Murad Sekakmia, Administrator

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The prizes in three nominations are established at the festival: fiction film, documentary and animation film. In all nominations for the first prizes the statuettes will be presented - "Golden Minbar" with 50000$ for the best fiction Film, 15000$ for the best documentary film and 18000$ for the best animation film.
And a different prizes "For the Best Man Role", "For the Best Woman Role", "Tatarstan President's Prize", "Prize of Russia and Tatarstan Culture Ministry"

The First International Festival Of Muslim Cinema "Golden Minbar" took place in the capital of Tatarstan - Kazan - from the 5th to the 11th of September 2005 and was devoted to the 1000th anniversary of Kazan.
About 20 countries took part in the festival - Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Kirghizia and Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Bashkortostan (not only Muslim countries, but also Great Britain, Canada, Lithuania and USA) and others. As a result, more than 150 films were introduced to the contest. Until now there were no permanent cinematographic forums to such subjects.

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