The results of the Film Festival "Window to Europe" were summed up

On Thursday, August 14, in Vyborg, the XXII festival of Russian cinema “Window to Europe” ended. The main prize in the main competitive program “Playing Cinema. Autumn premieres ”received the film-Call Arseniy Gonchukov“ Son ”.

“The picture is based on a simple plot about the complex relationship of his son with his parents and, most importantly, with himself. About the relationship that leads to a tragic denouement, ”the film describes the film on the festival website .

Special prizes of the “Window to Europe” festival were awarded to the films “Patients” by Ella Omelchenko (for debut), “At the bottom” of Vladimir Kotta (for the actual reading of the classics) and “Daragina mother!” Yaroslav Chevazhevsky (for fidelity to the genre), ITAR-TASS reports.

The winner of the program “Family Cinema. Coproduction ”was the Russian-Armenian film“ Thank you, Dad ”by the hara of Keshishayan. The best non -game film was recognized by the painting “Blood” by Alina Rudnitskaya, the best animated film - “A man meets a woman” Dmitry Geller.

Special prizes were also awarded the documentary “Three hundred years of loneliness” by Konstantin Changov and the animated picture “My Personal Elk” by Leonida Brammov.

A completely list of laureates of the XXII festival of Russian cinema “Window to Europe” is given on his website.

The Film Festival "Window to Europe" has been held in Vyborg since 1993. Within six days, game, documentary and animated films were presented in separate competitive programs. This year, at the festival , a separate competition of films of joint production of Russian and foreign directors was held for the first time.

Outside the competitive program, the films “Victor” with Gerard Depardieu in the title role and “Foreign Body” Krzysztof Zanussi were presented.