The second day of the XVI International Film Festival "Eurasia" also turned out to be rich and interesting.

After the press conference of Eldar Shibanov, the director of the film “Mountain Bow”, which participates in the national competition, the film screenings continued at the Kinopark 10 Forum cinema.

The films Beyond the Wall (Iran; directed by Vahid Jalilvand), Lily and the Sea (France – Iceland – Belgium; directed by Dinara Drukarova), Kerr (Turkey – Greece – France; directed by Taifun Pirselimoglu) were presented from the international competition. From the national – Mukagali (directed by Bolat Kalymbetov), Kyzyl anar (directed by Sharipa Urazbayeva), Summer will end soon (directed by Yana Skopina). And the out-of-competition program Special Event pleased the audience with the picture The Taste of melon in Samarkand by the first winner of the current festival (Prize for contribution to the development of cinema in Central Asia) Ali Khamraev, who heads the jury of the International Competition.

An out-of-competition short meter program has also been launched The Discovery of New Names. Young Kazakhstani cinematographers, just beginning their creative path, presented five films to the audience: One day (17 min., directed by Amir Shagilbayev), Rukh (30 min., directed by Mikhail Plisko), Korgalzhyn (20 min., directed by Azimzhan Dias), Gulmira (21 min., directed by Aynamkoz Emzharova), With a diploma in the village (28 min., directed by Samgar Rakhym).

Finally, in the Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after T. Zhurgenov successfully hosted a master class by Hana Makhmalbaf, director and screenwriter, daughter and pupil of the famous Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf.