The best cartoon at the AMEN festival became known

The animated film "House on Wheels" by Uzbek director-animator Azizbek Mukhamedov became the best at the International Festival of Animated films AMEN in Turkestan.

Of the two films presented by the director from Uzbekistan, by the decision of the jury, both works were awarded diplomas. "Magic Tanbur" won in the nomination "Best Production Designer". And the animated short film "House on Wheels" was recognized as the "Best animated film" of the festival.

"The opportunity to take part in the Amen Kaidarov Festival made me very happy. I was very happy to see my friends from Kazakh animation. It is a great honor for me to accept this prestigious award. I am encouraged that our creations are highly appreciated. I am sure that our viewers and the creative team that participated in the creation of the films will accept these prizes with special pleasure. "House on Wheels– is a work about a man who had everything, but because of the advice of bad people, he lost his opinion",- Azizbek Mukhamedov noted.

In addition, the winners were determined in nine more nominations. The best series was the project of two participants. The animated series "Buzygym" by Tnyshkali Tlegenov and "Superkolik samuryk" by Bekdos Sayatuly won in this category.

The work of animators from Tajikistan and Bashkortostan was highly appreciated among other foreign participants. Bashkir animator Rim Sharafutdinov won the best director's work on the work "Golden Palace". The second winner in this nomination was the director of the short animated film "La Gare" Ayan Moroccanskii. And a participant from Tajikistan Lolisanam Ulugova became the author of the best script with the cartoon "Huwaido".

Student works of the festival were evaluated in two categories. The cartoon "Zhanuya" by Meirzhan Tolepbai became the best work among students, and the works of students of the Kazakh National University of Arts Malika Maksatkyzy and Gulnur Kazhybek were awarded the "Best Student Director's Work".

Director Nurgul Dautova and Sultan Kydyrbayev were awarded a special jury prize. Director Meyrzhan Tolepbay received the Audience Award.

Among the comics submitted to the contest, Madi Otegenov's work "Batyl Sakhshylar" was recognized as the best.

And the youngest participants of the festival, pupils of the animation class of the Turkestan Palace of Schoolchildren were noted for their creative approach.

All the works of the participants were evaluated according to several criteria: script, direction, animation, character, artistic solution.

The jury of the competition of the largest festival of animated films of Central Asia included prominent figures of domestic and foreign animation, among whom there is an outstanding animator, teacher Alexander Dorogov (USA). He is involved in the creation of more than forty projects of the «Soyuzmultfilm» and Disney studios, known to many as, "Nu, pogodi!", "Mulan", "The Lion King" and "Fixiki". Also, the works of the participants were evaluated by the Laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan Roza Mukanova, film critic, Nazira Mukusheva, general producer of the National Center for Film Support Adai Abeldinov, animation producer and director Musab Gunduz (Turkey), screenwriter, cultural worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan, animation director Batyrkhan Daurenbekov, as well as prize-winner of international film festivals Turdybek Maidan.

A total of 57 applications were submitted for participation in the competition, 49 of them were selected. Animators from domestic and fraternal Turkic countries, in particular Azerbaijan, Bashkortostan (RF), Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tatarstan (RF), Tajikistan and Turkey took part this year.