2023
Tashkent International Film Festival-III
The Third Tashkent International Film Festival of Asian and African Countries was officially attended by representatives of 45 countries of Asia and Africa, delegations of the sister republics of the USSR, representatives of the UN and UNESCO.
Participants and guests of the Festival were 313 representatives from 66 countries of Asia, Africa, Europe, America. For the first time, the Tashkent Film Festival showcased the works of cinematographers from Latin America, including socialist Cuba.
The media coverage of the Festival included representatives of the foreign press by a total of 54 correspondents.
Nine 9 press conferences were held during the Festival. The official screening included 20 foreign feature films, 9 Soviet feature films; 58 foreign short and documentary films, 20 Soviet short and documentary films.
More than 70 creative meetings of foreign filmmakers with the audience took place in the cinemas of Tashkent and Chirchik. These meetings were attended by number of public organizations, editorial offices of newspapers and magazines of the USSR and the Uzbek SSR
The grand opening of the film market took place at the studio of documentary and educational films of Uzbekistan. On that day, at the commercial screening of Soviet films, the full-length and short films India Opens Its Heart, Only "Old Men" Are Going Into Battle, Small Wonders of Great Nature, The Tale of the Priest and His Workman Balda, Broken Horseshoe and others were shown.
The framework of the Tashkent International Film Festival also included the retrospective of the best works created by the Uzbekfilm studio. Such movies as Alisher Navoi by Kamil Yarmatov and The Lovers by E. Ishmukhamedov were demonstrated at the event.
One of the most interesting events in the festive atmosphere of the Third Tashkent International Film Festival were the meetings of moviegoers with screen masters.
Indian actor and director Raj Kapoor came to meet with the audience at the Chaika Cinema, where his film Bobby was shown.
The Sputnik cinema also hosted a meeting with Indian filmmakers who spoke about the film Nellu, and at the Moskva cinema the Sri Lankan filmmakers introduced the audience to the Dassanda film.
Syrian filmmakers presented the film The Second Face of Love to the audience at the Festivalny cinema.
All films shown at the Festival's official screening were awarded with participation certificates.