BRICS Film Festival

Mikhail Shvydkoi, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for International Cultural Cooperation, at the opening of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Mikhail Shvydkoi, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for International Cultural Cooperation, at the opening of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Kirill Razlogov, programme director of the Moscow International Film Festival, Curator of the 5th BRICS Film Festival, at the opening of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Svetlana Maksimchenko, Head of the Cinematography Department of the Russian Ministry of Culture, at the opening of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Participants in the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood. Far left: Mikhail Shvydkoi, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for International Cultural Cooperation

Mikhail Shvydkoi, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for International Cultural Cooperation, at the opening of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Svetlana Maksimchenko, Head of the Cinematography Department of the Russian Ministry of Culture, at the opening of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Mikhail Shvydkoi, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for International Cultural Cooperation, at the opening of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Participants in the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Participants in the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood. 3rd row, from left: Mikhail Shvydkoi, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for International Cultural Cooperation, Svetlana Maksimchenko, Head of the Cinematography Department of the Russian Ministry of Culture, and Kirill Razlogov, programme director of the Moscow International Film Festival, Curator of the 5th BRICS Film Festival

Participants in the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Speakers of the session, National Models of Cinema as Alternatives to Hollywood, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood. Left: Marina Toropygina, art expert, teacher at the Russian Film Institute (VGIK)

Zhang Jinjiang, director, actor and playwright, takes part in the session, National Models of Cinema as Alternatives to Hollywood, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Marina Toropygina, art expert, teacher at the Russian Film Institute (VGIK), takes part in the session, National Models of Cinema as Alternatives to Hollywood, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Participants in the session, National Models of Cinema as Alternatives to Hollywood, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Zhang Jinjiang, director, actor and playwright, takes part in the session, National Models of Cinema as Alternatives to Hollywood, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Participants in the session, National Models of Cinema as Alternatives to Hollywood, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Participants in the session, National Models of Cinema as Alternatives to Hollywood, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood. From left: Marina Toropygina, art expert, teacher at the Russian Film Institute (VGIK), Zhang Jinjiang, director, actor and playwright, and Kirill Razlogov, programme director of the Moscow International Film Festival. Right: film director Alexander Proshkin.

Film director Alexander Proshkin, left, during the session, National Models of Cinema as Alternatives to Hollywood, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Speakers of the session, National Models of Cinema as Alternatives to Hollywood, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood. Center: Zhang Jinjiang, director, actor and playwright

Film director Andrei Bogatyryov during the session, National Models of Cinema as Alternatives to Hollywood, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Nina Kochelyayeva, Director of the New Institute for Cultural Research and leading specialist at the Russian Film Institute (VGIK), takes part in the session, Cooperation of the BRICS Countries in the Field of Cinema: Issues and Challenges, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Participants in the session, Cooperation of the BRICS Countries in the Field of Cinema: Issues and Challenges, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood. From left: Nina Kochelyayeva, Director of the New Institute for Cultural Research and leading specialist at the Russian Film Institute (VGIK), and Yulia Mishkinene, producer and director of the Vita Aktiva company

Participants in the session, Cooperation of the BRICS Countries in the Field of Cinema: Issues and Challenges, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Yulia Mishkinene, producer and head of the Vita Aktiva company, takes part in the session, Cooperation of the BRICS Countries in the Field of Cinema: Issues and Challenges, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Participants in the session, Cooperation of the BRICS Countries in the Field of Cinema: Issues and Challenges, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Nina Kochelyayeva, Director of the New Institute for Cultural Research and leading specialist at the Russian Film Institute (VGIK), takes part in the session, Cooperation of the BRICS Countries in the Field of Cinema: Issues and Challenges, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Igor Gruzdev, Deputy Rector for Information Technologies at at the Russian Film Institute (VGIK), takes part in the session, Cooperation of the BRICS Countries in the Field of Cinema: Issues and Challenges, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Kirill Razlogov, programme director of the Moscow International Film Festival, takes part in the session, Cooperation of the BRICS Countries in the Field of Cinema: Issues and Challenges, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood, with Igor Gruzdev, Deputy Rector for Information Technologies at at the Russian Film Institute (VGIK), seen on screen

A participant in the session, Cooperation of the BRICS Countries in the Field of Cinema: Issues and Challenges, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

A participant in the session, Cooperation of the BRICS Countries in the Field of Cinema: Issues and Challenges, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

A participant in the session, Cooperation of the BRICS Countries in the Field of Cinema: Issues and Challenges, held as part of the BRICS Film Forum, BRICS Cinemas as Alternatives to Hollywood

Award Ceremony of 5th BRICS Film Festival

Awards for the 5th BRICS Film Festival winners

Participants in the 5th BRICS Film Festival

Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival. Right: Madivha Aaron Mudimeli, Charge d’Affaires ad interim at the South African Embassy in Russia and the festival jury member

Zhang Jinjiang, director, actor and playwright, during Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival

Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival

Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival. Right: Zhang Jinjiang, the festival jury member, director, actor and playwright

Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival

Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival

From right: Sikand Mahima, Second Secretary of the Embassy of India in Russia and the 5th BRICS Film Festival jury member, presents the award to Tatyana Voronetskaya, producer of the film Red Ghost, and actor Wolfgang Cerny

Tatyana Voronetskaya, producer of the film Red Ghost, and actor Wolfgang Cerny during Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival

Right: Sergei Mokritsky, film director, cinematographer and chairman of the 5th BRICS Film Festival's jury, speaks at Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival

Madivha Aaron Mudimeli, Charge d’Affaires ad interim at the South African Embassy in Russia, during Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival

From left: Madivha Aaron Mudimeli, Charge d’Affaires ad interim at the South African Embassy in Russia, and Sergei Mokritsky, film director, cinematographer and chairman of the 5th BRICS Film Festival's jury, during Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival

Boris Mashtaler, executive director of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia, speaks at Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival

From left: Venkatesh Varma, Ambassador of India to Russia, and Boris Mashtaler, executive director of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia, hold the flag of India and pose for a photo after Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival

Venkatesh Varma, Ambassador of India to Russia, during Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival

Venkatesh Varma, Ambassador of India to Russia, 2nd right, during Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival

From left: Zhang Jinjiang, director, actor and playwright, Sikand Mahima, Second Secretary of the Embassy of India in Russia, Zhanna Tolstikova, Head of the International department at TV BRICS, Madivha Aaron Mudimeli, Charge d’Affaires ad interim at the South African Embassy in Russia, Venkatesh Varma, Ambassador of India to Russia, and Sergei Mokritsky, film director, cinematographer and chairman of the 5th BRICS Film Festival's jury, pose for a photo after Award Ceremony of the 5th BRICS Film Festival