The 28th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 2 July 2006. The Golden George was awarded to the Swedish film About Sara directed by Othman Karim.
Jury Andrzej Żuławski (Poland – Head of the Jury) Alexei Uchitel (Russia) Rémy Girard (Canada) Pierre-Henri Deleau (France) Julie Christie (United Kingdom)
Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country More Than Anything in the World Más que a nada en el mundo Andrés León Becker, Javier Solar Mexico The Bet Collector Kubrador Jeffrey Jeturian Philippines Mr. Average Comme tout le monde Pierre-Paul Renders Belgium Klimt Klimt Raúl Ruiz Austria, Germany, France, Great Britain Who Never Lived Kto nigdy nie żył... Andrzej Seweryn Poland Ice on Fire La fiamma sul ghiaccio Umberto Marino Italy About Sara Om Sara Othman Karim Sweden Love & Dance Sipur Hatzi-Russi Eitan Anner Israel The Wake Agrypnia Nikos Grammatikos Greece Relatives Rokonok István Szabó Hungary The Samurai I Loved Semishigure Mitsuo Kurotsuchi Japan How Much Do You Love Me? Combien tu m’aimes? Bertrand Blier France Sleep Sweet, My Darling Snivaj, Zlato Moje Neven Hitrec Croatia Ask the Dust Ask the Dust Robert Towne United States Running on Empty Der Lebensversicherer Bülent Akinci Germany Driving Lessons Driving Lessons Jeremy Brock United Kingdom Worm Cherv Aleksei Muradov Russia
Awards Golden George: About Sara by Othman Karim Special Jury Prize: Silver George: Driving Lessons by Jeremy Brock Silver George: Best Director: Bertrand Blier for How Much Do You Love Me? Best Actor: Jens Harzer for Running on Empty Best Actress: Julie Walters for Driving Lessons Silver George for the best film of the Perspective competition: Chasma by Yolkin Tuychiev Lifetime Achievement Award: Chen Kaige Stanislavsky Award: Gérard Depardieu
References
External links Moscow International Film Festival: 2006 at Internet Movie Database