Established by the National Olympic Committee, National
Television Festival of Sports Films and Programs has kicked off in
December, 2023.
The successful policy pursued by the President of Azerbaijan
Ilham Aliyev, to ensure a healthy future for Azerbaijani citizens,
transforming sports and Olympism into a national movement in
Azerbaijan, became the key to the creation and holding of the
National Television Festival of Sports Films and Programs,
Azernews reports.
In addition to being one of the most important and vibrant
sports and cultural events in the country, this festival is the
first and only sports film and television competition in
Azerbaijan.
The festival can present documentaries and feature films,
television programs, advertising, and promotional videos produced
by public and private television channels, production studios,
sports federations, and commercial companies created in 2022-2024,
dedicated to the popularization of sports and athletes.
The festival jury included sports and cultural figures. The
chairman of the festival jury is Olympic champion, vice-president
of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Zemfira Meftahatdinova. The jury included famous people who
contributed to the development of Azerbaijani sports and art, such
as director, screenwriter, secretary of the Union of
Cinematographers of Azerbaijan Oleg Safaraliyev, founder of the
public association Center for Children’s Creativity “Vatan” Zahra
Guliyeva, Member of the KVN team “Guys from Baku”, screenwriter and
director Anvar Mansurov. It is they who will select the best works
in the nominations determined within the framework of the festival
and determine the winners. At the same time, a spectator vote will
be held on the official website of the festival, and the projects
with the most views will be awarded.
At the end of the festival, at the closing ceremony in 2024, the
winners will be announced and awarded, all participants and
laureates will be awarded diplomas.
Authors and organizations wishing to take part in the
competition must provide the festival organizing committee with
their original films, programs, advertising and promotional videos
in the form of DVDs, flash cards, or send them to the official
email address of the festival through other resources used for file
transfer. Submission of works to the competition program of the
Festival is carried out from 12/05/23 to 01/31/24.
More detailed information about the festival can be obtained on
the website http://millitvfest.az/, https://www.facebook.com/millitvfest.az/
and on social networks.
Media partners of the event are Azernews.Az, Trend.Az, Day.Az,
Milli.Az, Turkic.World, Idman.Biz, as well as AZTV, AZTV Idman, CBC
SPORT, ARB, SPACE, Olympic.az, OlimpiyaDünyası, Sportsman.
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