Moscow to host Diamond Butterfly Film Awards

Moscow will host the second Open Eurasian Diamond Butterfly Film Awards ceremony.

The event will take place at Nikita Mikhalkov’s Workshop 12. This year, 41 films from 19 countries, including Uzbekistan, will compete for awards, TASS reports.

Winners will be selected in 12 categories. In 2026, the participating countries are Belarus, Venezuela, Vietnam, Egypt, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Uzbekistan and Ethiopia.

The Diamond Butterfly Film Awards are one of the flagship projects of the Eurasian Academy of Cinematographic Arts. The initiative to establish the academy and the awards was launched by Nikita Mikhalkov, an actor, director and People’s Artist of the RSFSR. The event is organized by the Russian Cultural Foundation with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Russia. Awards are presented for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and acting performances, among other categories.

Aziza Alimova, UzA