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MINSK, 9 October (BelTA) – The 21^st edition of Listapad International Film Festival which is due in Minsk on 7-14 November will be held under the slogan "Film Genres are Many and Various", BelTA learnt from the press service of the festival.

The film forum will make an accent on the diversity of film genres presented in both the competition and out-of-competition programs. Fiction films are found side by side with documentaries. Minsk will see world premieres of recognized filmmakers and debuts of young producers. Genre and art films, thrillers, dramas and comedies – everyone is able to find something to his/her liking.

“The genre variety is designed to confirm the artistic status of the cinema that knows how to attract the spectator and keep him in the reality we live in,” Igor Sukmanov, director of the fiction film programs, said.

The poster of the festival depicts the darkness of the cinema hall, the projector beam, tens of producers’ chairs symbolizing the diversity of views in cinematography.

According to the press service of the film forum, it has become a good tradition to give the country’s main film festival a new visual image. The motto and posters show the audience the formula of the festival program.

In 2013 Listapad together with the audience searched for the truth in cinematography – In Kino Veritas! In 2012 Minsk confessed its love to the cinema and filmmakers with its slogan We Love Cinema. Three years ago the festival called upon the spectator to watch films “with eyes wide open.”

The main organizer of the festival is the center of visual and performing arts "ART Corporation”. Founders are the Culture Ministry, the Minsk City Hall, with the participation of the Belarusian TV and Radio Company, National Film Studio Belarusfilm, Belarusian Union of Cinematographers.