Festivals: call for entries

Alternativa invites: Impact Distribution Lab

 

Deadline: 30.09.2025

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Almaty Series Festival and Series Mania Open New Horizons

 

Almaty, Kazakhstan / September 22-26, 2025

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The upcoming Alternativa Film Festival will take place in Colombia in 2026, with Latin America as the focus region 

 

Guadalajara, Mexico, June 10, 2025 – Alternativa has announced that the 3rd edition of the Alternativa Film Festival will take place in Colombia in Q2 2026, with an expanded prize fund of120,000 USD (an increase of 20,000 USD from the previous edition) and a new award categoryfor a feature film from the focus region, bringing the total number of awards to seven. The opencall for submissions runs from June 10 to October 10, 2025. Feature-length films of all genresare accepted from Latin America and Asia, while the short film categories are reservedexclusively for Latin America.
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Home Film News XIII Kyrgyzstan - Land of Short Films - 2025": Best director of the National competition
Sunday, 04 May 2025 00:00

XIII Kyrgyzstan - Land of Short Films - 2025: Best director of the National competition
 
Best director of the National competition: Adilet Karjoev for the directing of the film "Burul"
Dates: April 22-25, 2025 
Place: Bishkek, Kyrgystan
 
 
XIII Kyrgyzstan - Land of Short Films - 2025: Best director at the National competition
 
► Best director: Adilet Karjoev for the directing of the film "Burul", 2022, 14'
 
 

 

"Burul", short fiction, 2022, 14, Kyrgyzstan

 

Script-writers: Daniyar Abdykerimov & Adilet Karjoev

Director: Adilet Karjoev

Starring: Adema Iskenderova

 

Synopsis:

Burul is not allowed to attend wrestling classes with the boys, so she relentlessly trains on her own at home.