Baku / 09/02/19 / Turan: On September 2, at 11 a.m., the Salam International Festival of Youth Films opened at the Amburan Mall Hotel.
The festival, which ends on September 5, is organized and conducted by Narimanfilm private film company with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Union of Cinematographers of Azerbaijan, film director of the film company Leyla Dostalizadeh told Turan.
At the festival, 9 art films shot in different countries will be shown, and films will be evaluated by children - participants of the festival, in consultation with adult filmmakers from different countries (Ayaz Salaev, Jamil Guliyev, etc.).
About 50 guests from Turkey, Ukraine, Macedonia, Georgia, Pakistan, India, Russia, Italy, Croatia, Germany, and Azerbaijan arrived in Amburan to participate in the festival. Among them are children and adults accompanying them. About 200 participants represent Azerbaijan. Films participating in the festival are marked with an age index of 12+.
Preparations for the festival have been going on since May, the organizers visited Baku schools and chose children to participate in the festival. The foreign guests stay in the homes of Azerbaijani participants," the art director added. --0--
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