The Moscow International Film Festival, which runs June 21-30, has come under criticism in the local press with the announcement of a competition line-up this year without any Russian entry. Sergei Bodrov's US-produced English language entry The Quickie, starring Russian actor Vladimir Mashkov, should however go some way towards satisfying Muscovite audiences hungry for home-grown stars. International guests expected to attend include Jack Nicholson, Sean Penn and Dennis Hopper.
Yevgenia Tirdatova, member of the festival programme selection committee, said: "The other major 'A' category festivals had already taken the best Russian productions of the year. Cannes snapped up Sokurov's Taurus for example. There were just no other Russian films remaining that the selection committee thought were up to our standards."
Despite the absence of a Russian entry, the festival's competition still skewed more heavily towards Eastern Europe than most other international events, with films from Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland represented in the programme.
Foreign visitors and local audiences will however still be able to see the latest Russian productions which will be showcased in the Russian Programme, which will screen most of the films produced locally over the past year.
Moscow 2001 line-up
Competition
PEONY PAVILION (YOUYUAN JINGMENG)
Dir: Yonfan, Hong Kong
CALMNESS (SHANTHAM)
Dir: Jayaraj, India
QUICKIE
Dir: Sergei Bodrov, US
DETECTOR (DETEKTOR)
Dir: Pal Jackman, Norway
WILD MUSSELS (WILDE MOSSELS)
Dir: Erik de Bruyn, The Netherlands
VICTIMS AND MURDERERS (OBETI A VRAZI)
Dir: Daniel Zavork, Czech Republic
MADEMOISELLE
Dir: Philippe Lioret, France
INHERITANCE (HERENCIA)
Dir: Paula Hernandez, Argentina
UNFAIR COMPETITION (CONCORENZA SLEALE)
Dir: Ettore Scola, Italy
KEEP AWAY FROM THE WINDOW (DALEKO OD OKNA)
Dir: Jan Jakub Kolski, Poland
UNDER THE SKIN OF THE CITY (ZIR-E POOST-E SHAHR)
Dir: Rakhshan Bani Etemad, Iran
MY SWEET (MI DULCE)
Dir: Jesus Mora, Spain
REAL FICTION (SHILJE SANGHWANG)
Dir: Kim Ki Duk, Republic of Korea
BLINDGUYS (VAKVAGANYOK)
Dir: Peter Timar, Hungary
WINGS OF GLASS (VINGAR AV GLAS)
Dir: Reza Bagher, Sweden
THE BELIEVER
Dir: Henry Bean, US
LOVE STORY BY TEA
Dir: Jin Chen, China
Great Expectations
GIRLFIGHT
Dir: Karyn Kusama, US
ALASKA.DE
Dir: Esther Gronenborn, Germany
ENGLAND
Dir: Achim von Borries, Germany
MAELSTROM
Dir: Denis Villeneuve, Canada
LOVE/JUICE
Dir: Shindo Kaze, Japan
MONKEY'S MASK
Dir: Samantha Lang, Australia
JUMP TOMORROW
Dir: Joel Hopkins, US/UK
COMPASSIONATE SEX (SEXO POR COMPASION)
Dir: Laura Mana, Spain
TOO MUCH FLESH
Dirs: Jean-Marc Barr & Pascal Arnold, France
8 1/2 films
TOGETHER (TILLSAMMANS)
Dir: Lukas Moodysson, Sweden
BAMBOOZLED
Dir: Spike Lee, US
STARDOM
Dir: Denys Arcand, Canada
A PLACE ON EARTH
Dir: Artur Aristakisjan, Russia
THE SEA THAT THINKS (DE ZEE DIE DENKT)
Dir: Gert de Graaff, The Netherlands
DOLCE
Dir: Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia
BANGKOK DANGEROUSDirs: Oxide & Danny Pang, ThailandSALAAM CINEMA
Dir: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
Dir: Joel Coen, US
New Europe
IN JULY (IM JULI)
Dir: Fatih Akin, Germany
LOST KILLERS
Dir: Dito Tsintsadze, Germany
MY SWEET HOME
Dir: Filippos Tsitos, Germany
FOREIGN FIELDS (PA FREMMED MARK)
Dir: Aage Rais, Denmark
THE NEW COUNTRY (DET NYA LANDET)
Dir: Geir Hansteen Jorgensen, Sweden
PASZPORT (PASSPORT)
Dir: Peter Gothar, Hungary
LA FAUTE A VOLTAIRE
Dir: Abdel Kechiche, France
LAST RESORT
Dir: Paul Pavlikovsky, UK
ROOM TO RENT
Dir: Khaled El Hagar, UK
National Hits
DREAM CAR (MESEAUTO)
Dir: Barna Kabay, Hungary
THE FUGITIVES (FUGITIVAS)
Dir: Miguel Hermoso, Spain
MOHABATTEN
Dir: Aditya Chopra, IndiaJALLA! JALLA!
Dir: Josef Fares, Sweden
THE TREATMENT (GUA SHA)
Dir: Zheng Xiaolong, China
SHERINA'S ADVENTURE (PETUALANGAN SHERINA)
Dir: Riri Riza, Indonesia
RISOTTO
Dir: Olga Malea, Greece
THE ROSE OF THE RASCAL (RENTUN RUUSU)
Dir: Timo Koivusalo, Finland
TEARS (NUNMUL)
Dir: Im Sang-soo, Republic of Korea
WHITEOUT
Dir: Setsurou Wakamatsu, Japan
HOLY TONGUE (LA LINGUA DEL SANTO)
Dir: Carlo Mazzacurati, Italy
Socialist Realism: Past and Present
RIOT IN GUJO (GUJYO-IKKI)
Dir: Seijiro Kohyama, Japan
HUMAN RESOURCES (RESSOURCES HUMAINES)
Dir: Laurent Cantet, France
COMPENSATION (ASWESUMA)
Dir: Bennett Rathnayake, Sri Lanka
LIAM
Dir: Stephen Frears, UK
THE UNDEFEATED
Dir: Oles Yanchuk, Ukraine
ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD TEN
Dir: Karl Francis, US
DANCER IN THE DARK
Dir: Lars von Trier, Denmark
Korean Peninsula in the mirror of the screen
RACING TO CROWN (DALLJOSO HANULKAZI)
Dir: Li Zhu Ho, North Korea
SOULS PROTEST (SARA INNUN RJONHONDUR)
Dir: Kim Chkhun Son, North Korea
AFFECTION-PERMEATED LAND (SARANI DEZI)
Dir: Li Gvan Am, North Korea
THE END OF THE CENTURY (SEGIMAL)
Dir: Song Neung-Han, Republic of Korea
THE LEGEND OF GINKO
Dir: Le-Hyun Park, Republic of Korea
ON THE GREEN CARPET (PUM ZUDAN UESO)
Dir: Rim Chkhan Bom, North Korea
PHANTOM: THE SUBMARINE
Dir: Min Byung-chun, Republic of Korea
STALKS GROW FROM THE ROOTS (ZHUN GINUN PURJESO ZARANDA)
Dir: Kim Chkhun Son, North Korea
HONG KIL DONG
Dir: Kim Kil In, North Korea
Dangerous Liaisons
THE FLUTTER
Dir: Richard Glatzer, US
THE MAP OF SEX AND LOVE (QUINGSE DITU)
Dir: Evans Chan, Hong Kong
LA BELLE
Dir: Le Kuvn-Dong, Republic of Korea
SADE
Dir: Benoit Jacquot, France
THE PORNOGRAPHER (LE PORNOGRAPHE)
Dir: Bertrand Bonello, France
THE MOST FERTILE MAN IN IRELAND
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