From August 24 to September 2, 2012, residents of Moscow and guests of the capital had the opportunity to see films shown at the Moscow Premiere festival. Traditionally, the program of this event includes domestic films that have already attended major film festivals. A special feature of the 10th Moscow Premiere was the showing of a large program made up of topical documentaries.
The program of the 10th Moscow Premiere opened with the screening of the film by Pavel Ruminov “I Will Be Near”, which in 2012 won the Kinotavr festival. The picture tells the story of a woman who, due to an incurable disease discovered in her, is looking for a new family for her son.
In the "Khudozhestvenny" cinema, the participants and guests of the festival had the opportunity to see Russian films from the "Magnificent Seven" thematic block, traditionally combining films, the production of which was completed in 2010-2011. Films in this category are addressed to a wide range of viewers. The program included Georgy Parajanov's film paradigm, “Everyone's gone,” which became the director's debut in a feature-length film. Viewers had the opportunity to appreciate the film "Daughter" by Natalia Nazarova and Alexander Kasatkin, filmed at the junction of thriller and psychological drama. This picture won the Best Debut category at the Kinotavr festival. The Moscow Premiere program featured Alexander Proshkin's drama Atonement, based on the novel by F. Gorenstein. The film, which takes place in the first post-war year, became one of the laureates of the Montreal Film Festival.
Another thematic block, presented at the Moscow Premiere, united novelties intended for family viewing. Feature and animation films, shown as part of the Our New Children's Cinema program, took part in foreign and domestic film festivals. Among the films that participated in the show, viewers were able to appreciate Vadim Obvalov's animated series “Belka and Strelka. Mischievous Family ", Elena Strizhevskaya's play tale" The Magician Called? ", Rim Sharafutdinov's animated story" The Stupid Wolf ". A cartoon about a rustic predator in 2012 was awarded a diploma of the Samara festival "Cinema for Children". Among the films for family viewing was shown Natalya Makarova's fictional comedy "Casting for a Villain", which became an award winner in two nominations at the "Eaglet" festival.
The third thematic part of the festival united the screening of experimental animation, documentary and fiction films. The Moscow premiere of the comedy "I Don't Love You" by Pavel Kostomarov and Alexander Rastorguev, which was among the winners of the Kinotavr festival, took place at the Eldar Cinema Club. Among the films presented in the "Art Line" program is the film by Maria Sahakyan "Entropy", which received one of the prizes of the "Window to Europe" film festival. The list of actors who played in this tape includes such famous personalities as Ksenia Sobchak and Valeria Gai Germanika.
In the summer theater of the Muzeon park, a selection of topical documentaries was shown within the framework of the film festival. Among the tapes that were presented to the audience was the film "Heaven under the Heart", filmed at the concerts of the "DDT" group and became one of the nominees for the independent "Steppenwolf" award. The show included a joint work of ten young directors "Winter, Go!", A film by Andrei Gryazev about the performances of the art group "War" and a picture by Sergei Miroshnichenko dedicated to people born in the USSR.
The Moscow Premiere program ended with the screening of Sergei Loznitsa's film In the Fog, based on the story by Vasil Bykov. The film, which takes place in Belarus, occupied by the Germans, won awards at the Golden Apricot and Mirror festivals.
