Message to Man (1989)
In January 1989 the first Message to Man International Film Festival took place in Leningrad. This film, made during the festival, is a record of its events, guests and participants, such as the American director Leo Hurwitz, the Latvian director Ivars Seleckis, and the ballerina Natalya Makarova, among others. It also shows the “engine room” of the festival: the work of the main office and the PROKKa professional cinematographers’ club, guests being greeted and seen off. A charity evening with Natalya Makarova, a memorial service to commemorate the victims of the war and excerpts of documentary films presented at the festival are also featured.
Released: Jun 01, 1989
Runtime: 40 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Natalia Makarova, Leo Hurwitz, Ivars Seleckis, Erwin Leiser, Orna Ben-Dor Niv, Michał Leszczyłowski
Crew: Irina Kalinina (Director), Sergei Sholokhov (Writer), Vadim Donets (Director of Photography), Yuri Nikolayev (Director of Photography), Lev Rozhin (Director of Photography), Mikhail Podtakui (Sound)