Central Asian Cinema -Unity of Shared Opinion

Mumbai, Oct 19 (UNI) The Fifth Third Eye Asian Film Festival presently underway here from October 12 is showcasing 92 films from all over the continent.

These films are being shown under various categories like CAC : Central Asian Cinema, IV: India Vista, SA :Spectrum Asia, AC: Assamese Cinema, MC: Myanmar Cinema and so on.

The films on Central Asia shown in the festival, which will conclude today, are ''The Land of the Fathers'', White Mountains'', ''You Are Not an Orphan'', ''Arbakesh'','' Daughter In Law'', ''Aksuat'', ''Beshkempir'', ''The Orator'', ''Kosh Ba Kosh'' and ''Little Angel.'' Speaking of the films, Director of Center of Central Asian Cinematography Gulnara Abikeyeva says,''All these films are united not only by high artistic quality but by the wish of the filmmakers to fully show the world the essence of their nation.'' ''Cinema as a key component of a modern culture plays a special role in the forming of national self-consciousness of either nation.

Cinema does not only reflect the social-political and economic processes in the country but shapes up the visual images of national originality. It brings up the patriotic feeling and influences the minds of people...'' The process of self-identification of the nation and restoration of a single national world image begins with reconstruction of settled positive images and such images began to emerge in our cinematography as well. He hopes it would mean that the destructive transaction period is coming to an end and ahead, a stable, creative life, which has a place of constructive harmonious life will take place.

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