In late November in Moscow, the Open Eurasian Film Diamond Butterfly Award was presented for the first time in history.

Beyond the Hollywood blinkers

These storylines were present at the first Open Eurasian Film Diamond Butterfly Award. A total of 34 films from 17 countries were presented. The prize for the best film was eventually awarded to Chinese director Xu Zheng for his film “Against the Current.” Goran Radovanovic (Serbia) was awarded the Best Director Award for the film “The Forest King.” Carol Shore (South Africa) won the Best Screenplay Award for the film “Old Righteous Blues,” Talant Akynbekov (Kyrgyzstan) – Best Cameraman for “Black, Red, Yellow,” Yuri Poteenko (Belarus) – Best Composer for the music in “Dark Castle,” and Meilis Khudaiberenov (Turkmenistan) – Best Artist in the film “Composer.” The prizes for the best male and female roles were awarded to the beloved Russian actors Alexander Adabashian and Svetlana Kryuchkova (“Two People in One Life and a Dog”), and for the best supporting roles – Anvar Kartaev (Uzbekistan) in “Chasing Spring” and Sonia Hussain (Pakistan-Canada) in “Termites.” The biographical drama about the Venezuelan singer and defender of the disadvantaged, Ali Primera, was named the best non-Eurasian film, and Iranian director Majid Majidi was awarded “butterflies” for his contribution to world cinema.

Beyond the political framework

The Diamond Butterfly Film Award is the first major initiative of the Eurasian Academy of Cinematographic Arts. The idea to create the academy itself, as well as a........

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