In early June 2012, the traditional Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival was held in Sochi. The main section of the competition program was attended by a dozen films of both beginners and famous directors.
The results of the twenty-third Kinotavr in a row, the jury, chaired by director Vladimir Khotinenko, summed up on June 10, at the close of the festival. In 2012, the Grand Prix of the most honorable Russian film competition was given to the "dark horse" - Pavel Ruminov's drama "I'll be there." The film was shown just before the closing ceremony and did not cause much excitement among the public. However, the judges appreciated the controversial plot: a business woman and a single mother are looking for new parents for their only six-year-old son, after they find out that she is terminally ill, and there will be no one to take care of the boy after her death.
For the third time, the young director of the Kinotavr was recognized by the young Ural playwright Vasily Sigarev, who presented the depressing drama "Live" at the competition, which is based on stories about how people lose their loved ones in the Russian outback. The same film received a figurine for best cinematography, as well as a special prize established by film critics.
The winner in the nomination "Best Actor" was Azamat Nigmatov, who played in the history of the ensuing friendship between the escort captain and the deserter soldier. The jail drama “Convoy” was also noted by the jury for the music they wrote and the music written by Alexander Manotskov.
One "best female role" for two was shared by actresses Anna Mikhalkova and Yana Troyanova (who also played in the competition film of her husband Vasily Sigarev). The tragicomedy of the director Avdotya Smirnova with the funny name "Kokoko", according to critics, has become the most "spectator" film of "Kinotavr-2012". A light and ironic story about two blondes with diametrically opposed systems of life values, who met on the train and ended up in the same apartment in St. Petersburg, predict a good rental fate in Russian cinemas.
