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The opening ceremony of International Documentary Film Festival “Flahertiana” will take place on the 15th of September

The main event of the first festival day will be the Opening Ceremony that will take place at 19.00 in the concert hall of Perm State National Research University. The audience will get acquainted with the jury of 3 festival competitions. The governor of the Perm Krai Maksim Reshetnikov will open the 17th IDFF “Flahertiana” traditionally breaking the plate on the old camera and continuing the festival tradition. Several surprises and the unexpected awarding of the respectable Permian and an old friend of the festival are also waiting for the audience and the participants.

After the ceremony viewers will see the film “The Competiton” by Evgeny Khovaev – an ode to talent and persistence of musicians all over the world and a gift to perm fans of classical music.  A couple of words about the film (6+, Russia, colour, 45 min.). The director Evgeny Khovaev tells the stories of 4 pianists from different countries. They have different lives, different creative ways, but they share their love to music and desire to win at the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition. The film has already gained a lot of awards: Open All-Russian Documentary Film Festival “Salt of the Earth” (Samara, 2016) – Grand-Prix; Open Documentary Film Festival “Russia” (Yekaterinburg, 2016) – Best Short Film Award; Russian Film Festival “Window to Europe” (Vyborg, 2016) – Jury Special Award; and Krasnoyarsk International Film Festival (Krasnoyarsk, 2016) – “Best Feature Film Award”.

Remember that accredited journalists can get badges before the opening ceremony from the festival press attaché Arina Plusnina.