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6th Moscow International Film Festival

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Location
  
Moscow, USSR

Awards
  
Grand Prix

Founded
  
1959

Festival date
  
7–22 July 1969

Website
  
http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru

The 6th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 22 July 1969. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Cuban film Lucía directed by Humberto Solás, the Italian film Serafino directed by Pietro Germi and the Soviet film We'll Live Till Monday directed by Stanislav Rostotsky.

Contents

Jury

  • Sergei Gerasimov (USSR - President of the Jury)
  • Dev Anand (India)
  • Vija Artmane (USSR)
  • King Vidor (USA)
  • Erwin Geschonneck (East Germany)
  • Anatoli Golovnya (USSR)
  • Mbissine Thérèse Diop (Senegal)
  • Zahari Zhandov (Bulgaria)
  • Stanislav Zvonicek (Czechoslovakia)
  • Jerzy Kawalerowicz (Poland)
  • Ion Popescu-Gopo (Romania)
  • Glauber Rocha (Brazil)
  • István Szabó (Hungary)
  • Alberto Sordi (Italy)
  • Yves Ciampi (France)
  • Madiha Yousri (Egypt)

    • Films in competition

    The following films were selected for the main competition:

    Awards

  • Golden Prize:
  • Lucía by Humberto Solás
  • Serafino by Pietro Germi
  • We'll Live Till Monday by Stanislav Rostotsky
  • Silver Prizes:
  • Playtime by Jacques Tati
  • When You Hear the Bells by Antun Vrdoljak
  • Special Prizes:
  • Carol Reed for Oliver!
  • Annelie Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike for Diary of a German Woman
  • Ivan Pyryev for The Brothers Karamazov
  • Prizes:
  • Best Actor: Ron Moody for Oliver!
  • Best Actor: Tadeusz Łomnicki for Colonel Wolodyjowski
  • Best Actress: Irina Petrescu for A Woman for a Season
  • Best Actress: Ana María Picchio for Brief Heaven
  • Diplomas:
  • Scorched Earth by Knut Andersen
  • Cabascabo by Oumarou Ganda
  • Director: András Kovács for Walls
  • Director of photography: Ivailo Tranchev for Tango
  • Prix FIPRESCI: Lucía by Humberto Solás

    • References

    6th Moscow International Film Festival Wikipedia
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