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The start of call for applications in Baiqonyr Short Film Festival

The start of call for applications in Baiqonyr Short Film Festival

The start of call for applications in Baiqonyr Short Film Festival

Baiqonyr Short Film Festival will be held in Almaty from September 20 to 23. Applications for participation will start on June 1 and will last until August 31 inclusive. Those wishing to show their films to a wide audience need to fill out an application on the official website of the festival Baikonur.brod.kz. The sponsor of the cultural event is the Foundation for the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Elbasy, and the General partner is the Kinopark cinema network.
Short live-action films, documentaries and animated films of any genre filmed in 2017-2018 are invited to participate in the Baiqonyr Short Film Festival. The duration of the films should not exceed 30 minutes. Works that participated in the Baiqonyr Republican Short Film Festival in 2016 and 2017 are not accepted.
The films will be evaluated by a jury, which will include figures of art, culture, film critics, directors, actors, producers and other representatives of the film industry of Kazakhstan. This year, the winners will be determined in 13 nominations: “The Grand Prix”, “Best Director”, “Best Cinema operator”, “Best Production Designer”, “Best Script”, “Best Experimental Film”, “Best Documentary film”, “Best Animated film”, “Best Actress”, “Broadway choice”, “Best Actor” and “Special Jury Prize”, including the new “Best Sound.”
There are innovations in the contest. The upcoming film festival will be held in two cities at the same time - in Almaty and Astana, and the winners will be shown to the audience of Shymkent, Atyrau and Uralsk. Within the framework of the festival, a section of Kyrgyz, Uzbek and Russian short films will be opened.
The solemn opening will take place in Kinoplexx Sary Arka cinema.
The initiator of Baiqonyr Short Film Festival is a Broadway movie portal.

 

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