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.
Sergey Sholokhov
Writer
Irina Kalinina
Director
Natalia Makarova
Self
Leo Hurwitz
Self
Ivars Seleckis
Self
Erwin Leiser
Self
Orna Ben-Dor Niv
Self
Michał Leszczyłowski
Self
Jeanette Petrie
Self
Allan Francovich
Self
Richard Leacock
Self
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Sherman's March67%
Directed by John Ford70%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Public Speaking70%
28 Up75%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
McQueen74%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Being James Bond77%
Sidney70%
Night Will Fall76%
My Mom Jayne79%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home67%
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return67%
The Velvet Underground67%
Western Stars70%
