This year the capital of Primorye will accept the 11th film festival of Asian-Pacific countries from 7 to 13 September. Work on preparations for the film forum boils hard — working selectors, already recruited volunteers, are determined by the program, and are negotiating with future star guests of the «Pacific Meridian». Recently the administration of the region held a regular meeting of the organizing Committee of the film festival, which became known some details of the future holiday. Already almost a hundred percent agreed that the opening of the «Pacific Meridians» will be held nonconventional — ceremony will take in the campus of the University on the Russky island. According to the representatives of the organizing Committee, the campus has already become a symbol of Vladivostok and the spirit of students and youth, the reigning corresponds to the spirit of the festival. I want to believe that, taking such a decision, the forum organizers have thought through and how to love the public «звездую track — and back — will get the audience it Became also known that this year — according to organizing Committee — the festival must pass under the auspices of the 75th anniversary of Primorsky Krai. And — as it was in previous years — to take in its orbit all, even the most remote, the territory of the region. The program «Кинотуры», existing since the advent of the «Pacific Meridians» born, became a highlight, a unique feature of the festival. With приморцами in the rural house of culture, clubs and just outdoors for 11 years managed to meet such stars of Russian cinema, as Natalia Крачковская, Irina Pechernikova, Nikita Dzhigurda, Evgeny Zharikov, Lev Prygunov, Igor Starygin, Lyudmila Хитяева and many, many others. Not an exception and current film festival. The Primorye territory will go eight кинотуров with renowned artists. It is already known that the inhabitants of edge will meet people\’s artists of Russia Semyon Стругачев, Olga Volkova and Elena Koreneva, and Director Eugene Ташков and others. Кинотуры will be sent in the region in three stages: from the 2nd to the 7th of September 8 to September 13 and 14 to 20 September. Meeting the artists for the residents of Primorye to be held as part of the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the region. Just as told by the General Director and artistic Director of the festival Efim Звеняцкий, the «Pacific Meridians» will come about 200 guests. By tradition it will be famous actors, Directors, writers, members of the international jury. Will be shown around 150 Russian and foreign films, their selection is already underway. Exhibited paintings will be in cinemas of the «Ocean» and «Ussuri». Closing ceremony of the festival will be held in the hall of the theater named after Gorky, as it was in the first years of operation, «Pacific Meridians». In a word, the 11th film festival combines tradition and innovation.
Love Берчанская, the newspaper «Vladivostok»