Film Festival Listapad starts in Minsk

4 ноября 2017

Yesterday evening, the grand opening of the XXIV Minsk International Film Festival took place. Representatives of 55 countries of the world gathered in cinema Moscow to assess the most popular films of our time.

The international jury will be headed this year by last year's contestant: the director of the film that won gold.

Among the honorable guests of the opening ceremony is People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Menshov. This year he was awarded a special award from the President of Belarus For Preservation and Development of Traditions of Spirituality in Filmmaking.

The first competitive screening of Arrhythmia by Boris Khlebnikov was held.

The opening ceremony of the children and youth film competition Listapadzik will be held on the second festival day. The competition will include 10 films for the children audience. This program is interactive: spectators are waiting for a meeting with actors and directors from Germany, Colombia, China. This year Listapadzik celebrates its seventh birthday.