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On Friday, the Moscow International Film Festival (Miff), running April 19-26, unveiled its 15-movie official selection at a press conference in the Russian capital.

The list of competitors for the fest's main award, the Golden St. George, includes Bloody Richard by Italian director Roberta Torre; Soldier's Mementos by South Korea's Kim Jae-han; the French-Belgian film Gaspard at the Wedding, directed by Antony Cordier; The 12th Man by Norway's Harald Zwart; the Latvian-Lithuanian-Polish film Foam at the Mouth, directed by Janis Nords; Night God by Kazakhstan's Adilkhan Yerzhanov; Fortitude by Uzbek director Rashid Malikov; Sergio Trefaut's Rage, co-produced by Portugal,...

On Friday, the Moscow International Film Festival (Miff), running April 19-26, unveiled its 15-movie official selection at a press conference in the <a href="https://edit.hollywoodreporter.com/news/east-west-golden-arch-award-established-russia-eurasian-movies-1097992" target="_blank">Russian</a> capital.

The list of competitors for the fest's main award, the Golden St. George, includes <em>Bloody Richard</em> by Italian director Roberta Torre; <em>Soldier's Mementos</em> by South Korea's Kim Jae-han; the French-Belgian film <em>Gaspard at the Wedding</em>, directed by Antony Cordier; <em>The 12th Man</em> by Norway's Harald Zwart; the Latvian-Lithuanian-Polish film <em>Foam at the Mouth</em>, directed by Janis Nords; <em>Night God</em> by Kazakhstan's Adilkhan Yerzhanov; <em>Fortitude</em> by Uzbek director Rashid Malikov; Sergio Trefaut's <em>Rage</em>, co-produced by Portugal, France and Brazil; <em>Stray</em> by ...

St Petersburg International Media Forum closes inaugural edition with world premiere of Serena.

Francois Ozon’s latest feature The New Girlfriend was voted as the Best of the Fest by the audience at the inaugural edition of the St Petersburg International Media Forum (Spimf) which closed on Friday evening with the world premiere of Susanne Bier’s Serena, starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.

However, neither director Bier, nor any of the talent were in St Petersburg for the film, which Volgafilm will be releasing in Russian cinemas on October 30.

Although there was no formal competition for Spimf’s film programme, a jury of local film critics was formed to give awards for what they regarded as the best film and TV series showing in the 2014 line-up.

Australian film-maker Anna Broinowsky’s documentary Aim High In Creation, which screened in the Kor-kor sidebar about North Korean cinema, was named best film, while the Press...