(26 Aug 2022)
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Moscow, 26 August 2022
1. Moscow International Film Festival president Nikita Mikhalkov coming out to presser
2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Nikita Mikhalkov, MIFF president:
"These days, the heroes are in Donbas. That is where the new elite and the new heroes are being born. Actually, a new world and a new society are being born there. The problem is that unfortunately not everybody understands that this is serious and it's here to stay."
3. Cutaway to Mikhalkov speaking
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Nikita Mikhalkov, MIFF president:
"To me, from a certain moment - especially from the moment they started trying to cancel our culture in the world, including Tchaikovsky and Pushkin - it makes no difference how big are the stars that come. I'm interested in people who come because they are interested in meeting us, showing their movies, seeing other movies. And I think that generally this is the basis for a real film festival."
5. Cutaway to Mikhalkov speaking
6. Various of attendees on red carpet
7. Mikhalkov's wife Tatyana taking pictures
8. Woman posing for camera
9. Media taking photos
10. Actor and judging panel president Yevgeny Mironov posing for pictures
11. Woman walking down on stairs
STORYLINE:
THE 44TH ANNUAL MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OPENS AMID CONTROVERSY
The 44th International Moscow Film Festival opened on Friday (26 AUGUST 2022) amid the special operation in Ukraine with most potential western participants boycotting the event.
Despite the controversy surrounding the festival, the organizers say it attracted three times as many guests as the previous gathering with 230 films from 65 countries being shown.
Asked about what kind of a hero is viable in modern cinema, the MIFF president Nikita Mikhalkov replied that "these days, the heroes are in Donbas", adding that "a new world and a new society are being born there."
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