Berlinale: The unofficial history of the award. Dunaevsky A.

The new study of the famous St. Petersburg film expert Alexei Dunaevsky continues a series of publications dedicated to the largest international film festivals. This time, the Berlin MKF was the object of study. The author with exhaustive completeness represents the history of the festival from the moment of origin to the present day. Readers are offered to the attention of historical essays, the chronicle of the confrontation between the two political systems, the detailed characteristics of each section of the festival, the biographies of the main actors and the chairmen of the jury, the lists of participants in the main competition and prize-winners, statistical information, the annotated catalog of the film-laureates and, of course, the display of the festival life of each “Berlinale.”

in its filling, the work of A. Dunaevsky in a number of positions surpasses foreign analogues, and in Russia itself was fulfilled for the first time. The text is not only a detailed reference necessary for film science and spectators, but also a fascinating reading for the widest audience.