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.
