Baku International Tourism Film Festival due in city
By Laman Ismayilova
Baku will host the 4th Baku International Tourism Film Festival on October 11-14.
BITFF is an annual non-profit cultural event that takes place in Baku, a global center of historical and cultural heritage, with the organization of the Culture and Tourism Ministry of Azerbaijan.
The festival’s mission is to promote domestic and international
tourism films. Also, the festival seeks to help such material
target the widest possible international audience. The entries who
best contribute – through their content and artistic quality – to
the development of domestic and international tourism – will be
awarded.
The festival program includes main competition and
out-of-competition screening.
BITFF also stipulates holding of seminars, discussions and an exchange of experience between experts on tourism, artists and the press.
The festival features several categories, including Country, Region, City, Culture and T radiation, Commercials, Ecotourism and outdoor tourism and TV Reports.
The Organizing Committee will accept the works until September 1.
Movies will be evaluated by the international jury consisting of cinematographers, as well as travel and tourism experts.
The first edition of Baku International Tourism Film Festival
was held in 20-24 November 2013, at the Nizami Cinema Center. BITFF
is the member of the International Committee of Tourism Film
Festivals (CIFFT) based in Vienna, Austria.
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