Source: RIA Novosti
GOLDEN EAGLE AWARDS 2012
Andrei Zvyagintsev’s latest hit film Elena was the crowning winner at this year’s Golden Eagle Awards in Moscow, taking four awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography at the ceremony held on 27 January 2012.
Elena tells the story of a timid housewife and her relationship with her aging husband and businessman Vladimir. The film was also the winner of Un Certain Regards Special Jury Prize at Cannes in 2011, adding to the many awards that Zvyagintsev has received for his aclaimed films The Return and The Banishment.
Elena has been aquired by the UK distributor New Wave Films and will be hitting UK screens this summer.
House, a film by Oleg Pogodin walked away with three awards, while Two Days by Dunya Smirnova took two Golden Eagles. The best Foreign Film was awarded to The King's Speech
The Golden Eagles are organised by the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia and were first awarded in 2002.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS
Best Film
ELENA
Director: Andrei Zvyaginstev
Producers: Alexander Rodnyansky,
Best Director
ANDREI ZVYAGINTSEV, Elena
Best Television Screen or Mini Series
DOSTOYEVSKY
Director: Vladimir Khotinenko
Producers: Sergei Melkumov, Sergei Shumakov
Best Television Series (more the 10 episodes)
FLIGHT
Producers: Denis Evstigneev, Konstantin Ernst
Director: Andrei Malyukov
Best Non-Ficton Film
Mikhail Ulyanov - About Time and Oneself
Director: Galina Evtushenko
Best Animation Film
Three Warriors and the Shamakhan Tzaritsa
Best Script
ALEKSANDER MINDADZE, Innocent Saturday
Best Actress in Film
KSENIYA RAPPOPORT, Two Days
Best Actress in Television
VALENTINA TALYZINA, Dostoyevsky
Best Actor in Film
FYODOR BONDARCHUK, Two Days
Best Actor in Television
EVEGENY MIRONOV, Dostoyevsky
Best Supporting Actress
ELENA LYADOVA, Elena
Best Supporting Actor
BOGDAN STUPKA, House
Best Cinematography
MIKHAIL KRICHMAN, Elena
Best Music in FIlm
EDWARD ARTEMOV, House
Best Editing
ALKESANDER AMIROV, House
Best Sound
ANATOLII BRANDORF, Shapito Show
Best Foreign Film
THE KING’S SPEECH
Golden Eagle for Contribution to Cinema
VALENTIN GAFT, actor