Results of the “Astana” action movie festival

Fireworks ended and the II International Festival of action-movie “Astana” draws to a close. Such world stars as Armand Assante, Michael Madsen, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez and other important guests appeared on the red carpet of the Festival.

The Festival, which was started last year and became an annual tradition, has become a kind of gift to citizens and guests of Astana on the eve of its birthday. That was a holiday of dynamic, modern and breathtaking movie.
Organizers of the Festival shown about 20 full-length movies presented by directors from the USA, Europe, Asia and CIS countries.

here were also conferences, roundtables and workshops held by film-makers at the international level.
The Film Festival included also presentation of Kazakhstan projects, which involved recognized masters of the national cinema and representatives of public organizations, including: Asanali Ashimov, Venera Nigmatulina, Amir Karakulov.

The “Saby” Charitable Foundation, which was an official partner of the Scenario Competition organized within the framework of the Festival, and which performed the functions of accumulation and sorting of information and provision of communication with applicants, presented the “Alem” author's programme for support of young talents, the purpose of which was to provide equal opportunities to talented children to realize their abilities, regardless of the place of their residence.

In addition, as was previously promised by the organizers, a special promotion given to a young scenario writer from Kazakhstan Bahtiyor Kadirov with the project “Beyond one day”. He will also go to Hollywood to take participation in a joint work on a new film.
We hope that new stars appeared in the cinematography will show us their creative achievements.