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The Government Award in literature, art and architecture |
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| 27 May 2008 in the Day of Saint-Petersburg the government gave the award in literature, art and architecture. In cinematography the Award was given to producer and cinema music composer Andrey Sigle, director Alexander Sokurov and Galina Vichnevskaya for their film “Alexandra”. |
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"Alexandra" has been invited in New Zealand |
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| Alexandra has been invited at the New Zealand Film Festival that would take place in Wellington July 11 – Aug 3, 2008. |
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"Alexandra"'s successfil US release |
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| During the week-end the film was among the top per screen average from the entire country. |
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Time for Peace Film and Music Award |
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The ceremony of Time for Peace Film and Music Award, For which “Alexandra” was nominated as the best European film, would take place May 12, 2008.
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"Alexandra" on the12th Sophia International Film Festival |
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Alexander Sokurov’s film “Alexandra” was screened during the12th Sophia International Film Festival (March 6-27) |
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The Kosmorama Award 2008 |
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| Alexandra has won the Kosmorama Award, in the Kosmorama FF in Norway! |
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Banjaluka IFF, in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Alexandra has been invited at the Banjaluka IFF, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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Galina Vishnevskaya won the Prize for Best Performance |
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| Galina Vishnevskaya won the Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Performance at the Fajr International Film Festival, Iran. |
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“Alexandra” was nominated on Time and Peace Film and Music Awards |
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Alexander Sokurov’s film goes on Time and Peace Film and Music Awards in two nominations – “Europeam Film Award” – “Alexandra” as the best film – and “European Actress Award” – Galina Vishnevskaya.
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Alexander Sokurov gets the award as the Best Director (“Alexandra”) in Tallinn! |
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| 11th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival took place from 15th November to 9th December (main competitive programme was from 30th of November – 9th of December). |
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| 11 | 12 | 2007 |
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| Sokurov’s ALEXANDRA: A Prayer for Peace |
| A film about war without bullets, bombs, or bloodshed — it’s difficult even to be convinced of “the enemy,” although Alexandra was shot on location in Grozny in the midst of the real war between Russia and Chechnya. But this we kno |
| Diane Sippl, Cinema without borders |
| 11 | 12 | 2007 |
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| ALEXANDRA- According to Alexander Sokurov and Andrei Sigle |
| Known as one of Russia’s most intellectual and spiritual filmmaikers, Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov was born in 1951 in the Siberian village of Podorvikha. He graduated from the History Department of Gorky University in 1974 and, in the same year, |
| James Ulmer, Cinema without borders |
| 03 | 07 | 2007 |
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| Elegiac Russian film looks at life in Chechnya |
| In Alexander Sokurov's elegiac new film, an old woman visits her grandson serving in Russia's breakaway republic of Chechnya, and she quickly becomes a magnet for soldiers and locals worn down by years of conflict. |
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