28th Moscow International Film Festival
# 28th Moscow International Film Festival

The 28th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 2 July 2006. The Golden George was awarded to the Swedish film About Sara directed by Othman Karim.

## Jury

* Andrzej Żuławski (Poland – Head of the Jury)
* Alexei Uchitel (Russia)
* Rémy Girard (Canada)
* Pierre-Henri Deleau (France)
* Julie Christie (United Kingdom)

## Films in competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| - | - | - | - |
| More Than Anything in the World | Más que a nada en el mundo | Andrés León Becker, Javier Solar | Mexico |
| The Bet Collector | Kubrador | Jeffrey Jeturian | Philippines |
| Mr. Average | Comme tout le monde | Pierre-Paul Renders | Belgium |
| Klimt | Klimt | Raúl Ruiz | Austria, Germany, France, Great Britain |
| Who Never Lived | Kto nigdy nie żył... | Andrzej Seweryn | Poland |
| Ice on Fire | La fiamma sul ghiaccio | Umberto Marino | Italy |
| About Sara | Om Sara | Othman Karim | Sweden |
| Love & Dance | Sipur Hatzi-Russi | Eitan Anner | Israel |
| The Wake | Agrypnia | Nikos Grammatikos | Greece |
| Relatives | Rokonok | István Szabó | Hungary |
| The Samurai I Loved | Semishigure | Mitsuo Kurotsuchi | Japan |
| How Much Do You Love Me? | Combien tu m’aimes? | Bertrand Blier | France |
| Sleep Sweet, My Darling | Snivaj, Zlato Moje | Neven Hitrec | Croatia |
| Ask the Dust | Ask the Dust | Robert Towne | United States |
| Running on Empty | Der Lebensversicherer | Bülent Akinci | Germany |
| Driving Lessons | Driving Lessons | Jeremy Brock | United Kingdom |
| Worm | Cherv | Aleksei Muradov | Russia |

## Awards

* Golden George: About Sara by Othman Karim
* Special Jury Prize: Silver George: Driving Lessons by Jeremy Brock
* Silver George:
   * Best Director: Bertrand Blier for How Much Do You Love Me?
   * Best Actor: Jens Harzer for Running on Empty
   * Best Actress: Julie Walters for Driving Lessons
* Silver George for the best film of the Perspective competition: Chasma by Yolkin Tuychiev
* Lifetime Achievement Award: Chen Kaige
* Stanislavsky Award: Gérard Depardieu
