the closing ceremony also took place at the Rossiya Theatre. The Golden Saint George for Best Film was awarded to the Indian film The Elysian Field directed by Pradip Kurbah.

Jury

Main Competition
  • , film producer & writer (Spain) – President of the Jury
  • Bushra, film actress (Egypt & UK)
  • Cornel Gheorghiță, film director & screenwriter (Romania)
  • Aleksey German Jr., film director & screenwriter (Russia)
  • John Robinson, film actor (USA)
  • Maryana Spivak, film actress (Russia)
Documentary Competition
  • Peter Kuznick, professor, writer and public activist (USA) – President of the Jury
  • Bruno Jorge, film director, cinematographer and editor (Brazil)
  • Irina Uralskaya, film cinematographer and director (Russia)
Short film competition
Russian Premiere competition
  • Vladimir Grammatikov, film actor, director and writer (Russia) - President of the Jury
  • , film director, writer and playwright (Russia)
  • , film producer, media manager, chief film producer of Channel One (Russia)
NETPAC Jury
  • Premendra Mazumder, film critic, author and festival organizer (India) - President of the Jury
  • Andronika Martonova, film scholar, critic and professor (Bulgaria)
  • Sardana Savvina, film producer, researcher, Master of Arts (Russia)
Russian Film Critics Jury
  • Maria Bezenkova
  • Veronika Sarkisova
  • Temina Tuaeva
  • Yulia Ustyugova
  • Alexander Khort

Films in competition

Main Competition
Documentary Competition
Short Film Competition
Russian Premiere Competition
  • Endless April (Бесконечный апрель), directed by Anton Butakov (Russia)
  • Wolves (Волки), directed by Mikhail Kulunakov (Russia)
  • Legends from the Past (Легенды наших предков), directed by Ivan Sosnin (Russia)
  • License to Love (Мужу привет), directed by Anton Maslov (Russia)
  • The Postman (Почтарь), directed by Andrey Razenkov (Russia)
  • Impostors (Самозванцы), directed by Maria Reizen (Russia)
  • There (Туда), directed by Ivan Petukhov (Russia)

Awards

  • Golden Saint George for Best Film: The Elysian Field by Pradip Kurbah, India
  • Silver Saint George Special Jury Prize: Evacuation by Farkhat Sharipov, Kazakhstan
  • Silver Saint George for Best Director: Pradip Kurbah, The Elysian Field, India
  • Silver Saint George for Best Actor: Yevgeny Tsyganov, Family Happiness, Russia
  • Silver Saint George for Best Actress: Maria Rodríguez Soto, A House on Fire, Spain
  • Silver Saint George for Best Documentary: Ms. Hu's Garden by Pan Zhiqi, China
  • Special Mention for Documentary: The Winter Road by Yuri Dorokhin, Russia
  • Silver Saint George for Best Short Film: Bumblebee by Fon Cortizo, Spain
  • Special Jury Prize for Short Film: Tango by Fedor Malyshev, Russia
  • Silver Saint George for Best Film in the Russian Premiere Competition: License to Love, by Anton Maslov, Russia
  • NETPAC for Best Asian Film: The Elysian Field by Pradip Kurbah, India
  • Audience Award: Two People in One Life and a Dog by Andrey Zaytsev, Russia
  • Honorary Golden Saint George Prize for an outstanding contribution to the world cinema: Vladimir Ilyin (Russia)

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