2024-03-29 02:43:30
Director of the Baku International Short Film Festival, film producer Fehruz Shamiev joined the jury of the XI International Forum of Young Cinema “Umut”, which will be held from March 29 to April 1 in Kyrgyzstan, Day.Az reports with reference to the forum’s website.
As part of the forum on March 30 in the cinema hall of the Chingiz Aitmatov Cinema House, Azerbaijani film producer Fehruz Shamiev will talk about the Baku International Short Film Festival and present a program of laureate films, which includes such films as “The Last Photo” by Turkan Huseyn (2022), “Fence” by Gulu Askerova (2022), “Tremors” by Amil Mamibeyli (2022).
The Young Cinema Forum “Umut” is an international film event held since 2013. This is a creative and educational platform for communication between filmmakers of the younger and older generations. The purpose of the forum is to support the creativity of talented youth, discover new names, and promote the professional growth of young filmmakers.
This year the forum is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the People’s Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic, documentary director Bekesh Abdyldaev and will be held under the slogan “To descendants on demand with love.” The program includes screenings of short films, films by winners and participants of world film festivals, short public presentations of film projects, master classes and lectures by film experts. A fair of international film festivals will also take place at the site, where producers and program directors from the Commonwealth countries will talk about their events and the conditions for participation in them.
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