This action is held already a third year in the
region by the National Academy of Cinematographic Art and Science of
Russia and the Government of the Vologda Region. Within this action
spectators of our region already more than once met with
cinematographers, created films – laureates of the National
Cinema-prize “Golden Eagle”.
Film of director Pavel Lungin “Island” became an outstanding event in
Russian cinema lately. Spectators and cinema critics appreciated the
film highly – it became a laureate of the cinema prize “Golden Eagle” in
six nominations: the best film, the best director (Pavel Lungin), the
best script (Dmitry Sobolev), the best operator work (Andrey Zhegalov),
the best actor (Petr Mamonov), the best actor of second ground (Viktor
Sukhorukov). In June 2006 “Island” opened the festival “Kinotavr”, in
September closed the 63rd Venetia Festival. The film was included into
the programs of cinema festivals in Toronto (Canada), London (Great
Britain), gained a victory in the cinema festival “Moscow premiere”, and
became a laureate of the cinema prize “Nika”.
Coordinator of the project “Echo of “Golden Eagle” Olga Ezopova,
participant of shooting of the film actress Viktoria Isakova, People’s
artist of Russia Alexandr Pashutin were members of creative group,
visited Vologda.
Film “Island” by Pavel Lungin with its subjects and visual row is near
to documentary film of our fellow-townsman director Yury Polovnikov
“Island of Saving”, which was shot in 2001 in a small monastery on an
island in Onezhskoye Lake. Both films root a spectator out of everyday
reality, where is almost no place for reflections about the sense of
human being, for unhurried contemplation of world, for understanding of
one’s place in it. They narrate about saving, awakening of human soul.
The creative evening was opened with mention about spiritual closeness
of these two films – fragments from film “Island of Saving” were shown
to the audience.
Performer of one of the roles Viktoria Isakova began conversation about
the film “Island”. She called the film fantastical in its beauty,
simplicity, strength of thought and love. Alexandr Pashutin mentioned,
that the film continued the best traditions of Soviet cinema, up till
now loved with spectators, which narrated about people, looked inside a
person. It is remarkable, that modern Russian cinematograph began to
return to it, and “Island” is a splendid film of a world level, but,
unfortunately, such holydays still happen too seldom.
The preview of the film “Island” was anticipated by performance of men
chamber chorus of the Vologda Region Philharmonic Society named after V.
Gavrilin.
Olga Rebrova
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