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Los Angeles, April 18-24, 2003
 
 
Congressman Howard Berman (Cal ifornia), and Russia’s First Deputy Cul ture Minister Denis Mol chanov at the opening night
Congressman Howard Berman (California), and Russia’s First Deputy Culture Minister Denis Molchanov at the opening night   Film director Andrei Konchalovsky (“The House of Fool's”) and Ms. Yulia Vysotskaya (the lead actress)   Film director William Friedkin with his “RIFF Tower Award”   Famous actor and director Alexander Kalyagin and his
student after the press-conference
Paramount Classics directors David Dinerstein and Ruth Vitale   Russian poet and musician
Boris Grebenshchikov during an interview
  The Mayor of West Hollywood Mr. Jeffrey Prang and the Producer of RIFF Mr. Stas Namin at the closing night
Scriptwriter Mr. Rustam Ibragimbekov (“White Sun of the Desert”) and the Head of “Seven Arts Productions”, producer Peter Hoffman   Leonardo DiCaprio receiving his “RIFF Tower Award” from Russia’s First Deputy Culture Minister Denis Molchanov   Ms. Ivana Chubbuck with her “RIFF Tower Award”
The Sagals after “Gorky’s Childhood” screening   Leonardo DiCaprio with his “RIFF Tower Award”   Mr. Naum Kleiman, Director of the Museum of Russian Cinema and a film historian, during an interview
Boris Grebenshchikov at “Knitting Factory” (opening night)   A popular Russian band Formula One at the afterparty (closing night)   Alexander Kalyagin presents “An Unfinished Piece for the Mechanical Piano”
Left to right: Paramount Classics co-director Ruth Vitale, RIFF Producer Stas Namin, film director Andrei Konchalovsky, actress Yulia Vysotskaya   Peter Bogdanovich presents “Ballad of a Soldier”   Milla Jovovich with her mother Galina and Stas Namin at the afterparty (closing night)
On the right – director Mikhail Vartanov, the author of the “Paradzhanov. The Last Autumn” documentary