The 23rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2001. The Golden St. George was awarded to the American film The Believer directed by Henry Bean.
Jury Margarethe von Trotta (Germany – President of the Jury) Jiang Wen (China) Bohdan Stupka (Ukraine) Moritz de Hadeln (Germany) Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (Lithuania) Igor Maslennikov (France) Geoffrey Gilmore (United States)
Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Believer The Believer Henry Bean United States Unfair Competition Concorrenza sleale Ettore Scola Italy, France Keep Away from the Window Daleko od okna Jan Jakub Kolski Poland Detector Detektor Pål Jackman Norway Inheritance Herencia Paula Hernández Argentina Love Story by Tea Love Story by Tea Jin chen China Mademoiselle Mademoiselle Philippe Lioret France My Sweet Mi dulce Jesús Mora Spain, Italy Victims and Murderers Oběti a vrazi Andrea Sedláčková Czech Republic, France, Switzerland The Quickie The Quickie Sergei Bodrov Germany Real Fiction Shilje sanghwangg Kim Ki-duk South Korea Blind Guys Vakvagányok Péter Tímár Hungary Wings of Glass Vingar av glas Reza Bagher Sweden Wild Mussels Wilde Mossels Erik de Bruyn Netherlands Peony Pavilion Youyuan jingmeng Yonfan Hong Kong Under the Skin of the City Zir-e poost-e shahr Rakhshan Bani-E'temad Iran
Awards Golden St. George: The Believer by Henry Bean Special Golden St.George: Under the Skin of the City by Rakhshan Bani-E'temad Silver St. George: Best Director: Ettore Scola for Unfair Competition Best Actor: Vladimir Mashkov for The Quickie Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa for Peony Pavilion Special Silver St. George: Eduard Artemyev, composer Stanislavsky Award: Jack Nicholson Prix FIPRESCI: Blind Guys by Péter Tímár
References
External links Moscow International Film Festival: 2001 at Internet Movie Database