The Second Sukhum International Film Festival was solemnly opened on Thursday, April 4. The SIFF-2019 festival is organised by the State Committee on Youth Policy of Abkhazia and will last until April 8.

This year, the competition initially received about 3,000 applications from around the world, of which 30 short films were selected. The number of nominees for the main prize included participants from Spain, France, Germany, South Korea, Poland, Kosovo, Iran, Estonia, Tunisia, Italy, Romania, Greece, China, Kazakhstan, Andorra, Turkey, Russia, Belarus and Abkhazia. The Grand Prix of the film festival provides for a cash reward of 200 thousand rubles.

Daily Sabah -- An enlightened alley in Istanbul's diverse Tophane neighborhood sees locals and internationalists into the nonprofit arts and culture space Depo, where ‘Deletion Marks' exhibits the endangered Abkhazian narrative from Düzce to Sukhum, survived by a century-and-a-half of conflict, exile, and resistance.

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Abkhazia has a distinctive balance of subtropical and temperate climates, warm beaches and luxuriant nature. Tourists can enjoy swimming in lakes and in the Black Sea, hiking, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding or horse riding. The country offers a variety of attractions that can satisfy tourists with different expectations: it is possible to book for adventure travels, for cultural and historic routes or for eco-tours or just relax by the sea and lakes. Abkhazia has a fantastic food culture that will amaze and satisfy even the most demanding palate, as well as a long history of red and white wine production dating back to the early Bronze Age.

The exhibition "Drawings in the style of Zen" will open on May 26 in the House of children's creativity "Ainar" and lasts two months. "This is a great event in the cultural life of Abkhazia. The world-famous artist, State Prize of the Russian Federation, People's Artist of Kabardino-Balkaria, an honorary doctor of the University of San Francisco comes in our country for the first time. The man whose works are recognized in Europe, America and Russia. A very interesting artist who was formed at the juncture of different cultures. He comes from a noble kind of Kabardian - Kardanov", - said the minister of culture and protection of historical and cultural heritage Elvira Arsaliya.

SUKHUM -- The exhibition features various works of art: paintings, ceramics, plaster and plasticine sculpture of small forms, tapestries and costumes.