The 9th Kazan International Muslim Film Festival will be held in the capital of Tatarstan from September 5 to 11. 

      Out of 450 movies from 54 countries the screening committee headed by the film critic Sergey Lavrentyev has chosen 50 feature, documentary and animation films from 24 countries for the competitive program. 

      For the first time cinematographers of Senegal will present their work at the festival. 

      The international festival jury will be headed by the Mosfilm general director Karen Shakhnazarov. 

      Well-known Russian and foreign cinematographers, film experts and film critics, directors of a range of international film festivals will be the guests of the Kazan Film Festival. Krzysztof Zanussi, Vladimir Menshov, Alexander Gordon and many others are expected.