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Ashgabat hosts Turkmenistan and World Cinematography International Film
Festival

http://www.ifacca.org/national_agency_news/2008/11/04/ashgabat-hosts-turkmenistan-and-world-cinematograp/

State News Agency of Turkmenistan (TDH) , 04 November 2008
Turkmenistan

The Turkmenistan and World Cinematography International Documentary and
Short Feature Film Festival closed in the Turkmen capital.

The large-scale cultural event held on the initiative and under the
patronage of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov brought together the
workers of culture and art from different part of the world in the
hospitable Turkmen land.

The festival programme included over 50 films representing 20 countries
worldwide. Turkmen cinematography was represented by the documentary and
short films made at Oguz Khan Turkmenfilm Association in the past years.

The three-day forum was a unique opportunity for the people of
Turkmenistan to get acquainted with the modern trends in development of
world cinematography, the bright works created by film directors,
cameramen and actors. The film retrospectives were arranged in the
framework of the Festival.

The Ashgabat Festival serving for the cinematographers from different
couturiers as the platform for artistic communication, exchange of
experiences and strengthening the bridges of friendship offered new
incentives for cultural advance and development of the national
cinematography.

Of course, providing our numerous foreign guests with an opportunity to
discover independent neutral Turkmenistan and the national traditions and
customs the Festival profoundly contributed to popularization of the rich
cultural heritage of the Turkmen people and the achievements gained by
Turkmenistan on the path of national revival worldwide.

Speaking at the closing ceremony the cinematographers from different
countries worldwide expressed sincere gratitude to the Turkmen leader for
hospitality and high level of organisation of the art forum. The guests of
Turkmenistan called for maintaining close co-operation enhancing mutual
understanding and friendship among different peoples.

The jury awarded Grand Prix to The Whirl created at the Oguz Khan
Turkmenfilm Association by film directors B. Abdullaev and L. Stepanskaya
in the nomination Documentary Cinematography. The Scoreboard created by
the Iranian cinematographers was announced the best short feature film.

The film collection of the Munich High School (Germany), Mirzo Ulugbek –
An Explorer of the Stars (documentary film, Uzbekistan), Azerbaijani
Motifs (Azerbaijan), The First Day (Poland), Brykin’s Pine Forest
(Russia), Living Resonance (India), The Shoes (Czechia) and Choreographic
Art of China (PRC) received the encouragement prizes

The full-length films – General (USA), In Unison with Clatter of Horses'
Hoofs (Kyrgyzstan), Harry Potter (Great Britain), Viper in the Fist
(France), Mother Anush (Armenia), The White Bird with the Black Spot
(Ukraine), Father and Son (Turkey), Wild Animals of the World (Belarus),
Child’s Dreams (Tajikistan) and Wine Grandmother (Korea) received the
special diplomas of the Ashgabat Festival.

On behalf of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov the diplomas and valuable
presents were awarded to the guests so that they would remember the days
they had spent in the hospitable Turkmen land.

On behalf of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov an official dinner was
given in honour the participants of the Turkmenistan and World
Cinematography International Documentary and Short Feature Film Festival.

So, the First Ashgabat Film Festival that became a remarkable event in the
social and cultural life of the country and vividly and convincingly
embodied the firmness of the values common to all mankind such as the
ideals of peace, creation and kindness underlying the idea of the art
forum in Turkmenistan is over. We do not say good bye to the Festival
participants, we say “See you soon in the hospitable Turkmen land! Hos
geldiniz!”

sursa:ifacca

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