Russian film critics handed out White Elephants for 2014

MOSCOW. On Tuesday, February 3, 2015, in the Moscow Cinema House of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, the 2014 White Elephant award ceremony for the national critics and film presses was held.

So, “The Leviathan” by Andrey Zvyagintsev was named the best film of the year, the picture won in six of eight nominations. Leviathan won White Elephants for Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Alexei Serebryakov), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Elena Lyadova) and Best Supporting Actor (Roman Madyanov). Zvyagintsev’s work passed in the nomination “Best Film” for such rivals as “Fool” by Yuri Bykov and “White Nights of Postman Alexei Tryapitsyn” by Andrei Konchalovsky.

The Guild of Film Critics and Film Critics of Russia recognized the film by a native of Krasnodar Natalia Meshchaninova “Combine“ Hope ”as the best directorial debut of 2014. In the nomination “Best Non-Fiction Cinema”, two winning films were announced - “On the Threshold of Fear” directed by Hertz Frank and Maria Kravchenko, as well as the film “Term” by Pavel Kostomarov, Alexander Rastorguev and Alexey Pivovarov.

The documentary film of Ivan Tverdovsky Sr. “Dmitriev” won the Miron Chernenko Prize. The documentary festival "Artdocfest" expert council of the "White Elephant" awarded a special diploma with the wording "For a firm position, independent of extra-artistic influences."

Leonid Shmelkov’s “My Personal Moose” tape, awarded last year by the Berlin Film Festival, was the best animated film according to the version of the “White Elephant”. The last film by Aleksey German “It is difficult to be a god” won awards in the nominations “The best work of the artist” and “The best cameraman”. Aleksey Aigi was named the author of the best music in the film Test. The award for the best supporting role was received by Natalya Surkova for her work in the film "The Fool."

Svetlana Korableva © Gallerix.ru