The registration of films to the 10th Eurasia.DOC CIS Countries Documentary Film Festival has closed. This year, the organizers received 413 entries from 17 countries for the main and youth competition programs.
Compared with last year, the anniversary tenth edition of the festival has significantly expanded both the number of submissions and their geographical diversity. A total of 361 documentary films from 14 countries were submitted for the main competition, including Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Germany, Iran, Lebanon, Moldova, the United States, Tajikistan, and Turkey.
The youth short documentary film competition, Eurasia.DOC: 4 Minutes, received 52 entries from six countries. As in previous years, the largest number of submissions came from young filmmakers from Russia and Belarus. For the first time, the competition also received five submissions from China.
The results of the selection will be announced by August 10 on the festival’s official website.
The selected films will be presented to audiences and film professionals during the final program of the festival, which will take place in Smolensk, Russian Federation, and Minsk, Republic of Belarus, from September 28 to October 2.