2nd Moscow International Film Festival

2nd Moscow International Film Festival
LocationMoscow, Soviet Union
Founded1959
AwardsGrand Prix
Festival date9–23 July 1961
Websitehttp://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru

The 2nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 July 1961.[1] The Grand Prix was shared between the Japanese film The Naked Island directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film Clear Skies directed by Grigori Chukhrai.

Jury

Films in competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Alba Regia Alba Regia Mihály Szemes Hungary
Das Riesenrad Das Riesenrad Géza von Radványi West Germany
Big Request Concert Das große Wunschkonzert Arthur Maria Rabenalt Austria
— Det store varpet Nils R. Müller Norway
Warriors for Freedom Pedjuang Usmar Ismail Indonesia
William Tell Wilhelm Tell Michel Dikoff Switzerland
Sunrise at Campobello — Vincent J. Donehue United States
The Children of Bullerbyn Village Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn Olle Hellbom Sweden
Everybody Go Home Tutti a casa Luigi Comencini Italy, France
The Naked Island Hadaka no shima Kaneto Shindo Japan
Thirst Setea Mircea Drăgan Romania
Enclosure L'Enclos Armand Gatti France, Yugoslavia
We Were Young A byahme mladi Binka Zhelyazkova Bulgaria
Kukuli Kukuli Luis Figueroa, Eulogio Nishiyama, Cesar Villanueva Peru
Kurulubedda Kurulubedda L. S. Ramachandran Ceylon
Chaudhvin Ka Chand Chaudhvin Ka Chand Mohammed Sadiq India
To My Father in Ulan Bator Ulaan-Baatart baygaa miniy aavd Dejidiin Jigjid Mongolia
The Beginning and the End بداية ونهاية Salah Abu Seif Egypt
— Nebeski odred Bosko Boskovic, Ilija Nikolic Yugoslavia
The Fire on the Second Line Lửa Trung Tuyến Phạm Văn Khoa North Vietnam
The Last Winter Den sidste vinter Frank Dunlop, Anker Sørensen, Edvin Tiemroth Denmark, West Germany
The Haunted Castle Das Spukschloß im Spessart Kurt Hoffmann West Germany
Professor Mamlock Professor Mamlock Konrad Wolf East Germany
The Trials of Oscar Wilde The Trials of Oscar Wilde Ken Hughes United Kingdom
Stories of the Revolution Historias de la revolución Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Cuba
Tumangan River Tumangan River Chen San In North Korea
Tonight a City Will Die Dziś w nocy umrze miasto Jan Rybkowski Poland
A Revolutionary Family Geming jiating Shui Hua China
— Skandaali tyttökoulussa Edvin Laine Finland
Juana Gallo Juana Gallo Miguel Zacarías Mexico
Fetters Pouta Karel Kachyňa Czechoslovakia
Clear Skies Chistoe nebo Grigori Chukhrai Soviet Union
This Earth Is Mine Esta tierra es mía Hugo del Carril Argentina

Awards

References

  1. ^ "2nd Moscow International Film Festival (1961)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2012.