PROGRAMME OF THE 35TH MESSAGE TO MAN FILM FESTIVAL (2025)

Ten: Grand Prix Through the Decades

Winning films from past editions of Message to Man

Mikhail Ratgauz speaks about the programme

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In Between: St. Petersburg’s Film Culture of the 1990s

Works straight from the turbulent era of a new world’s formation

Egor Sennikov speaks about the program

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Art Deco: The Art of Being Loud

Programme marking the centenary of a style that permeated the entire 20th century

Maxim Seleznev speaks about the programme

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Grotesque as a Response

Excess and absurdity in the cinema of the new twenties

Katerina Beloglazova speaks about the programme

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Mapping Paris: New French Cinema

Starring the legendary city of Old Europe

Alisa Nasrtdinova speaks about the programme

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Multiverse

Out-of-competition short film section featuring the best entries not included in the competition

Diana Abu Usef, Katerina Beloglazova, Maria Gotlib, Vasily Stepanov speak about the program

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Young Russian Cinema: Present Continuous

The new youth of Russian cinema

Katerina Beloglazova, Vasily Stepanov, Pavel Pugachev speak about the program

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Out of Autofocus: Films by Mikhail Basov

The first St. Petersburg retrospective of the world-famous artist

Mikhail Basov speaks about the programme

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