Kira Muratova Movies and Career Information

Kira Muratova (born 5 November 1934) is a Soviet and Russian - Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and actress. She was born in 1934 in Soroca, Bessarabia, Romania (present-day Moldova). She is known for her unusual and original directorial style. Her films have undergone a great deal of censorship in the Soviet Union. Muratova won the Special Jury Prize at the 1990 Berlin Film Festival for The Asthenic Syndrome. Her film Among Grey Stones was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Her films received Russian national "Nika" prize in 1991, 1995, 2005, 2007 and 2009. У Крутого Яра (By the Step Ravine) (with Alexandr Muratov) (1961) Наш честный хлеб (Our Honest Bread) (with Alexandr Muratov) (1964) Короткие встречи (Brief Encounters) (1967) Долгие проводы (The Long Farewell) (1971) Познавая белый свет (Getting to Know the Big, Wide World) (1978) Среди серых камней (Among Grey Stones) (1983) Перемена участи (A Change of Fate) (1987) Астенический синдром (Asthenic Syndrome) (1989) Чувствительный милиционер (The Sentimental Policeman) (1992) Увлеченья (Enthusiasms) (1994) Три истории (Three Stories) (1997) Письмо в Америку (Letter to America)