A drama by a first-time Russian director Vasily Sigarev, “Wolfy”, has won best movie award at the international film festival in Portugal.
The winner was chosen by a vote from viewers, who praised “Wolfy” for its emotional plot, dramatic tension and touching acting performance.
The Siberian playwright-turned-director stepped into the limelight in 2002, when his play “Plasticine” was staged at London’s Royal Court Theatre and Sigarev took the Charles Wintour Prize for Most Promising Playwright. Since 2003, he has written 18 plays that have been staged at theaters in Russia and overseas. He’s transformed his play “Wolfy”, about mother-daughter relationships, into a film which has already taken the top award at the 2009 Kinotavr festival in Sochi in southern Russia.
