Baku to host international film festival
By Amina Nazarli
The ninth International Baku Young Film Festival "START" will be held in Azerbaijan.
The co-organizers of the event are the Youth and Sport Ministry, Azerbaijan Union of Cinematographers, "Azerbaijanfilm" film studio under the name of Jafar Jabbarli and "Cinema" Young Cinematographers Center.
"This year one of the organizers is "Azerbaijanfilm" studio, which has been implementing a number of projects related to the works of young filmmakers in recent years. I think that the organizational support of the "START" festival will be a continuation of the same projects," President of the festival Fahruz Shamiyev said.
Shamiyev also noted that the number of country-participants in the festival is increasing. The films admission to the festival will start in the near future. The winners of the festival will be awarded with "Gold Pomegranate" prize, a statue of a female silhouette and pomegranate image.
The International Baku Youth Film Festival "START" was established in 2004 by the Center for young filmmakers "Cinema". The main objectives of the festival is displaying works by students majoring in cinema, identification and promotion of talented young filmmakers, drawing attention to the young authors and supporting innovations in film industry.
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