Alem – support of young talents

CNT (Common National Testing) is the most spoken abbreviation of this summer arousing a bunch of emotions among enrollees. For someone it opened doors of universities to gain new knowledge while others were not so lucky with the testing. Some enrollees were not ready enough, others were just at a loss and could not overcome psychological stress.

It is a pity that because of one or two insufficient points 11 years of hard work and diligent study are in vain and the Government Scholarship remains to be a dream. In such cases the talented children need a second chance, moreover if they are rural schools leavers, the parents’ income of whose does not allow them to enter the university on a paid basis.

Saby Charitable Foundation with its Alem Young Talents Support Program was a kind of sheet anchor for the children who showed excellent results during the whole period of study but went a little wrong on the testing. The Foundation finances the education of talented boys and girls not restricting them in the choice of a university, hence converting their dreams into reality. Quality education of young people is one of priorities of the future development of Kazakhstan.

The transparence of the Program gives a chance to anyone who wishes to obtain an in-demand profession – you need only pass competitive selection and certainly believe in yourself!

These warming words of gratitude towards our Charity Foundation and wonderful poetries, dedicated to personally Aselle Tasmagambetova, the President of the organization, we have received from Akzharkin Mutieva, the winner of the Poetry competition in official language – 2012.

What a pleasure to read these kind and sincere poetry lines!

They are the best indicator of appreciation by the beneficiaries of “Saby” Foundation activity.

The Alem Young Talents Support Program, having been promoted in suburbs and outskirts of Kazakhstan for three years, gives special attention to the children who dedicated their life to athletics. While the Project “Sport-Health-Achievements” of Saby Charitable Foundation aims to turn fosterlings of children social institutions to a healthy life-style and to create for them respective conditions through repair and construction of sports and playgrounds, the Alem Program in its turn allows to fulfill every young athlete’s potential in particular.

Recently the Program was addressed by the representative office in Kazakhstan of the World Shotokan Karate-do Association with the request to consider the question of financing the participation of the eight young karate players who proved their high level of training by their previous achievements in different competitions of the World Cup, planned to be held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) in the beginning of October, 2012.

In our country this sport does not attract many sponsors mostly for the reason that it is not an Olympic kind of sport.

The Foundation’s management, in return, having thoroughly considered the inquiry, adopted a far-sighted decision – to give assistance to the sportsmen as in perspective it is expected that from 2019 karate will after all be added to the list of Olympic kinds of sports. Then Kazakhstan will be able to present Olympic sportsmen trained in advance, and perhaps out of those sportsmen who will achieve their first experience on the world stage this year.

The fact that all the teenagers going to Tashkent, who have been under our patronage for many years, are the fosterlings of the Almaty Oblast Orphanage influenced the Foundation’s verdict.

We are sure that the teenagers will make every effort to prepare to the competition. We hope that intensive training and the dream to become personally acquainted with Chuck Norris, ‘cool Walker’, chairing this competition, will be a guarantee of the greatest results.

A member of the Search Committee of the Alem Young Talents Support Program, an expert of the poetical contest, a well-known poet, writer, publicist, secretary and chairman of Childhood Reading Council of the Kazakhstani Writers Alliance Sultan Kali answers the questions of Saby Charitable Foundation.

Recently the Alem Program celebrated its 2-year birthday since its launch. On the one hand, the period is very small for the large-scale project covered the whole country, on the other hand we can already see some intermediate results.

For the past period over 300 requests from 35 localities of the country have been sent to Saby Charitable Foundation. Employees of our organization thoroughly examine every resume making primary selection. Further destiny of the participants is at the mercy of the respected committee consisting of unconditional professionals and experts in different fields of science, culture, art, sport and other fields. We do not divide talents into necessary and not very necessary, every gifted child will obtain an expert’s evaluation and our Foundation’s support which he/she deserves.

The first letter was sent to www.alemthebig.kz in July, 2010 by Zhasulan Sydykov from Kostanai and, being the first, he received the most serious preferences. We made a lot of efforts for his development and, without mock modesty we can declare our joint results: the Alem Program participant has become a beginning star of the Kazakhstan show business and acquired a lot of young fans.

Berik Tlepbergenov from Atyrau region, having been shot in the promotional video of the Alem Program broadcasted by the national TV-channels won the respect of peers and love of all girls without exception, having become an example for young people who are still unconfident in their talents.

Batyrzhan Tazabekov’s talent is highly appreciated by professionals. He gives great hopes and is predicted to have an interesting creative future. Even now Batyrzhan with the assistance of Saby Charitable Foundation appears at concerts, takes part in different TV-programs and song contests.

Elena Lushnikova is a future doctor. Since her childhood, dreaming to be engaged in medicine, she followed her heart and currently studies at the Astana Medical University. Elena is in good standing and one of the best students. She proves with her studies and active life position that young professionals were, are and will be a hope of our country.

Other children who received our assistance at different times also gladden us with their results and achievements demonstrating that the chosen policy of the project is right.

On these summer days, a rush period for enrollees, the selection of Alem participants for 2012-2013 academic year is being held. 10 grant receivers have been chosen already. And this is just the beginning. The program works, it is being developed and is extending. We are waiting for new applicants. Visit us, write us, share your talent with the world and we will support you without fail!

The III International festival of action movies ASTANA held from July 1 to July 3 on the threshold of the Day of the Capital of Kazakhstan is completed. The movie holiday once again gathered the stars of world movie industry: actors, movie directors, workers of culture and men of art, famous producers and potential investors.

The last year’s promise of Timur Bekmambetov to annually make the Festival more unique and interesting embodying a variety of ideas and plans is fulfilled. Among the guests there were noticed: a French actor Vincent Cassel, well-known producers and script writers Jim Lemli, Kang Je Gu, Kevin Reynolds, popular Russian actors Vladimir Menshov, Yelizaveta Boyarskaya, Galina Konshina, Arkadiy Ukupnik and “Z.Dance” team.

The movie program of 16 films included the works of Timur Bekmambetov “President Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”, Julien Leklerk “Assault”, Mark Webb “The New Spider-Man” which the lucky movie-goers were able to see the first in the world.

Within the framework of film festival there was also held the final of script competition where Saby Charitable Foundation acts as an official partner for the second time already. A name of the winner was declared in solemn environment on July 3. It is Faisal Qureshi from Great Britain. Now a sacred door to “the land of dreams” is opened for a new author – Bazelevs film company offered him a unique opportunity to make a film using his own scenario and also presented him a cash prize amounting to 10 000 dollars.

We wish Faisal to realize his project as soon as possible and to achieve career heights in the wonderful professional film-land.

The results of the second Poetry Contest in the state language held by Saby Charitable Foundation as a part of the Alem Young Talents Support Program were summarized. All participants, both grown-ups and children, tried to express their love to the motherland, native country, our planet, the humanity and Human Being.

The poetical compositions were evaluated by an expert in literature – the poet, writer, pressman, secretary and chairman of the Childhood Reading Council of the Kazakhstan Writers Alliance Khali Sultan Khaliuly.

By results of this creative contest, the only winner was defined to be a 17-year old Akzharkyn Mutiyeva from Atyrau region. According to our expert, she has “perfect potential and great chances to reach high goals in the world of letters”. The winner received the grand prize of the contest – a notebook.

Moreover, at the initiative of Aselle Tasmagambetova, the President of Saby Foundation, the collection of poems, which will include compositions of best participants, is going to be published. The copies of the book will be donated to the libraries of all the schools where young authors study or studied.

In conclusion, we would like to present a poem of Akzharkyn which was recognized as best this year.

Great Alfred Hitchcock used to say: “There are three things for shooting a good film: a script, a script and again a script!”. As if continuing the thought of the genius, the Movie Script Contest, which gives the opportunity to our compatriots, and not only to them, to internationally reveal their talent, has been held for the third year in the frame of the International Movie Festival.

In Kazakhstan such a serious contest is held with the support of the Akimat of Astana and the Alem Program of Saby Charitable Foundation.

Today, we know the names of the 10 best screenwriters (5 Kazakh and 5 international), which have the real chance to collaborate with Bazelevs production company of the well-known director Timur Bekmambetov and receive a significant prize in the amount of $10,000.

From July 1 to July 3, 2012, at the festival in Astana, the finalists will submit to approval to the educated audience their scripts of the action category.

Only one of these fortunate participants will become the winner.

Finalists from Kazakhstan

Arman Kalbayev, THE TRUTH OF WAR
Nurbek Kamenov, DJ OF APOCALYPSE
Olga Nagaeva, GENGHIS CHAN TREASURE
Seitzhan Spanov, ESCAPE FROM EARTH
Timur Yessentayev, YETI

International Finalists

Adam Christoper Porrovecchio, SAVE POINT, USA
Evgeny Bysov, KILLER ISLAND, USA
Faisal Qureshi, THE ADVERSARY, United Kingdom
Keith Ward, DEADLY AIR, USA
Rzwan Cabani, THE EVOLVED, Canada

The first stage of the Movie Script Contest, held as a part of Timur Bekmambetov’s Astana Action Movie Festival, has been completed.

The Selection Committee names the 22 scriptwriters who have passed the semi-final with their synopsises, there are 12 Kazakh and 10 foreign competitors among them. To continue the contention for a place in the final, the writers should present promptly the full versions of the screenplays, only 10 of which will be chosen (5 Kazakh and 5 foreign writers). We will know to whom Fortune will favor as early as June 1, 2012.

Saby Charity Foundation, acting as an official partner of the Contest, wishes everyone good luck!

Semi-finalists from Kazakhstan
Arman Kalbayev, THE TRUTH OF WAR
Arsene Rayssow, THE GIFT
Asemgul Ergalieva, EMPIRE OF ROBOTS
Evgeniy Melnikov, REALITY
Farida Madibek, INSURED EVENT
Indira Akhymbekova, NO NAME, NO PAST
Kaisar Kaiyrgali, OUR HAPPY DESTINIES
Nurbek Kamenov, DJ OF APOCALYPSE
Olga Nagaeva, GENGHIS CHAN TREASURE
Ravil Valeev, RUN AWAY FROM DESTINY
Seitzhan Spanov, ESCAPE FROM EARTH
Timur Yessentayev, YETI

International semi-finalists
Adam Christoper Porrovecchio, SAVE POINT, USA
Carsten and Marc Fehse, TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, Germany
Evgeny Bysov, KILLER ISLAND, USA
Faisal Qureshi, THE ADVERSARY, United Kingdom
Keith Ward, DEADLY AIR, USA
Michael S Palmer, THIRD, USA
Oleksandr Zheleznyak, TEAM RESCUE, USA
Petro Slesarenko, CAPTAIN MATVEY, Ukraine
Rzwan Cabani, THE EVOLVED, Canada
Ted Campbell, BLUE MOTEL, USA

In order to find gifted children and youth in backblocks, Saby Charitable Foundation launches a special information trailer on the Alem Young Talents Support Program. It is supposed to be demonstrated on leading Kazakhstan TV-channels. We offer you to give a look at the Russian version of the trailer.