"Rudolf Nureyev. Island of his Dreams" film was presented in Moscow

UFA, 22 March 2017. /Bashinform News Agency, Alim Faizov/. In Moscow, a presentation of a full-length documentary film "Rudolf Nureyev. Island of his Dreams" took place at the Plenipotentiary Representative Office of Bashkortostan under the President of the Russian Federation. The film tells about the little-known period of life of the greatest dancer and choreographer of the 20th century Rudolf Nureyev, which was connected with Turkey, where he wanted to have his own house, his island. The film creators - director Evgeniya Tirdatova, editing director Boris Mnukhin, one of the producers Konstantin Serebryakov took part in the presentation of the film, which received a Prize of the Guild of Film Critics "White Elephant-2017".

The presentation organized by the activists of the Bashkir Cultural Centre "Ak Tirma" gathered a full hall of fellow countrymen, journalists, artists, students, as well as researchers of life and work of Rudolf Nureyev. The film tells us about his dream - buying his own island in Turkey for building a house there. From an early age Rudolph absorbed the native Muslim culture, and the spirit of Turkey was close to him. The film includes interviews with people who have communicated closely with Rudolf Nureyev, as well as video from previously hidden archives. Detailed information about the film can be found on the website. The film producers are working on creating a fiction film about our great countryman, said the head of the press centre of the Bashkortostan Representative Office in Moscow, Gulchachak Hannanova.