Skonieczny is an independent film and stage director, scriptwriter, author of video projects and performances. He is also a film and theatre actor who has appeared in many films including those of Agnieszka Holland and Andrzej Wajda.
Poland also weighs in again with a special retrospective programme of films by Krzysztof Zannusi titled Constants.
Director Andy Siege unspools his debut feature Beti and Amare in competition in Moscow. Siege, the son of German aid workers, grew up in Africa and Europe and his debut, which is a Romanian, USA, Spain, Canada, Germany and Ethiopia coproduction, is just as much of an international mix.
While the festival will open with Russian director Gabe Polsky’s feature documentary Red Army about the famous Soviet hockey team it will carry on the tradition of providing a platform for the Russian launch of US blockbusters with Matt Reeves’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as the closing film.
For those wanting to catch up on what is happening in contemporary cinema the Russian Programme offers one of the most comprehensive screenings of Russian film from the past year and for industry types there is the Moscow Business Square from 21-24 June.
Moscow Film Festival: Main Competition
Beti and Amare (Romania, USA, Spain, Canada, Germany, Ethiopia)
Director Andy Siege
Ir Mikalat/ Haven (Israel)
Director Amikam Kovner
Dreamland/Traumland (Germany, Switzerland)
Director Petra Volpe
Eye Am/Gozumun Nuru (Turkey)
Directors Hakki Kurtulus, Melik Saracoglu
White Yagel (Russia)
Director Vladimir Tumayev
Hardcore Disco/ Hardkor Disco (Poland)
Director Krzysztof Skonieczny
Produced by Glebokioff
Brothers. The Final Confession (Ukraine)
Director Victoria Trofimenko
Yes and Yes (Russia)
Director Valeriya Gay Germanika
My Man/Watashi-No Otoko
Director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
The Sentimentalists/Oi Aisthimaties (Greece)
Director Nicholas Triandafyllidis
Anar Haye Naras/Unripe Pomegranates (Iran)
Director Mald-Reza Mostafavi
Reporter (Netherlands)
Director Thijs Gloger
Joryu Ingan/ The Avian Kind (South Korea)
Director Shin Younshick
Alles Inklusive/ The Whole Shebang (Germany)
Director Doris Dorrie
La Ritournelle/ Paris Follies (France)
Director Marc Fitoussi
A Most Wanted Man (UK, USA, Germany)
Director Anton Corbijn
