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Take part in the I Baiqonyr Republican Short Film Festival

Take part in the I Baiqonyr Republican Short Film Festival

Take part in the I Baiqonyr Republican Short Film Festival

The I Baiqonyr Republican Short Film Festival will be held in Almaty for the first time. The film festival will be a launching pad for young Directors and will open new names in Kazakh cinema.

The festival is organized by the professional movie portal Broadway (Brod.kz).

The I Baiqonyr Republican Short Film Festival will be held on September 17 and 18 in Kok-Tobe Park (marquee).

Within the framework of the festival, films included in the competitive and non-competitive programmes will be presented. Online applications on the site have already started on August 1 and will last until September 5. Online applications can be sent by clicking on the link.

Short films shot by residents of Kazakhstan in 2015 and 2016 in the areas of documentary, animation and feature film are accepted for participation. The age limit for directors is up to 29 years.

The Festival Jury consists of 7 people, influencing the formation and development of cinema of Kazakhstan. Jury: director and scriptwriter Rashid Nugmanov, director and scriptwriter Adilkhan Yerzhanov, film expert Gulnar Abikeyeva, director and film critic Tulegen Baitukenov, director of Eurasia Spotlight Ilyas Akhmet, producer Sabina Kuzenbayeva, camera operator Azamat Dulatov.

According to the Festival results, winners will be determined in the following nominations: “The Grand Prix, “Best film”, “Best Director”, “Best camera operator”, “Best script”, “Best experimental film”, “Best documentary film”, “Best animated film”, “Broadway Choice”, “Special Prize”.

Author of the statuette Orynhan Rahimbekov, Festival Director Anuar Kenzhibayev

The winners of 10 nominations will receive an exclusive Baiqonyr statuette designed as part of the Republican Short Film Festival. In May of this year, the “Create” (“Сотвори”) contest was held, in which 10 sculptures took part. The first place in the creative contest following the results of the voting was the statuette of Orynkhan Rakhimbekov, a graduate of Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after T. K. Zhurgenov.

The winner in the Grand Prix nomination of Baiqonyr Festival will be included in the competition programme of the XII Eurasia International Film Festival.

Festival partners: Rocket company RocketFirm.com, University of Turan, Kok-Tobe, Esquire Kazakhstan, PAPARAZZI club, “Let's go!”, Ticketon company.

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