Movie

Message to Man (1989)

• June 1, 1989
• 40m

• Documentary

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

Writers

Sergey Sholokhov

Starring

Natalia Makarova, Leo Hurwitz, Ivars Seleckis