National Television Festival of Sports Films and Program opens its doors [PHOTOS]
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The National Television Festival of Sports Films and Program has
started in Baku.
The opening ceremony took place at the Azerbaijan State Song
Theatre, Azernews reports.
Established by the National Olympic Committee (NOC) in 2022, the
festival was first held in 2022 to mark the 30th National Olympic
Committee.
The festival aims to popularise various sports, promote a
healthy lifestyle, attract children, adolescents, and young people
to sports, promote the principles of the Olympic movement, create
opportunities for cultural education and a full exchange of
experiences between creative people, as well as organise film
screenings and sports-themed programs, ensuring wide access to
local television and film cultural assets of all sectors of
society.
Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) Chingiz
Huseynzade, the Minister of Youth and Sports Farid Gayibov, Deputy
Youth and Sports Minister Mariana Vasilyeva, President of the
Paralympic Committee Hidayat Abdullayev, as well as members of the
NOC Executive Committee, sports federations, the Paralympic
Committee, members of the festival jury, representatives of the
sports community, participated in the festival’s opening
ceremony.
After the performance of the National Anthem of Azerbaijan, a
minute of silence was observed to honour the memory of the heroic
warriors who died for Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.
Next, the Vice President of the National Olympic Committee and
chairman of the festival’s organising committee, Chingiz
Huseynzade, welcomed the guests of the ceremony. In his speech, he
stressed the importance of the festival.
“As you know, the first National Television Festival of Sports
Films and Programs was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the
National Olympic Committee. This festival was organised
successfully, so we decided to hold it every two years. TV
channels, private studios, and creative teams actively participated
in this work. We also invited local sports federations to join our
ranks. We knew that they also had sufficient experience in this
field. We are confident that the second festival will also be
successful. Awards to the winners of the festival will be presented
on the Day of Physical Education and Sports. I wish that feature
films will be made about our athletes who glorify Azerbaijan in the
world, proudly raise our tricolour flag, and sing our national
anthem. I believe that we will determine the winners in the feature
film category at the festival in two years,” said Chingiz
Huseynzade.
Partner of the Second National Television Festival of Sports
Films and Programs, chairman of the Judo Club 2012 Public
Association, President of the Azerbaijan Judo Veterans Association,
winner of the World and European Championships among judo masters,
and member of the Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan Judo
Federation, Azer Asgarov, said that Azerbaijan is known worldwide
as a sports country, noting that this tradition will further
continue. He expressed his gladness to be a partner in the festival
organised by the National Olympic Committee.
Speakers at the opening ceremony, including the jury chairman,
Olympic champion, Vice President of the National Olympic Committee
Zemfira Meftakhetdinova, members of the festival jury, Secretary of
the Azerbaijan Film-Makers Union, director, producer Oleg
Safaraliyev, Honoured Artist Khanlar Mammadov, member of the
legendary KVN team “Guys from Baku,” director, producer Anvar
Mansurov, said that they believe in the success of the
festival.
Then a new clip of the anthem of the National Olympic Committee
was shown to the guests of the event.
The audience also watched a promotional video about the first
National Television Festival of Sports Films and Programs, Judo
Club 2012 Public Association, which is the festival partner.
A documentary from the series “Olympic Odyssey,” dedicated to
the Olympic champions of the independent Azerbaijani Republic, was
screened as part of the event.
The film won the TOP 10 Europe Prize Award at the 1st Festival
of the International Sports Association (AIPS Sport Media Awards)
held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2019.
A film “Ertogrul” about Olympic champion Togrul Asgarov was also
shown at the festival opening ceremony.
The partner of the 2nd National Television Festival of Sports
Films and Programs is the NGO Judo Club 2012.
Media partners of the event are Azernews.Az, Trend.Az, Day.Az,
Milli.Az, Turkic World, and Idman.Biz, as well as AZTV, AZTV Idman,
CBC SPORT, ARB, SPACE, Olympic.az, OlimpiyaDünyası, Sportsman.
More detailed information about the festival can be obtained on
the following website:
http://millitvfest.az/, https://www.facebook.com/millitvfest.az/
and on social networks.
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