The Shaken's Stars International Film Festival (Kazakh: Шәкен Жұлдыздары, translit. Shaken Zhuldyzdary), is the film festival first held in
Almaty,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
in 2003. The festival takes place in May and has been held annually since 2003. It is named after the Kazakh actor and director Shaken Aimanov.
The Festival's priority is to support and help young artists and filmmakers. It is the only film festival in Central Asia that promotes and focuses on young talents. Every year the festival welcomes around 50 filmmakers from all over the world.
The president of the festival is Kazakh actor
Asanali Ashimov; the director of the festival is Kazakh actress Venera Nigmatulina. The Festival's guests have been
Peter Greenaway
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,
Dev Patel
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,
Michael Madsen
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,
Mark Dacascos
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,
Jason Scott Lee
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.
Last time the festival was held in 2018.
Зажглись новые звезды фестиваля Шакена Айманова
("new Shaken's stars began to shine")
Awards
The most prestigious award given out at Shaken's Stars is the Grand Prix for the best film.
Competition
*Young talent. Narrative, narrative short, documentary, documentary short.
*Debut. Narrative and documentary
*Student film. Narrative and documentary.
*Animation. Feature and short
Overall around 15 young filmmakers are awarded every year.
Past winners include following young directors: Klaus Härö
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Härö grew up in a Swedish-speaking Finnish family. He studied directing and attended screen writing seminars at the ...
, Srdan Golubović, Janus Metz Pedersen
Janus Metz Pedersen (born 1974) is a Danish film director and documentary filmmaker.
Work
Metz worked as a documentary researcher and moved to South Africa. There he worked on the television drama ''Soul City'' before making his debut documentar ...
, Ilmar Raag
Ilmar Raag (born 21 May 1968 in Kuressaare) is an Estonian media executive, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his socio-critical film '' The Class''. He has served as CEO of Estonian Television from 2002 to 2005. He is a we ...
, Eran Kolirin
Eran Kolirin (Hebrew: ערן קולירין) (born 4 November 1973) is an Israeli screenwriter and film director.
In 2004, he directed the feature-length television drama, ''The Long Journey''. His cinema directorial debut, ''The Band's Visit'' ( ...
, Erika Hnikova, Laurent Hasse, Jaroslav Vojtek
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There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the nam ...
, Mara Tuleutayeva, Katarzyna Roslaniec, Sarah Cunningham, Dmitri Mamulia, Sabit Kurmanbekov.
References
External links
Official site of the Shaken's Stars
Entertainment events in Kazakhstan
Film festivals in Kazakhstan
Spring (season) events in Kazakhstan
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