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 May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.