Turkmenistan is preparing for the international film festival, which will be held on October 14-15 in the capital of Turkmenistan. The festival will feature the best films from different countries, as well as famous actors and directors.

The production of “Magtymguly Fragi” by the National Drama Theater named after Alp Arslan, presented at the I International Theater Festival “Biken” in the Kazakh city of Taldykorgan, received awards in several categories. The theater show is dedicated to the celebration of the 100th anniversary of theater and film actress Biken Rimova.

Guychberdi Gulov became the silver medalist of the XVII Youth Delphic Games of the CIS member states, held in Bishkek from October 6 to 10. He took second place in the “solo singing” category in the age category of 18-23 years. On Monday, the jury announced the winners of several competitions, including a young Turkmen singer, the Kyrgyz agency Kabar reported.

The V Vienna Ball will be held in Arkadag on October 11 at 18:00 near the city administration building. The event was organized by the Turkmen-Austrian Society with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan under the patronage of the Mayor of the Austrian capital Michael Ludwig. This was reported to ORIENT by the head of the Turkmen-Austrian Society, Neda Berger.

The 17th Youth Delphic Games of the CIS countries are taking place in the capital of Kyrgyzstan. About 600 boys and girls from 10 to 25 years old are participating in a kind of Olympiad in the world of art as part of the national teams of their countries. For the first time, young talents from Turkmenistan also came to the competition.

Opening ceremony of the III Turkic World Film Festival "Korkut Ata" was held at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku on Sunday, October 8.

The 40th meeting of the Permanent Council of Ministers of Culture of the countries of the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) will be held next week on October 13-14, in the cultural capital of the Turkic world in 2023 - the Azerbaijani city of Shusha.

The Turkmen dance group "Nyazli" will take part in the International Dance and Music Festival, which will be held in the Indian city of New Delhi from October 18 to 20.

The VII International Festival of Puppet Theaters "Chodari Khayel" will be held from October 24 to 29 in the capital of Tajikistan – the city of Dushanbe. For the first time, students of the puppet department of the Turkmen State Institute of Culture will take part in the creative review, who have specially prepared a production of "Eternal Legends" for this event.

The concert "Oriental Melodies", dedicated to the works of three famous Turkmen composers, will be held on October 24 in Moscow in the style of "kvartirnik". The program of the evening will feature familiar, and for many – favorite works of Nury Halmamedov, Orazmuhamet Kurban-Niyazov, who glorified the country, leaving a rich legacy in multinational academic music.