"Fact" daily writes:
"The first international film festival "Eurasia-Kinofest" was held in Moscow, which brought together more than 5 thousand people. The organizer of the event was the autonomous non-commercial organization "Eurasia", whose goal is to strengthen the integration processes in the Eurasian area, preserving the national identity of the peoples. The chairman of the film festival, film director Tigran Keosayan evaluated the film festival as fantastic. For the event, which is being held for the first time, in October, the number of 5,000 spectators is surprising," he said. The guests of the festival were famous actors, directors, journalists, film critics from 18 countries. 53 films were included in the competition program of the festival. The films were evaluated by an international jury. The team included the director of Yerevan International Short Film Festival Guzh Tadevosyan, People's Artist of Russia Elena Tsiplakova, Honored Artist of Uzbekistan Rustam Sagdullaev and other famous figures of the film industry. 12 films won at "Eurasia-Kinofest". The directors and actors were awarded the main award of the film festival, the statuette of Eurasia, which symbolizes the cultural exchange of people living in the countries of the continent. The main prize of the festival was awarded to the Russian-Kazakh film "Tsitsernak", directed by Malika Muhamejan. The film "Papa" by director Tatev Mkrtchyan was awarded a special diploma for the best directorial decision at the "Eurasia-Kinofest" festival.
