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Spirit of Fire Festival to Focus on Cinema Development in BRICS
On 23-26 March the 22nd Spirit of Fire International Debut Film Festival will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk as part of the plan of Russia’s BRICS Chairship in 2024. This year’s festival will feature the best films by directors from Russia and 10 other countries. The theme of the festival is ‘The Special Language of National Cinema in BRICS’.
A number of business sessions and educational events have been planned as part of the official programme of the 22nd Spirit of Fire International Debut Film Festival. The educational programme will focus on practical lessons as well as on quality theoretical training. Lectures will include forward-looking development trends and successful practices from Russia’s regional and the national filmmaking of India and China.
The business programme discussions will focus on film industry development, education, and cultural exchange. Participants will include Russian and international industry leaders, media managers, and public figures, who will discuss the unique development of the film industry within BRICS, issues surrounding joint film production, the promotion of content, the practice of mutual film screenings, the creation of professional staff exchange programmes, problems facing national film distribution, and measures that can be taken to preserve heritage and national identity.
Partivipants invited for the discussions include Cultural Attaché of the Iranian Embassy in Russia Masoud Ahmadvand, Director and Actor Behrouz Shoaybi, Governor of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area – Yugra Natalia Komarova, General Director of Central Partnership Vadim Vereshchagin, Director and General Producer of PROFIT Igor Tolstunov, General Producer of KION Online Cinema Igor Mishin, Director of the Department of Cinematography and Digital Development of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation Dmitry Davidenko, Head of Distribution and Marketing of India’s National Film Development Corporation Deepti Chawla, Owner and Founder of Abu Dhabi Art Hub Ahmed Saleh Al Yafei, Rector of the S.A.Gerasimov All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography Vladimir Malyshev, and Screenwriter Andrey Zolotarev among others.
The programme partner is VKontakte, the main social network and streaming service of the event.
The festival has enjoyed the unwavering support of the government of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area – Yugra since 2002. Film director Emir Kusturica has served as president of the festival since 2022.
The Spirit of Fire cultural and educational programme was prepared with the assistance of the general partner, Gazprom Neft, which has been supporting the festival for 18 years now.
The Roscongress Foundation manages the events of Russia’s BRICS Chairship and will be serving as communication partner for the festival.
