Press conference of the participants of the National competition – Day 6

On December 17, the Festival Center hosted a press conference of the participants of the national competition, whose works were shown the day before. Speakers: director of the film Poet Darezhan Omirbayev and journalist Aliya Bopezhanova, who played herself in this film; creators of the film Dos-Mukasan director Aydin Sakhaman and screenwriter Efrat Sharipov; director of the film Scheme Farhat Sharipov; as well as producer Julia Kim, who presented two films at once: Poet and Scheme.

Moderator: film critic, Candidate of Art History Inna Smailova.

 

Press conference of the participants of the International competition – Day 6

On December 17, the Festival Center hosted a press conference of the participants of the international competition, whose films were shown the day before. Speakers: director of the film Cold as Marble Asif Rustamov, author of The Road to Nowhere Kamara Kamalova, as well as producer Arthur Weber, who presented Kim Ki Duk's latest film The Call of God.

Moderator: Program Director of the festival, President of the Association of Film Critics of Kazakhstan Gulnara Abikeeva.

 

Master class by director and screenwriter Laila Pakalnina

On December 17, the Festival Center hosted a master class by Laila Pakalnina, a well-known film director and screenwriter from Latvia, many of whose works participated and won prizes at major European film festivals. At the Eurasia Festival, the Latvian guest headed the Jury of the National competition program.