Budget of Kazan Festival of Muslim Cinema to make 14 million roubles
25 August 2015, Tuesday
On August 25, speaking at a briefing at Tatarstan Government House, Minister of Culture of the republic Airat Sibagatullin said that the budget of Kazan Festival of Muslim Cinema to be held on September 5-11 will make 14 million roubles.
The opening and closing ceremonies of the festival will be held at the Kamal Tatar Academic Theater.
According to Sibagatullin, a large area in front of the theater can also be used to hold various events during the festival.
As many as 735 applications from more than 50 countries have been submitted this year, with 51 films in the festival programme.
Art Director of the festival Albina Nafikova said that the films will reflect two topics - problems of immigrants and women. Films about the Great Patriotic War and its heroes will be shown separately.
The main films will be shown at the Rodina, Mir, Kinomax cinemas and other public venues. Russin Oscar-Winning Director Vladimir Menshov will chair the jury.
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.