Particle which is a debut from the director is a social drama about a young single mother living in a fringe neighbourhood in Istanbul with her young daughter and her elderly mother.
The jury was helmed by Iranian filmmaker and human rights activist Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
In the documentary competition Polish director Pawel Lozinski won the main prize for his film Ojciec I Syn / Father and Son about the prominent Polish film director his father Marcel Lozinski and himself.
The film closed with a screening of Rasputin director Irakli Kvirikadze with the newly minted Russian actor Gerard Depardieu in the leading role of the mad monk. The festival opened with World War Z and an appearance from its star Brad Pitt.
Depardieu turned up at the festival to promote the film despite being involved in a car crash earlier in the week. The 64 year old actor is currently shooting a film title Turquoise on location in Grozny and Moscow together with Elizabeth Hurley who plays his girlfriend in the film.
With Russia now in the global top five territories for box office the Moscow festival is increasingly seen as a launch-pad for big name films and has no trouble attracting A-list stars.
Prize winners of the main competition
Main Prize Golden George for the best film:
ZERRE/Particle directed by Erdem Tepegöz, Turkey
Special Jury Prize Silver George
SAYONARA KEIKOKU/ The Ravine of Goodbye directed by Tatsushi Ômori, Japan
Silver George for the best director:
JUNG YOUNG-HEON for his film Le-ba-non Kam-jeong/Lebanon Emotion, South Korea
Silver George for the best actor:
ALEKSEY SHEVCHENKOV for his role in JUDAS, Russia
Silver George for the best actress:
JALE ARIKAN for her role in ZERRE/Particle, Turkey
Silver George for the best film of the documentary competition:
OJCIEC I SYN (dir. Paweł Łoziński, Poland)
Prize for the best film of Short Films Competition
ELVEN CASTLE directed by .Rustam Ilyasov, Russia
Special Prize for An Outstanding Contribution To The World Cinema:
COSTA-GAVRAS Greece-France
Special Prize for The Outstanding Achievement In The Career Of Acting and Devotion To The Principles of K.Stanislavsky's school:
XENIA RAPPOPORT Russia
