Golden Minbar International Film Festival

Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema will be organized as an annual forum of cinematographers, and a place of regular meetings and an exchange of experience, of further cooperation, between filmmakers of Russia and the Muslim countries and the entire world. In festival can take part not only Muslims, but also the representatives of other faiths creating films, popularizing universal spiritually-moral and cultural traditions. The purpose of the given festival is creation of objective representation in Russia and the world community about an Islam and Muslims.

History

The First Kazan International Festival Of Muslim Cinema took place in the capital of Tatarstan - Kazan - from the 5th to the 11th of September 2005 and was devoted to the 1000th anniversary of Kazan. About 20 countries took part in the festival. Like the first festival, the second «Kazan International Festival Of Muslim Cinema» also was held in Kazan under motto «religious tolerance and political correctness». A total of over 175 pictures from 25 countries have been sent in. The third Kazan International Festival Of Muslim Cinema has strengthened its significance in the world cinema. And there's one more thing of importance here: it gave rise to new ideas. The guest of honour of the festival in Kazan was The French actress Catherine Deneuve and Kazakhstan's ambassador to UNESCO Olzhas Suleimenov, came up with the initiative to declare the coming year the year of cultures' closeness. This is exactly what was seen at the festival of Muslim films in Kazan, whose motto was "Through the dialogue of cultures to the culture of dialogue". The chairman of the selection commission Sergei Lavrentyev is of the opinion that the films that were shown in Kazan offer proof that the potential is not fully untapped here. It was exactly at the festival of Muslim films in Kazan that I once again made certain that all people are brothers. Filmmakers had a chance to learn more about the cultures of countries, which submitted their films to the festival. And understand that such religions as Judaism, Christianity and Islam, which one considers different enough, come into contact.

More than 40 countries took part in Kazan International Festival Of Muslim Cinema.

Awards

A- feature film The International Jury for full & short -length feature films competition will present the following prizes :
1-The main prize for best full-length feature film;
2-The main prize for best short-length feature film;
3-The prize for best direction in full-length feature film;
4-The prize for the Best scriptwriter in full-length feature film;
5-The prize for the Best Cinematography in full-length feature film;
6-The prize for Best Actress in full-length feature film;
7-The prize for Best Actor in full-length feature film;
8-The main prize for best full-length documentary film;
9-The main prize for best short-length documentary film;
10-The special Prize of the President of Republic Tatarstan «For humanism in cinema art»;
11-The special prize of spectator sympathies;
12-The special prize of Guild Russia's Cinematographers and film critics;
13-The special prize of the international organization TURKSOI “For contribution to development of the Turkic world, cinematography”.
Entries Open to the public

Eligibility

Representatives of other confessions may also take part in the festival.

External links

• Kazan International Festival Of Muslim Cinema website (English version)
• Summary of Festival Information