Bashkir movies were shown at the International Bosphorus Film Festival in Turkey

UFA, 28 November 2014. /Bashinform News Agency, Leila Aralbaeva/. These days in Istanbul the International Film Bosphorus Festival takes place dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Turkish cinema.

Works by Bashkir cinematographers - "Carousel" fiction film and the "Aldar and Gray Wolf" animated film were shown at the festival. Films were presented by the authors themselves - Roman Pozhidaev and Rim Sharafutdinov. At the festival they were able to communicate with their colleagues from Tajikistan, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Kyrgyzstan, with venerable figures of Soviet cinema Ali Khamraev and Khodjakuli Narliev.

The main purpose of the screening was to familiarize the participants of the festival and the audience with the Bashkir movies that are almost unknown abroad. The arrival of the Bashkir filmmakers and film screening was organized by the vice-president of the Confederation of the Union of Cinematographers of the CIS and Baltic Khodjakuli Narliev, which works closely with the festivals in Turkey. The plans for further cooperation between the Confederation and the "Bashkortostan" studio include talks on screening of Bashkir films on Turkish TV and cinemas in Turkey”, the press officer of the studio Zuhra Burakaeva said.