In January 1989 the first Message to Man International Film Festival took place in Leningrad. This film, made during the festival, is a record of its events, guests and participants, such as the American director Leo Hurwitz, the Latvian director Ivars Seleckis, and the ballerina Natalya Makarova, among others. It also shows the “engine room” of the festival: the work of the main office and the PROKKa professional cinematographers’ club, guests being greeted and seen off. A charity evening with Natalya Makarova, a memorial service to commemorate the victims of the war and excerpts of documentary films presented at the festival are also featured.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Leningrad Documentary Film Studio
Top Cast
Natalia Makarova as Self
Leo Hurwitz as Self
Ivars Seleckis as Self
Erwin Leiser as Self
Orna Ben-Dor Niv as Self
Top Crew
Irina Kalinina · Director
Sergey Sholokhov · Writer
Vadim Donets · Cinematographer
Yuri Nikolayev · Cinematographer
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