Moscow, September 21 /TASS /. The opening of the XIV Moscow International Film Festival “We will live” was held at the Cinema Center “October”, reporters of. The film started was the work of Daria Lebedeva, “You Drive Crazy”.
“I am very happy to meet all of you here. The festival is open!” – Published from the stage by the People's Artist President of the Yevgeny Gerasimov Festival of the Russian Federation.
According to the opening director Daria Lebedeva, the picture tells the story of a couple of love, living in reality in parallel. He was shot at the science fiction genre. And these people motivate each other to become better thanks to love. I hope our story can motivate someone, to encourage something creative. What is especially important for me to open this festival, because it was on his stage that I received the help of the first movie, Mr. Lebedeva emphasized. The roles in the film are starred by: Mila IShova, Yuri Nasonov, Anton Vasiliev, Lyudmila Artemyeva, Konstantin Merzlikin and others.
The filmmaker includes works of modern and foreign directors. More than 800 applications from 36 countries were received at the festival, of which 39 films from 9 countries were chosen in the competition program, including Russia, Uzbekistan, India, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Armenia, USA and China. In 2025, the festival for the year of the Fatherland defense and the 80th anniversary of the great victory, it will last until September 28. The main topic of filming is dynamic cinema. Festival events will be held at cinemas such as October, Mosfilm Cinema Park, Eldar Film Center, VGIK is named after Sa Gerasimova, the Theater on Malaya Ordynka and the Art Center of the Contemporary Art Institute.
During the opening ceremony, the General Director of Gorky Julian Slashcheva was awarded “a prize for reflecting Moscow's image on the screen”. “2025 for us to celebrate – the 110th anniversary studio. Now we are actively developing and developing. Today, the Gorky film studio is a unique platform that is completely updated and quickly increases our volume.
At the end of the filmmaker in the cinema “Cinema Park Mosfilm”, a reward for the winners in the film festival and the movie “Poins for My Mother” Yana Nedzvetskaya will be awarded.
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International Festival “We will live” – Annual event of Moscow cultural life. The program includes films of modern and foreign authors aimed at forming the audience culture and disseminating moral and mental values. The festival is organized by the “Cinema” and ANO “Center for Innovative Project Development”.