The 47th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 24 April 2025.
Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov was the president of the festival. Spanish film director Lluís Miñarro was head of the main jury. His Name Was Not Listed was the opening film and What We Wanted to Be was the closing film. On April 17, 2025, the opening ceremony took place at the Rossiya Theatre, hosted by actor Aleksei Guskov. On April 24, the closing ceremony also took place at the Rossiya Theatre. The Golden Saint George for Best Film was awarded to the Indian film The Elysian Field directed by Pradip Kurbah.
Jury Main Competition Lluís Miñarro, film producer & writer (Spain) – President of the Jury Bushra, film actress (Egypt & UK) Cornel Gheorghiță, film director & screenwriter (Romania) Aleksey German Jr., film director & screenwriter (Russia) John Robinson, film actor (USA) Maryana Spivak, film actress (Russia)
Documentary Competition Peter Kuznick, professor, writer and public activist (USA) – President of the Jury Bruno Jorge, film director, cinematographer and editor (Brazil) Irina Uralskaya, film cinematographer and director (Russia)
Short film competition Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, film actor, director and writer (Turkey) - President of the Jury Fabio Massa, film actor (Italy) Yulia Khlynina, film actress (Russia)
Russian Premiere competition Vladimir Grammatikov, film actor, director and writer (Russia) - President of the Jury Anna Matison, film director, writer and playwright (Russia) Sergey Titinkov, film producer, media manager, chief film producer of Channel One (Russia)
NETPAC Jury Premendra Mazumder, film critic, author and festival organizer (India) - President of the Jury Andronika Martonova, film scholar, critic and professor (Bulgaria) Sardana Savvina, film producer, researcher, Master of Arts (Russia)
Russian Film Critics Jury Maria Bezenkova Veronika Sarkisova Temina Tuaeva Yulia Ustyugova Alexander Khort
Films in competition Main Competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Negotiator Il Nibbio Alessandro Tonda Italy, Belgium The Bread Season Demsala Nan Anvar Hassanpour, Emeer Hassanpour USA, Turkey Two People in One Life and a Dog Двое в одной жизни, не считая собаки Andrey Zaytsev Russia When We Bloom Again 목화솜 피는 날 South Korea For Your Sake Por tu bien Axel Monsú Argentina A House on Fire Casa en flames Dani de la Orden Spain Evacuation Эвакуация Farkhat Sharipov Kazakhstan Wisdom of the Whale Balinanin Bilgisi Önder Şengül Turkey Lateral Thinking Pensamiento Lateral Mariano Hueter Argentina The Planet Планета Mikhail Arkhipov Russia Family Happiness Семейное счастье Stacy Tolstoy Russia Beyond the Mast মাস্তুল Mohammad Nuruzzaman Bangladesh, Netherlands, Germany The Elysian Field Ha Lyngkha Bneng Pradip Kurbah India Documentary Competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Marino and the Authentics Marino y los auténticos Cristóbal Jasso Mexico I Don't Wanna Sit in My Cemetery Baghjan Jaicheng Jai Dohutia India, Germany The Winter Road Зимник Yuri Dorokhin Russia Ms. Hu's Garden 胡阿姨的花园 Pan Zhiqi ChinaTrick شگرد Jafar Sadeghi IranSinara Синара Natalia Lobko Russia Reverse Реверс Ivan Tverdovskiy Russia The Days with Her Los días con ella Matías Scarvaci Argentina Short Film Competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Uncle Дяденька Ivan Vetoshkin Russia LIME Cal Santiago Dulce Argentina Who Let the Wild Donkey Go Free? Кто пустил дикого осла на свободу? Nikita Lokhmatov Russia Minor Chronicle Crónica menor Francisco Usiel MexicoIncompatible Judit VilarrasaSpain New Address Noya Thikana Sumsuddin Ahmed Shiblu Bangladesh Widmung 献呈 Kei Miyaji Japan After Father پس از پدر Noushin Meraji Iran About the Cow Про корову Anton Simukhin, Nikolay Alekseev Russia Bumblebee Abellón Fon Cortizo Spain Tango Танго Fedor Malyshev Russia Born to Fly 우화하길 Lee Byoung-don South Korea Coming Out of Age 年少年 Li Shida China Russian Premiere Competition Endless April (Бесконечный апрель), directed by Anton Butakov (Russia) Wolves (Волки), directed by Mikhail Kulunakov (Russia) Legends from the Past (Легенды наших предков), directed by Ivan Sosnin (Russia) License to Love (Мужу привет), directed by Anton Maslov (Russia) The Postman (Почтарь), directed by Andrey Razenkov (Russia) Impostors (Самозванцы), directed by Maria Reizen (Russia) There (Туда), directed by Ivan Petukhov (Russia)
Awards Golden Saint George for Best Film: The Elysian Field by Pradip Kurbah, India Silver Saint George Special Jury Prize: Evacuation by Farkhat Sharipov, Kazakhstan Silver Saint George for Best Director: Pradip Kurbah, The Elysian Field, India Silver Saint George for Best Actor: Yevgeny Tsyganov, Family Happiness, Russia Silver Saint George for Best Actress: Maria Rodríguez Soto, A House on Fire, Spain Silver Saint George for Best Documentary: Ms. Hu's Garden by Pan Zhiqi, China Special Mention for Documentary: The Winter Road by Yuri Dorokhin, Russia Silver Saint George for Best Short Film: Bumblebee by Fon Cortizo, Spain Special Jury Prize for Short Film: Tango by Fedor Malyshev, Russia Silver Saint George for Best Film in the Russian Premiere Competition: License to Love, by Anton Maslov, Russia NETPAC for Best Asian Film: The Elysian Field by Pradip Kurbah, India Audience Award: Two People in One Life and a Dog by Andrey Zaytsev, Russia Honorary Golden Saint George Prize for an outstanding contribution to the world cinema: Vladimir Ilyin (Russia) Sources: Stanislavsky Award: Vladimir Mashkov Special Mention for Film: Beyond the Mast by Mohammad Nuruzzaman, Bangladesh
References
External links Moscow Film Festival: 2025 at Moscow Film Festival