Korkut Ata int'l film festival to be held in Shusha

Next year, the Korkut Ata (Dede Korkut) international film festival of the Turkic world will be held in Shusha, Azerbaijan, Turkish Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Ahmet Misbah Demircan said, Report informs via Turkish media.

“Within the framework of the festival, we have set the goal of creating a foundation for joint production, awarding new films in a competition, and bringing together the ministers of the Turkic republics. (This year) We will hold the third festival organized in Bursa, the cultural capital of the Turkic world, next year in the city of Shusha, Azerbaijan. This will serve to create co-production films based on our shared heritage,” Ahmet Misbah Demircan said.

Preparations are underway for the Korkut Ata Turkic World Film Festival, which will be held in Bursa for the second time this year on November 1-5.

Ahmet Misbah Demircan, who spoke at a ceremony within the festival yesterday, said that as a ministry, they are working to preserve and protect tangible and intangible cultural heritage for future generations.

The festival, which will be organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkiye with the support of many institutions and organizations, including the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, will bring together many professional film and cultural figures from the Turkic republics and communities.

Twenty-two cinema specialists from Azerbaijan, 43 from Uzbekistan, 23 from Kyrgyzstan, 21 from Kazakhstan, five from Turkmenistan and 17 from autonomous republics will participate in the festival. About 200 guests, including well-known producers, directors, screenwriters and actors from the Turkic film industry, will participate in the festival.