CULTURE
Kazan hosts International Muslim Film Festival
Baku, September 7, AZERTAC
Kazan International Muslim Film Festival is held in the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan since 2005.
The motto of the festival is "To the dialogue of cultures through the culture of dialogue".
The aim of the festival is the experience exchange of the workers in the sphere of culture and Arts of Russia and Muslim countries of the neighboring and far-abroad countries, display of the creative achievements of the Muslim cinematographers and the representatives of the other religious affiliation, who make films popularizing human, spiritual and moral values as well as cultural traditions, the formation of the objective views of the world and Russian community about Muslims and Islam.
The members of the Selection Committee and the Jury are well-known professionals in Arts – filmmakers, cameramen, film critics from all over the world.
The number of the participants and the quantity of the films are increasing year by year. 40 films from 12 countries were sent for the fist festival, and 400 films from 67 countries were sent for the 5th festival. Its geography is expanding, and the number of the participating countries is increasing as well. Today Europe, the USA, Australia joined the countries of East, Asia, Indo-Chinese peninsula. About 200 films from 50 countries are already received, these are the latest data of the report about preparation for the forthcoming event. So the international statues of the festival is annually being proved by the participant and visits of honourable guests from all over the world.
The films reflecting human, spiritual and moral values as well as cultural traditions, supporting the ideas of peacemaking, tolerance and humanity regardless of the nationality and religious affiliation of the authors are selected for the festival.
The selection committee members are honourable Russian and foreign film critics.