The 5th
BRICS Film Festival will be held within the 42nd Moscow International Film
Festival (MIFF) on 1-7 October 2020.
The
Festival will showcase 10 films, two from each BRICS country. Russia will be
represented by Alexander Proshkins Back to the Sarmatian Steppe and Andrei Bogatyrevs Red Ghost. The events
of the festival will take place both in cinemas and online.
The
Festival will be launched at the MIFF opening ceremony in the Moscow Musical
Theatre at 7 pm on 1 October.
The Oktyabr
cinema theatre will be the main festival venue. Films will be also shown in the
Moskino cinema theatres.
Members of
the jury selected by the embassies of each country will judge the films. The
jury will be headed by Russian filmmaker and cameraman Sergei Mokritsky, who
made the film Battle for Sevastopol, a participant in the first BRICS film
festival in India and the second one in China.
The five
winners will receive the awards in the following nominations: Best Film,
Special Jury Award, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.
The forum
«BRICS Films as an Alternative to Hollywood» will take place during the
festival. The participants will discuss cinema production, distribution and
education in the field of cinematography via videoconference.
The history
of the BRICS Film Festival dates back to July 2015 when Prime Minister of India
Narendra Modi made a proposal to hold it at the BRICS Summitin Ufa. Since then,
the festival has rotated among the BRICS countries, being held in Delhi (India)
in 2016, Chengdu (China) in 2017, Durban (South Africa) in 2018 and Niteroi
(Brazil) in 2019.
The Roscongress Foundation, a socially oriented non-financial
development institution and a major organiser of
international conventions, congress, exhibitions, business, social and
sporting, public, and cultural events, is in charge of organising events as part of the Russian Federations
chairmanship in the BRICS association.
Official website of the Russian Federations chairmanship: brics-russia2020.ru.
The 5th
BRICS Film Festival will be held within the 42nd Moscow International Film
Festival (MIFF) on 1-7 October 2020.
The
Festival will showcase 10 films, two from each BRICS country. Russia will be
represented by Alexander Proshkins Back to the Sarmatian Steppe and Andrei Bogatyrevs Red Ghost. The events
of the festival will take place both in cinemas and online.
The
Festival will be launched at the MIFF opening ceremony in the Moscow Musical
Theatre at 7 pm on 1 October.
The Oktyabr
cinema theatre will be the main festival venue. Films will be also shown in the
Moskino cinema theatres.
Members of
the jury selected by the embassies of each country will judge the films. The
jury will be headed by Russian filmmaker and cameraman Sergei Mokritsky, who
made the film Battle for Sevastopol, a participant in the first BRICS film
festival in India and the second one in China.
The five
winners will receive the awards in the following nominations: Best Film,
Special Jury Award, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.
The forum
«BRICS Films as an Alternative to Hollywood» will take place during the
festival. The participants will discuss cinema production, distribution and
education in the field of cinematography via videoconference.
The history of the BRICS Film Festival dates back to July 2015 when Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi made a proposal to hold it at the BRICS Summitin Ufa. Since then, the festival has rotated among the BRICS countries, being held in Delhi (India) in 2016, Chengdu (China) in 2017, Durban (South Africa) in 2018 and Niteroi (Brazil) in 2019.
The Roscongress Foundation, a socially oriented non-financial
development institution and a major organiser of
international conventions, congress, exhibitions, business, social and
sporting, public, and cultural events, is in charge of organising events as part of the Russian Federations
chairmanship in the BRICS association.
Official website of the Russian Federations chairmanship: brics-russia2020.ru.