The 17th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 July 1991. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Soviet-German film Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea directed by Karen Gevorkian.
Jury Oleg Yankovsky (Soviet Union – President of the Jury) Márta Mészáros (Hungary) Gabriele Rohrer-Kumlin (Germany) Kang Soo-yeon (South Korea) Michèle Mercier (France) Dušan Makavejev (Yugoslavia) Luigi Magni (Italy) Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (Spain)
Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Silent Gunpowder Gluvi barut Bato Čengić Yugoslavia Class Action Class Action Michael Apted United States Itt a szabadság! Itt a szabadság! Péter Vajda Hungary The Doors The Doors Oliver Stone United States Homework La tarea Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Mexico Don Juan in Hell Don Juan en los infiernos Gonzalo Suárez Spain War in the Land of Egypt Al-moaten Masry Salah Abu Seif Egypt Madame Bovary Madame Bovary Claude Chabrol France The Wedding Maidens Chujia nu Jin Wang China Father Father John Power Australia Always & Forever Immer und ewig Samir Switzerland The Bet Zakład Teresa Kotlarczyk Poland Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea Pegiy pyos, Begushchiy kraem morya Karen Gevorkian Soviet Union, Germany Towards Evening Verso sera Francesca Archibugi Italy, France The Way to Cheong Song Cheongsongeuro ganeun kil Lee Doo-yong South Korea Matti Manushulu Matti Manushulu B. Narsing Rao India Romeo Romeo Rita Horst Netherlands The Garden The Garden Derek Jarman United Kingdom, Germany The Adjuster The Adjuster Atom Egoyan Canada Sons of Bitches Sukiny deti Leonid Filatov Soviet Union Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness Das Heimweh des Walerjan Wróbel Rolf Schübel Germany Cup Final Gmar gavi'a Eran Riklis Israel
Awards Golden St. George: Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea by Karen Gevorkian Special Silver St. George: The Adjuster by Atom Egoyan The Wedding Maidens by Jin Wang Silver St. George: Actor: Mustafa Nadarević, Branislav Lečić for Silent Gunpowder Actress: Isabelle Huppert for Madame Bovary Special Mention: Homework by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Prix FIPRESCI: Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea by Karen Gevorkian Special Diplomas: Matti Manushulu by B. Narsing Rao Special Mention: A Woman Between Two Brothers by Amir Karakulov (non-competition film) Prix of Ecumenical Jury: Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea by Karen Gevorkian Special Mention: Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness by Rolf Schübel
References
External links Moscow International Film Festival: 1991 at Internet Movie Database