Kazakh film wins Grand Prix of the 17th Kazan International Islamic Film Festival

The Kazakh film “18 kHz” directed by Farhat Sharipov won the Grand Prix of the 17th Kazan International Islamic Film Festival.

The film “18 kHz” won the award for best photography, which went back to photographer Alexander Plotnikov.

The film “18 kHz” revolves around the life of a teenager in the nineties of the last century, where the director Sharipov, who had a childhood in the nineties, tried to answer the question: what makes a teenager change the comfort and warmth of his home “romance” from the streets of a cold concrete city?

Russian director Evdokki Moskvin received the Special Prize of the President of Tatarstan “For Humanity in Cinema” for the documentary film “Deprived Children.” ”) adapted from the script of Mansur Glyazov.

“Last year, due to the epidemic, we held a cinematographic forum remotely, but this year, by the will of God Almighty, filmmakers were able to come to us. During the days of the festival we gathered,” Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Vasyl Shekhrazev said in a speech at the closing ceremony and awarding of awards. We showed a large number of films and discussed them with the audience,” noting that cinema in the republic is growing in parallel with the festival.

The Kazan International Islamic Film Festival brings together representatives of the film industry from all over Russia and Islamic countries.

The competition program includes many genres of films, feature fiction, long documentary, short fiction, short, in addition to the “National Competition” featuring films by Tatarstan directors.