6th Moscow International Experimental Film Festival MIEFF. International Competition

DESCRIPTION

The international competition features 29 shorts from 24 countries, including Germany, India, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Russia, Rwanda, USA, Thailand, Ukraine, France, and Japan. The films are grouped in six sections, each focused on one aspect of the human search for our place on the planet.

The winners will be announced on August 16 during the festival’s closing night at Garage Screen summer cinema and awarded the main prize of 1,000 euros and a special prize from Kodak.

Curators of the international competition: Rita Sokolovskaya, Dmitry Frolov.

tickets

Standard: 400 rubles
Student: 300 rubles*

Tickets for seniors, veterans, large families, under 18s, and visitors with disabilities (with one carer): 200 RUB**

We recommend that you buy tickets in advance. All ticket categories are available online.

* Students aged 18–25 on production of relevant ID
** Please show proof of eligibility at the cinema entrance

Schedule

Opening. International Competition. Program: Behind the Doors

The 6th Moscow International Experimental Film Festival MIEFF will open with the screening of the international competition program Behind the Doors.

Date
Wednesday, August 11
Time
20:30–22:00
Place
Garage Screen summer cinema

International Competition. Program: In the Sand of Time

Directors featured in this program search for their place in the constantly changing and fleeting time.

Date
Thursday, August 12
Time
20:00–22:00
Place
Garage Screen summer cinema

International Competition. Program: In a Fragile Vessel

Directors in this section explore the connections between the living and the dead, bodies and politics, and draw on them to search for new healing spaces and practices of mutual care.

Date
Friday, August 13
Time
19:45–21:35
Place
Garage Screen summer cinema

International Competition. Program: In the Ritual of Remembering

Directors featured in this program explore intersections between cultures, power structures, and layers of time—and invent rituals to discover common ground in the circulation of artifacts and the web of collective memory.

Date
Saturday, August 14
Time
19:45–21:35
Place
Garage Screen summer cinema

International Competition. Program: Between the Elements

Directors in this section explore such forces and the ways humanity interacts with them in its search for a stable and safe space to live.

Date
Sunday, August 15
Time
19:45–21:35
Place
Garage Screen summer cinema

International Competition. Program: In the Shimmering Dreams

Directors in this section explore the place of the human in the new technological reality that sometimes looks like a dream.

Date
Sunday, August 15
Time
22:30–00:00
Place
Garage Screen summer cinema