PROGRAMME OF THE 34TH MESSAGE TO MAN FILM FESTIVAL (2024)
Closing Film
Panorama.doc
The most impactful full-length documentaries released worldwide over the past two years
Natalia Pylaeva speaks about the programme
Anselm – Das Rauschen der Zeit / Anselm
Mistress Dispeller
Sieben Winter in Teheran / Seven Winters in Tehran
Pirópolis
Nocturnes
Citizen Sleuth
Agent of Happiness
Twin Peaks
Highlights from prestigious international film festivals over the past two years
About the programme
All We Imagine as Light
Shambala
MMXX
Une langue universelle / Universal Language
Snowflakes in My Yard
New Voices
Young filmmakers exploring new forms
Mikhail Ratgauz speaks about the programme
Volveréis / The Other Way Around
Mard-e Khamoush / The Wasteman
An Evening Song (for three voices)
Ishi Ga Aru / There is a Stone
Abril, Verde, Amarillo / April, Green, Yellow
Camping du lac
La Mer Et Ses Vagues / The Sea And Its Waves
South Korea's Young Cinema
The most noteworthy debut works by young Korean filmmakers
Sung Moon speaks about the programme
Goein / A Wild Roomer
Bimileui eondeok / The Hill of Secrets
Mimang
Eonni Yujeong / Sister Yujeong
This should not have happened
Films that reflect on post-traumatic experience
Egor Sennikov, Nikita Smirnov speak about the programme
Les filles d’Olfa / Four Daughters
Aullido de invierno / Winter Howl
Eternal Memory
Je ne sais pas où vous serez demain / I Don’t Know Where You’ll Be Tomorrow
Mon pire ennemi / My Worst Enemy
Cybereye
A programme dedicated to cinema and artificial intelligence
Mikhail Zheleznikov, Katerina Parkhomenko speak about the programme
ecocalypse
Jizai
Algorithms of Beauty
Abyss
Leningrad 1976. Year of the Dragon
Happy New Year, Jim
Time Sensitive Characters
Eschaton Ad
Futurum
Russian experimental films that break away from the norms of classical documentary cinema
Mikhail Zheleznikov speaks about the programme
plemya
Intention
Leningrad
the space between
Journey to a Wonderful World
Smirnov Fedot
Again in Copenhagen
Where the Lights Don’t Shine
Tangedy: A Brief History of Argentine Cinema
A large retrospective of Argentine cinema spanning half a century
Alexey Artamonov speaks about the programme
Trenque Laquen
Jauja
Invasión / Invasion
Tangos, el exilio de Gardel / Tango: Gardel in Exile
Juan Moreira
Hombre mirando al sudeste / Man Facing Southeast
Pizza, birra, faso / Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes
Country Path Conversations
A programme from St. Petersburg’s young cinephile publication Samizdat K!
Ira Lomakina speaks about the programme
Taxidi sta Kythira / Voyage to Cythera
Lu bian ye can / Kaili Blues
El Viaje / Journey
Cloud Paradise
Sakha Cinema: Here and Now
Life in the Sakha Republic through the eyes of the new generation of Sakha filmmakers
Alina Timofeeva speaks about the programme
Where The White Cranes Dance
Yakutia – Between the Worlds
Cuckoo
Timir
Soyuzmultfilm: the best of 10 years
A panoramic view of a decade’s worth of films from the studio
Mikhail Aldashin speaks about the programme
About Our Astronauts
Aport
The Witch & the Baby
The Sled
Vivat, Musketeers!
Two Trams
Simpleton Jack
Conspiracy
Goats
Coco's Day
Ladybug
Birds, by the Way
The Hen
My Friend Tiger
Moroshka
Very Lonely Cock
Python and Guard
Easy Busy
Magic Hock
Merry Grandmas!
Pik Pik Pik
The 7 Kids
Snow Bunnies
Warm Star
Trunky
Multiverse
The best short films of all genres that didn’t make it into the competitions
Diana Abu Yosef, Katerina Beloglazova, Maria Gotlib and Vasiliy Stepanov speak about the programme
Not everyone will go into space either
Der Blick / The Gaze
L’ailier
GYMNASTES / GYMNASTS
Lizzy
Lemon Tree
LA LINEA DEL TERMINATORE / ENDER’S LINE
wUF wUUF we are DOGS
My Girl
Exergo
Baigal Nuur – Lake Baikal
Ostatenham
Oiseau de passage / Wandering Bird
Memories of an Unborn Sun
After Father
Duhovi na mojim leđima / The Ghost You Draw on my Back
Naranda LAND / Juxtaposed LAND
All Women Do It
Casulo / Womb
Lullaby Queen
La gran obra / The Masterpiece
Russian Young. Continued
Films by promising young Russian filmmakers
Alena Solntseva and Vasiliy Stepanov speak about the programme
Not Just Any Day
The Way
Runaway
Seems like I’ve been looking through the window for too long
Quiet Move
Casta Diva
Spring will come
Dew Point
Anya, Look
Special Screenings
Message to Man always presents a chance to personally meet the finest people in and around cinematography
This Summer Will End
Places, spaces
Zhvanetsky
Barren Blossom
Inclusive Dance
Petersburg! Life in the Сity…
Taimanova. A person through time
Tiger Trap
David Goloschekin. The Right to Improvise
Ion Drutа. A man of angelic origin