August 1 (Thursday), at 15.00, in the Conference Hall of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan (Pushkin street 66/33, 4th floor) a press conference on the IX Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema (KIFMC) will be held. Representatives of the selection committee of the festival will tell how many movies were reviewed, from which countries the applications arrived, and sound the names of the 50 feature, documentaries and animated films included in the competition shortlist.
The participants of the press conference:
- Sergey Lavrentiev (Moscow), the chairman of the selection committee IX KIFMC, film critic, film historian;
- Svetlana Khokhryakova (Moscow), a member of the selection committee, a film critic, columnist for the newspaper "Moskovsky Komsomolets";
- Guzel Nigmatullina, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatartsan;
- Elena Alexeeva, a member of the selection committee, film critic, teacher KSUCA, the press service of the Festival.
Members of the press! We invite you to take part in a press conference. Please be pre-accredited by email shigabetdinov.pr @ gmail.com.
IX Kazan International Muslim Film Festival will be held in the capital of Tatarstan, from September 5 to 11, 2013. The forum will bring together filmmakers from Russia, Europe, Asia, the CIS countries.
50 films, under regulations, these are 20 (10 feature films and 10 shorts), 20 documentaries (the same - full and short films) and 10 animated films will be fighting for prizes in the main competition of the festival. In addition to the competition program, the audience will be offered an extensive parallel program.
Additional Information: http://kazan-mfmk.com/, head of the press center IX KIMFF Ruslan Shigabetdinov 8 927 2400017