Kazan to host international sports film festival
19 July 2014, Saturday
On July 19, at their meeting at the Kazan Kremlin, President of the international federation of sport television and of the images on the screen (FICTS) Franco Ascani addressed Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with proposal to hold the international sports film festival in Kazan in 2015. Best feature and documentary films about sport will be shown during the event.
Russian Deputy Minister of Sport Natalia Parshikova, Tatarstan Minister of Culture Airat Sibagatullin, Tatarstan Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport Rafis Burganov, Head of Executive Office of Sports Projects Azat Kadyrov also took part in the meeting.
Rustam Minnikhanov welcomed Franco Ascani, who is taking part in the congress of International Fair Play Committee, and told him about major sports events held in the republic. The President noted that the international sports film festival was held in Kazan in 2009, and documentary film «U are the world» was shot after Universiade.
Franco Ascani, in his turn, thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for his attitude to development of sport in the republic and offered holding the annual international sports film festival in Kazan in 2015. Film directors from 113 countries will take part in selective rounds of the festival around the world, and the final round will be held in Kazan.
Mr Ascani noted that Kazan may become the first city outside Italy to host the festival. Event managers say the festival will be held for six days within the framework of World Aquatics Championship 2015.
Tatarstan President supported the idea and charged relevant authorities with the task to start preparing for the festival.
Russian Deputy Minister of Sport Natalia Parshikova, Tatarstan Minister of Culture Airat Sibagatullin, Tatarstan Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport Rafis Burganov, Head of Executive Office of Sports Projects Azat Kadyrov also took part in the meeting.
Rustam Minnikhanov welcomed Franco Ascani, who is taking part in the congress of International Fair Play Committee, and told him about major sports events held in the republic. The President noted that the international sports film festival was held in Kazan in 2009, and documentary film «U are the world» was shot after Universiade.
Franco Ascani, in his turn, thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for his attitude to development of sport in the republic and offered holding the annual international sports film festival in Kazan in 2015. Film directors from 113 countries will take part in selective rounds of the festival around the world, and the final round will be held in Kazan.
Mr Ascani noted that Kazan may become the first city outside Italy to host the festival. Event managers say the festival will be held for six days within the framework of World Aquatics Championship 2015.
Tatarstan President supported the idea and charged relevant authorities with the task to start preparing for the festival.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Mikhail Mironov
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