Kazan has been visited by famous Malaysian actor and producer Eyzlan Dato Yusuf, producer Jalil Abbas. They met with the Advisor to the Prime Minister of Tatarstan on cooperation with Islamic financial institutions Linar Yakupov and director of GBUK RT "Tatarkino" Vladimir Batrakov.
The parties signed a bilateral cooperation agreement, according to which Tatarstan and Malaysia will exchange films. In the near future Malaysian movies (fiction, documentary, animation) will be shown at "Tatarkino" site, and tape produce of Tatarstan will see the Malaysian audience. At a meeting with the chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of Tatarstan Ildar Yagafarov guests discussed filming together films. Also, producers have expressed their desire to take part in the Kazan international festival of Muslim cinema in 2017.