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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Saturday, 04 October 2025 00:00

Korkut-Ata Turkic IFF in Kazakhstan: Winners of Documentary films competition

 

Dates: 01-04.10.2025

Place: Kazakhstan, Aktau

 

 

 

Winners of Documentary films competition:

 

* First prize: “Gingerbread for her father, my grandfather, her grandfather”, Kazakhstan

 

* Second prize: “Nargin: Mysterious till the end”, Azerbaijan

 

Third prize: “In the Footsteps of Bartók”, Hungary

 

* Special Jury Prize: “Song of the mountain”, Turkey

 

* Special Jury Prize: “Boz Ui”, Kyrgyzstan

 

Jury:

 

Jury President from Kazakhstan – Aydın Sahaman

Jury member from Turkey – Omer Faruk Aksoy

Jury member from Kyrgyzstan – Hasan Kydyraliev

Jury member from Uzbekistan – Gulnara Abdurakhmanova

Jury member from Azerbaijan – Merzadig Agazadeh

Jury member from Turkmenistan – Dovletgeldy Khudaberdiyev