On 12-18 December, Almaty hosted the Eurasia International Film Festival. Uzbekistan delegation also attended the event.

Uzbek director Ali Khamrayev received an award “For the contribution to the development of cinema in Central Asia”. Director Kamara Kamalova was awarded a special jury prize for the film “Road to Nowhere”, and Director General of Uzbekistan Film Agency Firdavs Abdukhalikov was awarded an honorary diploma “For a great contribution to the development of the Eurasian Festival Movement”.

Meetings were held between the Director General of the Film Agency Firdavs Abdukhalikov and the Vice Minister of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurkisa Daueshov, the Director of the National Cinema Support Center of Kazakhstan Yesetzhan Kosubaev, the head of the largest network of cinemas in Kazakhstan “Kinopark” Yerlan Bukharbaev.

A Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Tashkent branch of the All-Russian State University of Cinematography and Turan University.

Nasiba Ziyodullayeva, UzA