MOSCOW, August 9 Screenings of Kazakh films as part of the Days of Foreign Cinema project will be held in Moscow from 18 to 20 August, Roskino's press service reported.
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"From August 18 to August 20, the cinema "Illusion" again awaits connoisseurs of foreign cinema: Roskino, with the support of the Russian Ministry of Culture, organizes free screenings of Kazakh films as part of the Days of Foreign Cinema project. The program includes five films — one of the most striking works of Kazakh filmmakers over the past decade, awarded prizes at international film festivals: dramas, historical films, comedies,» the message says.
Drama «Shal» (The Old Man) directed by Ermek Tursunov — nominee for international awards and festivals Asia Pacific Screen Awards (2013) and Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2013), as well as the Russian film award «Nika» (2014) will open a series of screenings on 18 August. The film is based on Ernest Hemingway's story «The Old Man and the Sea,» the press service said.
Besides, the program included the story about maternal love «Road to Mother» directed by Akan Sataev and the military drama «Myn Bal's Army». Yerbolat Toguzakov, the lead actor in the film Shal, and Altynai Nogerbek, the actress of the film The Road to Mother, will take part in the official opening ceremony of the Days of Kazakh Cinema.
The organizers noted that Russian viewers will also be able to watch the comedy «Walnut Tree» directed by Yerlan Nurmukhambetov. In 2015, as part of the 20th Busan International Film Festival (South Korea), the film received the main prize in the «New Trends» section, and in 2016, the tape was shown in the main competition program of the 22nd International Asian Film Festival in Vesoul (France) and received two awards at once: the Special Prize of the International Jury and the Special Prize of Film Critics.
In addition, the screening program included Bolat Kalymbetov's biographical drama Mukagali, winner of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2021) and nominee of the International Muslim Film Festival in Kazan (2022), which tells about the last years of his life famous Kazakh poet Mukagali Makataev, a representative of Kazakh poetry of the 60-70s of the XX century. ria.ru/20230807/festival-1888628203.html» data-title=»International art festival to be held in Astrakhan»>