Uzbek Film Industry Blossoms?
LONDON(Raza Syed):A talk organised by Uzbek Embassy and British-Uzbek Society on “Recent Uzbek Cinema and its Contexts” by Professor Birgit Beumers held in Uzbakistan Embassy in London.
Professor Birgit talked both in terms of its industry structures and film production mechanisms, and in terms of the status of Uzbek cinema in Central Asia and beyond.
She discussed specifically at some films by filmmakers such as Yolkin Tuichev, Rashid Malikov and Zulfikar Musakov, but also the films, installations and video projects of Paris-based Saodat Ismailova.
Vice Chairman Euraisan Creative Guild(ECG) London,Marat Ahmedjanov, along with the ECG members specially participated in this event.
Birgit addressed questions of film aesthetics to determine the extent to which Uzbek cinema is integrated into discourses of the regions (specifically other Central Asian countries) and of Russian cinema.
The BUS Chairman, Dr Louis Skyner, performed as a moderator in the event.The audience asked very interesting questions about Uzbek cinema and films. The special thing of this event was that the young generation participated in it in large numbers.
Special Note: Uzbek plov generously hosted by the Embassy of Uzbekistan and all guests enjoyed the taste of delicious food.
