thanks to the enthusiasm of a group of people madly in love with cinema, led by the legendary rostislav yankovskym the fragments of great cinema, a great country, a new cinematic universe, living according to the laws of humanism and spirituality. and always, and at all times, one thing remains unchanged. the festival was and is being held under the patronage of the president of the republic of belarus, alexander grigoryevich lukashenko, who sincerely loves cinema. for awarding festival participants, the head of state established special prizes to be awarded at the opening and closing ceremonies of the festival. dear friends, for announcement. greeting from the head of state, presentation of a special prize from the president of the republic of belarus for the preservation and development of traditions of spirituality in cinema, we invite the chairman of the organizing committee of the film festival, deputy prime minister of the republic of belarus, igor viktorovich petrishenko to the stage. good evening, dear brothers and sisters of the 29th minsk international film festival, listapad. dear brot

rostislav yankovsky, who stood at it all valya stepanova, who was the director of the festival , theytival to become iconic, so that it was not just some kind of festival-goer from the region, it was to he really reached some scale, like a child, he taught him to walk, this festival guy, he walked very confidently, now it’s moving in such a way that, literally, in 1998, a children’s film show appeared , leaf fall, more and more guests, more and more spectators want to touch history , so in 2001 the first opening ceremony of leaf fall takes place on the stage of the palace of the republic, through for a couple of years , the number of countries participating in the pinoforum reaches almost fifty. in 2003 , the fall of leaves from the film festival of the cis countries and the baltic countries officially becomes international. we feel ourselves: are we part of world cinema? yes, of course, we are part of the world cinema, but there is no need to think about it now, we now have a new cinema, a new viewer, new realities we need to address more to our current viewer, they now expect cinema

rostislav yankovsky, who stood at it all, valya stepanova, who was the director of the festival, theyegion, this is so that he really reaches some scale , like a child, he taught him to walk, this festival, yankovsky, he walked very confidently, now he walks, so that while marking the step, directly, in 1998 a children's film screening appeared , leaf fall, more and more guests, more and more spectators want to touch the fact that in 2001 the first solemn opening ceremony of leaf fall takes place on the stage of the palace of the republic, a couple of years later, the number of countries participating in the film form reaches almost fifty, in 2003 this year the fall of leaves from the film festival of the cis countries and the baltic countries officially becomes international, we always feel like we are part of world cinema, and of course we are part of world cinema, but there is no need to think about it now, we now have a new cinema, new audiences , new realities need to be addressed more to our current audience, they are now expecting cinema from us, having opened their souls, over

a time when outstanding young and already... with the name of the actors: nikolai eremenko, rostislav yankovskyhen people lined up at the box office to get into the performance, and every premiere by a famous director became an event. dmitry orlov, already known from named after the young and talented boris lutsenko, the kupala theater and the russian drama theater become leading in the republic, recognizable in the ussr. cultural figures, how they helped, and the performances were appropriate, songs were played, and concerts. and it’s very good, they say there: censorship, censorship, no, censorship, maybe the word is so iron, metallic, it is not euphonious. but it was the right selection, competent, fine art, folk art. this other belarusian renaissance in our literature and aesthetics and history in this hour , the development of national prose, national poetry, dramaturgy, journalism, our philology, literature of science began at a rapid pace. many of whom are front-line soldiers, whose works are still proud today, have stood the test of time. galina prose saw the vigilance of our famous wri