Festivals: call for entries

Reception of applications for Kazan International Muslim Film Festival is still in progress

 

On February 1, submission for the XX Kazan International Muslim Film Festival started. The submission will last till June 1, 2024. The Selection Committee will finish its work by the beginning of July. After this, the official selection will be announced.

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ALTERNATIVA FILM PROJECT call for entries: Development Lab

 

Deadline: 28.04.2024

Bukhara, Almaty and online, June-October 2024

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Kyrgyz Serial: The contest of scripts (2024_kg)
 
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Tuesday, 13 December 2016 00:00

Today in VB: review about The First Teacher by Upali Gamlath, Sri Lanka

 

First Teacher:

based on novel written by Chingiz Aitmatov 

98 min / Sinhalese dialogue with English and Russian subtitles

Director: UPALI GAMLATH
Producer: UPALI GAMLATH
Screenwriter: UPALI GAMLATH
Cinematographer: KAVINDA RANAWEERA
Editor: LELUM RATHNAYAKE
Cast: ROSHAN RAVINDRA, KALPANI JAYASINGHA, DAMAYANTHI FONSEKA, LANKA BANDARANAYAKE, GAMINI HETTIARACHCHI, HYSINTH, WIJERATHNA, JEHAN SRIKANTH.

 

Synopsis.

Altynai Is An Orphan Girl Living In A Remote Mountain Area. Though She Is In Her Youth, Altynai Never Got A Chance To Have A Proper Education. With The Founding Of A New Administrative Structure, The Government Mediates To Establish The Education System In The Rural Areas. One Day, Duishen An Attractive Stranger Comes To The Village To Provide Education Facilities For The Children In The Village. He Starts A School In The Village. Young Altynai Also Joins The School To Study. Together With The Other Ordinary Villagers Who Don’t Know The Value Of Education, Both Aunt And Uncle Of Altynai Also Try To Destroy The School. Altynai Tries Her Best To Continue With Her Studies Amid Of All The Hardships She Faces. Meanwhile Altynai Falls In Love With Duishen; But She Never Gets A Chance To Express Her Feeling Towards Him. Her Uncle Forced Her To Get Married To A Merchant Who Comes To The Village. Somehow, Duishen Saves Her From The Merchant And Sends Her To City For Further Studies.

 

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