Photo credit: a shot from Soldier / kinofilmpro.ru
The Felix Prize Russian Film Festival opens on September 24 in the Italian province of Lombardy for the third time. The films will be screened in September and October in cinemas in Milan and two other cities in the province, and Russian films will also be shown online. Part of the program is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, according to the Russian Consulate General in Milan on Facebook.
The festival program included 27 films made by Russian directors - ten full-length films, five short films and twelve documentaries. The Felix Award will be presented following the results of the screenings.
Film screenings will begin in Varese, followed by Milan, and the festival will end on October 9 in Como. In mid-September, the films were made available online on the festival's website, which is part of the Milan Film Week. The festival was supported by the Milan Italy-Russia Association.
Part of the program is dedicated to the most important anniversary of this year - the 75th anniversary of the victory. In particular, a documentary film about the Hero of the Soviet Union, a participant in the Italian resistance Fyodor Poletaev, whose name is widely known in Italy, will be shown. The feature films Battle for Sevastopol and Soldier will also be screened during the festival.
Russkiy Mir
