Which film in the Russian package at the 57th IFFI won the Grand Jury Prize at the Vyborg National Film Festival?
- A.New Home
- B.Bo Bo
- C.Sidney Lumet’s Birthday
- D.Cheryomushki
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Explanation
The correct answer is Sidney Lumet’s Birthday, directed by Raul Geidarov. The coming-of-age drama, which runs 92 minutes, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Vyborg National Film Festival and now has its India premiere at the 57th International Film Festival of India. It follows Dato, a boy of seventeen, as he deals with family tension, abandonment and forgiveness. Option A, New Home by Nikita Grushin, is wrong: its distinction at the festival is a world premiere, not that award. Option B, Bo Bo by Anastasia Kuzina, is wrong as well; it is a rural drama about a girl named Nadia and prejudice over her facial hemangioma, and no award is attached to it in the announcement. Option D, Cheryomushki by Herbert Rappaport, is an older Moscow-set musical satire scored by Shostakovich, and it too carries no such prize.
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Practice Questions
Which country has been named the Partner Country of the 57th International Film Festival of India?
- A.Australia
- B.Russia
- C.Brazil
- D.Japan
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The 57th International Film Festival of India, held in Goa from 20 to 28 November 2026 under the theme Stories Without Borders, has spotlighted Russia as its Partner Country and will screen a specially chosen package of four Russian films.
Read the full explanation →Which film in the Partner Country Russia package will have its world premiere at the 57th IFFI?
- A.Bo Bo
- B.Cheryomushki
- C.New Home
- D.Sidney Lumet’s Birthday
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It is the one title in the Russian package set for a world premiere at the festival; the film follows Anna, who is rebuilding her life after seven years in prison with support from social services and from a man called Roman.
Read the full explanation →What is the theme of the 57th International Film Festival of India?
- A.Stories Without Borders
- B.Cinema for All
- C.One World, One Screen
- D.Borderless Dreams
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The 57th International Film Festival of India carries that theme, and it is under this theme that Russia has been spotlighted as the festival’s Partner Country with a package of four films.
Read the full explanation →Which Spanish film at IFFI 2026 marks the directorial debut of an actor and gets its Asia Premiere?
- A.The Bad Son (El Mal Hijo)
- B.Trinidad
- C.Looking For Michael
- D.Bitter Christmas
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It is the first film directed by the Spanish actor Jaime Lorente and reaches the festival in Goa for its Asia Premiere, having been shown earlier at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Read the full explanation →The film Bitter Christmas (Amarga Navidad), screened at IFFI 2026, has been directed by whom?
- A.Juana Macias
- B.Jaime Lorente
- C.Pedro Almodovar
- D.Laura Alvea
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His 2026 film Bitter Christmas, or Amarga Navidad, asks how much of his own life a director may reveal in the search for an honest story, following a cult filmmaker named Raul who turns his own tragedy into a script.
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