The 27th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 26 July 2005. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film Dreaming of Space directed by Alexei Uchitel.
Jury Valentin Chernykh (Russia – Head of the Jury) Nicola Piovani (Italy) Ulrich Seidl (Austria) János Kende (Hungary) Viktoriya Tolstoganova (Russia) Claire Denis (France)
Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Bal-Can-Can Bal-Kan-Kan Darko Mitrevski Macedonia, Italy, United Kingdom Frozen Land Paha maa Aku Louhimies Finland The Guitar Mongoloid Gitarrmongot Ruben Östlund Sweden Erkak Erkak Yusup Razykov Uzbekistan Welcome Home Welcome Home Andreas Gruber Austria Dear Wendy Dear Wendy Thomas Vinterberg Denmark, Germany, France, United Kingdom The Life That I Want La vita che vorrei Giuseppe Piccioni Italy, Germany Dreaming of Space Kosmos kak predchuvstvie Alexei Uchitel Russia Left Foot Forward on the Beat Tabl-e bozorg zir-e pai-e chap Kazem Ma'asoumi Iran Brides Nyfes Pantelis Voulgaris Greece The Last Moon La última luna Miguel Littín Chile, Palestine, Mexico The Outcome El desenlace Juan Pinzás Spain Stolen Eyes Otkradnati ochi Radoslav Spassov Bulgaria, Turkey Hassan's Smile Le sourire d'Hassan Frédéric Goupil France, Syria The Porcelain Doll A porcelánbaba Péter Gárdos Hungary Wrong Side Up Příběhy obyčejného šílenství Petr Zelenka Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia The Chumscrubber The Chumscrubber Arie Posin United States
Awards Golden George: Dreaming of Space by Alexei Uchitel Special Jury Prize: Silver George: Frozen Land by Aku Louhimies Silver George: Best Director: Thomas Vinterberg for Dear Wendy Best Actor: Hamid Farrokhnezhad for Left Foot Forward on the Beat Best Actress: Vesela Kazakova for Stolen Eyes Lifetime Achievement Award: István Szabó Silver George for the Best Film of the Perspective competition: How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer by Georgina Riedel Stanislavsky Award: Jeanne Moreau
References
External links Moscow International Film Festival: 2005 at Internet Movie Database