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Jury of competitive programme “EurAsia” was watching 17 feature films. In jury were: Cho Sung-woo (South Korea), François da Silva (France), Jaak Kilmi (Estonia) Ilkka Y.L. Matila (Finland) Julietta Sichel (Czech Republic). Film “Alexandra” received an award for the best direction. Also Grand prix for best Eurasian film went to TAKVA – A MAN’S FEAR OF GOD by Özer Kiziltan, special jury prize went to AUTUMN BALL by Veiko Õunpuu.
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| Phyllida Lloyd on Alexander Sokurov's "Alexandra" |
| A Russian woman visits her soldier grandson in war-ravaged Chechnya. She shuffles about the camp with a kind of perplexed authority, meeting soldiers, chatting to her grandson and tottering off for some shopping in the nearby Chechen market |
| "Mamma Mia!" director Phyllida Lloyd, 30 dec. 2008 |
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| Sokurov’s ALEXANDRA: A Prayer for Peace |
| A film about war without bullets, bombs, or bloodshed — it’s difficult even to be convinced of “the enemy,” although Alexandra was shot on location in Grozny in the midst of the real war between Russia and Chechnya. But this we kno |
| Diane Sippl, Cinema without borders |
| 03 | 07 | 2007 |
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| Elegiac Russian film looks at life in Chechnya |
| In Alexander Sokurov's elegiac new film, an old woman visits her grandson serving in Russia's breakaway republic of Chechnya, and she quickly becomes a magnet for soldiers and locals worn down by years of conflict. |
| CANNES, France (Reuters) |
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| Cannes Film Festival 2007 (World Premiere, Competition)--Alexander Sokurov’s new film “Alexandra” is a conceptually fascinating piece that explores the moral consequences of the Russian military entanglement in Chechnya pictured through |
| Patrick Z. McGavin, http://emanuellevy.com |
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