MINSK, 21 January (BelTA) - The CIS member states intend to establish an international film festival Sodruzhestvo [Commonwealth]. Drafts of the relevant documents were discussed at a meeting of the expert group in Minsk on 21 January, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.
The meeting was attended by representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee. The documents were prepared by the working group on cinematography on behalf of the CIS Council for Cultural Cooperation. The experts finalized them. It was decided to submit the draft regulations on the CIS International Film Festival Sodruzhestvo [Commonwealth] in due course for consideration of the CIS Heads of Government Council.
The initiative to establish a film festival with a special award in the CIS was proposed by Kazakhstan. The draft regulations note that the mission of the film festival will be to further cooperation between CIS member states in the field of cinematography and popularize the achievements of national film industries. The film festival is planned to be held once every two years, alternately by each state in the order of the Russian alphabet of country names.
The first film festival is supposed to be held in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The meeting was attended by representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee. The documents were prepared by the working group on cinematography on behalf of the CIS Council for Cultural Cooperation. The experts finalized them. It was decided to submit the draft regulations on the CIS International Film Festival Sodruzhestvo [Commonwealth] in due course for consideration of the CIS Heads of Government Council.
The initiative to establish a film festival with a special award in the CIS was proposed by Kazakhstan. The draft regulations note that the mission of the film festival will be to further cooperation between CIS member states in the field of cinematography and popularize the achievements of national film industries. The film festival is planned to be held once every two years, alternately by each state in the order of the Russian alphabet of country names.
The first film festival is supposed to be held in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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