The 33rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 2 July 2011. The Golden George was awarded to the Venezuelan drama film The Waves directed by Alberto Morais.
The festival opened with Transformers: Dark of the Moon directed by Michael Bay. The festival honoured Helen Mirren with Stanislavsky Award and closed with her film The Debt directed by John Madden.
Main Competition Jury
The members of main competition jury:
Geraldine Chaplin (United States, United Kingdom) - Chairman of the Jury
Amos Gitai (Israel)
Nikolai Dostal (Russian)
Károly Makk (Hungary)
Javier Martin Dominguez (Spain)
The members of "Perspectives" Competition Jury:
Miroljub Vuckovic (Serbia) - Chairman of the Jury
Alexander Kott (Russian)
Ermek Shinarbayev (Kazakhstan)
The members of Documentary competition Jury:
Michael Apted (United Kingdom)
Tue Steen Müller (Denmark)
Alexander Gutman (Russian)
The following films were selected for the main competition:
The following films were selected for the Perspectives competition:
The following films were selected for the Documentary competition:
Carlos directed by Olivier Assayas
Lozhkovilka directed by Yasbir Singh Ghuman Jr.
Melancholia directed by Lars von Trier
The Mill and the Cross directed by Lech Majewski
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Neds directed by Peter Mullan
Pina directed by Wim Wenders
Black Venus directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
Walk away Renée directed by Jonathan Caouette
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
The White Diamond
Woyzeck
Cobra Verde
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Heart of Glass
Stroszek
Where the Green Ants Dream
Fitzcarraldo
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Wild Bunch
Convoy
Major Dundee
Junior Bonner
The Getaway
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Ride the High Country
Straw Dogs
The Killer Elite
Love.net directed by Ilian Djevelekov
Michael directed by Markus Schleinzer
Bedevilled directed by Jang Cheol-soo
6 Days on Earth directed by Varo Venturi
I Saw the Devil directed by Kim Jee-woon
Arrietty directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi
The Artist directed by Michel Hazanavicius
The Beaver directed by Jodie Foster
Vallanzasca – Gli angeli del male directed by Michele Placido
Mishen directed by Alexander Zeldovich
Five brides directed by Karen Hovhannisyan
The festival also included Italian cinema today, Media Forum, New wave, Russian Film Program, Films of world cinema (showcasing films which contains elements of Russian culture), Free Thought, Made in Spain and Short Films Corner.
Helen Mirren was honored at the festival and four of her films were screened at the festival, including the festival's closing night film The Debt.
The Tempest directed by Julie Taymor
The Queen directed by Stephen Frears
The Last Station directed by Michael Hoffman
The festival paid Tribute to American film director Rob Nilsson and screened four of his films at the festival.
Heat and Sunlight
Northern Lights
Need
Imbued
The festival paid Tribute to Hungarian film director Béla Tarr.
Szabadgyalog / The Outsider
Werckmeister harmóniák / Werckmeister Harmonies
Panelkapcsolat / The Prefab People
Macbeth
Őszi almanach / Autumn Almanac
Kárhozat / Damnation
Sátántangó / Satan's Tango
Családi tűzfészek / Family Nest
A torinói ló / The Turin Horse
A londoni férfi / The Man from London
The winners at the festival:
Golden George: The Waves by Alberto Morais
Special Jury Prize: Silver George: Chapiteau Show by Sergei Loban
Silver George:
Best Director: Wong Ching-po for Revenge: A Love Story
Best Actor: Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa for The Waves
Best Actress: Urszula Grabowska for Joanna
Jury Special Mention: Ivan Vladimirov and Valeri Yordanov for Sneakers
Best film of the Perspective competition: Anarchy in Zhirmunai by Saulius Drunga
Special mention of the jury: Bugs by Andrew Bogatirev
Best film of the documentary competition: Hell and Back Again by Danfung Dennis
Lifetime Achievement Award: John Malkovich
Stanislavsky Award: Helen Mirren
People's Choice Award: Montevideo, God Bless You! by Dragan Bjelogrlić