Event

Moscow Never Sleeps - 12th Annual Harlem International Film Festival

Director: Johnny OReilly
Russia, 100min

MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS is a multi-narrative drama about the hidden bonds that connect us all. The film dives headlong into the volatile intersections of contemporary Moscow and the intimate lives of five people: An entrepreneur whose business empire comes under siege by powerful bureaucrats, a teenage girl mired in the misery of a broken home, a young man forced to choose between his girlfriend and his grandmother; a beautiful singer torn apart by the pursuit of two men, and an ailing film star who gets embroiled in a bizarre kidnapping.

Over the course of one day, their lives will change forever. These stories weave through Moscow's choked cityscape as it celebrates its birthday with a massive fireworks display. The unrestrained energy of Europe's biggest city and the cruelty and beauty of the Russian spirit is revealed.