«Kazakhstani Film-Project Market» is organized under the auspices of “Kazakhfilm” named after Shaken Aimanov” film studios. The director of the event, film producer Anna Katchko (“Newsmakers”, “Baikonur”, “Myn Bala”) and representative of EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) in the CIS have the experience of holding a large-scale film-business co-production event «Moscow Business Square» within the framework of Moscow International Film Festival.

In order to participate in “ Kazakhstani Film-Project Market”, such leading specialist in film-business from Europe and Asia are to arrive in Almaty as: chairmen of film funds and the biggest co-production markets, renowned film producers, TV networks representatives, sales agents and distributors. Their pursue a goal to get acquainted with the rapidly developing film industry in Kazakhstan and find proper projects for co-production.

7–10 in-development projects from Kazakhstan will be selected for participation in official programme. Project directors, producers and writers will present them during the open pitching-session.  The project, declared winner by the expert committee, will be supported by “Kazakhfilm” film studios and will gain an international producer for the purpose of its promotion into European market and attracting co-financing in Europe.
Round-table discussions, master-classes and bilateral meetings with European specialist will also take place during the “Kazakhstani Film-Project Market”. Besides the official appointments for the participating projects, any other person can meet and tell about his project to the experts from Europe.
We invite all Kazakhstani film makers to participate in “Kazakhstani Film-Project Market”.

10^th of August is the closing date for project participation applications submission

Project selection criteria:

* Full length feature film in development;
* A completed screenplay is advisable for application originating;
* Project is characterized by the high potential for international and European distribution;
* Project’s production budget shall not exceed 2 million US dollars.

Requirements to the documents set:

* A filled-in application form;
* Explicated synopsis in English (mandatory) and in Russian and Kazakh languages (shall not exceed 3 pages);
* Director’s treatment in English (mandatory) and in Russian and Kazakh languages (1 page);

You can also take part in “Kazakhstani Film-Project Market” even if you do not have the project suitable for international co-production.

The entrance to the event is free of charge for all representatives of film-making in Kazakhstan (producers, distributors, film directors, writers, students and so on). Prior filled-in accreditation form via email  is necessary.

Send your requests for your project participation or for your accreditation without a project to: KazakhFilmProject@gmail.com

First of all our mission is to promote the Kazakh cinematography as an absolute leader in the film industry of the region. By establishing the international links, we are creating the favorable conditions for the development of the domestic film industry, creation of a co-production, and for the invitation of well-known actors, producers and other film professionals.

Apart from the International Competition, which will include films from Europe, Asia, CIS and Central Asia, the following programs will be presented at the VII «Eurasia» International Film Festival :

1 Dynamically developing Kazakh cinematography – films shot in the period of 2010 (end) and 2011.

2. Movies – winners of the international film festivals

3. Virtual West

4. Changing East

5. Echo of the Venice Film Festival

6. The program of documentaries, presented by the U.S. Embassy

Information about the premieres, special events, guests and participants of the film festival, about where the screenings will take place – read on our website.

The year 2010 became the year of designation of new perspectives in the creation of the film audience and turning to a new generation of filmmakers in Kazakh Feature Film industry. For example, during the last competitive program of «Eurasia» IFF two films of young film directors, Akhan Satayev’s «Strayed» and Farhat Sharipov’s «A Tale of a pink bunny” were selected from the great number of films. If we look at the number of the films produced – there are more than twenty movies, so we can say that the Kazakh film industry is actively developing nowadays.

Nowadays the interest in cinema makes national producers and directors move away from the classical shooting methods, to experiment and search (with the help of space, color, light, assembly gluing, stretching and fastening the rhythm of new technical capabilities of the camera), for a new form of representational content film. New game tapes to become more dynamic by the rhythm, and more laconic by the semantic and film image. And most importantly, different movies are shot and demonstrated, which are in competition with each other is obliged to give something new and original in every area of film language, whether it is an image or structure of the action. Because now classic and art-house, commercial and author cinema face each other, in the content – the objective reality and subjective worlds of conventional characters, in the image- the Soviet traditions and the visual capabilities of modern cinema world.

For example, from the films completed this year – Rustem Abdrashev’s film «My childhood skies», that is permeated with the atmosphere and the aesthetics of the modern world epic biographical films. The movie of Yegor Konchalovsky «Return to» A » and Akyhan Satayev’s » Liquidator » are created according to the strong laws of the Hollywood action-movies. The historical movie of Slambek Taukelov – “Zheruik” is shot in the fine traditions of the Soviet Historical Film styles and tell us about the fate of repatriated Soviet Kazakhstan Koreans and other nationalities.

Erlan Nurmuhambetov’s film «Anshi Bala” continues the transformation of children’s films of Kazakhstan, in which the boy who lives in the modern society family has something common with the hero of Abdollah Karsakbayev’s film – «My name is Kozha». Little Hero and his view of contemporary reality are the main objects of studying and of the director Daniyar Salamat («Kishkentay»), but in his film this hero is not a child.

The search for the unconventional solutions to the construction of dramatic films can be noted in the following films: Gaziz Nassyrov’s «Gakku», Tulegen Baytukenov’s and Timur Kasymzhanov’s national film comics «Superbakha» and Zhasulan Poshanov’s «Zhel kyzy» with the traditions of television sketch.

The devotion of cinematography to the pure images that reveal the author’s thoughts and feelings about the hero and the times in which he lives, will be presented in the Darezhan Omirbaev’s film «Student» and Nariman Turebayev’s «Sunny Days».

The idea of ​​creating the virtual and the real world in the national film belongs to Amir Karakulov («Unreal love»). And the idea of transitions in time and search for your own space is offered by Adilkhan Erzhanov («Rieltors»). The latter two films are marked not only by the creating of multistructural field that is made out of time and reality but also by an original visual solution.

Today, the modern Kazakh cinema, albeit with flaws and being impulsive, seeks for their own iconic shape and its original style with the judicious use of film language, which would correspond to foreign film standards and would be attractive to natiobal and foreign audience. And this search creates new taste preferences, exaggerating not the hunger but the appetite for good films.

As a consequence the changes are happening also in the minds of our national audience. The beauty of modern Kazakh cinema is not only in the forward movement of the film creation, but it’s mandatory release on the screen. Kazakhstan audience is largely more informed. Kazakhstan audience is now a critic and judge of the new films as it discusses the national film premieres with the great passion and concern on the film sites and web-portals giving the verdicts for the films.

Dynamics of Kazakh film industry development makes us say that the movie not only exists (the beginning of independence), and itself develops (a decade ago), but is currently in the process of forming an active search for the formation of independent and recognizable movies in the world of cinema culture.