Audience of the Eurasian Film Club learned Amazing Facts about the Films of the Documentary Film Festival “WON TOGETHER”

In Moscow, in the I.S. Turgenev Library-Reading Room hosted the next meeting of the Eurasian Film Club took. The organizers - the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly and the Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio - organized a screening of films and a meeting with one of the authors of the film - winner of the XVIII Vladimir Menshov International Film Festival "WON TOGETHER".

The debut film WHY by Bulgarian director Teodor Geonov, who graduated from the production department of the famous FAMU film school in Prague (Czech Republic), was shown.

The main character is Helga, an artist who created a series of drawings left in Theresienstadt and hidden by her uncle. According to the film’s art director Galina Geonova, Helga trusted only Theodore with her memories and agreed to tell everything on camera.

It is no coincidence that the film was awarded the Prize “For the best debut of the XVIII Vladimir Menshov International Film Festival “WON TOGETHER”. Each of its frames seems to be written by the artist and subtly coordinated with the music. Viewers were surprised to learn that Theodore shot and edited the film from start to finish on his own.

The film “SOYUZ-APOLLO. THE POWER OF GRAVITY” by Andrey Feofanov and Dmitry Aleinikov received applause. Producer Andrei Feofanov answered many questions:

“The 70s of the 20th century have gone down in history as the period of the Cold War – the confrontation between the USSR and the USA. The joint experimental flight of astronauts from both countries marked the beginning of a warming of relations between the two powers.

By a strange coincidence, even providence, the planned handshake of two cosmonauts over Moscow - that famous handshake of Alexei Leonov and Tom Stafford - happened on the Elbe. And it was reminiscent of the handshake on the Elbe - the first meeting of Soviet and American soldiers, which took place at the end of April 1945."

The surprise ending was also a topic of discussion. The audience learnt that cosmonaut Alexei Leonov painted icons.

The event was held with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives.