From left: Documentary movie director Vitaly Mansky and film directors Boris Khlebnikov and Andrei Smirnov, founders of the Cinema Union established as the alternative to the Union of Cinematographers, attending the ceremony held to hand out membership cards to the union's first members at the International University's Maly Hall.

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From left: Film expert Daniil Dondurei, film director Boris Khlebnikov and film expert Leonid Pavlyuchik attending the ceremony held to hand out membership cards to the Cinema Union's first members at the International University's Maly Hall.

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Film director Boris Khlebnikov, one of the founders of the Cinema Union established as the alternative to the Union of Cinematographers, attending the ceremony held to hand out membership cards to the union's first members at the International University's Maly Hall.

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Film director Andrei Smirnov, one of the founders of the Cinema Union established as the alternative to the Union of Cinematographers, attending the ceremony held to hand out membership cards to the union's first members at the International University's Maly Hall.

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Film critic and expert Leonid Pavlyuchik, foreground, attending the ceremony held to hand out membership cards to the Cinema Union's first members at the International University's Maly Hall.

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Membership cards seen before the hand-out ceremony held for the Cinema Union's first members at the International University's Maly Hall.

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Documentary movie director Vitaly Mansky, one of the founders of the Cinema Union established as the alternative to the Union of Cinematographers, attending the ceremony held to hand out membership cards to the union's first members at the International University's Maly Hall.

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Film actress Tatyana Dogileva attending the ceremony held to hand out membership cards to the Cinema Union's first members at the International University's Maly Hall.

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Film director Boris Khlebnikov, one of the founders of the Cinema Union established as the alternative to the Union of Cinematographers, attending the ceremony held to hand out membership cards to the union's first members at the International University's Maly Hall.

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Film director Andrei Smirnov, one of the founders of the Cinema Union established as the alternative to the Union of Cinematographers, attending the ceremony held to hand out membership cards to the union's first members at the International University's Maly Hall.

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Film actress Tatyana Dogileva attending the ceremony held to hand out membership cards to the Cinema Union's first members at the International University's Maly Hall.

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Documentary movie director Vitaly Mansky, one of the founders of the Cinema Union established as the alternative to the Union of Cinematographers, before the ceremony held to hand out membership cards to the union's first members at the International University's Maly Hall.

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Documentary movie director Vitaly Mansky (left), one of the founders of the Cinema Union established as the alternative to the Union of Cinematographers, speaking to journalists before the ceremony held to hand out membership cards to the union's first members at the International University's Maly Hall.

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Film directors Andrei Smirnov and Vitaly Mansky's membership cards seen before the hand-out ceremony held for the Cinema Union's first members at the International University's Maly Hall.

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