Eurasia Worldwide Movie Competition Returns to Almaty After Two-Yr Hiatus

ASTANA – Almaty will host the sixteenth Eurasia worldwide movie competition on Dec. 12-18. The competition will deliver collectively native and worldwide cinema professionals after a two-year break attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

It’s reported that the Kazakh Ministry of Tradition and Sports activities allotted 450 million tenge (US$950,000) for the competition. 

Established in 1998, the competition has been held yearly since 2010. The nation’s largest and most prestigious movie discussion board is the one Kazakh movie competition accredited by the Worldwide Federation of Movie Producers Associations. 

“A technology of Kazakh filmmakers has grown up with the Eurasia movie competition since its institution. At current, Kazakh cinema has reached such a stage {that a} particular program was created for it. It is going to embody movies, which participated at worldwide movie festivals and gained awards, and films, which have been acknowledged by a large viewers,” mentioned competition’s program director Gulnara Abikeyeva.

This yr, fifteen characteristic movies directed in Europe, Asia, and the Commonwealth of Unbiased States (CIS) over the previous yr will probably be offered within the worldwide competitors program, and 15 home movies launched in 2021 and 2022 will probably be showcased within the nationwide competitors program. The winners of each packages will probably be chosen within the following 5 classes: Greatest Movie, Greatest Directorial Work, Greatest Actor, Greatest Actress, and Particular Jury Prize. 

The non-competition program features a Particular Occasion part, which is able to current movies by well-known figures of world cinema, together with motion pictures celebrating anniversaries and movies that may open and shut the competition. One other part titled Opening of New Names consists of the highest 15 movies directed by younger filmmakers between 2020 and 2022. 

The Work-In-Progress program, amongst different festive occasions, will current home motion pictures nonetheless on the manufacturing stage of growth.