Festivals: call for entries

XIII Forum of the young cinema Umut-2026

 

Dates & place: 03.03-07.03.2026, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Organizer: Cinema Department with support: Interstate humanitarian cooperation fund
Participants: Ex-Soviet countries
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Call for Entries – 38th Film Festival Dresden

 

FILMFEST DRESDEN is looking forward to new short films! We are now accepting submissions for the 38th festival edition in 2026.

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Call for Entries – 43rd Fajr International Film Festival

 

I'm delighted to announce that submissions are now open for the 43rd edition of the Fajr International Film Festival, taking place from November 26 – December 3, 2025, in Iran.

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Kyrgyz Cinema
Jali Sodanbek
Contacts :
Work address: KTU «Manas», Djal district, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Phones:
work: +996 (312) 49 27 57
Fax:   +996 (312) 49 27 61 
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Date of birth: 12.07.1948 
Education: All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, Moscow
 
 
Honored Art Worker and People's Artist Republic of Kyrgyzstan
Member of Committee on State Prizes of Kyrgyzstan (named after Toktogul)     
In the fields of Literature, Art and Architecture
 
Filmography
 
Feature Films:
 
1973 "Burma" - degree work
1979 "Process"
1982 "Don't Look For an Explanation"
1987 "Dilettante"
1989 "Death For the Sake of Birth" - In 1990 was shown in 14 large cities of the USA and Canada.
1990 "Conundrum"
1992 "It is risk"
 
Documentary films:
 
1974  "Mubarek morning"
1975  "Sources"
1976  "Family"
    Film was rented by 31 countrys
1977  "Hello, Tajikistan!"
1978  "From century darkness"
    Film was rented by 27countrys
1984 "
Equal among  equals"
1994  "Fugitives"