"Window to Europe" film festival ends
Published: 19 August, 2007, 15:37
Russia's 15th annual Vyborg film festival, entitled “Window to Europe”, has come to an end. The closing ceremony took place in the heart of the city in a medieval castle.
The organisers say that results of the festival were predictable.
The main prize of the event went to Pavel Chukhrai's production called “Russian Game”.
The special jury prize for the best female performance was awarded to Evgenia Dobrovolskaya. And in the best debut category Aleksandr Kasatkin was victorious for his movie called “Listening to Silence”.
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