Uzbek Filmmakers win multiple awards at the 6th Korkut Ata Turkic World Film Festival

The Uzbekistan delegation attended the closing and awards ceremony of the 6th Korkut Ata Turkic World Film Festival, held in Istanbul, Türkiye.

The festival, attended by more than 20 Uzbek filmmakers, led by Jahongir Ahmedov, First Deputy Minister of Culture of Uzbekistan and Director of the Cinematography Agency, was successful for Uzbek participants.

Uzbekistan’s filmmakers won prizes in several prestigious categories at the festival.

In the Best Short Film category, “Sun Child Yusuf”, directed by Dilshodbek Usmonov and Suhrob Qodirov, took third place. “Thirst for Life”, a documentary directed by Muminjon Tursunov, placed second in the Best Documentary category. People’s Artist of Uzbekistan Matyoqub Matchonov won the Best Actor award for his performance in “Farz”, directed by Sarvar Karimov.

Nazokat Usmonova, UzA