On 21 June, the II International Festival of Turkic Cinema opened in Mir cinema, Kazan. The forum was initiated by the Association of Cinema of the Turkic World in order to demonstrate the best achievements of the cinema of the Turkic countries and the development of the cinema market for the Eurasian space. Leading filmmakers from Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan took part in the film forum.