Uzbek ceramic tableware, Turkmen traditional clothing, embroidery by Indian craftsmen and many other beautiful and interesting things were presented at the fair of crafts in Bishkek. The XVII International Festival of Traditional Culture and Crafts "Oimo-2023" opened in the Kyrgyz capital on Thursday, AKIpress reports.

The Turkmenfilm Association will take part in the IV International Festival of New Cinema of Russia and Neighboring Countries (Lendoc Film Festival), which will be held on August 25-29 in St. Petersburg. The information was confirmed to ORIENT correspondent by representatives of the Turkmen film studio.

Kazakhstan has started creating 10 pilot animation projects based on ancient legends known in all Turkic-speaking countries. The timing of each work included in the animated almanac takes more than 5 minutes, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan, by order of which the creative association "Kazakhanimation" has launched new animated paintings.

International Short Film Festival of the CIS, Baltic and Georgia starts on July 18 in Bishkek. The Film Forum includes two competitive programs – international and national, in each of which there are genres such as - fiction, documentary, animation and experimental films, Kabar reports.

"Singer of the Perfect World", colleagues say about the People's Artist of Turkmenistan Babasary Annamuradov. His creative path is a constant search for harmony. Her reflections and reflections, carefully and painstakingly collected in a unique collection, these days give their radiant warmth to visitors of the sculptor's personal exhibition at the Moscow Museum of the East.

Tours of Russian artists of the Great Moscow State Circus on Vernadsky Avenue and the Nikulin Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard continue in Turkmenistan. They started their tour in the new circus of the city of Arkadag, which was inaugurated at the end of June, and now they are performing in Ashgabat.

The XIV Elena Obraztsova International Competition for Young Opera Singers started on Wednesday in St. Petersburg immediately from the second round. 56 performers from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Mongolia will compete, TASS reports.

The electronic database "Shusha – the cultural capital of the Turkic world" was prepared and presented to users by the staff of the National Library of Azerbaijan named after M.F. Akhundzade.

The Swedish city of Malmo will become one of the biggest concert venues next year – the 68th International Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will be held here in May, Interfax reports with reference to the organizers.

The picture of the Turkmen director Sahysalyh Bayramov "Gyzyl Kurte" was among the nominees for the "Best Film of Central Asia" award of the national film Award of Kyrgyzstan "Ak ilbirs" ("White Leopard"), AKIrgess reports.