Russia is one of the world’s fastest-growing markets regarding film exhibition. In the last decade dozens of multiplexes were opened, yet now the vast territory still totals only 2,500 movie screens. In 2011 Russia’s box office topped $1.2 billion, however, domestic movies accounted only for $170 million, or 14.7 per cent of the total. Predominantly US films out of 308 films released in 2011 collected the Russian audience: domestic film production can’t still recover from the world economy crisis.

Serbian director Emir KUSTURICA’s jury granted the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Award to Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV’s Elena (Russia). The Main Award was shared by South Korean filmmaker Kim KI-DUK’s Arirang and German filmmaker Andreas DRESEN’s Stopped on Track as co-winners. The Director’s Prize went to Iranian Mohammad RASOULOF for Au Revoir.

Elena by Andrei Zvyagintsev, one of Russia’s most trail-blazing contemporary director, won the Jury Prize in second-ranking competition program “Un Certain Regard” of the 64th Cannes Film Festival Award. The awarding ceremony ended tonight for Andrei Zvyagintsev who accepted the award from Emir Kusturica, president of the Jury. Elena features a middle-aged couple, who come […]