23rd Moscow International Film Festival
The 23rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2001. The Golden St. George was awarded to the American film The Believer directed by Henry Bean.
Jury
- Margarethe von Trotta
- Jiang Wen
- Bohdan Stupka
- Moritz de Hadeln
- Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
- Igor Maslennikov
- Geoffrey Gilmore
Films in competition
| English title | Original title | Director | Production country |
| The Believer | The Believer | Henry Bean | United States |
| Unfair Competition | Concorrenza sleale | Ettore Scola | Italy, France |
| Keep Away from the Window | Daleko od okna | Jan Jakub Kolski | Poland |
| Detector | Detektor | Pål Jackman | Norway |
| Inheritance | Herencia | Paula Hernández | Argentina |
| Love Story by Tea | Love Story by Tea | Jin chen | China |
| Mademoiselle | Mademoiselle | Philippe Lioret | France |
| My Sweet | Mi dulce | Jesús Mora | Spain, Italy |
| Victims and Murderers | Oběti a vrazi | Andrea Sedláčková | Czech Republic, France, Switzerland |
| The Quickie | The Quickie | Sergei Bodrov | Germany |
| Real Fiction | Shilje sanghwangg | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Blind Guys | Vakvagányok | Péter Tímár | Hungary |
| Wings of Glass | Vingar av glas | Reza Bagher | Sweden |
| Wild Mussels | Wilde Mossels | Erik de Bruyn | Netherlands |
| Peony Pavilion | Youyuan jingmeng | Yonfan | Hong Kong |
| Under the Skin of the City | Zir-e poost-e shahr | Rakhshan Bani-E'temad | Iran |
Awards
- Golden St. George: The Believer by Henry Bean
- Special Golden St.George: Under the Skin of the City by Rakhshan Bani-E'temad
- Silver St. George:
- * Best Director: Ettore Scola for Unfair Competition
- * Best Actor: Vladimir Mashkov for The Quickie
- * Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa for Peony Pavilion
- Special Silver St. George: Eduard Artemyev, composer
- Stanislavsky Award: Jack Nicholson
- Prix FIPRESCI: Blind Guys by Péter Tímár