dear friends, meet on stage the honored artist of the republic of belarus, alena speridovich. dear friends, hello, hello, alena, please tell us about the formation of the film festival in its first years? i'll try to make this very short when. rostislav ivanovichkovsky invited me to become the presenter of the leaf fall, it was called the international film festival of the cis and baltic countries, the baltic states, and you know, this festival was very necessary for belarus, first of all for the audience, people who not only loved cinema, they wanted to know what was new and interesting is happening in the world of cinema and art, and what happened over the last year, it was really needed by belarusian film masters, people who in our country make smart, beautiful, high-quality, professional films, and not only to present their work in the falling leaves, but in order to meet here, on our own land, so to speak, with colleagues in the shop, with filmmakers from different countries, and of course, film and the minsk cinema. i see, please tell me, what was so unique about it, why