Released:
1989-06-01

Overview:
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.

Director:
Irina Kalinina

Runtime:
0h 40min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Natalia Makarova
  as
  Herself
• 
  Leo Hurwitz
  as
  Himself
• 
  Ivars Seleckis
  as
  Himself
• 
  Erwin Leiser
  as
  Himself
• 
  Orna Ben-Dor Niv
  as
  Herself