Listapad
| Location | Minsk, Belarus |
|---|---|
| Language | International |
| Website | http://www.listapad.com |
Minsk International Film Festival Listapad (Belarusian: Лiстапад, meaning "November") is annual film festival which takes place in November in Minsk, Belarus. International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) accredits the festival as a Competitive specialized film festival of Baltic countries, as well as countries of Central Asia, Central and Eastern Europe.
Festival also provides an educational platform for communication between professionals of cinema. Varied workshops, discussions and exhibitions are held to give an opportunity to learn from masters of cinema and to discuss significant problems of cinematography’s development.
Festival’s special guests are Alyona Babenko, Juozas Budraitis, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Krzysztof Zanussi, Claire Denis, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Emir Kusturica, Sergei Loznitsa, Brillante Mendoza, Kira Muratova, Ornella Muti, Alexander Sokurov and others.
First Belarusian film festival “Listapad” has started in 1994. At the moment Belarus has just gained independence and fall out of world’s and post-soviet film industry.
Idea of the festival belongs to Serhey Artimovich, the director of “Tele-ARS” studio. “Listapad” was created to unite the best films of post-soviet states and bring them back on the screen in Minsk. The participating films had already passed through more radical film festivals of “Kinotavr” and “Kinoshock”.
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