“East-West International Film Festival turns 10.The festival is well known in the world and numbers of attendees are increased year by yearâ€, he said. Garayev noted that the festival had been held since 1996 and Chairman of Organizing Committee of the Festival was Rustam Ibrahimbayov. Afterwards, the Minister read out Ilham Aliyev’s message addressed to the event participants. Children will anchor the event on the occasion of June 1-International Children’s Protection Day.
Light of East Children Creative Union gave performance.
Rustam Ibrahimbayov, Chairman of Union of Cinematographers and organizing Committee of the Festival, Azerbaijani well-know cinematographers attended the event. Screenwriters Georgiy Branjev (France) and Efraim Abramov (Israel), directors Andzej Jakimovsky and Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland), producer Erica Laansalu (Estonia), actress Viyre Valdma (Estonia), director Poshkus Juris and actor Andis Strods (Latvia), film critic Anton Sidorenko (Belarus), Director Ernest Abdijaparov and actress Asema Toktobekova (Kyrgyzystan) and Yuli Gusman other well-known cinematographers participated in the festival’s 10th anniversary ceremony.
East-West International Film Festival will last till June 7. Roundtable “National cinematography and film distribution: problems and prospects†will be held within the framework of the festival on June 2. “Russian Roulette†(Russia), “La Vie En Rose†(France), “The Actress†(Russia), “Trick†(Poland), “Exile†(Russia), “Cargo 200†(Russia), “Ageless Children†(Iran), “Autumn Party†(Estonia), “Light Coolness†(Kyrgyzstan), “The Monotony†(Latvia), “The Friend†(Azerbaijan), “Fate of the King†(Azerbaijan) and “Alexander Nevsky Battle†(Russia) will be shown in “Azerbaijan†Cinema. Prizes for the best actress and best actor, as well as for the most humanist message to mankind and for contribution to the development of world cinematography will be awarded during the festival. Retrospective reviews composed of well-known Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi’s films “Persona-non-grataâ€, “At full gallop†and “Camouflage†will be organized within the seven-day festival.
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