Messenger's Archive: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 |
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| August. Locarno (Switzerland). Alexander Sokuov is a honorary guest of the 59th Locarno International Film Festival. Here is the information from the festival's site:
“Leopard of Honour goes to Alexander Sokurov”
Locarno international film Festival is proud to award the Leopard of Honour for its 59th edition to the Russian master Alexander Sokurov, whose career has always been dear to Locarno. Sokurov distinguished himself here in 1987, with the Bronze Leopard for his first film “Odinokiy golos cheloveka” (The Lonely Human Voice), then, ten years later with the first Video Prize for his documentary “Dukhovnye Golosa” (Spiritual Voices). He was also a member of the official Jury in 1990.
This year, Sokurov will screen his new film “Elegy of Life”, about the Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, at Locarno, as a world premiere.
Alexander Sokurov will be in Locarno from the 9th to the 13th of August, and he will receive the Award on Friday the 11th august 2006 on the Piazza Grande.
The address of the link: http://jahia.pardo.ch/jahia/Jahia/home/site/pardosite/lang/en/pid/82. |
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| July. Alexander Sokurov with his group has departed to Chechen republic on the shootings of new film “Alexandra”. |
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| 14 June. Alexander Sokurov is fifty five years. The director was congratulated on his jubilee by Nikita Mihalkov, Evgeny Gerasimov, Michail Porechenkov, Marlen Hutsiev from the Russian Cinematographers' Union, Evgeny Tatarsky from the St. Petersburg's Cinematographers' Union, Film-academy “Nika”, deputy head of the Federal Agency on Culture and Cinematography Alexander Golutva, a chairman of Culture Committee Nikolaj Burov, art head-director Valery Gergiev and the all collective of the Mariinsky Theatre, Russian National Library, the governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. |
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| 7 April. St. Petersburg. The State University of Film & TV. Sokurov meets students of the university.
On the meeting.
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| 9 March. Moscow. Academic musical theatre of K. Stanislavsky and V. Nemirovich-Danchenko. The National Award ceremony of film critics and film-press named “White Elephant”. The premium “White Elephant” for 2005 has awarded to “The Sun” in 3 nominations: “Best film”, “Best work of director” (to Alexander Sokurov), “Best music for the film” (to Andrey Sigle).
“White Elephant” ticket.
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| 18-23 March. Naples (Italy). The University of Ursula. The project under the name “The absolute of the power” (L'assoluto del potere) presents three films of Sokurov about dictators of new time. 18 March — “Moloch”, “Telets”. 21 March — “The Sun”. 21–23 March — seminars of Alexander Sokurov. |
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January. Moscow. Film “The Sun” is submitted in a nomination of Film Academy of National Awards “Gold Eagle” and “Nika”. Alexander Sokurov and producers of film “The Sun” have taken off the picture from all nominations.
The Alexander Sokurov's opinion. |
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| January. St. Petersburg. The montage of the film “Elegy of life” about Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya. |
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| 11-14 January. Nalchik (Kabardino-Balkaria). Within the framework of the project “Sokurov Island in Nalchik”, organized by the firm Saralp Gallery and A. Eutyh's jewelry house with assistance of the territory administration, the pictures “The Sun”, “Mother and Son”, “Father and Son”, “Russian Ark” were shown to the public coming to the viewings from different areas of republic. During the visit director had met the president of Kabardino-Balkaria Arsan Kanokov, the family of Sokurovs living in Kabardino-Balkaria, Adygea and Ossetia, art workers, art intelligence and journalists. Director discussed the possibility of shootings of his new film in this place with the representatives of local administration.
Family of Sokurovs in Nalchik.
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