Activities program of the XX “Altyn minbar” the Kazan International Film Festival

Friday, September 6

10 AM – Indian Cinema Day (MIR cinema, Dostoevsky str., 30)

3:00-4:30 PM – Q&A session with the chairman of the jury Metin Gunay (director of TV series Resurrected Ertugrul and Foundation: Osman) and actor Chagry Shensoy

5.00 PM – Red carpet (Kazan City Hall, Karl Marx, 33)

6.00 PM – Festival opening ceremony (Kazan City Hall, Karl Marx, 33)

7.00 – 9.00 PM – opening film of the festival (Public offices of the Kazan Kremlin, Kaban lake square, MIR cinema, Dostoevsky str., 30)

9.00 PM – Gala dinner

Saturday, September 7

10.00-8.00 PM – competition and non-competition screenings

(Rodina cinema, Bauman str., 44/8, MIR cinema, Dostoevsky str., 30)

2.00 – 3.00 PM – Q&A session with National artist of Russia Sergei Nikonenko (MIR cinema, Dostoevsky str., 30)

10.00-8.00 PM -   Business platform of the festival. Regional film market. Presentation of film companies and distributors.

(Kazan State Institute of Culture, Orenburgski path,3)

5:30 PM - Indian cinema day (MIR cinema, Dostoevsky str., 30)

7.00 – 9.00 PM – To the cinema with the whole family parallel program. Film screening at the Public offices of the Kazan Kremlin.

Sunday, September 8

10.00-8.00 PM - competition and non-competition screenings

(Rodina cinema, Bauman str., 44/8, MIR cinema, Dostoevsky str., 30)

10.00 AM - 6.00 PM – Business platform of the festival. International pitching of film projects. (Kazan State Institute of Culture, Orenburgski path,3)

3:30-9.30 PM – The Kazakh Cinema Day. Parallel program.

(MIR cinema, Dostoevsky str., 30)

7.00 – 9.00 PM – To the cinema with the whole family parallel program. Film screening at the Public offices of the Kazan Kremlin.

Monday, September 9

10.00 – 8.00 PM - competition and non-competition screenings

(Rodina cinema, Bauman str., 44/8, MIR cinema, Dostoevsky str., 30)

1.00 – 7.15 PM – Parallel program. Opening of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Cinema Days (MIR cinema, Dostoevsky str., 30).

3.00 – 6.00 PM – Kazan Sightseeing tour.

7.00 – 9.00 – To the cinema with the whole family parallel program. Film screening at the Public offices of the Kazan Kremlin.

Tuesday, September 10

8.00 AM -6.00 PM – Bolgar city tour

10.00 AM - 8.00 PM - competition and non-competition screenings

(Rodina cinema, Bauman str., 44/8, MIR cinema, Dostoevsky str., 30)

11.00 AM - 1.00 PM – “World cinema trends” International Scientific and Practical Conference (Kazan Expo, Laishevo district, Bolshie Kabany village, Vystavochnaya str.,1)

2.30 – 3.00 PM – Q&A session with Emil Esenaliev (from Kyrgyzstan), the main character of Paradise at Mothers Feet film (MIR cinema, Dostoevsky str., 30)

5:30-6:30 - Q&A session with actors of TV series Foundation: Osman and Magnificent Century. Empire of Kosem Fatih Ayhan and Yigit Uchan.

7.00 – 9.00 PM – To the cinema with the whole family parallel program. Film screening at the Public offices of the Kazan Kremlin.

Wednesday, September 11

10.00 AM – 8.00 PM - competition and non-competition screenings

(Rodina cinema, Bauman str., 44/8, MIR cinema, Dostoevsky str., 30)

12.00 - 4.20 PM – Parallel program. Malaysian Cinema Day.

(MIR cinema, Dostoevsky str., 30)

5.00 PM – Red Carpet (Tatarstan str.,1)

6.00 PM – Closing ceremony of the festival

(Tatar State Academic Theatre named after G. Kamal, Tatarstan str. 1)

7.00 – 9.00 – closing film of the festival

(Public offices of the Kazan Kremlin, Kaban lake square, MIR cinema, Dostoevsky str., 30)

9.00 PM – Gala dinner on the occasion of the closing of the festival