Author Dr.Beruniy Alimov

According to Firdavs Abdukhalikov, the director general of the film festival, a program full of exciting events awaits us, among the main ones: “days of the cinema of the SCO countries”, “days of world cinema”, “days of documentary cinema”, “days of Retrokino”, “cinema day of Uzbekistan”, film forum of the international organization of Turkic culture, “meeting of heads of national film studios of the CIS countries” and educational program.

About 500 film artists, actors and actresses, directors and cinematographers, producers, film critics and film scientists, and media representatives from 40 countries, are expected to participate in this event. It is planned to show 150 feature films, documentaries and short films from world producers; more than 20 large-scale events related to film production, education, film screenings and the filming process will take place.

Among the stars of the film festival are Takeshi Kitano, Armand Assante, Burak archivist, Sergey Bezrukov and many others. There will be creative meetings with cult directors, actors and outstanding cinematographers of our time.

One of the key directions of the film festival is the “days of the cinema of the SCO countries”, timed to coincide with the summit of the leaders of the SCO member states, which will be held on September 15-16 in Samarkand. The delegations of the participating countries will have “cinema days” in Tashkent, the regions of Uzbekistan and Karakalpakstan.

Within the framework of the world cinema days, 22 countries in Asia, America and Europe will show their best films: Azerbaijan, Algeria, Armenia, Belarus, Great Britain, Germany, Georgia, Egypt, India, Israel, Iran, Italy, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Turkmenistan, Turkey, France, Estonia, South Korea, Japan.

As part of the 14th Tashkent International Film Festival “The Masterpiece of the Silk Road”, the “Days of Indian Cinema” creative evening was held at the Palace of International Conferences “Uzbekistan”.

Film makers, art fans, and foreign guests took part in this happy evening. It is known that Indian cinematography is important because it occupies the leading positions in the world. It is not an exaggeration to say that the reason for this is explained by the large number of fans of films that glorify human feelings. More than a thousand feature films are made in India every year. It is no exaggeration to say that India has surpassed Hollywood and Chinese cinema in this regard.

It is worth mentioning that Uzbek filmmakers have jointly implemented several creative projects with Indian filmmakers. Feature films such as “Alibaba and the Forty Thieves” and “The Legend of Love” are the result of this creative collaboration.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India in Uzbekistan Manish Prabhat, filmmaker Bahadir Odilov, Director of Cinema Development Corporation in India Ravinder Bhakar emphasized that the Tashkent International Film Festival will serve to further strengthen cooperation between creators.