The 36th Moscow International Film Festival took place from 19 to 28 June 2014. Russian film director Gleb Panfilov was the head of the main jury. Gabe Polsky's Red Army was selected to open the festival with Matt Reeves' Dawn of the Planet of the Apes closing it. The Japanese film My Man won the Golden George.
Jury Main Competition Gleb Panfilov (Head of the Jury) (Russian film director) Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritanian film director) Franziska Petri (German actress) Levan Koguashvili (Georgian film director) Laurent Danielou (French film producer)
Documentary Competition Sean McAllister (Jury Chairman) (British filmmaker) Amir Labaki (Brazilian film festival director) Alina Rudnitskaya (Russian film director)
FIPRESCI Jury Gideon Kouts (President) (France) Andres Nazarala (Chile) Rita di Santo (United Kingdom) Caroline Weidner (Germany) Olga Surkova (Russia)
Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Beti and Amare Beti and Amare Andy Siege Romania, Spain, United States, Canada, Germany, Ethiopia Haven Ir Mikalat Amikam Kovner Israel Dreamland Traumland Petra Volpe Germany, Switzerland Eye Am Gözümün Nûru Hakki Kurtulus, Melik Saracoglu Turkey White Yagel Belyy yagel Vladimir Tumayev Russia Hardcore Disco Hardkor Disko Poland Brothers: The final confession Braty. Ostannya spovid Victoria Trofimenko Ukraine Yes and Yes Da i Da Valeriya Gai Germanika Russia My Man Watashi no Otoko Kazuyoshi Kumakiri Japan The Sentimentalists Oi aisthimaties Nicholas Triandafyllidis Greece Unripe Pomegranates Anar Haye Naras Majid-Reza Mostafavi Iran Reporter Reporter Thijs Gloger Netherlands The Avian Kind Joryu Ingan Yeon-Shick Shin South Korea The Whole Shebang Alles Inklusive Doris Dörrie Germany Paris Follies La ritournelle Marc Fitoussi France A Most Wanted Man A Most Wanted Man Anton Corbijn United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Awards Golden Saint George for Best Film: My Man by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, Japan Silver Saint George Special Jury Prize: Eye Am by Hakki Kurtulus, Melik Saracoglu, Turkey Silver Saint George for Best Director: Valeriya Gai Germanika, Yes and Yes, Russia Silver Saint George for Best Actor: Tadanobu Asano, My Man, Japan Silver Saint George for Best Actress: Nataliya Polovynka, Brothers: The Final Confession, Ukraine Silver Saint George for Best Documentary: Deep Love by Jan P. Matuszyński, Poland Silver Saint George for Best Short Film: 14 Steps by Max Shavkin, Russia
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