36th Kiev Molodist-International Film Festival

Ukraine, October 21 - October 29 2006

The jury

Joan Dupont (France), Steven Yates (UK), Sasa Jankovic ()

Awarded films

Euphoria by Ivan Vyrypayev
(Russia, 2006, 74 mins)

Reports

"Euphoria": Always Young Orange Molodist and Russian Euphoria By Sasa Jankovic by Sasa Jankovic
"The Lives of Others": A Requiem for the Heroes of the Old East By Steven Yates by Steven Yates
A Week in the Wild East By Joan Dupont by Joan Dupont

The festival “Molodist — Youth” has always been dedicated to the work of young filmmakers around the world. It organizes a competition for student films, one for first short films of all genres, while the main competition focuses on first feature-length fiction. It’s a place for discoveries, and indeed our jury discovered a surprising Russian film: Euphoria by Ivan Vyrypaev. Also interesting for foreign visitors was the non-competition Panorama of Ukrainian Films, made in 2005 and 2006.