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Press conference "Summing up the results of the XXIX Minsk International Film Festival "Listapad" On November 24, a press conference was held in the press center of the Press House, at which the directorate and the jury summed up the results of the last film festival. The speakers were Yuri Alexey, Lei Han, Irina Driga and Igor Ugolnikov, A. Semenyuk.

On 23 November 2023, the Belarusian State Academy of Arts in Minsk hosted a master class of film historian Alexander Grigorievich Semenyuk entitled "The Changing World Map Affects Cinema".

On November 22, 2023, as part of the Listapad festival, the invited guests visited an excursion to the Belarusfilm film studio.

On November 20, 2023, a meeting of the Working Group on Cinematography of the member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held at the CIS headquarters. Representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee took part in the event via video conference.

On 20 November 2023, a ceremony was held at which Yuri Aleksei, general director of Belarusfilm, and Lei Han, film and television actor and producer, documented the cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and the People's Republic of China in the field of cinema.

The Listapadzik film competition for children and youth audiences was held in the capital from November 17 to 20.

Vladislav Kozlov's film was released after 15 years.

On November 17, a press conference was held at the Press House in Minsk to mark the upcoming opening ceremony of the 29th international film festival “Listapad”, the slogan of which is “creating the future.”

The joint work of Belarusian and Chinese cinema was discussed at a press conference on November 17: not much is known about the planned film yet.

Children from schools visited the Pioneer cinema and took pictures with Soviet cartoon characters - Matroskin the cat and Cheburashka.

The film festival will open with the film “Filmmakers” by Belarusian director Kirill Khaletsky

This year, for the first time, there will be a single opening of the film festival throughout the republic. Simultaneously with the opening ceremony at the House of Cinema in Minsk, “Listapad” will open in more than 80 cinemas in Belarus. Films will be shown in all areas.

The jury of the 29th Minsk International Film Festival will include famous figures and leading experts in the field of international cinema.

The acceptance of applications for the XXIX Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad” has ended. A total of 2,087 applications were received from filmmakers from 107 countries. The geography is the widest: from Europe and Asia to America and Africa. The largest number of applications were sent from Iran, India, the Russian Federation, Brazil and China.

The festival is over! We are happy to share the results and once again congratulate the winners

The animation competition included 50 films and 5 programs

Film studios of the two countries solemnly signed a cooperation agreement at the festival – and are already preparing a large-scale joint project

On November 21, the «Tsentralny» cinema hosted the world premiere of the film «I won't be another anymore» with the participation of the main character

On November 21, representatives of the «Listapad» festival delegations discussed the problems facing the industry today

On November 20, the opening ceremony of the festival took place in the «Moscow» cinema – a concert program and a screening of the first competitive film

On November 20, the opening ceremony of the festival took place in the «Moscow» cinema – a concert program and a screening of the first competitive film

The Vice President of «Kinoshok» will also attend the opening ceremony of the film festival

Let us remind that screenings will take place in five cinemas of the capital

One of its members, Liu Zhong Zhe, will work remotely

The names of jury members also became known

At it, the directorate of the film festival will present competitive and out-of-competition programs, as well as name the jury members.

The guest of the first issue was the General Director of “Belarusfilm”, Vladimir Karachevsky.

The competition program will be opened by the animated musical "Stars of the Seventh Heaven" directed by Elena Turova.

Аlso, the People's Artist of Russia will hold a creative meeting with fans.

Retrospective shows dedicated to memorable dates have become one of the good traditions of Listapad. This year "Listapad" will celebrate the 85th anniversary of the birth of the famous Belarusian director Viktor Turov.

He also performed one of the cult roles in Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill”.

The greatest interest among directors and representatives of film companies was aroused by the Youth films competition.