DUSHANBE
, June 23, Asia-Plus – A feature film by Tajik filmmakers Gulandom Muhabbatova and her son Daler Rahmatov has been presented in the 28
th
International Film Festival in
Moscow
, which opened today.
Mr. Munavvar Mansourkhojayev, the head of Tajik Cinematographers’ Union, has told Asia-Plus that the movie has been presented in the festival due to receiving prize at the second youth film festival of Central Asia’s countries “Izhodii Parvoz” that was held in Tashkent in early May this year.
Gulandom Muhabbatova and Daler Rahamtov’s
Ovora
is about problems of labor migration and the rising generation. It tells life of a 5-year-old boy, whose father left for
Russia
in search of seasonal work. The boy lives in the village with his grandmother and grandfather
According to him, the Tajik movie is presented in the
Moscow
film festival hors concourse. All in all, more than 200 movies will be demonstrated in the film festival in
Moscow
.
An acclaimed Polish film director will chair the main jury of the
Moscow
film festival. The Moscow International Film Festival invited Andrzej Zulawski to replace Michael Haneke as this year”s competition jury president after the Austrian filmmaker withdrew at short notice.
The Zulawski-led jury will include
Russia
”s Alexei Uchitel, the director of last year”s winner, Dreaming of Space, British actress Julie Christie, who starred in a 1965
Hollywood
production of Boris Pasternak”s Doctor Zhivago, and French critic-producer Pierre-Henri Deleau.
17 feature films have been nominated to the festival.
The highlights include new work from
France
”s Bertrand Blier (How Much Do You Love Me?),
Hungary
”s Istvan Szabo (Relatives),
Chile
”s Raoul Ruiz (Klimt),
America
”s Robert Towne (Ask the Dust) and
Britain
”s Jeremy Brock (Driving Lessons).
The Moscow Film Festival, established in 1935, has been an annual event since 1995. It was registered by International Federation of Film Producers associations (FIAPF) as an “A” class festival in 1972.
