11 August 2001
National festival of Belarusian films to be held in September in Brest

 The International theatre festival “Belaya Vezha” will be held on September 22-26 in Brest. The National festival of the Belarusian films, which is organized once in two years, will be also held in Brest soon.
During the press conference, which was held on August 8 in the Brest Executive Committee, Director of the festival Valentina Stepanova noted that the Ministry of Culture of Belarus, the National film studio “Belarusfilm”, the Belarusian union of cinema makers, the Brest Executive Committee and the National TV and Radio Company are the founders of the event. According to Valentina Stepanova, popular science, documentary, animation and other movies will be demonstrated during the festival. The prize will be presented to the director of the work, in which the national theme will be better reflected. Meetings with actors, directors and cameramen will be organized within the framework of the festival as well. The jury of the festival will be headed by head of the Union of filmmakers of Lithuania Gitis Lukshas.