Vladivostok event looks toward Asia.(FILM/INTERNATIONAL)(third Pacific Meridian festival)(Brief Article)

From: Variety | Date: September 26, 2005| Author: Birchenough, Tom | Copyright information

MOSCOW Russia's film world turned eastward for the third Pacific Meridian fest, which wrapped Sept. 15 in Pacific port city Vladivostok.

Screening pics from 20 Asian countries, the fest looked substantially different from other, better-known Russian fests.

Initial danger at this year's Meridian fest was fear of a literal typhoon, although torrential rains that had hit neighboring Japan only days before happily bypassed the city. But the word was still heard o...

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