Sunday, April 8, 2012

2012 Кинопремия Ника (Nika Awards) for Russian film - winners


The Академии кинематографических искусств (Russian Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences) in Russia held their 25th Annual Кинопремия Ника (Nika Film Awards) tonight at the Крокус Сити Холле (Crocus City Hall) in Moscow.

The World War I/Russian Revolution film Жила-была одна баба (Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman) by Андрей Смирнов (Andrey Smirnov) led the field with six wins from its leading nine nominations. It not only claimed Best Picture but also took Best Screenplay, Actress for Дарья Екамасова (Darya Ekamasova), Supporting Actor for оман Мадянов (Roman Madyanov), Art Direction and Costume Design. Ekamasova shared her Actress Award with Надежда Маркина (Nadezhda Markina) who starred in Елена (Elena).

Елена (Elena) by Андрей Звягинцев (Andrei Zvyagintsev) was next with four awards. In addition to the Best Actress win, it scooped the prizes for Best Director, Cinematography and Supporting Actress for Елена Лядова (Yelena Lyadova). Those were the same three categories it won at the rival премия Золотой Орёл (Golden Eagle Awards) where it also claimed Best Picture.

The only other multiple award-winner was Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой (Vysotsky: Thank God I am Alive). It won for Best Sound and the Discovery of the Year Award for Дмитрий Астрахан (Dmitri Astrakhan). That prize was also a tie, shared with 12-year-old Михаил Процько (Mikhail Protsko) from Сибирь. Монамур (Siberia, Monamour).

Сергей Гармаш (Sergey Garmash) took the Best Actor Award for his starring role in Дом (Home).

An Honourary Award for Lifetime Achievement was presented to Олег Басилашвили (Oleg Basilashvili). Another Special Award was given to the actresses Чулпан Хаматова (Chulpan Khamatova) and Дина Корзун (Dina Korzun) for their children's charity Подари жизнь (Give Life). The presenter Ксению Собча (Ksenia Sobchak) was booed when she asked Khamatova about her support for President Putin.

Nominations for the 25th Annual Кинопремия Ника

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Complete winners for the 25th Annual Кинопремия Ника

Best Picture
Жила-была одна баба (Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman)

Best Film of the CIS and Baltic States
А есть ли там театр?! (But Is There a Theatre Over There)

Best Actor
Сергей Гармаш (Sergey Garmash), Дом (Home)

Best Actress – TIE
Дарья Екамасова (Darya Ekamasova), Жила-была одна баба (Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman)
Надежда Маркина (Nadezhda Markina), Елена (Elena)

Best Supporting Actor
Роман Мадянов (Roman Madyanov), (Жила-была одна баба (Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman)

Best Supporting Actress
Елена Лядова (Yelena Lyadova), Елена (Elena)

Best Director
Андрей Звягинцев (Andrei Zvyagintsev), Елена (Elena)

Best Screenplay
Андрей Смирнов (Andrey Smirnov), Жила-была одна баба (Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman)

Best Cinematography
Михаил Кричман (Mikhail Krichman), Елена (Elena)

Best Music
Леонид Десятников (Leonid Desyatnikov), Мишень (Target)

Best Sound
Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой (Vysotsky: Thank God I am Alive)

Best Art Direction
Жила-была одна баба (Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman)

Best Costume Design
Жила-была одна баба (Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman)

Best Documentary
Книга Тундры. Повесть о Вуквукае - маленьком камне (The Tundra Book: A Tale of Vukvukai, The Little Rock)

Best Animated Feature
Еще раз! (One More Time)

Discovery of the Year – TIE
Дмитрий Астрахан (Dmitri Astrakhan), Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой (Vysotsky: Thank God I am Alive)
Михаил Процько (Mikhail Protsko), Сибирь. Монамур (Siberia, Monamour)

Honourary Award
Олег Басилашвили (Oleg Basilashvili)

Special Award for Charity Work
Чулпан Хаматова (Chulpan Khamatova) and Дина Корзун (Dina Korzun)

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