2023
Tashkent International Film Festival-II
The Tashkent Film Festival held in 1972 was attended by 500 representatives of 62 foreign countries, delegations of all the sister republics of the USSR, representatives of the UN. More than 120 festival feature films and documentaries were shown in the metropolitan cinemas. Thus, viewers had the opportunity to see a large-scale and impressive picture of the life of the peoples of the two great continents on the screens. And for the filmmakers themselves, the Festival was an excellent school of creative and intellectual mutual enrichment.
The Film Festival in Tashkent included the work of a film market organized by Sovexportfilm. The film market was attended by 60 foreign film producers, representatives of film industry companies and distribution organizations.
Commercial screenings of Soviet films for representatives of the countries of Asia and Africa, Central and South America took place in the hall of the studio of documentary and educational films in Uzbekistan.
What films were screened at the Festival?
The Second Tashkent International Film Festival showcased such films as: Direction of the Main Blow, Battle for Berlin, Final Assault, Fire at Sea, Solaris, Taming of the Fire, Yakov Bogomolov, Property of the Republic, The Man from the Other Side, Dauria, Farewell to St. Petersburg, Zakhar Berkut, Impertinence, The Warmth of Your Hands, A Necklace for My Beloved, My Seven Sons, The Death of the Black Consul, Semurg, Kyz-Zhibek, The Daughter-in-Law, The Red Poppies of Issyk-Kul, The Legend of Rustam, Rustala and Sukhrob, Khatabala, Mission in Kabul, Chermen, Accused of murder.
Soviet documentaries were also widely presented at the film market: A Poem about the Working Class, Peasants, Faithful Sons of the People, Lenin Still Alive, Russia Begins Here, as well as a number of films introducing viewers to the life and appearance of the Soviet republics' capitals.
Soviet films dedicated to a significant date in the life of the Soviet state - the 50th anniversary of the formation of the USSR were also shown within the framework of the Second Tashkent Film Festival. A creative round-table discussion on the role of cinema in the struggle for peace, social progress and freedom of peoples was organized for the participants of the Festival - filmmakers, experts and journalists.
During the Festival, 55 creative meetings of filmmakers with spectators were held in cinemas located in Tashkent, as well as in Chirchik and Bukhara. Guests and participants of the Festival were given an opportunity to get acquainted with the capital of Uzbekistan, its enterprises, higher educational institutions, museums. The entertainment program included sightseeing in the cities of Uzbekistan - Andijan, Samarkand, Bukhara, the Syrdarya region. The citizens of our republic warmly welcomed the guests.