Message to ManMovie
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.
About Message to Man
Message to Man is a 1989 documentary movie directed by Irina Kalinina.
The production information lists a runtime of 40m, production credits from Soviet Union, an original language code of RU.
The credited cast includes Natalia Makarova, Leo Hurwitz, Ivars Seleckis, Erwin Leiser. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
