The 27th International Film Festival Listapad took place in Minsk on 20-26 November. The founders of the festival are the Culture Ministry and Minsk City Hall. The organizer of the event is Belarusfilm National Studio. The directorate of the festival received 273 applications from 54 countries this year. Among them were long-standing friends and partners of Belarus (Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Serbia) and also countries of Western and Central Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.