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