Where did Listapad Festival’ gold go and who got special President’s prize?

XXVIII Minsk International Film Festival "Listapad" said goodbye to its viewers till the next year. The closing ceremony took place in theater house "Moskva" on November 11. The gold prize of the festival was taken by Russian film "Healthy Man" directed by Petr Todorovsky. By the way, the director also received a special prize of the President of Belarus "For humanism and spirituality in the cinema"

Dmitry Astrakhan, Chairman of the jury of the Main Feature Films Competition of the Minsk International Film Festival "Listapad":

It was nice that all the jury members proceeded from the fact that movies should be made for people in the first place. And if people watch the film, that's the main thing. That's why all our leaders chosen were the films for the audience, human stories, stories that affect people.

A total of 26 awards were presented at "Listapad". Viewers were no less biased than the judges. Their votes were also taken into account. Thus, the audience gave their preference to the Chinese drama "Sister" and to the documentary story "Saint Archipelago" about the life of Solovetsky Monastery.