Already at the end of May, the organizers announced the list of films that were included in the program of the International Moscow Film Festival. The main nomination includes 16 films, filmed by directors of different nationalities.
At the International Moscow Film Festival there are films that apply for statuettes, as well as film products that are shown within the framework of the competition, in the Perspectives program. At the opening of the festival, on June 21, 2012, the film "Duhless", directed by Roman Prygunov based on the book of the same name by Sergei Minaev, was presented to the public.
According to the organizers, the main contenders for the Golden George award are three Russian films. These are "Rita's Last Tale" (directed by Renata Litvinova), "Gulf Stream under the Iceberg" (directed by Yevgeny Pashkevich) and "Horde" (directed by Yevgeny Proshkin). Also among the favorites are the film by Mexican director Kenya Marquez "Expiration date", British director Tindji Krishnan "Dregs", Italian director Stefano Sollima "All the cops are bastards." The international procession continues with the films The Apostle (directed by Fernando Cortiso, Spain), The Vegetarian Cannibal (directed by Branko Schmidt, Croatia), Growing up with the Wind (directed by Rahbara Ganbari, Iran) and The Cherry on the Pomegranate Tree "(Directed by Chen Li, China).
The competition program also includes films directed by Waldemar Krzystek from Poland "80 Million", Pieter Simm from Estonia "Lonely Island", Ahu Louhimies from Finland "Naked Bay", Ferzan Ozpetek from Italy "Presence of Splendor". The director of the classic genre in cinema, Hungarian Istvan Szabo, will present the film "The Door" at the MIFF 2012. Thus, the main competition program of the Moscow International Film Festival 2012 includes 16 films.
Films of debutant directors were also included in the competition program of the Moscow International Film Festival 2012. They represent works in the Perspectives program. Special screening within the framework of the competition - screening of the film "The Fourth Dimension" (directed by Aleksey Fedorchenko, Jan Kwesiński, Harmony Korina). In addition to him, the works of Tays Gloger "Bebop", Linus de Paoli "Doctor Ketel", Natalia Belyauskiene "If everything …", Jost van Ginkel "170 hertz", Jo Min Huazhe "Horizon", Veli Kahraman "Where is my native language" and D. Hood "Destroyers".
