Festivals: call for entries

Alternativa invites: Impact Distribution Lab

 

Deadline: 30.09.2025

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Almaty Series Festival and Series Mania Open New Horizons

 

Almaty, Kazakhstan / September 22-26, 2025

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The upcoming Alternativa Film Festival will take place in Colombia in 2026, with Latin America as the focus region 

 

Guadalajara, Mexico, June 10, 2025 – Alternativa has announced that the 3rd edition of the Alternativa Film Festival will take place in Colombia in Q2 2026, with an expanded prize fund of120,000 USD (an increase of 20,000 USD from the previous edition) and a new award categoryfor a feature film from the focus region, bringing the total number of awards to seven. The opencall for submissions runs from June 10 to October 10, 2025. Feature-length films of all genresare accepted from Latin America and Asia, while the short film categories are reservedexclusively for Latin America.
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Nurbek Egen
Nurbek Egen
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Nurbek Egen - FILM and TV Director, Screenwriter

Date of birth: 03.12.1975

Place of birth: Kyrgyzstan, Osh region
Education: 1994-2000 the All-Russian StateUniversity of Cinematography (VGIK).

Filmography:

1997 "A Day Older" (a short film)
IFF "Saint Anna" - 1st award, the winner of the festival, Moscow, Russia
IFF VGIK - special KODAK award, Moscow, Russia
IFF "Message To a Man" 1st award, the winner of festival, St.-Petersburg, Russia
IFF "CAMERAIMAGE" - "Bronze frog" award, Poland

2001 "Sanzhyra" (a short film)
  Oscar Nomination, competition for the best student's film produced at VGIK
  IFF "Young Artists Awards" - Best student's film award, Los Angeles, USA
                IFF"Berlinale" nomination, Germany
                IFF "Saint Anna" - the winner of festival, Moscow, Russia
                IFF "Karlovy Vary" nomination, Czech Republic
                IFF "Edinburgh" nomination, UK
                IFF "Montreal" nomination, Canada
                IFF "Copalbio" special award, Italy
                IFF "Cinecinecort", special award, France
                IFF "FICMA", Best short film award, Spain.
                IFF "Biarizza" 2nd prize, France
                IFF "Libya" "Best short film" award, Libya
                IFF "Spirit of Fire", Best short film award, Russia

2001 Director of TV commercials

2002 "The Brides Villissy" (television feature film, 4 series, shown on the 1st ORT TV channel)

2003 "The Secret Sign" (television feature film 8 series)

2005 "The Wedding Chest" (Feature film, debut)
             "Oscar" Nomination, competition for the best foreign film
             IFF "Karlovy Vary" Competition nomination, Czech Republic
             IFF "Kinoshok" Best Producer's debut award, Russia
             IFF "Gold Minbar", Best Cinematography award,
Special Award of the president of Tatarstan, Russia
             IFF "Gold hero" - "Silver Hero" award, Best Cinematography award, Italy
             IFF "Cottbus", Audience Award, Germany
             IFF "Amurskaya autumn", Best script award, Russia
             IFF "Eurasia" Audience Award, Kazakhstan
             IFF "New cinema" Best director award, Russia
             IFF "Listopad" Audience Award, Byelorussia
             IFF "Sevastopol" Audience Award, Ukraine

2007 "The Net" (TV series film 12 series, shown on the 1st ORT TV channel)

2008-2009 "The Birth of Manas as a Premonition" Documentary, production stage

 

2010 «The Fighter Doesn't Feel Pain»

 

2011 «Kalachi»