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 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.