Actor Vladimir Mashkov, foreground, and film director Alexander Mitta during an extraordinary congress of the Russian Cinematographers' Union at the Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.30.03.2009#383781
Actor Vladimir Permyakov during an extraordinary congress of the Russian Cinematographers' Union at the Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.30.03.2009#383779
Film director Alla Surikova and her husband, Alexander Potashnikov, during an extraordinary congress of the Russian Cinematographers' Union at the Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.30.03.2009#383777
Actor, director and screenwriter Ivan Okhlobystin during an extraordinary congress of the Russian Cinematographers' Union at the Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.30.03.2009#383776
From left: Film director Nikita Mikhalkov and lawyer Pavel Astakhov during the extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383775
From left: Acting Head of the Union of Russian Film-Makers Yevgeny Gerasimov and flattered Nikita Mikhalkov after the vote during the extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383774
The extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383773
Film director and actor Nikita Mikhalkov during an extraordinary congress of the Russian Cinematographers' Union at the Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.30.03.2009#383772
Film director and actor Nikita Mikhalkov during an extraordinary congress of the Russian Cinematographers' Union at the Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.30.03.2009#383771
One vote against during the extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383770
Mikhail Nozhkin, member of the Union of Russian Film-Makers and member of its Council of Elders, addressing the Union's extraordinary congress at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383769
Actress Olga Gobzeva, aka Mother Olga, during the extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383768
Actors Alexei Buldakov, left, and Nikolai Chindyaikin during an extraordinary congress of the Russian Cinematographers' Union at the Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.30.03.2009#383767
Actress Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina and lawyer Pavel Astakhov during an extraordinary congress of the Russian Cinematographers' Union at the Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.30.03.2009#383766
Actor Sergei Nikonenko and actress Galina Polskikh during an extraordinary congress of the Russian Cinematographers' Union at the Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.30.03.2009#383764
From left: Russian Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev and actor Yevgeny Steblov during the extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383753
Actors Dmitry Dyuzhev, left, and Mikhail Porechenkov during an extraordinary congress of the Russian Cinematographers' Union at the Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.30.03.2009#383752
From left: Actor Vladimir Mashkov and film director Vladimir Khotinenko during the extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383750
Viktor Matizen, President of the Guild of Russian Film Critics and Film Scholars, during the extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383749
Background, from right: Actors Sergei Nikonenko and Anastasia Vertinskaya during the extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383746
Actor Vasily Livanov during the extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383745
Actress Vera Vasilyeva during an extraordinary congress of the Russian Cinematographers' Union at the Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.30.03.2009#383744
Actress Irina Chursina during an extraordinary congress of the Russian Cinematographers' Union at the Gostiny Dvor exhibition center.30.03.2009#383742
Actress Yelena Kondulainen during the extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383738
Actor, film director and screen writer Ivan Okhlobystin during the extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383735
Actor Sergei Makovetsky during the extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383733
From left: Actress Lidia Fedoseyeva-Shukshina and film director Karen Shakhnazarov during the extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383732
Actor Mikhail Porechenkov at an extraordinary Congress of the Russian Union of Film-Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference center.30.03.2009#383642
Actor Alexander Pankratov-Chorny at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor conference hall hosting an extraordinary congress of the Russian Union of Film-Makers.30.03.2009#383624
Film director Dmitry Meskhiyev, right, at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor, which is playing host to an extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film Makers.30.03.2009#383621
Actor Alexander Mikhailov at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor, which is playing host to an extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film Makers.30.03.2009#383620
From left: Actors Leonid Yarmolnik, Vladimir Mashkov and stunt performer Alexander Inshakov at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor, which is playing host to an extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film Makers.30.03.2009#383617
From left: Actors Leonid Yarmolnik and Vladimir Mashkov at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor, which is playing host to an extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film Makers.30.03.2009#383616
Film director Nikita Mikhalkov speaking at the opening of an extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor.30.03.2009#383612
Film director Nikita Mikhalkov speaking at the opening of an extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor.30.03.2009#383611
Film director Nikita Mikhalkov during the opening of an extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor.30.03.2009#383610
Film director Nikita Mikhalkov during the opening of an extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor.30.03.2009#383609
Film director Nikita Mikhalkov during the opening of an extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor.30.03.2009#383608
Film director Nikita Mikhalkov during the opening of an extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor.30.03.2009#383607
From left: Acting head of the Union of Russian Film Makers Yevgeny Gerasimov and film director Nikita Mikhalkov during the opening of the Union's extraordinary congress at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor.30.03.2009#383605
Film director Nikita Mikhalkov during the opening of an extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor.30.03.2009#383604
Film director Nikita Mikhalkov during the opening of an extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor.30.03.2009#383603
Film director Nikita Mikhalkov during the opening of an extraordinary congress of the Union of Russian Film Makers at Moscow's Gostiny Dvor.30.03.2009#383602