A 1966 Andrei Rublev Screenwriter · Director

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   Tarkovsky died of lung cancer.

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   In 1989, the Andrei Tarkovsky Foundation was established; it holds festivals and exhibitions devoted to the director's work and carries out archival work. Since 1993, within the framework of the Moscow International Film Festival, the Tarkovsky Prize is awarded to "the best film of the competition or non-competition program."

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   Died of lung cancer.

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   Born into the family of the poet Arseny Tarkovsky. He spent his childhood in the town of Yuryevets, where the Tarkovsky House-Museum is now open.

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   Son of the poet Arseny Tarkovsky, brother of Marina Tarkovskaya.

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   Tarkovsky held three citizenships (USSR, Italy, France).

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   On July 29, 2017, the world's first monument to Andrei Tarkovsky was unveiled in Suzdal (where the film 'Andrei Rublev' was shot). The 4.5-meter-tall sculptural composition consists of a bell-shaped chapel, a figure of Tarkovsky himself, and two characters from the film — Andrei Rublev and the master Boriska.

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   Tarkovsky considered Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky the most brilliant composer in Russia, and Pushkin was his favorite poet.

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   As Tarkovsky emphasized, the work of Fellini, one of the directors he most respected, was of great importance in shaping him as an artist.

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    In 2007, the year of Tarkovsky's 75th birthday, the Government of the Ivanovo Region, with the support of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the State Film Fund of the Russian Federation, and the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation, established the International Film Festival 'Zerkalo' (The Mirror), which bears his name. The festival is held annually in the city of Ivanovo and the Ivanovo Region.