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Golden Aries

National Award of Film-critics and the Film-press

Golden Aries.... 1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001 2002  2003  2004

The Award was founded by Russian Guild of Film Scholars and Film Critics. In order to award the premium a survey is carried out among the members of the Guild and film-journalists, as a result of which the nominees for all categories are determined. Golden Aries in the field of national cinema it is awarded in eleven nominations:

Golden Aries in the field of foreign cinema (films in Russian distribution) is awarded in three nominations: best film, best actor, best actress. The winners of are determined by direct ballot of the expert council, consisting of active film-critics and film-observers of leading publications.

1992 

  • Film-Person of the Year: director Alexei GERMAN

  • Producer of the Year: Valeri TODOROVSKY, Igor TOLSTUNOV, Sergei LIVNEV 

  • Discovery of the Year: scriptwriter Nadezhda KOZHUSHANNAYA for the filmscripts «The Leg», «Moscow Parade»

  • Director: Nikolai DOSTAL, «Cloud-Paradise»

  • Director of Photography: Oleg MARTYNOV, «Hatred»

  • Actress: Ingeborga DAPKUNAITE, «The Cynics»

  • Actor: Oleg BORISOV, «Luna-Park»

  • Journalists: Natalia BASINA, Elena UVAROVA («Screen and Stage»); Alexei EROKHIN

1993 

  • Film-Person of the Year: Leonid GAIDAI

  • Best Director: Sergei OVCHAROV, «Drum Roll»

  • Director of Photography: Sergei KOZLOV, «Children of Iron Gods»

  • Scriptwriters: Peter LUTSIK and Alexei SAMORIADOV, «Gonghofer», «Diuba-Diuba», «Children of Iron Gods»

  • Actress: Irina ROZANOVA

  • Actor: Sergei MAKOVETSKY

  • Best Filmbusiness-man: Boris GRACHEVSKY, «Eralash»

  • Journalists: author and TV presenter Boris BERMAN; editor in chief of the journal "Film Art" Daniil DONDUREI; journalist Yuri GLADILSHCHIKOV

1994 

  • Film-Person of the Year: Nikita MIKHALKOV

  • Director: Valeri AKHADOV

  • Animator: Andrei KHRZHANOVSKY

  • Scriptwriter: Alexander MINDADZE

  • Director: Vadim ABDRASHITOV

  • Actress: Nina USATOVA

  • Actor: Oleg MENSHIKOV

  • Journalists: correspondent of  «Radio Russia» Alina SILIKASHVILI; presenter of film programmes of radio «Echo of Moscow», Olga GALITSKAYA

1995 

  • Actor: Armen DZHIGARKHANIAN 

  • Actress: Larisa UDOVICHENKO 

  • Actor: Yuri BELYAEV -

Honorary Awards: Director of Photography Pavel LEBESHEV; Scriptwriter Natalia RIAZANTSEVA; Debut as Producer: Leonid YARMOLNIK, «Moscow Holidays»; Director: Sergei URSULIAK, «Russian Ragtime», «Summer Folks»; Actor Gennadi NAZAROV, «Life and Adventures of Ivan Chonkin»

  • Prize «Hope»: Actress Oksana MYSINA for the film «Piece for a Passenger»

  • Journalist teams of VGTRK and the journal "Kino-Scenarios" 

In the nomination «Person of the Film-Year» in honour of the centenary of cinema the awards went to the outstanding cinematographers: Mikhail SHVEITSER, Marlen KHUTSIEV, Georgi DANELIA, Petr TODOROVSKY, Oleg TABAKOV, Nonna MORDIUKOVA, Kirill LAVROV, Valentin GAFT, Yuri SOLOMIN.

 

1996 

  • Actor of the Year: Vladimir ILYIN

  • Director: Alexander SOKUROV

  • Producer: Boris GILLER

  • Actress: Polina KUTEPOVA

  • Director: Roman BALAYAN (Ukraine)

  • Actor: Vladimir GOSTIUKHIN (Belarus)

  • Actor: Kakhi KAVSADZE (Georgia)

  • Prize «Hope»: Mikhail URZHUMTSEV and Liudmila POTAPOVA 

  • Journalists: Peter SHEPOTINNIK (author and presenter of "Kinescope"); Maxim ANDREEV (for publications in the newspaper 'Segodnia'); Matvei GANAPOLSKY (for programmes about film people on radio "Echo of Moscow" and for the television programme "Beau-monde"). 

 

 

1997 

  • Contribution to Film Art: Oleg EFREMOV

  • Film-Person of the Year: Alexander ABDULOV

  • Actress: Ekaterina REDNIKOVA, «Thief»

  • Actor: Sergei BODROV (jr.), «Brother»

  • Scriptwriter: Alexander MINDADZE, «Time of the Dancer»

  • Director of Photography: Igor KLEBANOV, «The Cutter»

  • Director: Vadim ABDRASHITOV, «Time of the Dancer»

  • Prize «Hope»: Vera VORONKOVA and Andrei EGOROV in «Time of the Dancer»

  • Best Children's Role: Misha FILIPCHUK («Thief»); Nastia MESKOVA («Little Princess»)

  • Journalists: Sergei SHOLOKHOAV (television presenter of  «Quiet at Home»); Boris BERMAN and Ildar ZHANDAREV (presenters of the programme «Paragraph»); Valeri KICHIN (journalist, «Izvestiya»)

 

 

1998 

  • Best Film: «LAND OF THE DEAF», director Valeri Todorovsky, Gorky-Studio

  • Best Director: Alexei BALABANOV, «Of Freaks and Men»

  • Best Filmscript: Marina MAREYEVA, «Totalitarian Affair»

  • Best Director of Photography: Sergei ASTAKHOV, «Of Freaks and Men»

  • Best Design: Vera ZELINSKAYA, «Of Freaks and Men»

  • Best Music: Alexei AIGI, «Land of the Deaf»

  • Best Actress: Dina KORZUN, «Land of the Deaf»

  • Best Actor: Sergei MAKOVETSKY, «Of Freaks and Men»

  • Best Supporting Role: Maxim SUKHANOV, «Land of the Deaf»

  • Best Debut of a Director: Petr LUTSIK, «Outskirts»

  • Best Foreign Film in Russian Distribution: « THE BIG LEBOWSKI», USA, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, distributor «Soyuz-Video»

  • Best Actress in a Foreign Film in Russian Distribution: Gwynedd Paltrow, «Sliding Doors», UK, directed by Peter Howett, distributor «Agency «Paradise»

  • Best Actor in a Foreign Film in Russian Distribution: Johnny Depp, «Fear and Hatred in Las Vegas», USA , directed by Terry  Guilliam, distributor «West-Video»

 

 

1999 

  • Best Film: «KHRUSTALEV, THE CAR!», director Alexei German, Goskino, "Lenfilm", P&F, "Sodaperaga" (France)

  • Best Director: Alexei GERMAN, «Khrustalev, the car!»

  • Best Filmscript: Yuri ARABOV, «Moloch»

  • Best Director of Photography:  Alexei FEDOROV, Anatoli RODIONOV, «Moloch»

  • Best Design: Vladimir SVETOZAROV, «Khrustalev, the car!»

  • Best Music: Alexei SHELYGIN, «Sky in Diamonds»

  • Best Actress: Elena RUFANOVA, «Moloch»

  • Best Actor: Leonid MOZGOVOI, «Moloch»; Mikhail ULIANOV, «The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment»; Yuri TSURILO, «Khrustalev, the car!»

  • Best Supporting Role: Vladimir ILYIN, «The Barber of Siberia»; Nina USATOVA, «The Barracks»

  • Best Debut: Grigori KONSTANTINOPOLSKY, «8 1/2 Dollars»

  • Best Foreign Film in Russian Distribution: «SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE», UK, directed by John Madden, distributor «East-West»

  • Best Actress in a Foreign Film in Russian Distribution: Gwynedd PALTROW, «Shakespeare in Love», UK, directed by John Madden, distributor "East-West'

  • Best Actor in a Foreign Film in Russian Distribution: Roberto BENIGNI, «Life is Beautiful», Italy, directed by Roberto Benigni, distributor «WEST»

 

2000 

  • Best Film: «LUNAR DADDY», director Bakhtior Khudoinazarov, NTV-Profit, Pandora Film (Germany), Prisma (Austria), Vvyss (Tadzhikistan), EUROSPACE (Japan), LES FILMS DE L’OBSERVATOIRE (France), THOMAS KOEFER FILMS (Switzerland)

  • Best Producer: Alexander LITVINOV, Vladimir MENSHOV, «Envy of the Gods»

  • Best Director: Bakhtior KHUDOINAZAROV, «Lunar Daddy»

  • Best Filmscript: Ivan OKHLOBYSTIN, Roman KACHANOV, «DMB»

  • Best Director of Photography:  Sergei YURIZDITSKY, «The Captain's Daughter»

  • Best Design: Alexander BOIM, Владимир GUDILIN, Anatoli PANFILOV, «The Romanovs»

  • Best Music: Leonid DESIATNIKOV, «Moscow»

  • Best Actress: Zinaida SHARKO, «The Garden full of Moonlight...»

  • Best Actor: Maxim SUKHANOV, «Offending Women not Recommended...»

  • Best Supporting Role: Natalia EGOROVA, «The Captain's Daughter»; Andrei PANIN, «The Wedding»

  • Best Debut: Alexander ATANESIAN, «24 hours»

  • Best Foreign Film in Russian Distribution:  IN VINO VERITAS, France, directed by Otar IOSELIANI, distributor «Atlanta»

  • Best Actress in a Foreign Film in Russian Distribution: BJORK, «Dancer in the Dark», Denmark, director Lars von Trier, distributor «Carmen», «Agency InterCinemaArt»

  • Best Actor in a Foreign Film in Russian Distribution:  Kevin SPACEY, «American Beauty», USA, director Sam Mendes, distributor «East-West»

 

 

2001 

  • Best Film: «TAURUS», director Alexander Sokurov, «Lenfilm»

  • Best Director: Alexander SOKUROV, «Taurus»

  • Best Filmscript: Yuri ARABOV, «Taurus»

  • Best Director of Photography: Alexander SOKUROV, «Taurus»

  • Best Design: Natalia KOCHERGINA, «Taurus»

  • Best Music: Oleg KARAVAICHUK, «Dark Night»

  • Best Actress: Maria KUZNETSOVA, «Taurus»

  • Best Actor: Leonid MOZGOVOI, «Taurus»

  • Best Supporting Actress: Evgeniya DOBROVOLSKAYA, «Mechanical  Suite»

  • Best Supporting Actor: Sergei GARMASH, «Tender Age»

  • Debut-Film: «SISTERS», dir. Sergei Bodrov jr..

  • Best Foreign Film in Russian Distribution: «LA PIANISTE», Austria, dir. Michael Haneke, distributor «InterCinemaArt»

  • Best Actress in a Foreign Film in Russian Distribution: Isabel HUPPERT, «Пианистка», Austria, dir. Michael Haneke, distributor «InterCinemaArt»

  • Best Actor in a Foreign Film in Russian Distribution:: Ryan GOSLING, «Fanatic», USA, dir.

 

2002

  • BEST FILM: «CUCKOO», dir. Alexander Rogozhkin; studio CTB

  • BEST DIRECTOR: Kira MURATOVA, «Chekhov Motifs»

  • BEST SCRIPT: Alexander ROGOZHKIN, «Cuckoo»

  • BEST DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Sergei ASTAKHOV, «War»

  • BEST DESIGN: Pavel NOVIKOV, «Tale about Fedot»

  • BEST FILM MUSIC: Alexei RYBNIKOV, «The Star»

  • BEST ACTRESS: Anni-Kristina IUSSO, «Cuckoo»

  • BEST ACTOR: Oleg YANKOVSKY, «The Lover»

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Tatiana LAVROVA, «Cinema about Cinema»

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Yuri KUZNETSOV, «Diary of Kamikadze»

  • BEST DEBUT FILM: «THE KITE», dir. Alexei MURADOV

  • BEST FOREIGN FILM IN RUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION: «SPEAK WITH HER», Spain, dir. Pedro ALMODOVAR, distr. «Paradise»

  • BEST ACTRESS IN A FOREIGN FILM IN RUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION: Isabelle HUPPERT, «8 Women» (France), dir. Francois OZON, distr. « Intercinema-Art»

  • BEST ACTOR IN A FOREIGN FILM IN RUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION: Billy Bob THORNTON, «The Man, who was not there» (US), dir. Joel COEN, distr. «Central Partnership»

 

 2003

  • BEST FILM: «The Return»

  • BEST DIRECTOR: Vadim Abdrashitov, «Magnetic Storms»

  • BEST SCRIPT: Alexander Mindadze, «Magnetic Storms»

  • BEST DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Mikhail Krichman, «The Return»

  • BEST DESIGN: Natalia Kochergina, «Father and Son»

  • BEST FILM MUSIC: Sergei Shnurov, «Boomer»

  • BEST ACTOR: Viktor Sukhorukov, «Poor, Poor Pavel»

  • BEST ACTRESS: Maria Zvonareva, «The Trio»

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Vladimir Kucherenko, «Koktebel»

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Inna Churikova, «Praise this Woman»

  • BEST DEBUT: «The Return»

  • BEST FOREIGN FILM IN RUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION: «Dogville»

  • BEST ACTRESS IN A FOREIGN FILM IN RUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION: Nicole Kidman, «Dogville»

  • BEST ACTOR IN A FOREIGN FILM IN RUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION: Daniel Day-Lewis, «The Gangs of New York»