"World Champion," from Director Alexey Sidorov, Takes Five Golden Eagle Awards (Pics)
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- Published on Saturday, 28 January 2023 09:43
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On January 27, the legendary first pavilion of the Mosfilm film studio hosted the 21st Golden Eagle film award ceremony established by the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia, honoring outstanding achievement in cinema.
The best film of 2021 was Alexey Sidorov's World Champion, which also received awards for best actor, director, cinematography and music for the film.
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At the beginning of the ceremony, Karen Shakhnazarov, the film director, General Director of the Mosfilm Cinema Concern, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, took the stage and read out the greetings of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin addressed to the guests and participants of the ceremony: "It is gratifying to see among the current nominees not only experienced, recognized masters, but also gifted youth. This convincingly testifies that the wonderful traditions of the Russian school of cinematography are enriched with interesting ideas and designs. It is important that all of you are united by a sincere love for your chosen cause, a deep understanding of the unique role of cinema in people's lives, shaping their worldview, and educating the younger generation. I heartily congratulate the laureates on their great, significant success. I am sure that this prestigious award will inspire you to new, bright, extraordinary creative achievements. I wish you all good luck and the kindest, unforgettable impressions."
Further, Karen Shakhnazarov announced that the prize of the national film award "Golden Eagle" "For contribution to the art of cinema" is posthumously awarded to film director, permanent president of the National Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Russia - Vladimir Naumov. He passed away at the end of November 2021.
The audience watched a commemorative video about him with his great works to the music of "Eternal Love" from the movie "Tehran 43".
"I knew Vladimir Naumovich well, not only as an outstanding master, who, by the way, shot a lot in this pavilion. He made absolute masterpieces, such as, in my opinion, the best film about the civil war "Running", "Peace incoming", "Tehran-43". This is a completely original person , "Shakhnazarov said, noting that he was an outstanding cinematographer in every sense.
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The widow of the cinematographer, actress Natalia Belokhvostikova, received the award from the hands of the general director of Mosfilm. She remembered that Mosfilm was Naumov's place of power, where he came for 65 years in the same office. "Thank you, I think that it would be very dear and pleasant to Volodya," she noted.
After that, the organizers and guests, to the music of Eduard Artemiev "Three Comrades" from the film "Friend among Strangers, Stranger Among Friends" performed by the orchestra, decided to honor the memory of prominent cinema figures who left last year, among whom were actors Sergey Puskepalis, Inna Churikova, Evgenia Brik and others. Artemiev himself also died in 2022.
Actress Anna Snatkina took the stage to announce the winners in the first nominations. The award for "Best Short Film" went to the director of the film "A" Tatyana Zhukova. She admitted that so far she has not been able to make a feature film, but she hopes that this award will help her in this.
The prize for the Best Animated Film went to Denis Chernov, director of the Finik film, who said that hundreds of people are always behind the creation of animation projects, this is a very long and painstaking process, so he is grateful to the team that went along with him this way.
In the nomination "Best Non-Fiction Film" the project "Phase of the Moon" directed by Andrey Osipov won.
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According to the established tradition of the Golden Eagle, during the entire ceremony, the guests are presented with films that claim the title of the best feature film, of which there are five this year.
And the first was the tape "First Oscar" to the violin performed by Victoria Svichkorenko.
After that, the cinematographer, winner of the Golden Eagle award, Eduard Gimpel, took the stage and announced the winners in the next block of awards.
Cyber Studios won the Best Visual Effects category for Once Upon a Time in the Desert. The prize was received by the director of the studio Vyacheslav Boltenkov.
Alexander Koshelev, who worked on the Once Upon a Desert project, received the award for Best Film Editing .
Further, to announce the winners, the composer, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, five-time winner of the Golden Eagle, Yuri Poteenko, was invited to the stage. Rostislav Alimov received the Best Sound Engineer Award for the film The Heart of Parma.
The prize "For the best music for the film" was received by Artem Vasiliev for his work on the film "World Champion". Receiving the award, he noted that the musical solution of the picture is not only the merit of the composer, but also the director, as well as the editing director, who played a huge role in shaping the context. In addition, he remembered Eduard Artemyev, thanks to whom he himself ended up in film music.
The second nominee for the main award was presented next - the film "World Champion". The performance was based on an original vocal and choral production, which echoed the frames from the film.
After that, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Tatyana Lyutaeva took the stage to present the following awards.
Ekaterina Dyminskaya for the film The Heart of Parma won in the Best Costume Design nomination. Receiving the prize, she admitted that when she read the novel by Alexei Ivanov, she really dreamed of working on his film adaptation. And it came true, although it turned out to be a very difficult test in her profession.
Pavel Novikov, Vladimir Trapeznikov (film "The Heart of Parma") received the prize for the "Best Production Design" award.
Theater and film actress, People's Artist of Russia Marina Zudina presented awards in categories related to online platforms.
Anna Mikhalkova became the Best Actress in an Online Series for her role in the project Alice Can't Wait.
Academicians chose Nikita Efremov as the best actor in an online series for his role in the TV series Patient Zero - he thanked the creators of the project for taking on such a difficult topic.
And Timur Alpatov's project "Artist" received the prize as the "Best Series of Online Platforms" .
Then there was the presentation of the film "The Heart of Parma", based on the synthesis of two cultures: ethnic performance on the Yakut national instrument khomus and tambourines, turning into Russian folk melodies performed by Olena Uutai and the musical group "Ethnosphere".
After that, actress Ekaterina Klimova presented television awards.
The prize for "Best Actress on Television" was awarded to Yulia Khlynina (TV series "Elizaveta").
Evgeniy Stychkin (TV series Alibi) became the winner in the Best Actor on Television nomination .
"Best TV series" was the series "Alibi".
Then the awards were presented by theater and film actress Alexandra Ursulyak.
In the category "Best Supporting Actress" the prize was given to Daria Balabanova for the film "Healthy Man".
Yevgeny Mironov's work in the film "Heart of Parma" was recognized as "Best Male Supporting Role ".
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Then the audience was presented with the fourth film, claiming the main award - the picture "Healthy Man". The original performance was attended by Max Detail, DJ Vorm, cellist Daria Bogoslovskaya, and Sovremennik theater actor Vitaly Muratov, who read Joseph Brodsky's poem "Loneliness".
Director Pyotr Buslov was invited to the stage and announced the following winners.
The prize for "Best Screenplay" was given to Petr Todorovsky (film "Healthy Man").
In the nomination "Best Cinematography" the award went to Mikhail Milashin for the film "World Champion".
The fifth film competing for the main prize - "Once in the Desert" - was presented by duduk player Anton Kotikov and actress Galina Shemanskaya, who read the literary and poetic work "This is Love".
The winners in the acting nominations were announced by director Alexei Uchitel, who pointed out that the whole further path of the film depends on the actors.
Actress Irina Starshenbaum received the award for Best Actress in a Film for the film Healthy Man.
The award for "Best Actor in a Movie" went to Ivan Yankovsky, who starred in the film "World Champion". Receiving the prize, Ivan told how difficult it was for him to get used to the role and how director Alexei Sidorov demanded more from him.
Director Alexei Sidorov was also awarded for the film "World Champion". "I am extremely touched, thank you very much for such a high appreciation of my work," he thanked.
In addition, the film "World Champion" also got the main statuette - for "Best feature film" . The award was received by director Alexei Sidorov, producers Anton Zlatopolsky, Rafael Minasbekyan.
"Thanks to the academicians for being able to consider behind some tinsel, behind some, perhaps, political contexts, the main message of the film: this is a message about love for the motherland," Sidorov said.
The ceremony ended with a storm of applause, golden tinsel salute and congratulations on the stage of all the award winners.
The National Film Award is held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
The Golden Eagle prizes were made by the Mercury jewelry company. The partner of the Golden Eagle award is the Sima-land company.
Since 2016, the Mercury jewelry company has been a partner of the solemn annual Golden Eagle National Film Award Ceremony, established by the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia. This year Mercury made 40 awards for winners in 24 categories. The figure of the eagle is made of gilded silver, the base of the figurine is made of a rare type of Italian marble in two colors, on which the golden Mercury logo is located.
Sima-land is the largest trading and manufacturing company in Russia with 13,000 employees.
The head office of the company is located in the city of Yekaterinburg and has representative offices in different regions of the country and the world. The total area of warehouse and office premises is more than 300,000 square meters.
Sima-Land develops, manufactures and markets products under hundreds of its own brands: from cosmetics and home textiles to furniture and electrical goods. In total, the company presents more than 1,000,000 items of goods, the delivery of which is carried out anywhere in the world.
"Sima-land" is a whole world of traditions, creativity and creation.
For decades, the company has formed such values as willingness to help, the ability to unite and work for the good of Russia.
The motto of the company is: "He who loves his work turns it into art."
The music orchestra under the direction of Vladimir Agafonnikov was responsible for the musical accompaniment at the ceremony. The hosts of the ceremony were journalist and TV presenter Daria Zlatopolskaya and theater and film actor, producer, People's Artist of the Russian Federation Alexei Guskov. Opening the ceremony, Daria Zlatopolskaya recalled that a few days ago it was 125 years since the birth of Sergei Eisenstein.
The guests of the ceremony were: Alexandra Ursulyak, Ivan Yankovsky and Diana Pozharskaya, Karen Shakhnazarov, Daria Zlatopolskaya, Alexei Guskov, Alexei Uchitel, Marina Zudina, Ekaterina Klimova, Natalia Belokhvostikova, Anna Snatkina, Andrey Merzlikin, Vladimir Vdovichenkov and Elena Lyadova, Anna Banshchikova, Yuri Poteenko, Maria Lemesheva, Anna Slyu, Lyanka Gryu, Andrey Kravchuk, Tatyana Lyutaeva, Nikita Efremov, Yulia Khlynina, Daria Balabanova, Evgeny Mironov, Yegor Beroev and Ksenia Alferova, Pyotr Buslov, Alexander Gorbatov, Pyotr Todorovsky, Nikita Tarasov, Yulia Sumacheva, Renata Piotrovsky, Natalia Bardo, Victoria Romanenko, Marusya Klimova, Olga Smirnova, Kuzma Saprykin, Svyatoslav Rogozhan, Mila Ershova, Eduard Gimpel and others.
The winners in each category received a Golden Eagle figurine created by the Mercury jewelry company, which has been a partner of the Ceremony since 2016.
